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Building a Quantum Workforce in Illinois: Why Business Leaders Should Pay Attention Now
In this episode we talk to Harley Johnson, CEO of the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park.
Most business leaders have quantum computing filed away in the "maybe in 10–15 years" folder. After sitting down with Harley Johnson, the CEO of the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP), for the latest episode of the AI in Chicago Podcast, I'm convinced that timeline needs to be moved up. Significantly.
Timed to the federal CHIPS and Science Act, a group of state and institutional leaders developed a deliberate strategy: take the basic science excellence Illinois had been building for a decade and translate it into economic development. The result is IQMP — a state-backed technology park being built on a former steel mill site on Chicago's South Side, designed to take quantum technology from lab breakthroughs to real-world scale.
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By Khullani M. Abdullahi, JD | Founder Techne AI and BoardSight AIIn this episode we talk to Harley Johnson, CEO of the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park.
Most business leaders have quantum computing filed away in the "maybe in 10–15 years" folder. After sitting down with Harley Johnson, the CEO of the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP), for the latest episode of the AI in Chicago Podcast, I'm convinced that timeline needs to be moved up. Significantly.
Timed to the federal CHIPS and Science Act, a group of state and institutional leaders developed a deliberate strategy: take the basic science excellence Illinois had been building for a decade and translate it into economic development. The result is IQMP — a state-backed technology park being built on a former steel mill site on Chicago's South Side, designed to take quantum technology from lab breakthroughs to real-world scale.