Physical Science Session - Quantum Computing

13:30-13:35      Introduction by the Convener 

- Jianwei PAN, Executive Vice-President, University of Science and Technology of China; Director, the CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics; Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences; The Future Science Prize 2017 - Physical Science Prize Laureate

13:35-13:55      Keynote Speech 1: New Avenues for Quantum Simulations with Atoms, Molecules and Photons

- Immanuel Bloch, Professor, the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and the Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU) Munich, Germany

13:55-14:15      Keynote Speech 2: Quantum Computation and Quantum Simulation with Strings of Trapped Ca+ Ions 

- Rainer Blatt, Professor of experimental physics and head of the Quantum Optics and Spectroscopy group, the University of Innsbruck; Member, Austrian Academy of Sciences; Foreign member, US National Academy of Sciences; Foreign member, Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences

14:15-14:35      Keynote Speech 3: Scaling for Trapped Ion Quantum Computing

- Luming Duan, Chair Professor of Fundamental Sciences, Tsinghua University 

14:35-14:55      Keynote Speech 4: Quantum Advantage with Photons

- Chaoyang Lu, Professor of Physics at the University of Science and Technology of China

14:55-15:15      Keynote Speech 5: The Widening Path of Quantum Computers: from Physics to Engineering to Applications

- Christopher Monroe, Gilhuly Family Presidential Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics, Duke University; Member of US National Academy of Sciences

Panel Discussion and Q&A 

Moderator: 

- Jianwei Pan

Panelists: (Alphabetized by last name)

- Rainer Blatt 

- Immanuel Bloch

- Luming Duan

- Chaoyang Lu

- Christopher Monroe