Menno Veldhorst serves as an associate professor at QuTech, Delft University of Technology, where he has established himself as a pioneer in semiconductor quantum computing. His groundbreaking achievements include the first-ever demonstration of single and two-qubit gates in silicon during his postdoctoral research at the University of New South Wales, which was recognized as one of the top-ten breakthroughs in physics in 2015. Leading his research group at QuTech, he has achieved numerous significant firsts in the field, including the demonstration of a planar germanium quantum dot, a single-hole qubit, two-qubit logic in germanium, a four-qubit quantum processor, and a 16 quantum dot system operated with shared control. His innovative work continues to push the boundaries of quantum computing technology, particularly in the development of semiconductor-based quantum systems.

Lieven Vandersypen, born in Leuven, Belgium in 1972, serves as Director Research at QuTech and Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Professor at TU Delft, where he leads groundbreaking research in quantum computing and nanoscience. After completing his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 2001, where he made history by implementing Shor's quantum algorithm to factor the number 15 using nuclear spins, he joined TU Delft and has since pioneered quantum computing based on electron spins in semiconductor quantum dots. His research achievements include being the first to manipulate individual electron spins, implementing quantum algorithms on electron spins, and demonstrating quantum interaction between electron spins and microwave photons, with recent work achieving 99.87% single-qubit and 99.65% two-qubit fidelities. As one of QuTech's founders and a key architect of the Quantum Inspire project, he has fostered significant industry partnerships, including a long-term collaboration with Intel. His exceptional contributions have earned him numerous prestigious awards, including ERC Starting, Synergy, and Advanced grants, the Spinoza Prize, and fellowship in the American Physical Society, while his vision continues to drive advances in quantum dot spin qubit processors and many-body physics research

Professor Koen Bertels currently serves as Professor of Quantum Computer Engineering at the University of Ghent and visiting professor at KAIST, following his distinguished tenure at TU Delft's Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science. As the head of the Quantum Computer Architectures Lab, he focuses on quantum computing system design and architecture, collaborating with experimental physicists to develop prototype quantum processors. His entrepreneurial spirit led him to found QBee.eu, a quantum startup developing full-stack quantum accelerator solutions, and BlueBee, a cloud service for genome sequencing that secured €10 million in venture capital. His research portfolio spans quantum computing, multi-core architectures, and electronic system level design, with significant contributions to the Delft Workbench project for heterogeneous multicore platforms. His work has garnered substantial recognition in the field, particularly in areas such as quantum circuit design, neural network-based decoders for surface codes, and quantum computer simulation platforms. As a pioneer in quantum computing education and research, he continues to advance the development of scalable quantum micro- and system architectures while exploring new frontiers in DNA data storage and quantum acceleration technologies.

Dr. Attila Geresdi currently serves as Technology Lead for Future and Emerging Technologies at IQM Quantum Computers, building upon his extensive research career in quantum computing and nanoscale superconductivity. His academic journey began at Budapest University of Technology and Economics, where he earned his MSc in Engineering Physics and completed his PhD summa cum laude in Condensed Matter Physics. His career path includes significant roles at TU Delft as a postdoctoral researcher, followed by positions at QuTech as Senior Scientist and Permanent Team Leader, and an Assistant Professorship at Chalmers University of Technology. His research focuses on engineering novel electronic states in hybrid nanodevices, particularly investigating topological quantum computation and Andreev bound states. His scientific excellence has been recognized through numerous awards, including the prestigious ERC Starting Grant (2MEur) for Simulated Majorana states research and the NWO Veni grant for developing microwave spectroscopy of Majorana states. At IQM Quantum Computers, he continues to advance the field of quantum computing technology, leveraging his expertise in nanoscale superconductivity and quantum device physics to develop next-generation quantum computing solutions.

Professor Leonardo DiCarlo, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1976, serves as Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Professor at QuTech and the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience at TU Delft. His academic journey includes a double major in physics and electrical engineering from Stanford University, followed by a Stanford master's in electrical engineering and a Harvard PhD in mesoscopic physics. During his postdoctoral research at Yale University, he achieved groundbreaking results in solid-state quantum processors, including the first implementations of quantum algorithms and three-qubit entanglement