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🇫🇷 Remise de prix d'honneur : Pascale Senellart
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Pascale
Senellart
UPS Arteq, Polytechnique
CNRS research director, associate professor at Ecole Polytechnique and co-founder and scientific advisor of the company Quandela
Sylvie
Retailleau
Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la recherche
Ministre de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche
🇫🇷 Remise de prix de la startup de l'année : “Startup of the year award” 2023
Damien
Gromier
France Quantum
Founder & President
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Neil
Abroug
INRIA
Head of Quantum
Georges-Olivier
Reymond
Pasqal
CEO
🇬🇧 « Quantum Computing » Impacts for Financial services: Crédit Agricole’s point of view
Damien
Gromier
France Quantum
Founder & President
Eric
Caen
Crédit Agricole
Group Chief Digital Officer
🇬🇧 Afternoon reopenning of France Quantum
Damien
Gromier
France Quantum
Founder & President
Octave
Klaba
OVHcloud
Founder & CEO
🇬🇧 Bringing the Quantum Ecosystem under one roof: Les Maisons du Quantique
The French and European quantum ecosystem is emerging, and the major challenges it faces have led to the emergence of flagship buildings all over the world. It's time for France to have its own...
Marwan
Elfitesse
Station F
Head of Startup Programs & Services
Kenzo
Bounegta
Le Lab Quantique
General Manager
🇬🇧 C12 digital twin: a new way to test algorithms on carbon quantum computer
Pierre
Desjardins
C12
CEO & Co-founder
🇬🇧 European investments: Where do we stand?
Damien
Gromier
France Quantum
Founder & President
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Olivier
Tonneau
Quantonation
Partner
🇬🇧 France Quantum 2nd edition kick start
Damien
Gromier
France Quantum
Founder & President
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Neil
Abroug
INRIA
Head of Quantum
🇬🇧 HQI: French national strategy
Philippe
Duluc
Eviden
Chief Technology Officer
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Neil
Abroug
INRIA
Head of Quantum
Jacques-Charles
Lafoucrière
CEA
Programme Manager
Sabine
Mehr
GENCI
Chief Quantum Projects Officer
🇬🇧 Industrial-grade applications on photonic quantum computers in the cloud
Brian
Ventura
Sigma Reply
Research and application scientist in quantum computing
Valérian
Giesz
Quandela
Co Founder - CEO
🇬🇧 Learn to code on Quandela Perceval notebook
In this master class, you will delve into the world of photonic quantum computing and learn how to leverage Perceval's powerful features to program and control quantum circuits with ease. You will...
Jean
Senellart
Quandela
Chief Product Officer
🇬🇧 Quantum computing with cold atoms. A case study
Analog quantum computing is a prime candidate to highlight near-term benefits of the technology, while waiting for the Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum (NISQ)-era to mature into its fault tolerant...
Krisztian
Benyo
Pasqal
Technical Business Developper
🇬🇧 Quantum European research: what are the collaborations?
Eleni
Diamanti
CNRS
CNRS research director at Sorbonne University
Martin
Schulz
Technical University of Munich
Professor at TU Munich, Member of the Board of Directors at LRZ
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Dr Gustav
Kalbe
European Commission
Acting Director CNECT C, Digital Excellence and Science Infrastructure
🇬🇧 Quantum for defense & space
Patrick
Aufort
Ministère des Armées (DGA/AID)
Directeur de l'Agence de l'Innovation de Défense
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Sylvain
Schwartz
ONERA
Directeur de recherche ONERA et responsable du laboratoire QTech
🇬🇧 Quantum for finance: Review of use cases in finance
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Ali
El Hamidi
Crédit Agricole CIB
Deputy Head Capital Markets Funding - Global Markets Division
Georges-Olivier
Reymond
Pasqal
CEO
Michel
Kurek
Multiverse Computing
CEO France
🇬🇧 Quantum for health: acceleration
Jean-Philip
Piquemal
Qubit Pharmaceuticals
Co-founder & CSO, Qubit Pharmaceuticals ; Deputy Director, iDREAM research Initiative, Alliance Sorbonne Université (ASU)
Peter
Clark
Janssen R&D
Head, Computational Sciences & Engineering
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
🇬🇧 Quantum network applications - A roadmap toward a secure and private quantum world
Marc
Kaplan
VeriQloud
CEO and co-founder
🇬🇧 Quantum-centric Data-Driven R&D
As many companies are working towards quantum advantage, the question remains: How do we make quantum computing useful? Among the industries eagerly anticipating the impact of quantum computing,...
Julian
van Velzen
Capgemini
CTIO and Head of Capgemini’s Quantum Lab
🇬🇧 The Quantum Revolution: now is the time to invest!
Dmitry
Galperin
Runa Capital
General Partner
Olivier
Tonneau
Quantonation
Partner
🇬🇧 Where can we study Quantum in France?
