Henning Soller
McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Henning Soller leads McKinsey's global research on quantum technologies and advises banks across Europe and the Middle East on IT strategy, architecture, and large-scale digital transformations. He drives innovation by addressing legacy challenges, modernizing core systems, and leveraging cloud and API programs. Holding a PhD in Physics and multiple degrees in Mathematics, Physics, and Business Administration, Henning bridges cutting-edge research with practical applications for clients.
Traditional technologies are reaching their limits.
Quantum technologies are fast emerging as force multipliers, enabling resilient navigation, secure communications, and powerful new capabilities in sensing, simulation, and cryptography.
If you’re exploring the next wave of technological edge, quantum is no longer a future concept, it’s an unfolding reality with growing relevance to your operations.
Case studies to be presented including:
- BAE Systems
- Deteqt
- Quantx Labs
- Lockheed Martin
Australia’s energy system is undergoing a rapid and complex transformation. The transition to renewables, increasing grid decentralisation, rising demand for energy storage, and the urgent need to decarbonise are creating new challenges for operators, planners, and technology providers.
Quantum technologies are emerging as enablers that could help manage the scale, complexity, and precision required to future-proof our energy systems, from optimising renewable integration to enhancing grid resilience and accelerating materials discovery.
Case studies to be presented including:
Flavia Tata Nardini
Fleet Space
Flavia Tata Nardini, Co-founder and CEO of Fleet Space, is a rocket scientist and former European Space Agency engineer. She led Australia’s first LEO satellite constellation and now pioneers real-time 3D imaging and AI for global mining. Flavia chairs the Australian Space Agency’s Leaders Forum and serves on Austmine’s board.
- Teraglo
- Nomad Atomics
Chair - Dr Larry Marshall
Dr Larry Marshall is the Lead Independent Director of Fortescue, Chairs the ICs of Fortescue & Nanosonics, and is on the Board & Finance Committees of ANU and GBRF.
He formerly chaired the American Chamber of Commerce, & is the longest serving Chief Executive of CSIRO, and led a transformation which achieved the first growth in 30 years, doubled the value delivered to stakeholders, & made CSIRO the first Australian entity to be Thompson Reuters rated in the Global Top 20 Innovators, beating NASA.
Speaker include
- Bill Bartee - Main Sequence
- Mike Tolo - Blackbird
Speakers From
- Denmark
- France
- Germany
- Japan - Q-STAR
- Netherlands
- UK
- USA
Medical science is facing rising pressure, from the high cost of drug development to the need for faster, more accurate diagnosis and personalised care. Quantum technologies offer a new frontier for innovation in diagnostics, therapeutics, and healthcare delivery.
Dr Cathy Foley AO PSM became Australia’s ninth Chief Scientist in January 2021 after an extensive career at Australia’s national science agency, the CSIRO, including as the agency’s Chief Scientist.
- Warwick Bowen - QUBIC
- Miniprobes
- Royal Adelaide Hospital
- Mitre
- Quantum Brilliance
Financial services is a data-driven, fast-moving sector where speed, precision, and risk management are critical.
Quantum technologies are emerging as a powerful new toolkit to solve challenges that have long been constrained by classical computing limits.
From optimising complex trading portfolios to running more accurate risk simulations, quantum capabilities could transform the way financial institutions operate, opening the door to new efficiencies, smarter decision-making, and competitive advantage.
At the same time, advances in post-quantum cryptography are reshaping how organisations think about security and data protection. Preparing now for quantum-resistant encryption will help safeguard sensitive transactions, customer data, and critical infrastructure against future quantum attacks.
- Thales
- Philip Intallura - HSBC
Prof Geoff Pryde
PsiQuantum, Chief Technical Director Australia
Geoff Pryde is the Chief Technical Director for PsiQuantum in Australia. A global leader in his field, he has spent the last 20 years at the forefront of international research in quantum information science and technology.
With now PsiQuantum CEO and Founder Jeremy O'Brien, and co-workers, he demonstrated the world’s first all-optical two-qubit logic gate, a fundamental building block of a quantum computer, in Brisbane in 2003. He subsequently founded the Quantum Optics and Information Laboratory at Griffith University, which has produced breakthrough results at the international forefront of quantum information science and technology.
Geoff is a recipient of the Pawsey Medal of the Australian Academy of Science, and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a Fellow of Optica.