Monday, October, 28
| 12:00–5:00 pm | Early Registration |
| 1:30–3:30 pm | Birds of a Feather: Applications of Quantum: An SQC Warm-up Moderator: Ben Lawrie, ORNL |
| 3:30–5:00 pm | Diamond Sponsored Event – IQM Presentation: Gate-Based & Analogue Computing on IQM’s QPUs & IQM Resonance Cloud Introduction John Bernart, IQM Diamond Sponsored Event – IonQ Presentation: Scalable Variational Approach to Binary Optimization Problems and Hybrid Quantum-HPC Integration Ryan Harring, IonQ |
| 5:00–8:00 pm | Southeastern Quantum Conference Preview Hors d’oeuvres in lieu of dinner Kate Evans, ORNL & Marcel Demarteau, ORNL |
Tuesday, October 29
| 7:30–8:00 am | Registration |
| 8:00–8:30 am | Welcome & Introduction to Southeastern Quantum Conference—Working Breakfast Kate Evans, ORNL & Marcel Demarteau, ORNL |
| 8:30–10:15 am | Transformative Quantum Materials |
| 8:30–9:15 am The Status & Role of Quantum Materials for the Quantum Era Joel Moore, Univ. of California, Berkeley | |
| 9:15–10:00 am Applications that Drive Materials Chris Palmstrom, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara | |
| 10:00 – 10:15 am Questions & Answers Joel Moore, Univ. of California, Berkeley Chris Palmstrom, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara | |
| 10:15–10:30 am | Break & head to breakout sessions |
| 10:30–12:00 pm | Connections to Transformative Quantum Materials Breakouts |
| Breakout 1 | Platforms for Quantum Sensing, Moderator: Alberto Marino Valle, ORNL 10:30–11:00 am Coupling a Qubit to an Entangled Many Body System Sean Giblin, Cardiff Univ. 11:00–11:30 am Enabling Distributed Squeezing for Quantum Sensor Networks Joe Chapman, Oak Ridge National Laboratory 11:30–12:00 pm Optical Phase Estimation with Optimized Measurements F. Elohim Becerra Chavez, Univ. of New Mexico |
| Breakout 2 | Challenges for Quantum Networking, Moderator: Nick Peters, ORNL 10:30–11:00 am Quantum Networking: Challenges & opportunities Ray Newell, Los Alamos National Laboratory 11:00–11:30 am Networks for Modular Quantum Systems Rodney Van Meter, Keio Univ. in Japan 11:30–12:00 pm Synergistic Integration of Metamaterials & Quantum Photonics as a Pathway for the Quantum-Enabled Internet Thomas Searles, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago |
| Breakout 3 | Quantum Computing Platforms, Moderator: Gilles Buchs, ORNL 10:30–11:00 am Spin Matters Yong Chen, Purdue Univ. 11:00–11:30 am Materials Challenges for Atom-Based Quantum Hardware Creston Herold, Georgia Tech Research Institute 11:30–12:00 pm Qumode-Based Photonic Quantum Computing: Qubits without qubits Olivier Pfister, Univ. of Virginia |
| 12:00–12:15 pm | Break |
| 12:15–1:00 pm | Breakout Overview Discussions—Working lunch |
| 1:00–1:30 pm | Group Photo |
| 1:30–1:45 | Break |
| 1:45–3:15 pm | Quantum Computing |
| 1:45–2:30 pm Quantum Computers and Their Role in Enabling Scientific Discovery Bert de Jong, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | |
| 2:30–3:15 pm Quantum Algorithmic Advances in Phase & Entanglement Estimates Andrew Sornborger, Los Alamos National Laboratory | |
| 3:15–3:30 pm Questions & Answers Bert de Jong, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Andrew Sornborger, Los Alamos National Laboratory | |
| 3:30–4:00 pm | Break and head to breakout sessions |
| 4:00–5:30 pm | Connections to Quantum Computing |
| Breakout 1 | Integrated Quantum Systems, Moderator: Benjamin Lawrie, ORNL 4:00–4:30 pm Coherent Control of Photonic Information Mapped to Solid-State Quantum Centers Mahdi Hosseini, Northwestern Univ. 4:30–5:00 pm Next Generation Quantum Devices with Epitaxial Superconductor-Semiconductor Heterostructures Javad Shabani, New York Univ. 5:00–5:30 pm Integrated Quantum Photonics with III-V Materials Galan Moody, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara |
