Andrew Fursman, CEO and Co-founder, 1QBit to speak at IQT Canada.
Adrew Fursman is a co-founder of 1QBit and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Andrew was a founding partner of Vancouver-based VCC firm Minor Capital, co-founder of Satellogic Nano-Satellites, and co-founder of Cloudtel Communications.
Andrew studied Economics at the University of Waterloo and Philosophy and Political Science at the University of British Columbia prior to attending post-graduate programs in Technology Studies at Singularity University and Financial Engineering at Stanford University.
On those rare occasions when he is not busy with his 1QBit duties, he indulges his passions for kayaking in the gulf islands and explores practical applications of microbiology at a small home laboratory on Vancouver Island dedicated to experiments with Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
IQT Canada 2023 is the tenth global conference and exhibition in the highly successful Inside Quantum Technology series.
This event is Canada’s Quantum Computing Event, focusing on Ecosystems for Quantum Readiness. A number of vertical topics encompassing more than 30 panels and talks from over 80 speakers will provide attendees with a deep understanding on state-of-the-art developments of the future quantum ecosystems as well as the current impact of quantum computing technologies.
The conference brings together corporate management, entrepreneurs, end users, technology providers, infrastructure partners, researchers and investors who are working on the current future developments of the quantum ecosystem. IQT Canada is organized by 3DR Holdings, IQT Research, INTRIQ, and the Governments of both Canada and Quebec. The June conference will be an “in-person” event to ensure maximum networking and discussion and will take place at Centre Mont-Royal in Montréal (Québec), Canada.
Sandra K. Helsel, Ph.D. has been researching and reporting on frontier technologies since 1990. She has her Ph.D. from the University of Arizona.