Meet the Judges

Canada

Barry Sanders

Director, Institute for Quantum Science and Technology at the University of Calgary

Denmark

Matthias Christandl

Leader of the Quantum for Life Center, University Copenhagen

France

Marieke Hood

Executive Director Impact Translator, Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA)

Iordanis Kerenidis

CNRS Research Director, Senior VP of Quantum Algorithms for QCWare

Germany

Massamba Thioye

Head of the Innovation Hub, UNFCCC, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

India

Urbasi Sinha

Heads the Quantum Information and Computing (QuIC) laboratory at the Raman Research Institute (RRI)

Italy

Andrea Violante

CEO Strategy & Business Designer, NiEW

Palestine

Loay Elbasyouni

Sr. Manager of Engine Electrical Design, BLUE ORIGIN

Loay Elbasyouni is a Palestinian electrical engineer who worked on the NASA team and was the main engineer for designing the innovative robotic helicopter (Ingenuity) that landed on Mars in 2021. He has been awarded several awards for his exceptional contribution to the Mars helicopter team in demonstrating the feasibility of helicopter flight in the extremely thin atmosphere at Mars. Loay has over 20 years of work experience focused on power electronics in several industries, including automotive, renewable energy, and aerospace. He is a Tech Leader, Speaker and Electrifies everything from Cars to Space Rockets for a better tomorrow. 

Switzerland

Heike Rill

Head of Science & Technology and Lead of IBM Research Quantum Europe

Özge Aydoğan

Head of the SDG Lab, the Innovation Lab at the United Nations Office in Geneva

Davide Fanciulli

Assistant Program Managment Officer, UN SDG Lab

United Arab Emirates

Hisham Sati

Associate Dean of Science; Program Head of Mathematics; Professor of Mathematics; Global Network Professor of Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU, New York University Abu Dhabi

Hoda Al Khzaimi

Research Assistant Professor, Computer Engineering; Director, Center of Cyber Security, New York University Abu Dhabi

Kamel Al-Asmar

Entrepreneurship Ecosystem & Community Builder | Data Technologist | Opportunity Creator, DisruptAD - An ADQ Initiative

Riyadh Baghdadi

Assistant Professor in Computer Science, NYU Abu Dhabi; Affiliated Researcher at MIT.

Lucas Borges

Associate Researcher at QRC, Technology Innovation Institute (TII)

Stavros Efthymiou

Associate Researcher at QRC, Technology Innovation Institute (TII)

Pawel Gora

CEO, Quantum AI Foundation

Khalil Ramadi

Assistant Professor NYU, New York University Abu Dhabi | MIT

Muhammad Shafique

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New York University Abu Dhabi

Farah Emad Shamout

Assistant Professor Emerging Scholar of Computer Engineering, New York University Abu Dhabi

Mariet Westermann

Vice Chancellor, New York University Abu Dhabi

United Kingdom

Graham Alabaster

Chief of the Geneva Office, UN Habitat

United States

Sebastian Hassinger

Principal Specialist | WW Business Development & Go-To-Market | Amazon Braket, Amazon AWS

Paul D. Miller

aka DJ Spooky

Paul D. Miller is a fellow at the Yale University Center for Creative Arts and Media with a Residency focusing on the intersections of art and quantum physics and is a composer, multimedia artist, and writer whose work immerses audiences in a blend of genres, global culture, and environmental and social issues. Miller has collaborated with an array of recording artists, including Metallica, Chuck D, Steve Reich, and Yoko Ono.

Kanav Setia

Founder, qBraid

Davide Venturelli

Associate Director, Quantum Computing at USRA – Senior Scientist at Nasa Ames Research Center - Quantum AI Laboratory