Schedule
(Eastern Daylight Time)
DAY 1 | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
WATCH EACH SESSION BELOW
7:00AM - 7:15AM | OPENING CEREMONY
Congressman Anthony Brindisi, United States Representative, NY 22nd Congressional District
Ms. Jacqueline Izzo, Mayor, City of Rome
Colonel Timothy Lawrence, Director, Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate
Ms. Heather Hage, Vice President, Industry and External Affairs, SUNY Research Foundation
7:15AM - 7:30AM | WELCOMING REMARKSDr. Michael Hayduk, Deputy Director, Air Force Research Laboratory Information DirectorateBrigadier General Heather Pringle, Commander, Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Material CommandRear Admiral Lorin Selby, Chief of Naval Research, Office of Naval ResearchDr. Shery Welsh, Director, Air Force Office of Scientific Research7:35AM - 10:20AM | LIVE PITCHING, TOPIC AREA: COMPUTING
10:20AM - 11:00AM | COFFEE & CONCEPTS / EXPLORE POSTERS
11:00AM - 12:25PM | LIVE PITCHING, TOPIC AREA: TIMING
12:25PM - 1:00PM | PROGRAM OVERVIEWSAir Force Research Laboratory Quantum ProgramDr. Kathy-Anne Soderberg, Senior Research Scientist, Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate
Office of Naval ResearchDr. Roberto Diener, Program Officer, Atomic, Molecular, and Quantum Physics, Office of Naval Research
Air Force Office of Scientific ResearchDr. Grace Metcalfe, Program Manager, Quantum Information Science and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Air Force Office of Scientific Research
DAY 2 | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
DAY 3 | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
9:00AM - 9:05AM | WELCOMING REMARKS
Colonel Timothy Lawrence, Director, Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate
9:05AM - 9:20AM | WHY QUANTUM IS IMPORTANT
Mr. James F. Geurts, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development & Acquisition
Dr. Tommy Willis, Program Officer, Office of Naval Research
9:20AM - 9:30AM | 2019 QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE WINNER PRESENTATION (AUSTRALIA)
Dr. Thomas Stace, Physics Professor, University of Queensland Australia
9:30AM - 9:40AM | INNOVARE ADVANCEMENT CENTER: ACCELERATING TALENT & TECHNOLOGY
Dr. Michael Hayduk, Deputy Director, Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate
9:40AM - 9:50AM | WHAT IS INNOVARE ADVANCEMENT CENTER? A Candid Discussion with Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate
Dr. Michael Hayduk, Deputy Director, Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate
Ms. DeliaRae Jesaitis, Strategic Communications, Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate
9:50AM - 9:55AM | FUTURE OF QUANTUM SPOTLIGHT VIDEO
9:55AM - 10:00AM | INTRODUCTION TO KEYNOTE
Mr. Bill Hartnett, Managing Director, Citigroup
10:00AM - 11:00AM | QUANTUM FUNDAMENTALS FOR EVERYONE | KEYNOTE + Q&A
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist, cosmologist, planetary scientist, author, and science communicator
Dr. Will Roper, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force Acquisition Executive
11:00AM - 11:30AM | ANNOUNCEMENT OF AWARDS
Colonel Timothy Lawrence, Director, Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate
Rear Admiral Lorin Selby, Chief of Naval Research, Office of Naval Research
Dr. Shery Welsh, Director, Air Force Office of Scientific Research
11:30AM - 11:45AM | THANK YOU / FUTURE EVENTS & CLOSING
Dr. Michael Hayduk, Deputy Director, Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate
Throughout the event, hear from our partners:
Dr. Anthony J. Annunziata, Director, IBM Quantum Network
Dr. Joseph Broz, Senior Advisor for Quantum, Air Force Research Laboratory; Executive Director and Governing Board Chairman, The Quantum Economic Development Consortium
Dr. Eden Figueroa, Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University
Dr. Paul Lopata, Principal Director of Quantum Science, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense
Dr. Satyavolu S. Papa Rao, NY CREATES
Mr. Anthony Picente, Jr., Oneida County Executive
Dr. Charles Tahan, Office of Science Technology Policy, Assistant Director for Quantum Information Science and Director of the National Quantum Coordination Office
Dr. Grace Wang, Senior Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development, The State University of New York; Interim President, SUNY Polytechnic Institute