Nicolas
Glady
Télécom Paris
Dean & President
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Sylvain
Ferrari
Institut Polytechnique de Paris
Vice-President, ENSTA Paris & co-head of EduQuantum
Philippe
Dewost
Epita
CEO
Nicolas
Treps
Sorbonne Université - Laboratoire Kastler Brossel - Quantum Information Center Sorbonne
Professeur
🇬🇧 Worldwide hardware panorama: Europe & France focus
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Maud
Vinet
Siquance
Cofounder & CEO
Xavier
Geoffret
IQM
Technical Sales Manager
Olivier
Ezratty
Author of Understanding Quantum Technologies and Cofounder of the Quantum Energy Initiative
🥂 Closing cocktail by Quantonation & Runa Capital
Runa Capital
Quantonation
Assises du quantique de la Région Ile de France - 15h15-18h00
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🇫🇷 Défis d’Industrialisation et de mise en production des technologies quantiques
Pierre
Desjardins
C12
CEO & Co-founder
Guillaume
De Giovanni
Viqthor
Co-Founder
Daniel
Vert
Systematic Paris-Region
Coordinateur du Hub Advanced Engineering & Computing
Guillaume
Desache
Cryoconcept / Airliquid
Directeur général Cryoconcept
Olivier
Pegeon
QbitSoft
Co-founder & CEO
Valérian
Giesz
Quandela
Co Founder - CEO
🇫🇷 Clôture des Assises par la Présidente de Région et Alain Aspect
Pr Alain
Aspect
Professeur titulaire de la Chaire Augustin Fresnel de l'Institut d'Optique, directeur de recherche émérite du CNRS, professeur à l'Ecole Polytechnique
Valérie
Pécresse
Région Île-de-France
Présidente de la Région Île-de-France
🇫🇷 Communication quantique et Cryptographie post-quantique
Jacques
Stern
Professeur émérite à l’Ecole normale supérieure / Médaille d’or du CNRS
Thomas
Rivera
Orange
Research Project Manager
Marc
Kaplan
VeriQloud
CEO and co-founder
Florent
Grosmaitre
CryptoNext Security
CEO
Tom
Darras
Welinq
CEO
🇫🇷 Discours d’ouverture des Assises par Alexandra Dublanche
Alexandra
Dublanche
Région Île-de-France
Vice-présidente chargée de la Relance, de l'Attractivité, du Développement économique et de l'Innovation
🇫🇷 Etat des lieux sur la recherche en quantique, mise en valeur du réseau Quantip
Ivan
Favero
CNRS
Directeur de recherche au CNRS, MPQ, responsable de l’axe capteurs quantiques et métrologie du DIM
Hélène
Perrin
CNRS
Coordinatrice du réseau DIM QuanTiP / Directrice de recherche au CNRS
Matthieu
Delbecq
Responsable de l’axe retombées scientifiques du DIM QuanTiP / Maitre de conférence / Co-fondateur de C12 Quantum Electronics
🇬🇧 Attractiveness and International Reach of the Paris Region
The purpose of this round table is to explore the attractiveness of the Paris Region as a privileged European ecosystem for the development of quantum technologies. It will feature representatives...
Thomas
Fauvel
Choose Paris Region
Deep Tech industry expert
Quentin
Bodart
Crystal Quantum Computing
CEO
Xavier
Geoffret
IQM
Technical Sales Manager
Jean-Gabriel
Boinot-Tramoni
Quantonation
Principal
Michel
Kurek
Multiverse Computing
CEO France
Emmanuelle
Vergnaud
Teratec
HPC & Quantum
🇬🇧 The adoption of quantum technologies in the industry - feedback and perspectives for the...
MARC
MORERE
Airbus
Research and Innovation manager
Georges-Olivier
Reymond
Pasqal
CEO
Sabine
Mehr
GENCI
Chief Quantum Projects Officer
Olivier
Salomon
Allianz
DeepTech & Innovation advisor
Joseph
Mikael
EDF
Head of Quantum Computation & Quantum Information project
Others
90
9:00 AM
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9:15 AM
🇬🇧 France Quantum - 4th Edition kick start
Damien
Gromier
France Quantum
Founder & President
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Loïc
Le Loarer
Secrétariat général pour l'investissement (SGPI)
Head of the French National Quantum Strategy
9:16 AM
-
9:22 AM
🇬🇧 Honorary awards ceremony 2025
Jean-Philip
Piquemal
Qubit Pharmaceuticals
Co-founder & CSO, Qubit Pharmaceuticals ; Deputy Director, iDREAM research Initiative, Alliance Sorbonne Université (ASU)
Damien
Gromier
France Quantum
Founder & President
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
9:23 AM
-
9:29 AM
🇬🇧 Startup of the year award ceremony 2025
Élie
Girard
Alice & Bob
Executive Chairman
Damien
Gromier
France Quantum
Founder & President
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
9:30 AM
-
9:40 AM
🇫🇷 Souveraineté Numérique et Autonomie Technologique
Laurent
Darmon
Crédit Agricole SA.
