The Undisputed Top Voices in Q+AI and PQC
Q+AI will take place October 25-27, 2026, in New York City.
By Brian Siegelwax posted 18 Aug 2026
The Quantum Dragon is compiling his list of the Top Voices at the intersection of quantum technologies and artificial intelligence, as well as in post-quantum cryptography. It’s “undisputed,” because no one in their right mind argues with a firebreathing dragon. His list is still growing, but thus far he has confirmed:
- Carlos Moreira, CEO, SEALSQ
- Reza Azarderakhsh, CEO and Founder of PQSecure and Professor at FAU
- Jeroen Bakker, Partner, Seed Investments, Novo Holdings
- Yuval Boger, Chief Commercial Officer, QuEra Computing
- Scott Buchholz, Quantum Computing Lead, Deloitte Consulting LLP
- Bruno Couillard, CEO & CTO, Crypto4A Technologies Inc.
- Juan Cruz-Benito, AI for Quantum Product Owner, IBM Quantum
- Michael Cubeddu, Co-founder & CTO, Aliro Quantum Technologies
- Pierre Desjardins, Co-founder and CEO, C12
- James H. Dickerson, Director, ASCET Center of Excellence, ASTM International
- Michaela Eichinger, Product Solutions Physicist, Quantum Machines
- Russ Fein, Managing Director, Corporate Fuel Partners
- Charles Foley, Chairman & CEO, memQ
- Nicholas C. Fuller, VP of AI & Automation, IBM
- Pranav Gokhale, CTO & Co-Founder, Infleqtion
- Jay Guilmart, Lead Product Manager of Quantum Computing, Q-CTRL
- Isaiah Hull, Co-founder and CTO, FirstQFM
- Mike Jennings, Partner, European & UK Patent Attorney, UPC Representative, Venner Shipley
- Troy Jensen, Managing Director, Cantor Fitzgerald
- Sam Kearney, Haiqu
- Mike Kilroy, Executive Vice President/Group Director, Technology, HKA Marketing
- Jonathan King, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Atom Computing
- Rebecca Krauthamer, Founder and CEO, QuSecure
- Ethan Krimins, CEO & Founder, Quantum Research Sciences
- Subodh Kulkarni, President and CEO, Rigetti Computing
- Steve La Barbera, Media Consultant, Quantum Technologies, FTG Media
- Stefan Leichenauer, Vice President of Engineering, SandboxAQ
- Austin S. Lin, Head of the United States National Committee IEC/ISO Quantum Technologies (JTC 3)
- Jie “Roger” Luo, Cofounder and CEO, Anyon Computing Inc., Anyon Technologies
- Nardo Manaloto, Managing Partner, Qubits Ventures
- Cezary Mazurek, Computer Scientist, Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center
- Michele Mosca, Co-founder, President and CEO, evolutionQ
- Ramis Movassagh, Senior Director in Quantum Finance, IonQ
- Richard Murray, Co-founder & CEO, ORCA Computing
- Rika Nakazawa, Chief Growth Officer, EigenQ
- Kris Naudts, Founding and Managing Partner, Firgun Ventures
- Reza Nejabati, Head of Quantum Research and Quantum Labs, Cisco
- Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, Founder & CEO, Nu Quantum
- Simon Pamplin, CTO, Certes
- Matt Perkins, Media Specialist, Virgo PR
- Chris Porthouse, Chief Product Officer, Aegiq
- Jonathan Reiner, Director of Product Solutions, Quantum Machines
- Charles W. Robinson, Public Sector Leader IBM Quantum Computing & World Wide leader Quantum Safe Team, IBM
- Anurag Saha Roy, Chief Product Officer, Qruise
- Lekshmy Sankar, Head of Quantum Security, KPMG (US)
- Brandon Severin, Co-founder and CEO, Conductor Quantum
- Jyotsna Sharma, Program Director, ARPA-E, US Department of Energy
- Brian Siegelwax, Caretaker, The Quantum Dragon
- Yong Meng Sua, Chief Technology Officer, Quantum Computing Inc.
- Bob Sutor, CEO, Sutor Group Intelligence and Advisory LLC
- Christopher Tam, President and Head of Quantum Innovation, BTQ Technologies
- Aleena Taufiq, Senior AI Product Manager, Verizon
- Ton van ‘t Noordende, General Partner, Ground State Ventures
- Robert Wamsley, Quantum Ready Solutions
- Barbara Widholm, Vice President Emerging Technologies, State Street
- Bill Wisotsky, Principal Quantum Systems Architect, SAS
- Joseph Wolfe, Attorney, Patent Development and Strategy Group, DLA Piper
- James Wootton, Chief Scientific Officer, Moth
- Yilun Xu, Research Scientist, Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Eddy Zervigon, Chief Executive Officer, Quantum Xchange
Conveniently, they will all be speaking at Q+AI 2026 (3.0): Uncovering the Coming Wave of Quantum + AI, which will be held October 25-27, 2026, in New York City, or its companion PQC+IQT conference on October 25-26. To hear them, you still have opportunities to register early and save, save, save. For sponsorship and exhibiting opportunities, contact info@3drholdings.com.
