{"id":2445,"date":"2026-05-08T22:10:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T22:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qce.quantum.ieee.org\/2026\/?page_id=2445"},"modified":"2026-08-11T18:24:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T18:24:33","slug":"keynote-speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/qce.quantum.ieee.org\/2026\/keynote-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Keynote Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2445\" class=\"elementor elementor-2445\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-22cfe8f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"22cfe8f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Quantum Week 2026 Keynote Speakers<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-752a352 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"752a352\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-228a04b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"228a04b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>We are excited to announce the keynote speakers for IEEE Quantum Week 2026<\/h3><p>Continuing our longstanding tradition, we will have two incredible keynotes each day as industry leaders take to the stage at IEEE Quantum Week to describe the groundbreaking efforts and world-changing research taking place at their companies and labs.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/qce.quantum.ieee.org\/2026\/program\/keynote-schedule\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Keynote Speaker Schedule<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33776fa e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"33776fa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3032cde eael-team-align-eael-team-align-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-team-member\" data-id=\"3032cde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-team-member.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t<div 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-team-member.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"eael-team-member-04881cf\" class=\"eael-team-item eael-team-members-simple \">\n\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-item-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/qce.quantum.ieee.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/05\/Christian-Weedbrook-240.jpg\" alt=\"Christian Weedbrook\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"eael-team-member-name\">Christian Weedbrook<\/h2><h3 class=\"eael-team-member-position\"><strong>Xanadu<\/strong><br \/><small>Founder \/ CEO<\/small><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"eael-team-text\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5eb01c eael-team-align-eael-team-align-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-team-member\" data-id=\"d5eb01c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-team-member.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"eael-team-member-d5eb01c\" class=\"eael-team-item eael-team-members-simple \">\n\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-item-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/qce.quantum.ieee.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/05\/Raj-Hazra-240.jpg\" alt=\"Rajeeb Hazra\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"eael-team-member-name\">Rajeeb Hazra<\/h2><h3 class=\"eael-team-member-position\"><strong>Quantinuum<\/strong><br \/><small>President \/ CEO<\/small><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"eael-team-text\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72be9f6 eael-team-align-eael-team-align-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-team-member\" data-id=\"72be9f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-team-member.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"eael-team-member-72be9f6\" class=\"eael-team-item eael-team-members-simple \">\n\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-item-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/qce.quantum.ieee.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/08\/Lisa-Lambert-240.png\" alt=\"Lisa Lambert\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 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src=\"https:\/\/qce.quantum.ieee.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/08\/Mihir-Bhaskar_240.jpg\" alt=\"Mihir Bhaskar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"eael-team-member-name\">Mihir Bhaskar<\/h2><h3 class=\"eael-team-member-position\"><strong>IONQ<\/strong><br \/><small>SVP, Global R&amp;D<\/small><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"eael-team-text\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9467ec1 eael-team-align-eael-team-align-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-team-member\" data-id=\"9467ec1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-team-member.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"eael-team-member-9467ec1\" class=\"eael-team-item eael-team-members-simple 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