Director of Innovation and New Activities
9:41 AM
-
9:51 AM
🇬🇧 What does it take to build a useful quantum computer?
Jérémie
Guillaud
Alice & Bob
VP Firmware
9:52 AM
-
10:12 AM
🇬🇧 Quantum Patents: Securing Innovation in the Race for Technological Leadership
Jean-Philip
Piquemal
Qubit Pharmaceuticals
Co-founder & CSO, Qubit Pharmaceuticals ; Deputy Director, iDREAM research Initiative, Alliance Sorbonne Université (ASU)
Magali
Touroude
YesMyPatent
CEO, French and European Patent Attorney
Marion
Fauré
BCF Global
Partner, French and European Patent Attorney
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
10:13 AM
-
10:23 AM
🇬🇧 Shifting Focus: Why It’s Not Just a Question of Number of Qubits?
Pierre
Desjardins
C12
CEO & Co-founder
10:24 AM
-
10:54 AM
🇬🇧 Strategic Autonomy: What Synergies and Alliances for Effective Cross-Industry Cooperation?
Daniel
Vert
Systematic
Coordinator of the Advanced Engineering & Computing Hub
Jean-Philippe
Bourgoin
CEA
Deputy executive director for technology research and director of the electronics and infrastructure national program Agency
Andrea
Le Vot
Crédit Agricole SA.
Lead Coordination Quantum
Joseph
Mikael
EDF
Head of Quantum Computation
Guillaume
Brenaut
Ampere, Renault Group
Head of AI and emerging technologies at Ampere
10:30 AM
-
11:00 AM
🇬🇧 Tensor-network simulation of the Quantum Phase Estimation algorithm for chemistry
Thibaud
Louvet
Quobly
Quantum Engineer, Quantum Information team
10:55 AM
-
11:10 AM
🇬🇧 Europe’s Quantum Advantage: Building Strategic Sovereignty
Cécile
Perrault
European Quantum Industry Consortium (QuIC)
Vice President of the European Quantum Industry Consortium (QuIC) & Head of Innovation and Partnerships at Alice & Bob
Siméon
Valdman
Le Lab Quantique
General Manager
Peppiina
Huhtala
Confederation of Finnish Industries EK
Senior Legal Advisor
11:02 AM
-
11:32 AM
🇬🇧 Towards Frugal AI: Compressing Large Models (LLMs, Vision, etc.) with Quantum-Inspired Methods
How can we make AI lighter, faster, and more energy-efficient without compromising performance? Discover how mathematical techniques inspired by quantum physics pave the way for compressed,...
Karim
Djerboa
Multiverse Computing
Senior Business Development Manager
11:11 AM
-
11:31 AM
🇬🇧 Quantum use cases for the industry
David
De Almeida
Groupe SNCF
Head of Research, Technology and Innovation Division
Vincent
MARTIN
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Data Campus department - Deputy Head
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
CHARLES
PRAUD
Sopra Steria
Quantum Development Director
11:32 AM
-
11:47 AM
🇬🇧 Bridging HPC and Quantum: Towards a hybrid computing future
Jean
Senellart
Quandela
Chief Product Officer
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Stéphane
Requena
GENCI
Director Innovation and Technology at GENCI and Chair of EuroHPC INFRAG
11:34 AM
-
12:04 PM
🇬🇧 Real-Time Magnetic Field Debugging in the milli-Kelvin Domain
In super-conducting quantum compute systems, low level (μT) magnetic fields can contribute to decoherence, fields that are not always successfully managed by shielding. Ideally it would help to...
Tom
Wilson PhD
Paragraf
Chief Commercial Officer
11:48 AM
-
11:58 AM
🇬🇧 Rapid bring-up and detailed characterization of quantum computers using Qruise ML
Shai
Machnes
Qruise
CEO
11:59 AM
-
12:09 PM
🇬🇧 Building the network for quantum augmented data centers
Tom
Darras
Welinq
CEO
12:10 PM
-
12:35 PM
🇬🇧 Investment in Quantum startups: Opportunities and Risks Beyond Series B
Emily
Meads
Quantonation
Principal
Manjari
Chandran Ramesh
Amadeus Capital Partners
Partner
Adrien
Muller
Bpifrance
Principal, Deeptech at Bpifrance Large Venture
Richard
Menneveux
FW.MEDIA
Editor-in-Chief of FW.MEDIA, Decode Media, Startup-In-Europe
Ton
Van 't Noordende
QDNL Participations
General Partner
2:00 PM
-
2:20 PM
🇬🇧 Interview with Octave Klaba
Octave
Klaba
OVHcloud
Founder & CEO
Cédric
Ingrand
Heavyweight Studios
Managing Director
2:21 PM
-
2:41 PM
🇬🇧 How Emulators can accelerate your quantum technology adoption?
