In a keynote address, Nicolo De Masi<\/a>, Chairman and CEO of IonQ<\/a>, captured the moment clearly: \u201cThe 21st century is going to be all about quantum technologies\u2014and the great news is you haven\u2019t missed it. We\u2019re just inflecting right now.\u201d<\/p>\n This marked the tone of the Forum\u2014practical, strategic, and grounded in evidence rather than speculation.\u00a0<\/p>\n That sentiment was echoed across multiple panels. When discussing public perception, Jamil Abo-Shaeer<\/a> emphasized that the age of quantum is not on the horizon\u2014it\u2019s already arrived:<\/p>\n \u201cQuantum technology has already arrived, and it\u2019s being used by all of us today, whether we know it or not\u2026 GPS technology is fundamentally a precision timing network based on atomic clocks.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Matt Cimaglia<\/a>, Managing Partner of Quantum Coast Capital<\/a>, was interviewed by Emmy Award\u2013winning journalist Kerry Sanders in what became one of the most watched discussions of the event. Cimaglia warned that communication, policy readiness, and public education must keep pace with technical advances if the U.S. and its allies intend to maintain leadership in the field. Quantum, he argued, is not a distant challenge\u2014it\u2019s a restructuring of the computational, sensing, and security landscape happening now.<\/p>\n That urgency was reinforced by Amanda Stein<\/a>, CEO of Quantum Catalyzer<\/a>, who noted that one part of the industry is already ahead of schedule. She stated, \u201cThe technology of quantum sensors is advanced beyond quantum computing at this point, to where we\u2019re already starting to deploy quantum sensors into the field for real applications.\u201d\u00a0 This has direct implications for medical imaging, semiconductors, energy systems, and space-based applications where classical tools fall short<\/p>\n![\"Responsive](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761667697_399_Website-Banner-Quantum-2.gif\")
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