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In 2025, Connected DMV will host a Global Industry Challenge as the centerpiece of our International Year of Quantum celebrations.

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THE CHALLENGE IS A PLATFORM FOR INNOVATORS, ENTREPRENEURS, AND INDUSTRY LEADERS TO ENGAGE IN COLLABORATIVE ACTION TO SOLVE PRACTICAL USE CASES USING QUANTUM AND QUANTUM ADJACENCIES SUCH AS AI.
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Join us and be part of a journey to create impactful solutions. This Challenge integrates industry leaders, investment partners, and quantum ecosystems around the world to help scale discovery and enable new solutions that accelerate the commercialization of quantum computing. Working within the International Year of Quantum framework, the Challenge will help amplify quantum awareness and increase talent pipelines over the course of the program. The Challenge will help accelerate the practical implementation of quantum technologies. Discover how quantum computing is being applied to solve real-world problems in various industries such as consumer products, energy, financial services, life sciences, and space.

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Participants will have the unique opportunity to access quantum computers and simulators from leading quantum companies. Hosted virtually and open to participants worldwide, the event will exclude only those from countries under active export control restrictions, ensuring broad and diverse collaboration. Participating teams will receive a prioritized set of industry-defined use cases and then collaborate and compete to develop corresponding solutions.

Challenge Structure & Process

By bringing together diverse teams and resources, the Challenge aims to accelerate the practical implementation of quantum technologies across key sectors. The winners will be selected by the respective industry leaders who must deliver their missions using quantum as a core tool.

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  • Industry-sponsored high-value use cases are the basis for the Challenge. Participating teams have the opportunity to work on these use cases and then collaborate and compete to develop viable solutions.

  • The Challenge is being delivered concurrently in multiple geographies globally led by members of the Quantum Accord initiative.

  • The Challenge is open to participants worldwide, ensuring broad participation and diverse collaboration.

  • The Challenge is hosted online and participants can access the platform virtually.

  • Participating teams can access multiple industry quantum platforms, computers, and simulators from leading companies.

  • Winners will be selected by a global jury, and awards presented at Quantum World Congress 2025.

Challenge Focus Areas

The Challenge targets developing solutions for key sectors that drive the quantum industry. Industry leaders have established a set of prioritized use cases for the Challenge.

 

Focus areas include:

Financial Services

Develop solutions (scaling strategies, initial states, mixers, etc.) to improve performance of Portfolio Optimization (PO) capabilities.

Infrastructure

Advance the design of asphalt pavement binders used in transportation infrastructure using quantum computing and simulation to model electron correlation, molecular dynamics and charge transfers in complex heteroatomic, large polycyclic aromatic systems. 

Risk Management & Insurance

Develop a sustainable, quantum-driven risk-based climate risk insurance model that benefits all stakeholders, including policyholders, insurers, reinsurers, governments, and financial institutions. 

Life Sciences

Develop innovative techniques utilizing Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) devices or hybrid quantum-classical approaches to analyze a provided neural network calcium signals dataset to demonstrate the potential of NISQ computing to enhance our understanding of neural dynamics beyond the capabilities of current classical techniques.

Challenge Timeline

Announcement

  • Quantum World Congress 2024, Tysons, VA (September 10, 2024)

Partners & Challenges Presentation

  • CES 2025, Las Vegas, NV (January 9, 2025)

Challenge Launch

  • World Quantum Day (April 14, 2025)

The Challenge

  • Online: Global Access  (April 15, 2025 - June 27, 2025)

    • 3 Weeks for 1st Submission [All Teams]

      • Form Team​

      • Select Use-Case(s)

      • Propose Solutions

    • 3 Weeks for 2nd Submission [Down-Selected Teams]

      • Incorporate Challenge Provider Feedback

      • Iterate and Submit Solutions ​

    • 4 Weeks for Final Submission [Finalists]

      • Incorporate Challenge Provider Feedback

      • Iterate and Submit Solutions 

Award Ceremony

  • Quantum World Congress 2025 (September 16-18, 2025)

Challenge Platform & Access

The Global Industry Challenge will be powered by Aqora and qBraid. Aqora serves as the central hub for the challenge, where participants can explore technical specifications, join teams, network with peers, and submit solutions. qBraid provides seamless access to the entire quantum software and hardware stack through simple interfaces.

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Challenge finalists will gain computing & simulation access to the following: 

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  • Amazon Braket SV1, DM1 TN1

  • Fire Opal error mitigation software + IBM hardware

  • IBM Eagle r3, Heron r1, Heron r2

  • IonQ, Aria-1 Forte-1

  • IQM Garnett

  • NVIDIA GPUs with Qiskit GPU / Cirq GPU / Pennylane Lightning / Cu Quantum available out of the box.

  • qBraid QIR simulator

  • QuEra Aquila

  • QuEra noisy qasm simulator

  • Rigetti Ankaa-2, Aspen M3

Challenge Goals

  • Bring together industry leaders, investors, and quantum ecosystems worldwide

  • Help to accelerate the commercialization of quantum computing solutions

  • Raise quantum awareness and expand talent pipelines

Challenge Questions?

For questions regarding the Global Industry Challenge, please contact us at quantum@connecteddmv.org.

GET INVOLVED IN THE GLOBAL INDUSTRY CHALLENGE

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