Ok back home .. see how I go with the transcript here... from this morning's presentation - hopefully Acher did a recording of this and can present as a video, but here is the transcript....
Ticky Fullerton ( Award Winning Journalist & Business Editor at large - The Australian)
** " Talking all the time about tech innovations, smarter, more efficient mining and resource extraction, cleaning up generations of pollution, redesigning critical infrastructure. The Sheer scale of these challenges will require exponentially greater computing power to find the most creative, efficient, sustainable and cost effective approaches. The answer lies in Quantum Computing and I'm delighted now to introduce someone who is leading in the commercial development of this disruptive deep tech. To explain why Quantum Computing deserves your attention, here is the CEO of Archer materials, Dr Mohammad Choucair, Dr Choucair ... "
Walks on stage to music..
Dr Mohammad Choucair ( CEO of Archer Materials)
** " Thank you Ticky and thank you IBM for giving me this opportunity to speak on what you see is a topic which I am absolutely passionate about. Quantum Computing deserves all of our attention because there are some huge longstanding, and intractable human problems that need solving urgently, that would take just too long to solve using existing technology. Quantum computing could contribute to the highest impact technologies for managing many of these problems, streamlining financial systems, designing life saving drugs, recalibrating how we power transport, how to build houses, cars ships and planes, how we manage change between humans and environment .... and in particular, redesigning materials, and industrial processes to combat climate change. Surely then by any judgement, this is a noble endeavor by humankind. Quantum Computing will impact every sector that is currently dependent on or will be dependent on computational power, as we become more data and mobile centric, it will change existing businesses, create new businesses and it will change how we do business ... and more fundamentally.. Quantum Computing will change for good the very way we as humans transact and communicate with each other. Quantum Computing can do this because they have the capacity to take in and powerfully process huge amounts of data and then quickly and accurately tests and model complex systems.
And if I say to you this morning that Quantum Computing represents the next generation of powerful computing .. is that realistic ? Will it really happen or is it simply the dream of theoretical physicists? To answer these questions we don't need to look far .... even at this comparatively early stage of Quantum of the Quantum Computing era, already a vast number of Quantum Computing algorithms have been developed and many of them have been running on existing Quantum Computers. This is hard proof that Quantum computing is not blue sky or a vague promise - it exists and is already working, although currently limited in it's application and scope. it is amazing what has been achieved in the Quantum ecosystem to date and the future is exciting when you consider that current technology roadmaps for IBM and others involve a track to exponentially more powerful machines over the next few years. I've just spoken broadly about Quantum Computing and what it can do... but getting there is not easy.
Make no mistake though, there will be demand for this technology once it is widely available. If you want to realize the full potential of Quantum Computing, there are technological challenges that must be overcome. The goal of widely accessible Quantum Computing is only going to be achieved through the development of a materials technology. This is because materials are the tangible physical basis of all technology and materials at the heart of quantum computing processes often called Qubits determine their accessibility and how you use and access Quantum Computing powered devices. And that is the focus at Archer ! One of the complexities of existing Quantum Computing is in fact that the Qubits need to operate at temperatures close to absolute zero around minus 273 degrees Celsius. Some of you might be wondering what are at Archer are doing?
Well we are at an early stage of building a Qubit chip called 12cq, that once completed could allow for both use at room temperature and integration on board modern day devices. For Quantum Computing this is an astounding proposition in the world today. It's difficult work ... we are doing it and our progress thus far is about where we need to currently be. But we are realists... and we know that success is not driven by a single development, or by a single idea .. and we also know that alone it will be very difficult for us to succeed! That is why the global collaboration enabled by the IBM Q network is so important and so valuable and we are proud to be apart of it !
Fortune 500 companies, world leading academic Institutes, startups and National Research Labs .. we couldn't have asked for better collaborators ... all working with IBM to advance Quantum Computing, Strong partnerships with a clear goal.
At Archer we plan to use IBM's open source Qiskit Programming software stack for our 12cq Qubit Chip. So we can accomplish our goal of enabling practical Quantum Computing applications.
And finally, it might surprise some of you to learn just how many Australians are in key organizations, leading the world in Quantum Computing.
We might be the country downunder ... but Australia is at the forefront of Quantum Computing development and thought. All of this goes into strengthening Quantum Computing in Australia, now ... and for the generations to come. Thank you.
Applause ..... Ticky Fullerton walks out .....
"Dr Couchair , that was amazing.. quantum is such a game changer.. of course I'm still wrestling with the concept and here you are talking about the commercial side which I know you've been in for years... so Dr Mohammad Couchair thank you so much for joining us."
Great presentation !
Hoping for the video later
Cheers
Tonza
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