A Colorado bipartisan bill to provide $74 million in refundable tax credits to further develop the region’s quantum industry is currently making its way through the Colorado state legislature. Details of the Quantum Tax Credit Bill were revealed at a celebratory gathering at Maybell Quantum Industries in Denver, where QED-C Executive Director Celia Merzbacher joined Gov. Jared Polis, other state elected officials, and representatives from local quantum tech companies and universities.
The Colorado region is vying for the federal government quantum hub designation to receive up to $70 million in federal funding. The state’s proposed tax credit program, intended to maximize the state’s competitiveness as a quantum tech hub, would help fund a shared quantum research facility for collaboration, innovation and commercialization, and create greater access to capital for small to medium Colorado quantum companies.
QED-C Executive Director Celia Merzbacher visits Maybell Quantum facilities in Denver, along with Andrew Wilson from NIST and Scott Davis from Vescent. Thank you Corban Tilleman-Dick for your hospitality!
Announcements
Get ready for the next episode of “Been there, Done That” on Feb. 22, when QED-C’s Jon Felbinger chats with Vescent Technologies CEO/Co-Founder Scott Davis.
Attention Chicago-area graduate and undergrad students! Showcase your quantum-relevant work on March 20 at Northwestern University during the QED-C plenary meeting. Apply by March 1.
Information equals sales growth! This webinar breaks down the customer’s journey and explores what a quantum company needs to know about their particular customer base to systematically market, sell and penetrate larger and more complex accounts. Presenter will be sales pro Kevin Fahey of Market Operandi. Reserve your spot →
Don’t miss QED-C’s upcoming Quantum Marketplace®: “Components for Quantum II.” The webinar will feature leading-edge players making components, including lasers, single-photon detectors, physics packages, optics, materials, and more, which are fundamental to enabling quantum systems to take advantage. Speakers are from Vexlum, Jenoptik, DFM (Danish Fundamental Metrology), Single Quantum, OEWaves, and Quantum Opus.
If you have recently joined QED-C or if your company has been a member and you want to learn more about how to get involved, attend this orientation with QED-C leadership. Bonus: you’ll meet other newly involved members, too.
February 27 – Standards and Performance Metrics, Use Cases, and Quantum for National Security
February 29 – Enabling Technologies, Workforce, and Law
1:00 PM ET each day
Public Event | Virtual
Dive into this event, open to the public, which features presentations from our six Technical Advisory Committees (TACs) as they discuss their plans and priorities for 2024.
Three TACs will present each day.
Interested in joining QED-C? This is a great opportunity to hear what we’re up to. Already a member? Find projects that align with your interests and get involved. Bring a colleague and hear what it is all about.
March 12 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET Evanston, Ill. | Hybrid Public Event
The Quantum Talent Showcase highlights student research on topics relevant to advancing the quantum industry and is a great opportunity for industry leaders to catch a sneak peek of up-and-coming talent. March’s session features student-researchers Emily Wright from Walther-Meiner-Institute, Technical University of Munich and Atiyya Davis from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
“NV Diamond Materials for Quantum Systems” released last Wednesday! Members, read the full report here to learn about opportunities and challenges for scaling the practical application and commercialization of NV diamond materials for quantum systems.
Just 2 weeks left to register for the March QED-C Plenary Session in Evanston, Ill. to feature member presentations, a live Quantum Marketplace, and robust poster session with Chicago-area students.
“Accelerated Research in Quantum Computing” is a new funding opportunity from the DOE Office of Science (SC) program in Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR). Members can check out the details on the QED-C website.
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