Dear Dr. Aspuru-Guzik,
I’m helping Peter Wittek with our Quantum Computing event that you will speak at on December 14 at Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 105 St. George Street, Toronto. The event’s agenda with timing is pasted below. The interim list of 120 participants is attached. This list will increase to 200 participants. We are all very much looking forward to your presentation.
I have 4 questions for you please:
Will you show slides and if you will do you prefer to email them to me to be saved to the computer in the auditorium or do you prefer to bring a USB stick or laptop?
Are you available to please to please stay until 12:30pm and participate in the panel discussion from 12:00pm to 12:28pm?
You’re welcome to invite guests to attend all or some of the event. Are there people that I should add to the participants list or people whom you would like me to invite to attend as your guests?
Please send me your mobile so that I will have it in case I need to text or call you on the day of the event. Mine is 416 706-1623 . Thank you.
My best,
Steve Arenburg
Director, Public Events
Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
105 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 3E6
mobile: 416 706-1623
Event: TD Management Data and Analytics Lab at Rotman Speaker Series
Topic: “The Frontier in Quantum Computing”
Event Date: Friday, December 14, 2018
Event Timing: 7:45-8:25am Check-In & Light Breakfast; 8:30am sharp to 12:30pm Sessions (see Agenda and Speakers below)
Place: Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 105 St. George Street, Toronto (Fleck Atrium, Ground Floor, North Building)
Dress Code: business casual
Agenda and Speakers:
7:45-8:25 Check-In and Light Breakfast
8:30 sharp Welcoming Remarks
8:40 Contemporary Quantum Computing and Quantum Machine Learning
Peter Wittek, Assistant Professor and Academic Director - Quantum Program, Creative Destruction Lab and Data Scientist for the TD Management Data and Analytics Lab, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
9:10 Quantum Annealing for Commercial Applications
Alan Baratz,
EVP - R&D and Chief Product Officer, D-Wave
9:40 Opportunities in Universal Quantum Computing
Ryan Karle, Head of Customer Success, Rigetti
10:10-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 Quantum Chemistry and Machine Learning
Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Professor, University of Toronto; Faculty Member, Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence; CSO, Zapata Computing; CVO, Kebotix
11:00 Material Discovery and Quantum Computing Today
Michael Helander, President and CEO, OTI Lumionics
11:35 Quantum Machine Learning in Automated Warehouses
Wojtek Burkot, Co-Founder and Chief Physics Officer, Beit.tech
12:00 Panel Discussion
Moderator: Avi Goldfarb, Rotman Chair in Artificial Intelligence & Healthcare; Ellison Professor of Marketing; and Chief Data Scientist -Creative Destruction Lab, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
12:28 Closing Remarks
12:30 Adjournment