WOMANIUM // QUANTUM ++

Global Quantum Computing & Entrepreneurship Program

A comprehensive quantum computing program:
from quantum basics to quantum startups.

ONLINE + Open to All + Womanium Scholarships Available

PROGRAM

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Introduction to
Quantum

Introduction to
Quantum Mechanics & Quantum Computing

<2>
Quantum Programming

From Start
To Shor
with

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Quantum Computers
Lectures, Training & Virtual Lab Tours
Superconducting, Trapped-ion, Neutral-atom and Photonic Quantum Computers

<4>
Quantum Hackathon
❯ Team up to solve a quantum challenge
❯ Present the solutions on Demo Day
❯ Win Awards, Prizes & more

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Entrepreneurship
+ Startup
❯ Startup Mentoring for selected teams
❯ Investor & VC Panel
❯ Quantum CEO Panel

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Internship & Career Opportunities

❯ Career Fairs
❯ Career Panels from Quantum Industry

Infinity

<∞>
Infinite
Entanglements

Continued
Support & Networking

SPEAKERS

whurley

(William Hurley)
Strangeworks
CEO & Founder

Prineha Narang

Aliro Quantum
CTO & Co-Founder

Denise Ruffner

Atom Computing
Chief Business Officer

William Oliver

MIT
Electrical Engineering, Computer Science & Physics
Professor

Daniela Bogorin

IBM
Quantum Researcher

Clarice D. Aiello

QuBiT Lab UCLA
Principal Investigator

Caroline Figgatt

Quantinuum
Senior AMO Physicist

Jan Goetz

IQM Quantum Computers
CEO & Co-Founder

Shahar Keinan

POLARISqb
CEO & Co-Founder

Celia Merzbacher

QED-C
Executive Director

Christopher Bishop

QED-C
Improvising Careers & Career Taskforce
Quantum Tech

Jibran Rashid

Board Member

Kristen Pudenz

Atom Computing
Principal Quantum Scientist

James Zahler

ARPA-E
Technology-to-Market
Associate Director

Alex Koszegi

D-Wave Systems
Technical Engineer

Richard Murray

ORCA Computing
CEO & Co-Founder

Christopher Savoie

Zapata Computing Inc.
CEO & Founder

Amir Naveh

Classiq Technologies
Co-Founder &
Head of Quantum Algorithms

Caterina Taballione

QuiX Quantum
Senior Quantum Engineer

Corban Tillemann-Dick

Maybell Quantum Industries
Founder & CEO

Yudong Cao

Zapata Computing Inc.
Chief Technology Officer

Shantanu Jha

MIT
Quantum Computing Researcher

Elina Potanina

Bluefors
Sales Engineer

Tina Brower-Thomas

Center for Integrated Quantum Materials
Principal Investigator

David Dorsey

Early Stage Investor
11.2 Capital
Partner

Russ Fein

Venture Investor
Corporate Fuel Partners
Managing Director

Bill Payne

Duality Accelerator
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Executive Director