Philippe
Blot
QPerfect
CEO
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Maud
Vinet
Quobly
Co-founder & CEO
Dr Laurent
Guiraud
ColibriTD
Co-Founder & Quantum Computing R&D lead
2:42 PM
-
3:02 PM
🇬🇧 Scaling vs. Parallelizing in Quantum Computing: Two Paths, One Goal?
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Georges-Olivier
Reymond
Pasqal
Co-founder & Chief Strategic Alliances Officer
Katie
Pizzolato
IBM
Vice president IBM Quantum Platform
Tom
Darras
Welinq
CEO
3:03 PM
-
3:33 PM
🇬🇧 Germany: quantum use cases for the industry
Axelle
CHENEY-GRÜNBERGER
Ambassade de France en Allemagne, Service pour la Science et la Technologie
Senior Expert for Technological Innovation
Thomas
Ehmer
Merck Group
Innovation with Quantum
Michael
Marthaler
HQS Quantum Simulations
CEO
Manfred
Rieck
Deutsche Bahn
Head of Quantum Technologies
3:34 PM
-
4:59 PM
🇬🇧 How to analyze quantum computing use cases?
Olivier
Ezratty
Author of Understanding Quantum Technologies and Cofounder of the Quantum Energy Initiative
4:00 PM
-
4:05 PM
🇫🇷 Stratégie nationale quantique
Bruno
Bonnell
Secrétariat général pour l'investissement (SGPI)
Secrétaire général pour l’investissement, en charge de France 2030
4:05 PM
-
4:45 PM
🇫🇷 Les enjeux du quantique pour la défense
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Pascale
Senellart
Quandela
Co-fondatrice et Conseillère scientifique de Quandela, Directrice de Recherche CNRS
Emmanuel
Chiva
Ministère des Armées
Délégué General pour l’Armement
Laura
Chaubard
Ecole Polytechnique
Directrice Générale
Patrice
Caine
Thales
Président - Directeur Général
4:45 PM
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5:00 PM
🇫🇷 Closing Keynote by Sébastien Lecornu, French Minister for the Armed Forces
Sébastien
Lecornu
French Minister for the Armed Forces
5:06 PM
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5:16 PM
🇬🇧 10 years of the OVHcloud Startup Program
Philip
Marais
OVHcloud
Global Start-Up Program Director
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
5:17 PM
-
5:32 PM
🇬🇧 Closing Ceremony
Damien
Gromier
France Quantum
Founder & President
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
9:00 AM
-
9:02 AM
MAINSTAGE
France Quantum - 5th edition kick start
Damien
Gromier
France Quantum
Founder & President
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
9:05 AM
-
9:15 AM
MAINSTAGE
Opening keynote - Anne Le Hénanff
Anne
Le Hénanff
Ministry for the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty
French Delegate Minister for AI & Digital
9:15 AM
-
9:25 AM
MAINSTAGE
The french national quantum strategy update
Loïc
Le Loarer
Secrétariat général pour l'investissement (SGPI)
Head of the French National Quantum Strategy
9:25 AM
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9:30 AM
MAINSTAGE
Honorary awards ceremony 2026
Julien
Laurat
Professor of Physics at Sorbonne Université, Senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France, group leader at the Laboratoire Kastler Brossel and Co-Founder / CSO of Welinq
9:30 AM
-
10:00 AM
MASTERCLASS STAGE
Hybrid quantum processors using impurity donors in silicon
Coupling single spins to superconducting circuits represents a powerful route toward scalable hybrid quantum technologies. This Masterclass will present how bismuth impurities in silicon can be used...
Michael
Stern
Qolumbus
Co-founder and Faculty Member at Technion IIT
9:30 AM
-
9:40 AM
MAINSTAGE
Startup of the year award ceremony 2026
Maud
Vinet
Quobly
Co-founder & CEO
9:40 AM
-
10:10 AM
MAINSTAGE
The scientific and technology challenges of FTQC
Olivier
Ezratty
Author of Understanding Quantum Technologies and Cofounder of the Quantum Energy Initiative
10:00 AM
-
10:30 AM
MASTERCLASS STAGE
Discover OVHcloud Quantum as a Service: How to Start Building Quantum Workloads
Guillaume
Marchand
OVHcloud
IT lead
Mathieu
Garcia
OVHcloud
Quantum software engineer
Guillaume
Couillandreau
OVHcloud
AI & Quantum Product Owner
10:10 AM
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10:20 AM
MAINSTAGE
Quantum Innovation: A Lever for the Transformation of Industries and Society?
