The Quantum Karelia Closing Seminar

The Quantum Karelia Closing Seminar will be held 14. December 2022 from 9.30 am to 4 pm at Wärtsilä Campus in Karelia University of Applied Sciences, Joensuu.

The event is organized live, but it will also be streamed and can be also attended online. There is no attendance fee for participating in the live seminar or online event.

You are warmly welcomed!

Notice: all presentations will be held in English.

The program of the seminar:

• 9.30 – 10.00 Registration and coffee in the lobby. Coffee served in the lobby
• 10.05 -10.10 Welcome and opening of the event. President and CEO Petri Raivo, Karelia UAS, Finland.
• 10.10 – 11.00 Denmark’s Quantum Roadmap and Ecosystem. Morten Bache, Novo Nordisk Foundation, Denmark.
• 11.00 – 11.30 Comments and discussion on Morten’s talk. Anita Juho, Finnish Ministry of Finance, Finland.
• 11.30 – 12.10 The present and future of IQM quantum computers. Mikko Möttönen, IQM Finland Oy, Finland.
• 12.10 – 13.10 Lunch break (self-catering at restaurant Karelia UAS Wire)
• 13.10 – 13.30 Quantum computing in the business of an SME. Tuomo Kauranne, Arbonaut Ltd., Finland.
• 13.30 – 13.50 Quantum-accelerated HPC – A LUMI perspective. Mikael Johansson, CSC – IT Center for Science Ltd., Finland.
• 13.50-14.10 QC-advanced possibilities in drug discovery and computational chemistry. Antti Poso, UEF, University of Eastern Finland, Finland.
• 14.10 – 14.30 Quantum Computing initiatives at AWS. Jagadeesh Pusapadi, Amazon Web Services, London, UK.
• 14.30 – 14.50 ”Quo Vadis” Quantum Computing. Cristina Andersson, Develor Oy, Finland.
• 14.50 – 15.00 Coffee break. Coffee served in the lobby.
• 15.00 – 15.20 Summary of the presentations and conclusions. Himadri Majumdar, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.
• 15.20 – 15.45 Expert Panel discussion. Presenters at the venue.
• 15.45 – 16.00 Closing words. Olli Hatakka and Jarmo Talvivaara, Karelia UAS, Finland.