Jeremy O'Brien
Prof. Jeremy O'Brien is co-founder and CEO of PsiQuantum. He has dedicated 25 years to the mission of building the world’s first useful quantum computer, having identified quantum computing as the most profoundly world-changing technology, due to its potential to unlock critical solutions to otherwise impossible problems. Prof. O'Brien has published over 150 papers with over 38,000 citations (h-index 87); he demonstrated the first photonic 2-qubit logic gate, invented the field of integrated quantum photonics, co-invented the Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE), and implemented VQE on a photonic chip. Prior to founding PsiQuantum, he was Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering at Stanford and Bristol Universities, and Founding Director of the Centre for Quantum Photonics/QET Labs. He received his Ph.D. from the University of New South Wales and is an undergraduate and postdoc alumnus of the Universities of Western Australia and Queensland, respectively. He holds a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Emerging Technologies, and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the Institute of Physics.
Sunrise Sessions
Before he and his co-founder set out to build the world’s first useful quantum computer, Jeremy O’Brien was searching for an answer to a crisis of faith in a field he had long revered. In this talk, Jeremy shares how it all began: a journey fueled by creativity, curiosity, and a belief that the impossible could be engineered into reality. From the spark of an idea to the bold ambition and relentless challenges of solving seemingly impossible problems, Jeremy will share how Australia is set to lead the world into the next industrial revolution and what that means for the next generation of entrepreneurs.