Project Q Viewing followed by Q&A with creator James Der Derian APR 11 Project Q War, Peace & Quantum Mechinics Thursday April 11, 2024 4:30 - 6:30 PM Harvard Kennedy School, Taubman, 5th FL, Nye C Join us for a discussion with Prof. James Der Derian, director of Project Q at the University of Sydney. The discussion will feature a short documentary about the Center’s mission to study the geopolitical and societal implications of quantum innovation. From its inception, quantum mechanics was characterized by lengthy philosophical debates among its founders. Such debates were stifled by the late 1930s, exacerbated by a post-WWII focus on military applications. Today, quantum physicists are often socialized to “shut up and calculate.” Simultaneously, quantum information technologies are promised to deliver unparalleled computing, communication, and sensing advances, impacting areas such as medicine, data processing, and finance. It is time to break the silence and again consider quantum innovation's philosophical, ethical, and political aspects. Just as we hear what these technologies can do for the world, we should ask: what can quantum technologies do to our world? REGISTER HERE <https://harvard.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a697b0181d962ab6a41278b97&id=cabae8b2aa&e=ced9f904e2> James Der Derian is the Michael Hintze Chair of International Security Studies and Director of the Centre for International Security Studies at the University of Sydney. HIs research and teaching interests are in international security, information technology, international theory, and documentary film. He is the author of several film documentaries, including the *V**irtual Y2K, After 9/11*, and most recently, *Human Terrain*, which won the Audience Award at the 2009 Festival dei Popoli in Florence and has been an official selection at numerous international film festivals. His most recent documentary, *Project Z: The Final Global Event* (co-produced with Phillip Gara), premiered at the 2012 DOK Leipzig Film Festival. James is the principal investigator at *ProjectQ*, an academic-industry partnership studying the geopolitical and ethical considerations of emerging quantum technologies. You are receiving this email because you signed up to receive event announcements from the Harvard STS Program. Edit Subscription Preferences <https://harvard.us3.list-manage.com/profile?u=a697b0181d962ab6a41278b97&id=197d7c347b&e=ced9f904e2&c=acf0aec6ba> Unsubscribe <https://harvard.us3.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=a697b0181d962ab6a41278b97&id=197d7c347b&t=b&e=ced9f904e2&c=acf0aec6ba> Harvard STS Program 79 JFK Street Cambridge, MA 02138 USA _______________________________________________ Harvard-quantum-initiative mailing list -- harvard-quantum-initiative(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu To unsubscribe send an email to harvard-quantum-initiative-leave(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu