Sunday, October 26, 2025
| Time | Event | Lead | Place |
| 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Early Registration and Welcome Reception hosted by SQC 25 Sponsors | Alysha Tackett, ORNL Lora Wolfe, ORNL Kristen Summey, ORNL SQC 25 Sponsors | Marriott Knoxville Downtown First Floor Lobby |
| 8:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
Monday, October 27, 2025
| Time | Event | Lead | Place |
| 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Registration | Alysha Tackett, ORNL Lora Wolfe, ORNL Kristen Summey, ORNL | Marriott Knoxville Downtown |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:25 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction to SQC 25 *Working Breakfast | Cynthia Jenks, ORNL, SQC 25 Conference Chair Gina Tourassi, ORNL, SQC 25 Conference Chair | Fulton Ballroom |
| 8:25 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Introduction to Session I- Quantum Networking: Architectures, Applications, and Scalable Links | Session I Chairs: Nicholas Peters, ORNL Matthieu Bloch, GA Tech | Fulton Ballroom |
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Plenary Speaker I Scalable Generation of Squeezed Light: From Device to Application | Linran Fan, U of Texas | Fulton Ballroom |
| 9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Plenary Speaker II The Peril and Promise of Wireless Quantum Links | Paul Kwiat, UIUC | Fulton Ballroom |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Break and head to breakout sessions |
| 10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Session I: Breakout Session I | Breakout Session I Topic: Nonlinear optics: from materials to networked applications 10:15 – 10:45 a.m. – Claire Marvinney, ORNL Quantum Sensing with Squeezed Light 10:45 – 11:15 a.m. – Rajkumar Kettimuthu, ANL InterQnet: Toward Heterogeneous, Scalable Quantum Networks 11:15 – 11:45 a.m. – Nagi Rao, ORNL Entanglement Throughput Over Fiber Connections: Measurements and Capacity Estimates | Moderator: Nicholas Peters, ORNL | Fulton Ballroom |
| 10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Session I: Breakout Session II | Breakout Session II Topic: Quantum Information Science for Building a Southeastern Ecosystem 10:15 – 10:45 a.m. – Joe Chapman, ORNL Real-Time Heralded Resource-State for Non-Gaussian Teleportation 10:45 – 11:15 a.m. – Tian Li, UTC Polarization-Controlled Dual-State Distribution of Bell and N00N Entanglement Over a Metro-Scale Commercial Quantum Network 11:15 – 11:45 a.m. – Eric Chitambar, Univ Illinois Quantum Position Verification and Information Processing Under Spacetime Constraints | Moderator: Matthieu Bloch, GA Tech | Wiley/Milani Room |
| 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. | Session I Recap Diamond Sponsor- NVIDIA Enabling New Methods for Quantum-Classical Integration at Scale *Working Lunch | Session I Chairs: Nick Peters, ORNL Matthieu Bloch, GA Tech Diamond Sponsor Speaker: Alex McCaskey, NVIDIA | Fulton Ballroom |
| 1:15 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. | Introduction to Session II – Quantum Computing Frontiers: Exploring Synergies with Materials, Sensing, and Networking | Session II Chairs: Ryan Bennink, ORNL George Siopsis, U of TN, Knoxville | Fulton Ballroom |
| 1:20 p.m. – 2:05 p.m. | Plenary Speaker I Charting Scientific Discovery with Hybrid, HPC and AI-Driven Quantum Computing Technologies | Bert de Jong, LBNL | Fulton Ballroom |
| 2:05 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. | Plenary Speaker II Towards Quantum Advantage in Gauge Theories | George Siopsis, U of TN, Knoxville | Fulton Ballroom |
| 2:50 p.m. – 3:05 p.m. | Break and head to breakout sessions |
| 3:05 p.m. – 4:35 p.m. Session II: Breakout Session I | Breakout Session I Topic: Quantum Computing Meets Quantum Matter 3:05 – 3:35 p.m. – Eugene Dumitrescu, ORNL New Twists on Topological Quantum Error Correcting Codes 3:35 – 4:05 p.m. – Kristen Pudenz, Atom Computing Designing Neutral Atom Quantum Computers for Error Correction 4:05 – 4:35 p.m. – Quantum Computing Meets Quantum Matter Discussion | Moderator: Ryan Bennink, ORNL | Fulton Ballroom |
| 3:05 p.m. – 4:35 p.m. Session II: Breakout Session II | Breakout Session II Topic: Qubits as Quantum Sensors 3:05 – 3:35 p.m. – Phil Lotshaw, ORNL Entangled Matter and Kitaev Chiral Edge Dynamics on Quantum Processors 3:35 – 4:05 p.m. – Peter Maurer, Univ Chicago From Diamond Defects to Protein-Based Qubit Sensors 4:05 – 4:35 p.m. – Long Ju, MIT Fractional Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect and Chiral Superconductivity in Graphene | Moderator: George Siopsis, U of TN, Knoxville | Wiley/Milani Room |
