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Wednesday, April 28, 2004
5:00 - 8:00 p.m.	Registration and reception at the Millennium Harvest House Hotel Ballroom
Thursday, April 29, 2004
8:00 a.m.	Registration check-in at NIST, Boulder, refreshments
Morning Session - High-level view of the field of quantum information
	The purpose of this session is to introduce attendees to the basic concepts of quantum information, to outline what the prospects are for real-world implementation, and to summarize the main research efforts that are currently underway.
8:30 a.m.	1. Overview of quantum information - what it is and why it is important (3.0 MB ) (Artur Ekert, Cambridge University)
9:30 a.m.	2. Prospects and requirements for building real quantum information devices (966 kB ) (David DiVincenzo, IBM)
10:30 - 11:00 a.m.	Refreshment break
11:00 a.m.	The Federal research agenda for quantum information (536 kB ) (Carl Williams, NIST)
11:30 a.m.	Panel - morning speakers field questions from audience (60)
12:30 - 2:00 p.m.	Lunch (provided in the tent outside of the NIST facility)
Afternoon Session - The implications and application of quantum information concepts in science and technology
	This session summarizes the effects that quantum concepts have had on various subjects: quantum physics itself; the theory of information and theoretical computer science; communications and cryptography; measurement and standards; and computing
2:00 p.m.	1. Quantum information and quantum physics (Bill Phillips, NIST)
2:45 p.m.	2. The impact of quantum information on computer science (Umesh Vazirani, University of California, Berkeley)
3:30 - 4:00 p.m.	Refreshment break
4:00 p.m.	3. Quantum cryptography - –its principles and application (Richard Hughes, Los Alamos National Laboratory)
4:45 p.m.	4. Implications of quantum information for measurement and primary standards (570 kB ) (David Wineland, NIST)
5:30 p.m.	Session ends
7:00 - 7:30 p.m.	Cash bar and reception at the Millennium Hotel Ballroom
7:30 - 10:00 p.m.	Banquet dinner at the Millennium Hotel Ballroom After dinner remarks: Phillip J. Bond, Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology
Friday, April 30, 2004 Morning Session - Roadmaps from quantum information science to quantum information technology 1
	These final two sessions review the state of the art and outlook of the leading candidates for practical quantum information systems
8:30 a.m.	1. Trapped ions and atoms as qubits (4.4 MB ) (Chris Monroe, University of Michigan)
9:15 a.m.	2. Single-photon generation and detection technology (772 kB ) (Sae Woo Nam, NIST)
10:00 - 10:15 a.m.	Refreshment break
10:15 a.m.	3. From the physics of qubits to quantum architectures (Ike Chuang, MIT)
11:00 a.m.	4. Progress in quantum computing in condensed matter systems (8.0 MB ) (Bob Clarke, University of New South Wales)
11:45 a.m.	5. Superconductor technologies (3.8 MB ) (John Martinis, NIST)
12:30 - 2:00 p.m.	Lunch (provided in the tent outside of the NIST facility)
Afternoon Session - Roadmaps from quantum information science to quantum information technology 2
2:00 p.m.	1. Linear optics approaches (285 kB ) (Manny Knill, NIST)
2:45 p.m.	2. Cavity quantum electrodynamics (Jeff Kimble, Caltech)
3:30 - 4:00 p.m.	Afternoon Refreshments
4:00 p.m.	Panel discussion - challenges and conclusions
5:00 p.m.	Session Ends