Preliminary Program – Final Version Coming Soon
Sunday, October 26, 2025
| Time | Event | Lead | Place |
| 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Early Registration and Welcome Reception | 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. – 11:45 a.m. | Session I: Quantum Networking | Nicholas Peters, ORNL Matthieu Bloch, GA Tech | Fulton Ballroom |
| 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. | Diamond Sponsor Speaker *Working Lunch | TBD | Fulton Ballroom |
| 1:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. | Session II: Quantum Computing | Ryan Bennink, ORNL George Siopsis, UTK | Fulton Ballroom |
| 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Keynote Speaker *Working Dinner | TBD | Fulton Ballroom |
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. – 11:45 a.m. | Session III: Quantum Sensing | Mathieu Benoit, ORNL Yishu Wang, UTK | Fulton Ballroom |
| 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. | Diamond Sponsor Speaker *Working Lunch | TBD | Fulton Ballroom |
| 1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Group Photo | ||
| 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Session IV: Quantum Materials | Zach Ward, ORNL Shizeng Lin, LANL | Fulton Ballroom |
| 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. – 10:30 a.m. | Session V: Quantum Advantage for National Security | Craig Moss, ORNL Don Telesca, AFRL | Fulton Ballroom |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Poster Session | TBD | TBD |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. | Diamond Sponsor Speaker *Working Lunch | TBD | Fulton Ballroom |
| 12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Featured Session | TBD | Fulton Ballroom |
| 1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Closeout Summary and Plans for SQC 26 | TBD | Fulton Ballroom |
| 2:00 p.m. | Adjourn |