White House to host quantum tech summit with industry Tuesday
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The closed-door event will focus on supply chain, workforce development and private sector insights into the emerging technology.
The White House will host a summit with industry on Tuesday dedicated to innovation in quantum information sciences and technologies, featuring remarks from tech policy and agency leadership within the Trump administration, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The White House Summit on Quantum Innovation will begin at 11 a.m. on July 7 in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, per a document obtained by Nextgov/FCW. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios and National Quantum Coordination Office Director Brad Blakestand are slated to deliver a keynote that provides updates on the administration’s quantum agenda and on research and development.
Leaders from relevant government agencies — including Department of Commerce Deputy Secretary Paul Dabbar, Department of Defense Under Secretary for Research Emil Michael, Department of Energy Under Secretary Darío Gil, National Science Foundation Acting Director Brian Stone and U.S. Chief Technology Officer Ethan Klein — are scheduled to discuss how their departments are delivering on commitments to quantum innovation.
Other panelists who will cover industry insights, supply chain and the workforce are listed “TBA” as of late Monday afternoon.
Attendees will primarily represent the U.S. quantum information science and technology industry.
The summit follows President Donald Trump’s two recent executive orders aimed at strengthening the U.S. quantum technology research and development ecosystem and spurring the migration of critical networks to a post-quantum cryptographic standard.