EU-USA-Japan International Symposium on Quantum Technology

 Program
December 16
09:00 Reception Open
Opening Session
10:00 – 10:20 Yasuhiko Arakawa The University of Tokyo
Yoshimasa Goto JST
Masaaki Taira (Scheduled) State Minister of Cabinet Office
Session 1: Quantum Technology Policy in EU, US and Japan
10:20 – 10:35 Tommaso Calarco Peter Grünberg Inst. Quantum technology policy in the European Union
10:35 – 10:50 Jake Taylor White House Office of ST Policy Expanding American Leadership in Quantum Information Science
10:50 – 11:05 Atsushi Oku MEXT Quantum Technology and Innovation Strategy in Japan
Session 2: Kyenote
11:05 – 11:40 Jay Gambetta IBM Quantum Computing at IBM; Benchmarking applications and near term quantum systems
11:40 – 12:15 Hidetoshi Katori The University of Tokyo Transportable Optical Lattice Clocks to Test Gravitational Redshift
12:15 – 13:30 Lunch
Session 3: Keynote
13:30 – 14:05 Paolo Villoresi University of Padova Quantum Communications in Space
Session 4: Quantum Computing
14:05 – 14:35 Immanuel Bloch Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik Large Scale Quantum Simulations using Ultracold Atoms
14:35 – 15:05 Jelena Vukovic Stanford University Optimized quantum photonics
15:05 – 15:35 Yasunobu Nakamura The University of Tokyo Superconducting circuits for quantum technologies
15:35 – 15:50 Coffee Break
Session 5: Quantum Communication
15:50 – 16:20 Wolfgang Tittel QuTech Quantum Communication in Europe
16:20 – 16:50 David Awschalom University of Chicago Integrating Quantum States in Classical Devices for Quantum Networks
16:50 – 17:20 Masahide Sasaki NICT Quantum enhanced communication and cryptography
Special Talk
17:20 – 17:35 Tonnie de Koster EC DG CNECT The international aspects of the EU's Digital Single Market strategy & standardisation policy for digital
17:35 – 17:50 Photo Session
December 17
08:00 Reception Open
Session 6: Quantum Metrology and Sensing
09:00 – 09:30 Thierry Debuisschert Thales Quantum Sensing in the European Quantum Flagship
09:30 – 10:00 John Kitching NIST NIST on a Chip: Realizing SI Units at the Chip Scale
10:00 – 10:30 Shigeki Takeuchi Kyoto University Quantum sensing using entangled photons
10:30 – 10:40 Short Break
Session 7: Panel Discussion “Policy and Roadmap of Quantum Technology”
10:40 – 11:50 Panel Discussion
Moderator Kohei Itoh (Moderator) Keio University
Panelists Tommaso Calarco Peter Grünberg Inst.
Philippe Chomaz CEA
Freeke Heijman QuTech
Alexander Cronin The University of Arizona
Yasunobu Nakamura The University of Tokyo
Special Speech
11:50 – 11:55 Taku Otsuka State Minister of Cabinet Office
Closing session
11:55 – 12:00 Closing Remarks
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
Topical Conferences
14:00 – 16:00 Opening Session
Joint Poster Session     16:00-18:00