April Fong
Senior Editor, Report on Business,
The Globe and Mail

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

April Fong is a senior editor and deputy personal finance editor with The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business. She was previously Executive Editor of The Logic, where she helped shape its editorial strategy, led its award‑winning daily newsletter, and moderated live events on business, innovation and policy.

A former senior digital producer at BNN Bloomberg, April has also worked at the Financial Post and China Economic Review in Shanghai, covering global business and technology news. She taught Business Reporting at her alma mater, Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication.

TALK TITLE:

Fireside Chat: Quantum as part of the AI Stack. A conversation with CEO of Xanadu

TRACK:

Business / Executive / Product Strategy Talks

SUB TOPIC:

Data Engineering / Rag Pipelines – Search / Recommendation Systems

ABSTRACT:

Fireside Chat: Quantum as part of the AI Stack. A conversation with CEO of Xanadu

We will be discussing;

  • Quantum as part of the AI stack
  • Hardware-software co-design and what PennyLane looks like as a developer platform.
  • Real applications: chemistry, materials, drug discovery, optimization, and honesty about where quantum doesn’t help yet.
  • The Canadian deep-tech story: built in Toronto, dual-listed on Nasdaq and TSX.
  • Founder journey: evictions, failed first chip, to $16B valuation.
  • Regulated industries – finance, pharma, defence, where
  • Xanadu has partnerships

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

Future of quantum computing

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Business Leaders: C-Level Executives, Project Managers, and Product Owners will get to explore best practices, methodologies, principles, and practices for achieving ROI.

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