Olivier
Biton
Crédit Agricole
Head of Technological Transformation and CEO of CA-GIP
10:20 AM
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10:45 AM
MAINSTAGE
Quantum Computing use cases in practice
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Patrick
Bastard
Renault Group
Expert Fellow, Director of Technology and Regulation
Tennin
Yan
Qunasys
CEO & Co-founder
Escolástico
Sánchez Martínez
BBVA
Quantum Principal Manager
10:30 AM
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11:00 AM
MASTERCLASS STAGE
A quick tour of the HQI Quantum Computers at TGCC
HQI is a French initiative aiming to provide quantum computing resources to the French research ecosystem. One of its concrete outcomes is the installation of two QPUs at TGCC: the Ruby machine...
Philippe
Deniel
CEA
Fellow Expert
10:45 AM
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11:05 AM
MAINSTAGE
Cybersecurity in the Age of Quantum
Philippe
Blot
QPerfect
CEO
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Bertrand
Le Piolot
FDJ UNITED
VP Group Cybersecurity
Samih
Souissi
ANSSI
Chief of Staff - Expertise department
11:00 AM
-
11:30 AM
MASTERCLASS STAGE
Quantum Technologies: Securing the Value Chain
Marion
Fauré
BCF Global
Partner, French and European Patent Attorney
Frédéric
Saffroy
Alerion Avocats
Partner
Benjamin
Jean
inno3
Founder and CEO
11:10 AM
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11:25 AM
MAINSTAGE
Fireside chat: How E.ON and IBM are exploring quantum for energy
Dr. Giorgio
Cortiana
E.ON
Head of Quantum Computing
Jerry
M. Chow
IBM
CTO of Quantum-Centric Supercomputing and IBM Fellow – Research
11:25 AM
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11:45 AM
MAINSTAGE
Quantum Technologies for Aerospace, Defense & Security
Jay
Lowell
Boeing
Chief Engineer and Principal Senior Technical Fellow
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Julien
Levrard
OVHcloud
CISO
Louise
Lund Henneberg
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
Quantum Team Leader / Senior Advisor
11:45 AM
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12:00 PM
MAINSTAGE
The future is now
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Mohammed
Sijelmassi
Sopra Steria
Group Chief Technology Officer
12:00 PM
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12:10 PM
MAINSTAGE
C12’s Roadmap to Scalable, Fault-Tolerant and Commercially Viable Quantum Computing
Pierre
Desjardins
C12
CEO & Co-founder
12:10 PM
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12:25 PM
MAINSTAGE
Industrialization as a competitive advantage
Maud
Vinet
Quobly
Co-founder & CEO
12:30 PM
-
1:30 PM
MAINSTAGE
Covering quantum science and tech: Masterclass for journalists
Quantum science and technology is becoming one of the defining stories of the decade, yet for most audiences it remains abstract, confusing and overhyped. On the eve of VivaTech, 16 June 2026,...
Amal
Kasry
UNESCO
Chief of Section, Basic Sciences & Engineering - Natural Sciences Sector
Cécile
Perrault
European Quantum Industry Consortium (QuIC)
Vice President of the European Quantum Industry Consortium (QuIC) & Head of Innovation and Partnerships at Alice & Bob
2:00 PM
-
2:02 PM
MAINSTAGE
Afternoon Kickoff Remarks
Damien
Gromier
France Quantum
Founder & President
2:03 PM
-
2:23 PM
MAINSTAGE
Interview with Octave Klaba
Marjorie
Paillon
Presenter, producer, and speaker
Octave
Klaba
OVHcloud
Founder & CEO
2:20 PM
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2:30 PM
MAINSTAGE
Quantum at Scale for New Space: From Emulation to Actionable Earth Intelligence on the DestinE...
Step into the quantum journey with OVHcloud and discover how Europe’s leading cloud provider is making quantum computing accessible to industries and researchers through an open, sovereign, and...
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Najla
Said
Serco
Serco Cloud Architect
2:30 PM
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2:35 PM
MAINSTAGE
Hackathon Quantique Défense: Official Launch
Xavier
Grison
Agence Innovation Défense
Chef du campus quantique défense
Lorenzo
Croati
Artefact Adopt AI
Vice Président and Co founder Adopt AI
2:30 PM
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3:00 PM
MASTERCLASS STAGE
Inside Australia's Quantum Ecosystem
Dr. Juan Pablo
Dehollain
Emergence Quantum
Senior Quantum Scientist
Carley
Scott
Space CoLAB
CEO
Axel
Ouvrard
Austrade – Australian Trade and Investment Commission
Foreign Investment Director
Gilles
Trachsel
Quintessence Labs
Vice President, EMEA and India
2:40 PM
-
2:50 PM
MAINSTAGE
Merlin, the Platform for Discovering New Quantum Algorithms
As quantum computing capabilities continue to advance, one of the key challenges is the discovery of algorithms that can fully leverage these new architectures. Merlin is designed to address this...
