Plenary Sessions

All the times in the program are Japan Standard Time(GMT+9)

• • 10:00-10:30Opening
  •  ChairpersonShigeo KoyasuExecutive Diector, RIKEN
• WelcomeYasunobu NakamuraGeneral Chair, QI2021 Organizing Committee
• WelcomeTakayuki KobayashiMinister of State for Science and Technology Policy
• WelcomeHideyuki TanakaState Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
• Congratulatory SpeechKeitaro OhnoParliamentary Association for Quantum Technology Promotion
• 10:30Break
• • 10:40-11:50PL-01. Plenary Talks
  •  ChairpersonYasuhiko ArakawaThe University of Tokyo
• 10:40National Quantum InitiativeCharles TahanAssistant Director for QIS and Director of the NQCO, OSTP,
  White House, USPL-01-01
• 10:50Quantum technology innovation for Society 5.0Makoto GonokamiThe University of Tokyo / Quantum Technology Committee, Government of JapanPL-01-03
• 11:10Introduction of quantum business creation consortium Q-STARTaro Shimada Corporate Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer,
  Toshiba CorporationPL-01-04
• 11:30Quantum computer innovation in JapanKohei ItohPresident, Keio UniversityPL-01-05
• 11:50Break
• • 14:00-17:50PL-02. Keynote Speeches
  •  ChairpersonYasunobu NakamuraGeneral Chair, QI2021 Organizing Committee
• 14:00Novel directions for advancing satellite based quantum communicationThomas JenneweinUniversity of WaterlooPL-02-01
• 14:40Towards an experimental demonstration of surface code quantum error correctionHartmut NevenGooglePL-02-02
• 15:20Break
• 15:50Transportable optical lattice clocks to test
  and use gravitational redshiftHidetoshi KatoriThe University of TokyoPL-02-03
• 16:30Quantum technology with spinsJörg WrachtrupUniversity of StuttgartPL-02-04
• 17:10Towards a quantum internet: status, challenges
  and progressRonald HansonQuTech, Delft University of TechnologyPL-02-05
• 17:50Closing