March 24, 2026
The Engine | Kendall Square
750 Main Street | Cambridge, MA
REGISTER

9:00AM - 4:00PM | The Engine Foyer
Registration and Information Desk Open

9:15AM - 9:30AM | The Engine Main Meeting Room
Welcome and Market Overview
Shayne Gilbert, Founder, The Convergence Center for Applied Quantum Computing
Emily Knight, CEO and President, The Engine

9:30AM - 10:15AM | The Engine Main Meeting Room
The Quantum State: Where are We Today
Eric Paley, Secretary of Economic Development, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Tim Menke, PhD, Co-founder and COO, Atlantic Quantum (acquired by Google)
Woody Sherman, PhD, Chief Innovation Officer, PsiThera
Vinit Nijhawan, Managing Director, MassVentures

10:15AM - 10:45AM | The Engine Foyer
Networking Break

10:45AM - 11:15AM | The Engine Main Meeting Room
Quantum and AI
Bruce Church, PhD, Chief Mathematics Officer & EVP Research & Early Development, Aitia
Hrant Gharibyan, PhD, CEO, BlueQubit
Tyler Fohrman, Early Stage Investor, Glasswing Ventures (moderator)

11:15AM - 11:45AM | The Engine Foyer
Networking Break

11:45AM - 12:30PM | The Engine Main Meeting Room
Redefining Cancer Treatment: Applied Quantum for Precision Oncology
Sella Brosh, MD, CEO, NVision
Sanjoy Ray, PhD, Co-founder and CSO, PexMachina
Varun Ramdevan, Global Lead Technology Early Innovation and Partnerships, Johnson & Johnson Innovation (moderator)

12:30PM - 1:30PM | The Engine Foyer
Lunch

1:30PM - 2:15PM | The Engine Main Meeting Room
The Biopharma Perspective: Building A Quantum Strategy in Drug Discovery and Development
Alexey Galda, PhD, Associate Scientific Director, Quantum Algorithms and Applications, Moderna
Varun Ramdevan, Global Lead Technology Early Innovation and Partnerships, Johnson & Johnson Innovation (moderator)
Ramani Varanasi, CEO, LIBRIS Innovations (moderator)

2:15PM - 2:45PM | The Engine Foyer
Networking Break

2:45PM - 3:30PM | The Engine Main Meeting Room
Investor Outlook
Mark Adams, PhD, Partner, Two Bear Capital
Vinny Beranek, PhD, Partner, Engine Ventures
Kristina Kitko, PhD, Director of Venture Science, Eli Lilly and Company
Stacy Swider, VP Investments, MassVentures (moderator)

3:30PM - 4:00PM | The Engine Main Meeting Room
Global Perspective: Opportunities and Challenges
Nicholas Burns, former Ambassador to China; Vice Chair, Cohen Group
Travis Scholten, PhD, Technical Lead, Public Sector, IBM
Larissa Bifano, Partner, DLA Piper (moderator)