Quantum Talent: Framing the Pipeline Problem

Quantum computing's promise in finance keeps outrunning the workforce built to deliver it, and the shortage of specialists is turning into the binding constraint on how quickly the technology moves from pilot to production. This session frames where that pipeline breaks down — inside universities, inside employers, and inside the policy choices that shape both — before proposing where responsibility should actually sit. Attendees leave with a shared vocabulary for the problem and a clearer sense of which lever is likeliest to move first. One of the key questions the panel will look to dive deeper into: Who owns solving quantum's talent pipeline problem — universities, employers, or governments?