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Friday, Sept. 19, 2025 | Missouri State Historical Society
Join us for a day dedicated to celebrating quantum innovation with speakers, research projects and use case discussions and networking among the quantum community throughout Missouri. Attendees are welcome to attend in person or virtually. Please register by Friday, Sept. 12.
Agenda
| Time | Schedule of Events |
|---|---|
| 8:30-9 a.m. | Check-in (light breakfast) |
| 9-9:15 a.m. | Welcome Chi-Ren Shyu, Chair of QIC Executive Committee, and other campus leaders |
| 9:15-10:15 a.m. | Keynote – “Path to Useful Quantum Computing” Scott Crowder, Vice President; IBM Quantum Adoption |
| 10:15-10:45 a.m. | QIC Summer Internship Project Summaries QIC Summer Interns |
| 10:45-11 a.m. | Networking Break |
| 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | Keynote Wade Davis, Senior Vice President, Digital for Business; Moderna |
| 12-1 p.m. | Networking Lunch and Poster Sessions |
| 1-2 p.m. | Keynote: “ Andrea Delgado, Scientific Researcher in Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Lab |
| 2-3 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions 1. Using IBM’s Quantum Computers 2. Quantum Research Special Interest Groups |
| 3-3:15 p.m. | Networking Break |
| 3:15-4 p.m. | Panel: Use Cases, Careers and Research/Training Opportunities |
| 4 p.m. | Next Steps and Closing Remarks Chi-Ren Shyu, Chair of QIC Executive Committee |
Keynote Speakers
Scott Crowder
Vice President; IBM Quantum Adoption
Path to Useful Quantum Computing
Crowder will discuss the current state of quantum computing, the path required for creating more powerful quantum computers and the algorithms and applications required to take advantage of this emerging technology.
Scott Crowder is currently vice president, IBM Quantum Adoption where he is responsible for the adoption and commercialization of quantum computing. IBM Quantum has the dual mission of bringing useful quantum computing to the world and making the world quantum safe. Prior to his current role, Crowder served as the chief technical officer for IBM Systems and as the vice president of technical strategy for IBM, defining the cross-IBM technical strategy for IT infrastructure, analytics and cloud services. Earlier in his career, he was the lead engineer on the industry’s first logic-based embedded DRAM technology before serving as the research and development executive responsible for multiple global semiconductor manufacturing alliances, including the first logic joint development alliance with Samsung. He has testified to committees of the U.S. House of Representatives on multiple occasions on quantum computing technology and policy implications. Scott received AB/ScB degrees in electrical engineering and international relations from Brown University and an MA in economics and MS/PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford University.
Wade Davis
Senior Vice President, Digital for Business; Moderna
Andrea Delgado
Scientific Researcher in Physics Division; Oak Ridge National Lab
Turning Physics Problems into Quantum Workflows
Quantum is getting real on campus. This keynote maps concrete paths from your physics problems to useful quantum experiments. Focusing on high-energy physics (HEP) applications and quantum machine learning (QML), we’ll cover why/when quantum can help, how to build hybrid workflows on quantum hardware, and what “state-of-the-art” actually means today.
Andrea Delgado is a research scientist in the physics division and the Quantum Information Science Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Her work bridges quantum computing, high-energy physics and quantum machine learning, with a focus on developing quantum algorithms and hybrid HPC–quantum workflows for applications ranging from collider physics to nuclear simulations. She is also deeply involved in advancing quantum sensing and nonlocal games as tools for precision measurement. Beyond her research, Delgado serves on the steering committee for CERN’s Quantum Computing for High-Energy Physics working group and is a technical program chair for IEEE Quantum Week, helping shape the global conversation on quantum technologies.