| Breakout 2 | Quantum Networking, Moderator: Mariam Kiran, ORNL 4:00–4:30 pm Getting Quantum Communications Off the Ground John Lekki, NASA 4:30–5:00 pm A Connectionless Two-Way Quantum Network Architecture Don Towsley, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst 5:00–5:30 pm Dreaming of the Quantum Internet, Promises and Pathways Joseph Lukens, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Breakout 3 | Quantum Materials & Quantum Information Science – Part 1, Moderator: Thomas Maier, ORNL 4:00–4:30 pm Towards Protected Quantum Transductionwith Nonlocal Transport from a Chiral Topological Superconductor Kenneth Burch, Boston College 4:30–5:00 pm Kitaev Materials David Mandrus, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville 5:00–5:30 pm When Quantum Meets AI:Modeling Topological Phases in Moiré Materials Di Xiao, Univ. of Washington |
| 5:30–5:45 pm | Break |
| 5:45–8:00 pm | Keynote Presentation and Reception— Nonequilibrium Quantum Matter:A platform for new quantum technologies—Working Dinner Prineha Narang, Univ. of California, Los Angeles |
Wednesday, October 30
| 8:00–8:30 am | Tuesday Afternoon Breakout Overview Discussion—Working Breakfast |
| 8:30–10:00 am | Quantum Networking and Sensing |
| 8:30–9:15 am. Atom-Based Quantum Sensors Irina Novikova, College of William & Mary | |
| 9:15–10:00 am Quantum Networks: Building devices, subsystemsand algorithms to upgrade the internet Saikat Guha, Univ. of Maryland | |
| 10:00–10:15 am Questions & Answers Irina Novikova, College of William & Mary and Saikat Guha, Univ. of Maryland | |
| 10:15–10:30 am | Break & head to breakout sessions |
| 10:30–12:00 pm | Connections to Quantum Networking and Sensing |
| Breakout 1 | Applications of Quantum Sensing, Moderator: Ali Passian, ORNL 10:30–11:00 am Optomechanical Detectors for Dark Matter & Tests of Gravity Andy Geraci, Northwestern Univ. 11:00–11:30 am Qubits and Clocks: Quantum Metrology with Trapped Atomic Ions David Hume, National Institute of Standards & Technology 11:30–12:00 pm Biological Imaging Based on Quantum Light Two-Photon Absorption Yingzhong Ma, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Breakout 2 | Integrating Quantum Computing Layers, Moderator: Travis Humble, ORNL 10:30–11:00 am From Machine Learning to Error Mitigation & Execution Vicente Leyton-Ortega, Oak Ridge National Laboratory 11:00–11:30 am Control & Distribution of Entanglement in Quantum Networks Sophia Economou, Virginia Tech 11:30–12:00 pm Quantum Computing for Quantum Materials Lex Kemper, NC State Univ. |
| Breakout 3 | Quantum Materials & Quantum Information Science – Part 2, Moderator: Rob Moore, ORNL 10:30–11:00 am Correlated Nanoelectronics & the Second Quantum Revolution Jeremy Levy, Univ. of Pittsburgh 11:00–11:30 am Exploring Two-Dimensional Magnetism for Future Applications Liuyan Zhao, Univ. of Michigan 11:30–12:00 pm Fractional Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect Xiaodong Xu, Univ. of Washington |
| 12:00–12:15 pm | Break |
| 12:15–1:30 pm | Breakout Overview Discussions—Working Lunch |
| 1:30–2:45 pm | Funding Agency Panel: Impactful science and technology for the nation, Moderator: Helena Fu, Department of Energy Panel Members: Denise Caldwell, National Science Foundation; Mike Hayduk, Air Force Research Laboratory; and Jodi Kouts, Department of Energy |
| 2:45–3:15 pm | Break |
| 3:15–4:15 pm | International Perspective & 10-Year Vision for Quantum Metrology Klaus Blaum, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics |
| 4:15–4:45 pm | Closeout Summary and Plans for SQC 2025 Kate Evans, ORNL & Marcel Demarteau, ORNL |
| 4:45 pm | Adjourn |