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SUMMARY:The Quantum Frontier: Imperial Global USA SF Tech Week Event
DESCRIPTION:The Quantum Frontier: Building Tomorrow’s Computing Power\n\n
 \nQuantum computing is moving from theoretical promise to industrial reali
 ty\, and the pace is accelerating. As SF Tech Week convenes the world’
 s leading scientists\, technologists and investors\, Imperial College Lond
 on invites you inside the state of the art: where the technology actuall
 y stands\, and what it will take to build a machine that matters. \nJoin 
 Peter Haynes\, Provost of Imperial College London\, in conversation with T
 erry Rudolph\, co-founder and chief architect of PsiQuantum\, one of the 
 few companies racing to build a large-scale\, error-corrected quantum comp
 uter using photons of light\, for a frontline read on where the field stan
 ds today\, and the gap between lab breakthrough and a genuinely useful mac
 hine.\n\n\nThe conversation will explore: \n\nApplications on the horizon
 : from drug discovery\, where quantum simulation could compress years of 
 predicting how enzymes interact with new molecules into minutes\, to mater
 ials design for batteries\, aerospace and clean energy\, and how quantum i
 s set to integrate with and enhance machine learning and AI tackling class
 es of problems that remain intractable for even the most powerful classica
 l machines today\nWhich trajectories are most promising: how different qu
 antum architectures stack up on the path to scalable\, error-corrected qua
 ntum computing\nBay Area to London synergies: how these two entrepreneuri
 al ecosystems can continue to power each other and fund and grow quantum c
 ompanies as sovereignty becomes a defining factor in technology investment
 \nThe role of universities: as the source of the fundamental research\, t
 alent and spinouts underpinning breakthroughs. \n\nConvened by Imperial
  Global USA\, Imperial’s San Francisco based hub built to bridge talent
 \, ideas and capital between London and the Bay Area\, the event also spot
 lights the UK Centre for AI-Driven Innovation\, a partnership between Imp
 erial\, the Department for Business\, Innovation\, Science and Trade\, and
  the World Economic Forum to accelerate the diffusion of transformative AI
  and Emerging Technologies across critical sectors. AI is already unlockin
 g faster progress toward deployable quantum computing\, through better err
 or correction\, hardware control and algorithm discovery. \nAnd just be
 yond the horizon: quantum AI\, machine learning built within a quantum arc
 hitecture\, which may enable faster\, more efficient training and fine-tun
 ing of today’s most powerful models. \nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProfes
 sor Terry Rudolph\, Chief Architect & Co-Founder\, PsiQuantum\n\n\n\n\n\n\
 n\nProvost & Professor of Theory and Simulation of Materials\, Imperial Co
 llege London\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Imperial\nImperial is a champion of deep
  tech entrepreneurship based on a bedrock of world-leading convergence sci
 ence and technology research in London. Recently ranked 2nd in the world i
 n the QS World University Rankings\, Imperial is committed to driving inno
 vation that serves society. Our entrepreneurial spirit\, deep focus on sci
 ence\, and strong industry connections position us uniquely to address som
 e of the world’s most pressing issues.\nImperial Global USA\nImperial Gl
 obal USA is Imperial’s representative office dedicated to building tran
 satlantic networks and partnerships at the forefront of emerging and enabl
 ing technology development and scientific discovery. The hub makes it even
  easier for innovators partnering on both sides of the Atlantic to fund an
 d scale their research and maximise Imperial’s potential as a force for 
 good in the world.\nKeep up to date  \nFollow our Imperial Global USA soc
 ial channels on X and LinkedIn
URL:https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/212022/imperial-global-usa-the-quantu
 m-frontier-san-francisco-tech-week-event/
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LOCATION:Winston Taylor LLP\, 101 California St.\, 21st Floor\, San Francis
 co\, CA\, 94111\, United States
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