March 2025
The Quantum Lead
Competitive Conversation: “The Mountain West – Pioneering Climate Resilience & Quantum Innovation” Event
Join Elevate Quantum, the CO-WY Engine, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the University of Colorado, and the University of Wyoming for the latest edition of the Council on Competitiveness’ Competitiveness Conversations Across America series: “The Mountain West—Pioneering Climate Resilience & Quantum Innovation.”
This event will be held at the St. Julien Hotel & Spa in beautiful Boulder, Colorado, from March 30 to April 1.
Quantum Advancement
‘Uniquely Placed’: Why Quantinuum Chose New Mexico for Latest Expansion
Having already established partnerships with entities like Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of New Mexico, Quantinuum is bringing a research and development facility to the state by the end of this year — positioning New Mexico firmly at the front of the current quantum revolution.
The Albuquerque Business Journal dove deep into New Mexico’s quantum impact.
Quantum Impact
Colorado Quantum Funding for Quantum Companies
The Colorado Quantum Fund (CQF) for Innovative Lending improves access to capital for quantum companies in Colorado by encouraging lenders to make favorable loans to companies by registering up to 15% of the loan in a pooled loan loss reserve. The reserve is accessible with a 100% refundable tax credit should the lender incur losses associated with those loans. This could open up more than $300m in loans for eligible companies that expand in the state.
Quantum Expansion
Building The Future of Quantum Engineering at Colorado School of Mines
The Colorado School of Mines’ Quantum Engineering Program – one of the first in the nation – is preparing students for the practical engineering challenges of building quantum technology and working within the quantum industry. Students are getting hands-on experience to develop the skills that the industry is looking for. The program, which began in 2020, enables engineers to work on components up and down the tech stack of a quantum system.
Read more about how the program is building quantum’s future workforce.
Quantum Voice
Quantum “is Going To Move Forward”
Elevate Quantum Chief Operating and Financial Officer Jessi Olsen joined Kortny Rolston-Duce, director of ecosystem development, Quantinuum; Scott Sternberg, executive director, CUbit Quantum Initiative at the University of Colorado Boulder, and more to discuss the economic potential of quantum computing at the Advance Longmont Economic Summit.
More From Elevate Quantum
Submit Your Consortium Job Openings!
We’re now sharing job opportunities across our Consortium! If you have job opportunities you’d like to feature and advertise, we’re happy to craft a dedicated LinkedIn post for you and host the description on our Careers Page. Simply provide us a link to your posting and content details so that we can most effectively showcase your organization!
We’ll be pushing job openings in this newsletter as well moving forward! Email anjul@elevatequantum.org to submit your job openings!
Share Your Upcoming Event With Us!
If your organization is planning an upcoming event or has a recent ecosystem success to celebrate, we’d love to help share your news! Please reach out to have your announcement included in our newsletter.
Contact us at anjul@elevatequantum.org today to be featured in our next edition!
Interested in partnering with Elevate Quantum to host an event for World Quantum Day on April 14? Please contact jessi@elevatequantum.org!
Upcoming Quantum Events
March 16-21
APS Global Physics Summit
Anaheim, CA & Virtual
March 24-26
Colorado Climate Week
Denver, CO
March 27
Industry Tutorial: Ultrastable Lasers: From Ultra Small to Ultra Precise
Webinar
March 30-April 1
The Mountain West—Pioneering Climate Resilience & Quantum Innovation
Boulder, CO
April 14
World Quantum Day
Event Info TBD
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