Quantum Matters
This is an abbreviated version of my opening remarks to The City Quantum Summit, which took place at the Mansion House on October 11. A recording of the event is available here.
Thank you to all who have come in person – and virtually, from India to Bulgaria to Nigeria – for joining The City Quantum Summit. And thank you above all to our sponsors, who allow this Summit to be free, so all students can join, and Diversity & Inclusion can be central to it.
Neutrality is not an option
How quantum benefits from geopolitical fissures
“Neutrality is not an option,” said the top NATO executive. Speaking at a private dinner a week ago, his words applied to the business world, not just to nation states.
The question is, how aware are Boards of the binary choices they are facing, and what does this mean for the quantum sector?
Geopolitical risk galloped back onto Board agendas over the last few years with Brexit, the economic consequences of former President Trump’s economic nationalism, and President Xi’s ‘fortress China’ policy. Events this year only added to its importance: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which today morphed into a possible war on the West, China’s stepped-up aggression towards Taiwan, and the volte-face of neutral Sweden joining NATO.