Cisco Quantum Summit
Cisco Quantum Summit (CQS) is an annual meeting organized by Cisco Quantum Lab, bringing together experts in the industry, academia, and government to discuss progress towards building the quantum internet. This hybrid summit focused on quantum data centers in support of machine learning.
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Cisco Quantum Summit
Architecting the Quantum Network: From Entanglement to Ecosystem
October 6, 2026
Time (PT)
Session Title
Affiliation
Speaker
Welcome and Keynotes
8:30-8:45
Welcome
Cisco Quantum Labs
Vijoy Pandey
Session 1
8:45-9:00
British Telecom
Andrew Lord
Sr. Manager Optical and Quantum Networks Research
9:05-9:20
Deutsche Telekom
Matheus Sena
R&D Architect
9.20-9.30
Break
Session 2
9.30-10-00
Cisco
10.05-10.20
Qunnect
Mehdi Namazi
CSO
10.25-10.40
JPMorgan Chase
10.45-11.00
Boeing
Makan Mohageg
Quantum Networking Lead for Boeing
11:05-11:20
LBNL/ESnet
Inder Monga
Division Director of Scientific Networking & Executive Director of ESnet
11:25-12:00
Panel Discussion
Host: Sabitha
Panel: BT, DT, Cisco, Qunnect, JPMC, Boeing, ESnet
12:00-12:30
Break
Session 3
12:35-12:55
NIST
Abdella Battou
Division Chief
1:00-1:20
Northwestern University
Prem Kumar
Professor of Information Technology
1:25-1:45 pm
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Paul G Kwiat
Professor
1:50-2:10 pm
Simon Fraser University
Thomas Jennewein
Professor
2:15-2:20 pm
Closing Remarks
Cisco
Reza Nejabati
Head of Quantum Research
Quantum Computing Compiler: Bringing Network Awareness
October 7, 2026
Time (PT)
Session Title
Affiliation
Speaker
Welcome and Keynotes
8:30-8:45 am
Welcome
Cisco
Session 1
8:45-9:15
Keynote
IBM
9:20-9:50
Keynote
Cisco
9:55-10:15
Atom Computing
Daniel Crow
Director of Quantum Error Correction
10:20-10:40
Infleqtion
Pranav Gokhale
CTO & Co-founder
10:40-10:50
Break
Session 2
10:50-11:10
IonQ
11:15-11:35
Quera
Nathan Gemelke
CEO & Co-founder
11:40-12:00
12:05-12:40
Panel Discussion
Host: Eneet
Panel: Cisco, IBM, Atom Computing, Infleqtion, IonQ, Quera, Google
12:40-1:10
Break
1:10-1:30
NC State University
Frank Mueller
Professor
1:35-1:55
University of Technology Sydney
Simon Devitt
Director, Center for Quantum Software and Information
2:00-2:05
Closing Remarks
Cisco
Reza Nejabati
Head of Quantum Research