| 3:05 p.m. – 4:35 p.m. Session II: Breakout Session III | Breakout Session III Topic: Distributed & Networked Quantum Computing 3:05 – 3:35 p.m. – Daniel Claudino, ORNL Software Framework for Integrated High Performance+Quantum Computing 3:35 – 4:05 p.m. – Pooja Rao, NVIDIA Generative Quantum Eigensolver 4:05 – 4:35 p.m. – Distributed & Networked Quantum Computing Discussion | Moderator: Luke Bertels, ORNL | Royston Room |
| 4:35 p.m. – 4:50 p.m. | Break and head back to Fulton Ballroom |
| 4:50 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. | Session II Recap | Session II Chairs: Ryan Bennink, ORNL George Siopsis, U of TN, Knoxville | Fulton Ballroom |
| 5:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Side Meetings and Discussions |
| 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Keynote Speaker One-way Electrons and Other Tales of Quantum Materials *Working Dinner | Dr. David Goldhaber-Gordon, Stanford University/SLAC | Fulton Ballroom |
| 8:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
| Time | Event | Lead | Place |
| 7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. | Registration | Alysha Tackett, ORNL Lora Wolfe, ORNL Kristen Summey, ORNL | Marriott Knoxville Downtown |
| 8:15 a.m. – 8:25 a.m. | Recap of Day 1 Presentations, Review Agenda for Day 2 *Working Breakfast | Rob Moore, ORNL, SQC 25 Conference Co-Chair Mariam Kiran, ORNL, SQC 25 Conference Co-Chair | Fulton Ballroom |
| 8:25 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Introduction to Session III- Quantum Sensing at Scale: From Engineered Materials to Intelligent Networks | Session III Chairs: Mathieu Benoit, ORNL Yishu Wang, UTK | Fulton Ballroom |
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Plenary Speaker I Harnessing Quantum Light: From Fundamental Physics to Computing | Haocun Yu, Univ of Vienna | Fulton Ballroom |
| 9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Plenary Speaker II Quantum Entanglement and Quantum Interference at the CERN Large Hadron Collider | Kenneth Read, ORNL | Fulton Ballroom |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Break and head to breakout sessions |
| 10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Session III: Breakout Session I | Breakout Session I Topic: Materials and Technology 10:15 – 10:45 a.m. – Amanda Steinhebel, ORNL Single Photon Sensing with Photon to Digital Converters (PDCs) 10:45 – 11:15 a.m. – Bogdan Dryzhakov, ORNL Fabrication and Ion Processing Development of Aluminum Nitride Photonic Integrated Circuits 11:15 – 11:45 a.m. – Chris Anderson, UIUC Mitigating Electrical and Magnetic Noise for Solid-State Spin Qubits | Moderator: Mathieu Benoit, ORNL | Fulton Ballroom |
| 10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Session III: Breakout Session II | Breakout Session II Topic: Spin-Based Measurement and Algorithms 10:15 – 10:45 a.m. – Ben Lawrie, ORNL Opportunities for Quantum Sensing of Spin Fluctuations in High Magnetic Fields 10:45 – 11:15 a.m. – Huan Zhao, ORNL Probing Spin Defects via Single Spin Relaxometry 11:15 – 11:45 a.m. – Joonhee Choi, Stanford Quantum Sensing with a Spin Ensemble in a Two-Dimensional Material | Moderator: Yishu Wang, UTK | Royston Room |
| 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. | Session III Recap Diamond Sponsor- IQM Progress on Superconducting Quantum Processors at IQM *Working Lunch | Session III Chairs: Mathieu Benoit, ORNL Yishu Wang, U of TN, Knoxville Diamond Sponsor Speaker- Hsiang-Sheng Ku, IQM | Fulton Ballroom |
| 1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Group Photo |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:05 p.m. | Introduction to Session IV – Quantum Materials by Co-Design: Enabling Scalable Quantum Technologies | Session IV Chairs: Zac Ward, ORNL Shizeng Lin, LANL | Fulton Ballroom |
| 2:05 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. | Plenary Speaker I Anyon Braiding in Graphene Quantum Hall Interferometer | Philip Kim, Harvard | Fulton Ballroom |
| 2:50 p.m. – 3:35 p.m. | Plenary Speaker II Spin Systems as Quantum Benchmarks | Alan Tennant, UTK | Fulton Ballroom |
| 3:35 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. | Break and head to breakout sessions |
