Cisco Quantum Summit:
Pathways to Practical and Functional Quantum Networking
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
Recording of Quantum Summit 2025
Outshift and Cisco Research bring together the world of scientists and engineers to advance the forefront of emerging technologies with a current focus in AI and quantum. As quantum will be a part of daily life and the future of the internet, we're developing technologies spanning hardware, software, and applications to benefit humanity.
Cisco Quantum Summit 2025
Time
Section title
Speaker
Agenda
8:00 AM
Registration & Breakfast
Session 1: Opening and keynote
8:30 AM
Welcome
Vijoy Pandey
Cisco Senior Vice President/General Manager |
Head of Outshift by Cisco
8:35 AM
Keynote
Bill Gartner
Cisco Senior Vice President/General Manager for optical systems
Session 2: Major National Research Initiatives and Projects
9:00 AM
Chicago Quantum Exchange: Research, Technology Innovation, and Workforce Development
David Awschalom
Director, Chicago Quantum Exchange
Vice-dean for Research, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
9:20 AM
QUANT-NET: Building a Distributed Quantum Computing Testbed
Inder Monga
Executive Director
Energy Sciences Network (Esnet)
9:40 AM
UK Integrated Quantum Networks Hub
Gerald Buller
Professor, Heriot-Watt University
Director, UK Integrated Quantum Networks (IQN) Hub
10:00 AM
The QCi3 Hub: Heritage, Programme and Collaboration
Dominic O’Brien
Director QCi3 Hub
University of Oxford
10:15 AM
Break
10:30 AM
Distribution of Polarization Entanglement Across 140 km of Deployed Fiber
Eden Figueroa
NSF's National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL)
10:50 AM
The UK National Quantum Program: Status and Vision for the Coming Decade
Sir Peter Knight
UK Government Advisor on Quantum Technologies
11:10 AM
Panel
Moderated by Ramana Kompella
VP, Head of Cisco Research
Panel Participants: David Awschalom, Inder Monga, Gerald Buller, Dominic O’Brien, Eden Figueroa, and Sir Peter Knight
11:45 AM
Lunch
Session 3: Guest Speakers
12:30 PM
Quantum Networks at JPMC
Omar Amer
Vice President
JP Morgan Chase
12:55 PM
Challenges and Opportunities for Next Generation Quantum Networks
Krister Shalm
Physicist
National Institute of Standards and Technologies
Session 4: Industry session 1
1:20 PM
Distributed Quantum Computing with Classical Data
Dar Gilboa
Research Scientist
Google Quantum AI
1:40 PM
Driving Towards Quantum Advantage with Quantum-Centric Supercomputing
Jerry Chow
IBM Fellow and Director of Quantum Systems
IBM
2:00 PM
Break
2:15 PM
Accelerated Quantum Supercomputing at NVIDIA
Nicholas Harrigan
Marketing Manager, Quantum Computing
NVIDIA
2:35 PM
Building the Bridge: A Practical Quantum Network for Scalable Quantum Computing
Reza Nejabati
Head of Quantum Research
Cisco
2:55 PM
Panel
Moderated by Reza Nejabati
Head of Quantum Research, Cisco
Panel Participants: Dar Gilboa, Jerry Chow, Nicholas Harrigan
Session 5: Industry session 2
3:30 PM
Carmen Palacios-Berraquero
CEO
Nu Quantum
3:50 PM
Distributed Quantum Computing and Networking in Trapped-Ion Systems
Arun Jagannathan
Chief Engineer – Distributed Quantum Computing and Networking
IonQ
4:05 PM
Break
4:20 PM
Quantum Networking for High Performance Computing
Eric Ostby
Chief Product Officer, Aliro Quantum
4:40 PM
Hardware for Large Scale Distributed Quantum Networks
Mehdi Namazi
Chief Science Officer
Qunnect Inc.
5:00 PM
Quantum Networking in Space
Makan Mohageg
Physicist, Boeing
5:20 PM
Closing Remarks
Reza Nejabati
Head of Quantum Research, Cisco