Xavier
Pereira
Quandela
Chief Growth Officer
2:50 PM
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3:05 PM
MAINSTAGE
Alice & Bob Unveils First Cat-Qubit Quantum System: Helium
Chloé
Poisbeau
Alice & Bob
COO
3:00 PM
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3:30 PM
MASTERCLASS STAGE
Quantum talent: Trends in an emerging workforce
In this talk, we examine talent trends in the quantum workforce, defining what it means to be “quantum talent” and exploring the key skills and career pathways shaping this workforce. Quantum talent...
Rosie
Hood
LinkedIn
Lead Data Scientist for EMEA at LinkedIn’s Economic Graph Research Institute and Global Head of LinkedIn’s Data for Impact programme
3:05 PM
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3:30 PM
MAINSTAGE
Investing in the Quantum Revolution: From Hype to Long-Term Value
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Sami
Moughrabie
ATMOS Ventures
Founder and General Partner
Xavier
Grison
Agence Innovation Défense
Chef du campus quantique défense
Neil
Abroug
INRIA
Head of Quantum
Olivier
Tonneau
Quantonation
Partner
3:30 PM
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3:50 PM
MAINSTAGE
Bridging the Quantum Divide: Toward an Inclusive Global Quantum Agenda
Amal
Kasry
UNESCO
Chief of Section, Basic Sciences & Engineering - Natural Sciences Sector
Cécile
Perrault
European Quantum Industry Consortium (QuIC)
Vice President of the European Quantum Industry Consortium (QuIC) & Head of Innovation and Partnerships at Alice & Bob
Dr. Mira
L. Wolf-Bauwens
GESDA
Head of Initiatives Development, GESDA and Senior Strategic Advisor Responsible Quantum, OQI
Richard
Menneveux
FW.MEDIA
Editor-in-Chief of FW.MEDIA, Decode Media, Startup-In-Europe
3:50 PM
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4:00 PM
MAINSTAGE
Quantum IP: Who Is Filing Today, and Who May Control Tomorrow?
In quantum technologies, intellectual property is not just a legal issue — it is a strategic signal. In a first-to-file system, the players who move early may secure exclusive rights that can shape...
Magali
Touroude
YesMyPatent
CEO, French and European Patent Attorney
4:00 PM
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4:10 PM
MAINSTAGE
Quantum technology mapping
Gilles
Requena
European Patent Office
Chief Patent Research and Policy Officer
4:15 PM
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4:35 PM
MAINSTAGE
Secure Communications in the Quantum Era: The Role and Limits of QKD
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Andrew
Thain
Airbus Defence and Space
Senior Expert in Quantum Secure Communications
Romain
Alléaume
TELECOM Paris
Professor at Télécom Paris, Head of the joint Inria–IP Paris project team Quriosity.
Marc
Kaplan
VeriQloud
CEO and co-founder
4:35 PM
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4:55 PM
MAINSTAGE
From Qubits to Cures: Quantum’s Impact on Healthcare
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Robert
Marino
Qubit Pharmaceuticals
CEO
Anders
Broo
AstraZeneca
Senior CMC project leader, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Matthias
Degroote
Boehringer Ingelheim
Applied Quantum Computing Researcher
4:55 PM
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5:15 PM
MAINSTAGE
The International Quantum Ecosystem: Collaboration & Cooperation Driving Progress
Dr. Krzysztof
Kurowski
Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PCSS)
Head of Quantum Technologies
Camille
Georges
EDHEC Quantum Institute
Deputy Director
Philippe
Bouyer
QDNL
Chair at QDNL and Professor (TU/e and UvA)
Jerry
Sheehan
OECD
Director of the OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation
5:15 PM
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5:20 PM
MAINSTAGE
PhD Days award ceremony 2026
To discover
5:25 PM
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5:30 PM
MAINSTAGE
Closing Ceremony
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Academic background & quantum training
Nicolas
Glady
Télécom Paris
Dean & President
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Franck
Balestro
Université Grenoble Alpes
Pr
Sylvain
Goussot
EPITA
Managing director
An industry-centric approach: Quobly's viable path to large-scale quantum computing
Quobly is a pioneer in the development of quantum processors based on silicon spin qubit technologies. With a breakthrough method, Quobly transforms standard semiconductors into quantum bits, paving...
Alain
Champenois
Quobly
Product Manager
AQADOC : distributed quantum algorithms for the Energy sector
Most players in the field of quantum computing today agree that the preferred way to scale up quantum computing is through the parallelization of quantum processors using quantum interconnects. The...