| 3:50 p.m. – 5:20 p.m. Session IV: Breakout Session I | Breakout Session I Topic: Topological Quantum Materials for Quantum Information Science 3:50 – 4:20 p.m. – Kai Sun, Univ Michigan Robust Fractional Topological States Beyond Landau Levels: Flat Chern Bands as a Pathway Toward More Robust Topological Qubits 4:20 – 4:50 p.m. – Matt Brahlek, ORNL Tailoring Phenomena in Epitaxial Quantum Materials 4:50 – 5:20 p.m. – Topological Quantum Materials for Quantum Information Science Discussion | Moderator: Zac Ward, ORNL | Fulton Ballroom |
| 3:50 p.m. – 5:20 p.m. Session IV: Breakout Session II | Breakout Session II Topic: Harnessing Light-Matter Coupling for Quantum Information Science 3:50 – 4:20 p.m. – Takashi Oka, Univ Tokyo Quantum Geometry and Floquet Engineering in Lightwave Electronics 4:20 – 4:50 p.m. – Dima Farfurnik, NCSU Optical Characterization of Novel Materials for Spin Qubits 4:50 – 5:20 p.m. – Hu Miao, ORNL Measurement of Phonon Angular Momentum | Moderator: Rob Moore, ORNL | Wiley/Milani Room |
| 3:50 p.m. – 5:20 p.m. Session IV: Breakout Session III | Breakout Session III Topic: Materials for Computing 3:50 – 4:20 p.m. – An-Ping Li, ORNL Probing Topologically Protected Quantum States with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy 4:20 – 4:50 p.m. – Kai Xiao, ORNL Tailoring Heterogeneities in 2D Quantum Materials by Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Processing with In Situ Diagnostics 4:50 – 5:20 p.m. – Materials for Computing Discussion | Moderator: Josh Damron, ORNL | Royston Room |
| 5:20 p.m. – 5:35 p.m. | Break and head back to Fulton Ballroom |
| 5:35 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Session IV Recap | Session IV Chairs: Zach Ward, ORNL Shizeng Lin, LANL | Fulton Ballroom |
| 6:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
| 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. | Social Gathering *Optional | SQC 25 Sponsors | Five Thirty Lounge 530 S. Gay Street Knoxville, TN 37902 |
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
| Time | Event | Lead | Place |
| 8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Recap of Day 2 Presentations, Review Agenda for Day 3 *Working Breakfast | Rob Moore, ORNL, SQC 25 Conference Co-Chair Mariam Kiran, ORNL, SQC 25 Conference Co-Chair | Fulton Ballroom |
| 8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Introduction to Session V: Quantum Advantage for National Security | Craig Moss, ORNL Don Telesca, AFRL | Fulton Ballroom |
| 8:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Quantum Security: Fireside Chat | Ross Myers, (RET) Vice Admiral Moderator: Craig Moss, ORNL | Fulton Ballroom |
| 9:30 a.m. – 9:35 a.m. | Introduction to Featured Security Panel Discussion | Craig Moss, ORNL Don Telesca, AFRL | Fulton Ballroom |
| 9:35 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Featured Security Panel Discussion | Moderator: Craig Moss, ORNL Panel Members: Tim Barton, Cerberus Evan Dertien, Maj Gen (Ret) Teja Kuruganti, ORNL | Fulton Ballroom |
| 10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Morning Break |
| 10:30 a.m. – 10:35 a.m. | Poster Session Introductions | Alberto Marino, ORNL | Fulton Ballroom |
| 10:35 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Poster Presentations | Poster Presenters | Wiley/Milani Room |
| 11:30 a.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Featured Session: ORNL User Facilities 11:30 – 11:45 a.m. – Introduction to Featured Session: ORNL User Facilities 11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. – Stephen Jesse, CNMS Providing Capabilities and Expertise for Quantum Information Science Research at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences 12:15 – 12:45 p.m. – Jon Taylor, SNS The Neutron Scattering Quantum Connection 12:45 – 1:15 p.m. – Ashley Barker, OLCF Frontier & Beyond: Accelerating Science through HPC–Quantum Integration at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility 1:15 – 1:45 p.m. – Panel Discussion *Working Lunch | Moderator: Rob Moore, ORNL | Fulton Ballroom |
| 12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Featured Session: Co-Design for Quantum Technologies, Focus for National Security- Invitation Only Session | Craig Moss, ORNL Don Telesca, AFRL | Royston Room |
| 1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Closeout Summary | Rob Moore, ORNL Mariam Kiran, ORNL | Fulton Ballroom |
| 2:00 p.m. | Adjourn |