NOVEMBER 10, 2021

BILBAO SAVE THE DATE SAN MAMES NORTH HALL

• 12:00 – 12:05 MICS OPENING

  Institutional opening. Quantum Now presented by the Government of Biscay with Ainara Basurko, Deputy for Economic Promotion.

• 12:05 – 12:15 KEYNOTE QUANTUM FLAGSHIP

  By the European Commission with Dr. Óscar Díez, Head of Sector Quantum Computing.

• 12:15 – 12:25 KEYNOTE QUANTUM ECOSYSTEM

  Government of Biscay with Valentin Garcia, Director of Innovation and External Projection at Lantik.

• 12:25 – 12:40 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

  Moderated by Nerea Martiartu: Listening to the Digital Dragons. Accenture with Domingo Mirón, President of Spain, Portugal, and Israel. Government of Biscay with Nerea Martiartu, Managing Director of Lantik. IBM with Horacio Morell, President of IBM Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Israel. Telefónica with María Jesús Almazor, CEO at Telefónica Tech.

• 12:40 – 13:10 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

  Moderated by Elena Zarraga: Talking about quantum. Accenture with Alberto García Arrieta, Managing Director, Data & AI Lead Accenture Iberia. GAIA with Elena Zarraga, President. IBM with Mikel Díez, Head of Innovation IBM Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Israel. Tecnalia with Dr. Esther Villar-Rodríguez, Responsible for Artificial Intelligence. Telefónica with Dr. Diego R. López, Responsible for Technological Exploration GCTIO. UPV/EHU with Dr. Mikel Sanz, Ikerbasque Research Fellow.

• 13:10 – 13:25 KEYNOTE FUTURE AND PRESENT OF QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES

  By Prof. Dr. Enrique Solano, Ikerbasque Professor, CEO of Quanvia and CEO of Kipu Quantum.

• 13:25 – 13:30 SESSION CLOSING

  The event is closed by the Bilbao City Council with Oihane Aguirregoitia, Councilor for Citizen Attention and Participation and Internationalization of the Bilbao City Council.

COLLABORATORS

• Accenture
• Bilbao City Council
• University of Deusto
• University of the Basque Country
• Gaia – Industry of knowledge and applied technology
• IBM
• Mondragon University
• Silicon europe
• Tecnalia
• Telefónica

EAnother date to mark on the calendar. The crème de la crème, when it comes to quantum, will gather in Bilbao to discuss plans to foster the culture, research, and development of quantum technologies.

If the internet connected us and suddenly changed our lives, just imagine how thrilling the next step can be. Quantum technologies are already a reality.

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