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SUMMARY:The Quantum Frontier: Imperial Global USA @ SF Tech Week
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\, Co-Founder & Chief Architect\, PsiQuantum\n\n\n\n\n\n\
 n\nProfessor Peter Haynes\, Provost & Professor of Theory and Simulation o
 f Materials\, Imperial College London\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Imperial\nImper
 ial is a champion of deep tech entrepreneurship based on a bedrock of worl
 d-leading convergence science and technology research in London. Recently 
 ranked 2nd in the world in the QS World University Rankings\, Imperial is 
 committed to driving innovation that serves society. Our entrepreneurial s
 pirit\, deep focus on science\, and strong industry connections position u
 s uniquely to address some of the world’s most pressing issues.\nImperia
 l Global USA\nImperial Global USA is Imperial’s representative office d
 edicated to building transatlantic networks and partnerships at the forefr
 ont of emerging and enabling technology development and scientific discove
 ry. The hub makes it even easier for innovators partnering on both sides o
 f the Atlantic to fund and scale their research and maximise Imperial’s 
 potential as a force for good in the world.\nKeep up to date  \nFollow ou
 r Imperial Global USA social channels on X and LinkedIn
URL:https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/212617/the-quantum-frontier-imperial-
 global-usa-sf-tech-week/
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LOCATION:Winston Taylor LLP\, 101 California St.\, 21st Floor\, San Francis
 co\, CA\, 94111\, United States
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