Tom
Darras
Welinq
CEO
Joseph
Mikael
EDF
Head of Quantum Computation & Quantum Information project
Closing Ceremony
Damien
Gromier
France Quantum
Founder & President
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
European Leadership in Quantum Technologies: Strengths and Strategies
Thierry
Botter
European Quantum Industry Consortium (QuIC)
Executive Director
Liran
Naaman
Quantum Delta NL
International Program Manager
Neil
Abroug
INRIA
Head of Quantum
Pascal
Maillot
European Commission
Deputy Head of Unit of Quantum Technologies
Exploring the Implications and Applications of MPQP in the Context of Photonic Quantum Computers
Jean
Senellart
Quandela
Chief Product Officer
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Laurent
Guiraud
ColibriTD SAS
CEO
France Quantum - 3rd edition kick start
Damien
Gromier
France Quantum
Founder & President
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Honorary awards ceremony 2024
Philippe
Grangier
CNRS / Institut d’Optique
Eleni
Diamanti
CNRS
CNRS research director at Sorbonne University
How can a group like Crédit Agricole contribute to the development of the quantum ecosystem?
Peggy
Bacati
FIRECA Fonds d'Innovation et de Recherche du Crédit Agricole
CEO
Benoît
BOURDIN
INDOSUEZ
Head of Venture Markets
Olivier
Tonneau
Quantonation
Partner
Etienne
Moreau
Supernova Invest
Partner
gaetan
des Rieux
CACIB
MD
How can AI, LLMs and quantum science empower each other?
Olivier
Ezratty
Author of Understanding Quantum Technologies and Cofounder of the Quantum Energy Initiative
How To Prepare For Quantum Computing?
Tahmid
Quddus Islam
Citi Global Insights
Assistant Vice President, Innovation & Technology
HQI: towards strongly interconnected HPC and quantum communities
Félix
Givois
GENCI
Quantum computing engineer
Sabine
Mehr
GENCI/HQI
Chief Quantum Projects Officer
Insurance: How to start its first steps in quantum?
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Olivier
Pegeon
QbitSoft
Co-founder & CEO
Sébastien
Marie
Matmut
CIO /CTO
Les Maisons du Quantique: first year review
Ylan
Tran
Les Maisons du Quantique
Director
Neutral atoms quantum computing for sustainable industries
With Net Zero 2030 commitments looming over the horizon, industries have to adopt a more active role in reducing their carbon footprint and putting forward methods and usages that favor sustainable...
Krisztian
Benyo
Pasqal
Technical Business Developper
Opening Keynote
Bruno
Bonnell
Secrétariat général pour l'investissement
Secrétaire général pour l’investissement, en charge de France 2030
Partnering to accelerate the quantum error correction era
Rebecca
Simmons
Riverlane
COO
Chloé
Poisbeau
Alice & Bob
COO
Quantum for Defense & Space
Kasia
Balakier
ESA
Optical & Quantum Communication Technology Manager
Patrick
Aufort
Ministère des Armées (DGA/AID)
Directeur de l'Agence de l'Innovation de Défense
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Quantum use cases for the industry
Isabell
Gradert
Airbus
VP Central Research & Technology
David
De Almeida
Groupe SNCF
Head of Research, Technology and Innovation Division
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Michael
Kaicher
BASF
Quantum Scientist
Reopening of the second edition of France Quantum
Damien
Gromier
France Quantum
Founder & President
Octave
Klaba
OVHcloud
Founder & CEO
Startup of the year award ceremony 2024
Valérian
Giesz
Quandela
Co-founder
Strategy & Adoption of Quantum Computing
Julian
van Velzen
Capgemini
CTIO and Head of Capgemini’s Quantum Lab
Scott
Crowder
IBM Quantum Adoption
Vice President
The carbon nanotube pathway to scaled quantum computing
Pierre
Desjardins
C12
CEO & Co-founder
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Pluton
PULLUMBI
Air Liquide
R&D
The french national quantum strategy
Neil
Abroug
INRIA
Head of Quantum
Tomorrow is Quantum
Jean-Paul
Mazoyer
Crédit Agricole
Deputy General Manager of Crédit Agricole S.A. in charge of the Technology and Digital Division
Eric
Caen
Crédit Agricole
Group Chief Digital Officer
Towards Quantum Advantage with Neutral Atoms
Loïc
Henriet
Pasqal
Co-CEO
What's new, and what's the future of Qiskit 1.0?
Elisa
Bäumer
IBM Quantum
Research Scientist
🇫🇷 Remise de prix d'honneur : Pascale Senellart
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Pascale
Senellart
UPS Arteq, Polytechnique
CNRS research director, associate professor at Ecole Polytechnique and co-founder and scientific advisor of the company Quandela
Sylvie
Retailleau
Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la recherche
Ministre de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche
🇫🇷 Remise de prix de la startup de l'année : “Startup of the year award” 2023
Damien
Gromier
France Quantum
Founder & President
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Neil
Abroug
INRIA
Head of Quantum
Georges-Olivier
Reymond
Pasqal
CEO
🇬🇧 « Quantum Computing » Impacts for Financial services: Crédit Agricole’s point of view
Damien
Gromier
France Quantum
Founder & President
Eric
Caen
Crédit Agricole
Group Chief Digital Officer
🇬🇧 Afternoon reopenning of France Quantum
Damien
Gromier
France Quantum
Founder & President
Octave
Klaba
OVHcloud
Founder & CEO
🇬🇧 Bringing the Quantum Ecosystem under one roof: Les Maisons du Quantique
The French and European quantum ecosystem is emerging, and the major challenges it faces have led to the emergence of flagship buildings all over the world. It's time for France to have its own...
