Discover how Professor Tommaso Calarco drives the future of the quantum computer through groundbreaking quantum optimal control research and strategic leadership. From co-authoring the Quantum Manifesto to shaping the €1 billion European Quantum Flagship, his work advances scalable quantum computers, quantum simulation, quantum sensing, and quantum communication by reducing qubit errors, improving control fidelity, and securing Europe’s place in the global quantum computing r

Christopher Monroe, pioneer of trapped-ion quantum computing, co-authored the first two-qubit CNOT gate in 1995 and shaped scalable ion-trap architectures that power today’s top quantum computers. As co-founder of IonQ, he turned decades of research into cloud-accessible systems on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Balancing caution on hype with optimism, Monroe bridges deep science and commercialization, proving that quantum computing and enterprise innovation are not future myt