L-R: Justin Ging (CCO, Honeywell Quantum Solutions); Joe Neguse (Representative, CO-2); Kaniah Konkoly-Thege (General Counsel, Honeywell Quantum Solutions); Heather Ben茅 (Assistant Vice President of Research and Federal Relations)
On February 25鈥�26, 2019, the University of Colorado Boulder joined other member institutions and industry representatives for the 听"fly-in" in Washington, DC.
The bipartisan NQI legislation was signed into law late last year and will provide $1.2B over the next five years for quantum research. To keep pace with other countries, NQI aims to provide aggressive federal investments in quantum information science, technology听and computing.
The CU Boulder delegation met with House offices from across the country鈥攊ncluding Representative Joe Neguse (CO-2), who represents CU Boulder in Congress鈥攖o advocate for strong investments in quantum technologies and science. The group also met with the offices of US Senators representing the various states from which the consortium was comprised, including Colorado鈥檚 Senator Michael Bennet.
Other AAU institutions represented at the fly-in included Northwestern University, University of Wisconsin, University of Maryland and听University of Rochester. Industry representatives included Intel, IBM听and TOPTICA. Honeywell Quantum Solutions, a quantum-intensive company working in the energy, safety听and security sphere, also participated.
The organized the visit. The NPI convenes experts from industry, academia and government to help guide US funding and investment in advanced manufacturing, communications and IT, defense and national security, energy, and health and medicine. 听
Earlier this year, CU Boulder launched the听CUbit Quantum Initiative听to synergize quantum efforts on campus, at NIST听and with industry partners.