Marwan
Elfitesse
Station F
Head of Startup Programs & Services
Kenzo
Bounegta
Le Lab Quantique
General Manager
🇬🇧 C12 digital twin: a new way to test algorithms on carbon quantum computer
Pierre
Desjardins
C12
CEO & Co-founder
🇬🇧 European investments: Where do we stand?
Damien
Gromier
France Quantum
Founder & President
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Olivier
Tonneau
Quantonation
Partner
🇬🇧 France Quantum 2nd edition kick start
Damien
Gromier
France Quantum
Founder & President
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Neil
Abroug
INRIA
Head of Quantum
🇬🇧 HQI: French national strategy
Philippe
Duluc
Eviden
Chief Technology Officer
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Neil
Abroug
INRIA
Head of Quantum
Jacques-Charles
Lafoucrière
CEA
Programme Manager
Sabine
Mehr
GENCI
Chief Quantum Projects Officer
🇬🇧 Industrial-grade applications on photonic quantum computers in the cloud
Brian
Ventura
Sigma Reply
Research and application scientist in quantum computing
Valérian
Giesz
Quandela
Co Founder - CEO
🇬🇧 Learn to code on Quandela Perceval notebook
In this master class, you will delve into the world of photonic quantum computing and learn how to leverage Perceval's powerful features to program and control quantum circuits with ease. You will...
Jean
Senellart
Quandela
Chief Product Officer
🇬🇧 Quantum computing with cold atoms. A case study
Analog quantum computing is a prime candidate to highlight near-term benefits of the technology, while waiting for the Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum (NISQ)-era to mature into its fault tolerant...
Krisztian
Benyo
Pasqal
Technical Business Developper
🇬🇧 Quantum European research: what are the collaborations?
Eleni
Diamanti
CNRS
CNRS research director at Sorbonne University
Martin
Schulz
Technical University of Munich
Professor at TU Munich, Member of the Board of Directors at LRZ
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Dr Gustav
Kalbe
European Commission
Acting Director CNECT C, Digital Excellence and Science Infrastructure
🇬🇧 Quantum for defense & space
Patrick
Aufort
Ministère des Armées (DGA/AID)
Directeur de l'Agence de l'Innovation de Défense
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Sylvain
Schwartz
ONERA
Directeur de recherche ONERA et responsable du laboratoire QTech
🇬🇧 Quantum for finance: Review of use cases in finance
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Ali
El Hamidi
Crédit Agricole CIB
Deputy Head Capital Markets Funding - Global Markets Division
Georges-Olivier
Reymond
Pasqal
CEO
Michel
Kurek
Multiverse Computing
CEO France
🇬🇧 Quantum for health: acceleration
Jean-Philip
Piquemal
Qubit Pharmaceuticals
Co-founder & CSO, Qubit Pharmaceuticals ; Deputy Director, iDREAM research Initiative, Alliance Sorbonne Université (ASU)
Peter
Clark
Janssen R&D
Head, Computational Sciences & Engineering
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
🇬🇧 Quantum network applications - A roadmap toward a secure and private quantum world
Marc
Kaplan
VeriQloud
CEO and co-founder
🇬🇧 Quantum-centric Data-Driven R&D
As many companies are working towards quantum advantage, the question remains: How do we make quantum computing useful? Among the industries eagerly anticipating the impact of quantum computing,...
Julian
van Velzen
Capgemini
CTIO and Head of Capgemini’s Quantum Lab
🇬🇧 The Quantum Revolution: now is the time to invest!
Dmitry
Galperin
Runa Capital
General Partner
Olivier
Tonneau
Quantonation
Partner
🇬🇧 Where can we study Quantum in France?
Nicolas
Glady
Télécom Paris
Dean & President
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Sylvain
Ferrari
Institut Polytechnique de Paris
Vice-President, ENSTA Paris & co-head of EduQuantum
Philippe
Dewost
Epita
CEO
Nicolas
Treps
Sorbonne Université - Laboratoire Kastler Brossel - Quantum Information Center Sorbonne
Professeur
🇬🇧 Worldwide hardware panorama: Europe & France focus
Fanny
Bouton
OVHcloud
Quantum Lead at OVHcloud and Co-Founder of France Quantum
Maud
Vinet
Siquance
Cofounder & CEO
Xavier
Geoffret
IQM
Technical Sales Manager
Olivier
Ezratty
Author of Understanding Quantum Technologies and Cofounder of the Quantum Energy Initiative
🥂 Closing cocktail by Quantonation & Runa Capital
Runa Capital
Quantonation