Philip Krantz

Keysight Technologies
Quantum Engineering Solutions

Yan Zheng

In-Q-Tel
Technology
Vice President

Dean Chang

University of Maryland
Interim Chief Innovation Officer

Ricardo Olenewa

Google
Manager of Engineering Education

Ethan Hansen

Zapata Computing
Quantum Computing Now

Sara Ejtemaee

D-Wave Systems
Lead Experimental Physicist

Barbara Wellmann

Deloitte Quantum.Link
Lead

Niklas Müller

Deloitte Quantum.Link
Senior Consultant

Kai-Chun Lin

Deloitte Quantum.Link
Consultant

Chloé Archambault

Sherbrooke Quantique
Director BD Quantum

Jeff Thompson

Princeton University
Quantum Science and Engineering

Anushka Shrivastava

Keysight Technologies
Quantum Engineering Solutions

Jennifer Harding

Quantum Brilliance
Quantum Application Developer

Cori Williams

IonQ
Quantum OS Engineer

Wen Lin Tan

IonQ
Cryogenic Trapped-Ion Quantum

Monica Gutierrez

IonQ
Experimental Atomic Physicist

Stefano Paesani

Niels Bohr Institute
Photonic Quantum Computing

Misty Wahl

Unitary Fund
Quantum Open Source & Grants

Alan Brody

Startupalooza & iBreakfast
CEO

Kevin Kawchak

ChemicalQDevice
CEO & Founder

Nicole Williams

Compound VC
Investor

Shaeema Zaman Ahmed

Science Melting Pot
Founder

Araceli Venegas-Gomez

QURECA
Founder & CEO

Kiera Peltz

Qubit by Qubit
Founder & Executive Director

Kristine Boone

Keysight Technologies
Quantum Engineering Solutions

Ilana Wisby

Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC)
CEO

William (Bill) Phillips

NIST
Nobel Prize Winner in Physics

Marlou Slot

NIST
Quantum Materials Physicist

Shabin Raj

Womanium
Founder + Director

Prachi Vakharia

Womanium
Founder + Funder

40+

Speakers & Instructors

10+

Panels & Sessions

Quantum Lab Tours

APPLY

TODAY

QUANTUM TRAINING

Training in Quantum Computing: quantum mechanics, software and hardware

Hackathon and exposure to entrepreneurship and career opportunities to create the Quantum Workforce & Leaders of tomorrow

July 10 - August 05, 2022

1. INTRO TO QUANTUM COMPUTING

WEEK 1 | 11am - 1pm ET

Keynote
The Potential of Quantum Computing
whurley, Strangeworks

The Quantum Ecosystem
and Future Workforce
Celia Merzbacher, QED-C

Crash course
Quantum Mechanics
Shaeema Zaman Ahmed, Science Melting Pot

Introduction to
Quantum Computing
William Oliver, MIT

2. QUANTUM HARDWARE

WEEK 1-4 | 11am - 1pm ET

Control and Readout of Qubits
Anushka Shrivastava, Keysight

Superconducting
Quantum Computers
Daniela Bogorin, IBM

Virtual Lab Tour at MIT

Neutral-Atom
Quantum Computers
Kristen Pudenz, Atom Computing

Trapped-Ion
Quantum Computers
Caroline Figgatt, Quantinuum

Photonic
Quantum Computers

Virtual Lab Tour at QuiX Quantum

Room-Temperature Diamond-based Quantum Computing
Jennifer Harding, Quantum Brilliance

Quantum
Annealing
Alex Koszegi + Sara Ejtemaee, D-Wave Systems

Dilution
Refrigerators
Elina Potanina, Bluefors

Virtual Lab Tour at Maybell Quantum

3. QUANTUM PROGRAMMING

WEEK 1-4 | 11am - 1pm ET

Quantum Programming by

QBronze
- Basics of a Quantum Program
- Quantum Operators on a Qubit
- Entanglement and Quantum Protocols
- Grover's Algorithm

QSilver
- Global and local phase, Bloch sphere, operations on Bloch sphere
- Quantum Fourier Transform
- Quantum phase estimation,
order finding algorithm
- Shor’s Algorithm

Apply your skills in the hackathon!

HACKATHON

CAREER & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

August 08 - August 26, 2022

HACKATHON

Click here for Challenges List in GitHub ❯❯

CHALLENGES LIST

WEEK 5-6 | With your team

Team up to solve a
Real-World Problem

Hackathon challenges provided by
IBM, Deloitte, Quantinuum, IQM, Keysight, Automatski, ORCA Computing & others!

Virtual quantum company
office hours and
Womanium+QWorld mentoring

Present your solutions on
Demo Day
and win prizes

CAREER & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Throughout the program

Career Fairs

Career Fair 1:
Quantum in Europe

Career Fair 2:
The Quantum World

Career Spotlight

- Pitch and CV training
- Career Panel (Chris Bishop, Improvising Careers)
- Women in Quantum (Denise Ruffner, WIQ / Atom Computing)

Startup Spotlight

- Technology Readiness Levels
- Building the bridge from academic to real-world problems (Helmut Katzgraber, Amazon)
- Panel: Quantum Entrepreneurs (Zapata, IQM, Classiq, Maybell)
- Panel: Raising Capital $$$

Startup Talks

- Quantum for Drugs Discovery (Shahar Keinan, POLARISqb)
- The Quantum Internet (Prineha Narang, Aliro Quantum)

Mentoring

Womanium Startup Mentoring beyond summer program

Quantum Computing