Demystifying Quantum Computing: Foundations, Challenges and Opportunities

Join us for an inside look at quantum computing and emerging quantum technologies. Our panel will unpack why they matter for national security, what they mean for today’s businesses, and how to separate real opportunities from hype and false promises.

MODERATOR:

Raymond Van Dyke
Technology and Intellectual Property Attorney, Patent Practitioner at Van Dyke Intellectual Property Law
Patent, trademark, copyright, intellectual property and technology law; enjoy helping my clients achieve their goals, obtain market share, and thwart unfair practices, with particular emphasis on U.S. and foreign patent and trademark consulting, preparation, prosecution, portfolio management, and patentability, validity, enforceability, and infringement opinions, including defending and bringing the third party oppositions and other post-grant procedures. Also, teaching others on IP and changes to IP laws. Read full profile…

PANEL:

Dr. Timothy A. Akers, M.S., Ph.D.
Chief Research Officer and Associate Provost for Academic Research, California State University, San Bernardino
Dr. Timothy A. Akers, M.S., Ph.D. is a nationally recognized leader in public health, criminology, and quantum literacy, currently serving as Chief Research Officer and Associate Provost for Academic Research at California State University, San Bernardino. A pioneering scholar and practitioner, Dr. Akers is the founder and volunteer CEO of the National Quantum Literacy Network (NQLN), a nonprofit 501(c)(3) advancing emerging quantum AI technologies for accelerating workforce development. Read full profile…

James Freericks
Robert L. and Catherine H. McDevitt, Chair, Professor of Physics, Georgetown University
James Freericks is passionate about making quantum mechanics more widely accessible in order to prepare more students for the second quantum revolution. Indeed, he believes everyone can become a quantum mechanic! Educated at Princeton University (1985) and the University of California, Berkeley (1987,1991), he held postdoctoral fellowships at the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Santa Barbara and at the University of California, Davis before moving to Georgetown University in 1994. Read full profile…

Dr. Hans C. Mumm
Chief and Researcher performing original research in the fields of AI, autonomous robotics, and security at Victory Systems LLC
Dr. Mumm has spent a combined twenty-eight years in government and contractor service building teams to address hard problems in the areas of national security, homeland security, and advanced technologies. He was the Division Chief for Cyber Security at the Office of The Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) programming and executing a budget of over $140M. Subsequently, he accepted a Branch Chief position with the CIA and built a unique set of continuous monitoring capabilities in support of the ICD503 Risk Management Framework. Read full profile…

Dr. Merrick S. Watchorn, DMIST
Chair for the Security Reference Architecture (Q-SRA)
Dr. Merrick S. Watchorn, DMIST provides a myriad of services within the Cybersecurity industry based on his sixteen-years of active service in the United States Navy (USN) and the last several within the United States Government (USG). His work background included formal training in semantic ontologies, Big Data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence methods, theories, and cognition. As a co-founding member of the Quantum Security Alliance (QSA), he serves as Chair for the Security Reference Architecture (Q-SRA). Read full profile…