Speakers:

Peter Knight
Professor | Imperial College London & National Physical Laboratory (UK)
Keynote Speaker

Jerry Chow
IBM Fellow and Director – Quantum Systems | IBM Research
Keynote Speaker

Ilkka Niemelä
President | Aalto University
Invited Speaker

Erja Turunen
Executive Vice President | VTT
Invited Speaker

Elham Kashefi
Chief Scientist & Professor | NQCC & University of Edinburgh
Invited Speaker

Sakari Puisto
Minister of Economic Affairs | Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (TEM)
Invited Speaker

Stuart Parkin
Director | Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics
Invited Speaker

Jukka Pekola
Director | InstituteQ
Professor | Aalto University
Invited Speaker

Nikolai Kiesel
Associate Professor | University of Vienna
Invited Speaker

Per Öster
Director, Advanced Computing Facility | CSC
Invited Speaker

Mika Sillanpää
Professor | Aalto University
Event Chair

Mikael Fogelström
Director | Nordita
Professor | Chalmers
Invited Speaker

Ville Mäkinen
Senior Advisor | Nordic Innovation (Nordic Council of Ministers)
Contributing Speaker

Mikko Uusitalo
Bell Labs Finland Site Lead | Nokia Bell Labs
Contributing Speaker

Peter Liljeroth
Director | Finnish Quantum Flagship
Professor | Aalto University
Invited Speaker

Janne Peltola
Director of Unit, Technology Policy | Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (TEM)
Invited Speaker

Kalle-Antti Suominen
Professor | University of Turku
Invited Speaker

Laurent Olislager
Policy Officer | European Commission
Invited Speaker

Pertti Hakonen
Professor | Aalto University
Invited Speaker

Francesco Massel
Professor | University of South-Eastern Norway
Contributing Speaker

Jan Goetz
CEO & Co-Founder | IQM
Contributing Speaker

Luca Magazzù
Postdoctoral Researcher | Aalto University
Contributing Speaker

Atif Ghafoor
Postdoctoral Researcher | University of Jyväskylä
Contributing Speaker

Ali Moghaddam
Postdoctoral Researcher | Aalto University
Contributing Speaker

Ilya Moskalenko
Postdoctoral Researcher | Aalto University
Contributing Speaker
Panelists:
From Vision to Action: Aligning Quantum Policy Across Borders

Janne Peltola
Director of Unit, Technology Policy | Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (TEM)
Moderator

Hannu Kauppinen
CEO & Co-Founder | QMill
Invited Panelist

Kristine Helen Falgren
Managing Director | Danish Quantum Community
Invited Panelist

Juha Vartiainen
Chief Global Affairs Officer | IQM
Invited Panelist

Laurent Olislager
Policy Officer | European Commission
Invited Panelist
Quantum Ecosystem: Innovation, Cross-Sector Collaboration, and Commercialization

Pekka Pursula
Director, Quantum research | VTT
Moderator

Inka Mero
Founder & Managing Partner | Voima Ventures
Invited Panelist

Himadri Majumdar
CEO & Co-Founder | SemiQon
Invited Panelist

Gudmund Høst
Special Adviser | Nordforsk
Invited Panelist

Peter Knight
Professor | Imperial College London
Invited Panelist
Quantum Literacy and Education

Mahdi Moghaddam
Project Manager | Finnish Quantum Flagship
Moderator

Tzula Propp
President | Diversity in Quantum
Invited Panelist

Ismo Koponen
Professor | University of Helsinki
Invited Panelist

Maria Luisa Chiofalo
Professor | University of Pisa
Invited Panelist

Jani-Petri Martikainen
Lecturer | Aalto University
Invited Panelist