Hosted by the Chicago Quantum Exchange and the University of Chicago Law School

Quantum technologies are poised to transform our lives: within a decade, we could have quantum sensors capable of detecting disease at the very earliest stages; quantum networks that offer provably secure voting, financial transfers, and medical records; and eventually quantum computers that could, in just minutes, perform analyses that would take today’s supercomputers millions of years—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing supply chains, and advancing the development of new materials. But as the field edges closer to real-world application, critical regulatory questions are emerging, including how leaders should balance the field’s enormous problem-solving potential against the risks that bad actors could use this same technology to snoop undetected on individuals, corporations or governments; manipulate our markets; or develop defense applications that disrupt the global balance of power. 

The answers to these questions matter not only to US national security but to our economy and everyday lives: over the next decade, quantum technologies are projected to drive as much as $80 billion in growth into the Illinois-Indiana-Wisconsin region alone and nearly $1 trillion globally—assuming that the pace of collaboration and investment continue. 

Join leading experts on law and quantum information science as they explore issues across a range of legal areas, examine critical challenges, and discuss how law and science can work together to develop a clear framework for balancing conflicting priorities.

Panelists include:

• David Awschalom, the University of Chicago’s Liew Family Professor of Molecular Engineering and Physics; founding director of the Chicago Quantum Exchange; and senior scientist, Argonne National Laboratory
• Aziz Huq, the University of Chicago’s Frank and Bernice J. Greenberg Professor of Law
• Lior Strahilevitz, the University of Chicago’s Sidley Austin Professor of Law
• Robert Karr, Jr.,  partner, Barnes and Thornburg, and co-chair of the firm’s Quantum Technology Industry Group (moderator)

Event is open to current members of the University of Chicago community, members and partners of the CQE, and invited guests. Registration is free but required. Lunch available to attendees.

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