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Quantum Computing 101

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In this podcast our experts take us on a journey and provide their perspectives on the maturity of the global and Canadian landscape for quantum computing.

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Myron Mallia-Dare
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In this podcast our experts take us on a journey and provide their perspectives on the maturity of the global and Canadian landscape for quantum computing. They share a number of business and regulatory user cases and discuss where the ecosystem needs to go in terms of skills retention and regulatory support.   

Myron Mallia-Dare, strategic advisor to the CRTA and technology lawyer from Miller Thomson leads the discussion with Rafal Janik, Head of Product at Xanadu and Richard Moulds the General Manager of Amazon Braket, the quantum computing service of Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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Originally Published by CRTA, November 2020

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