There is an impending tectonic shift which will create unrivalled disruption, brought about by the advent of quantum computing as a tool for business, make sure you stand to benefit from it. Hear from industry experts including Taha Jaffer, Head of Wholesale Banking & Global Treasury AI at Scotiabank, Jonathan Cassell, Principal Analyst – Advanced Computing at Omdia, and Tristan Roberge-Mentec, Head of Business Development & Technical Data at The Quantum Daily.

In February 2021, the Quantum Computing Summit and Omdia conducted an online survey of 111 professionals with strategic and operational decision-making authority for technology in their organisations to get a feel for the real state of the market.

To kick-start our series, and to contextualize the state of the quantum computing marketplace, we sat down with Keith Kirkpatrick, Principal Analyst, AI Vertical Applications at research firm Omdia.

Andrew has worked on a wide range of optical network systems, including long-haul subsea and terrestrial DWDM. We caught up with him ahead of the 2020 event to see how he's bringing these passions to life.

Keith Kirkpatrick is a principal analyst contributing to Omdia’s User Interface Technologies and Artificial Intelligence practices, with a focus on emerging technologies for automotive, consumer, enterprise, and industrial markets.

Standard Chartered Bank started on its quantum journey in 2017 and is now thoroughly committed to identifying the commercial use cases for the advanced capabilities of quantum computers; focusing on managing risk and speeding up the generation of data. We caught up with the Managing Director, Alexi Kondratyev to find out more about the company’s increased investment in quantum computing.

Tencent SVP Dowson Tong told state media that the company planned to spend the money over five years on things like cloud, artificial intelligence, blockchain, huge million-server data centers, supercomputing centers, Internet of Things operating systems, 5G networks, and quantum computing.