Conference on Quantum technologies: the digital holy grail?

Provisional program

9:00 – Introduction

9:10 – PANORAMA : Opportunities for industry

• Quantum computing at EDF,
  David MENGA, Research engineer, EDFlab Saclay

Part 1: Quantum in systems

• Photonics, a key technology
  Optical magnetic field sensors with NV centers in diamonds
  Yannick DUMEIGE, Professor at the University of Rennes 1 / Institut Foton

  Orange and quantum telecommunications: vision and contributions to collaborative projects
  Erwan PINCEMIN, R&D Engineer, Orange Labs
   

• Round table: what contributions from our territories?

Discussions around initiatives in the Greater West region, led by Caroline Collange, Researcher, Inria Rennes - Bretagne Atlantique

With the participation of:

• Arnaud COATHANAY, Associate professor, ENSTA Bretagne / Lab-STICC
• Yann ALLAIN, Independent / Hardware Hacker / Entrepreneur
• Gilles BUREL, University Professor, UBO (University of Western Brittany) / Lab-STICC

Part 2: And for what?

• Quantum Computing: State of the art of developments at ATOS,
   Olivier HESS, Head of Quantum Computing ATOS France
• Sequence calculations by AI for robotics, the case of “bipedalism”,
   Ilies ZAOUI, founder and CEO, Conscience Robotics
• Quantum Communication - Why quantum interests digital companies?
  Audrey LUCAS, Cryptography R&D manager, Tekalis

Part 3: Presentation of the “Quantum Technologies” acceleration strategy

• Advances in quantum strategy, expectations and next deadlines,
  Neil ABROUG, General Secretariat for Investment Strategy

12h30 – Cocktail and networking