D-Wave Targets Asia With Qubits Japan 2025 Conference Amid Soaring Regional Growth

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 20 (Bernama) -- D-Wave Quantum Inc (D-Wave), a leader in quantum computing systems, software and services, is expanding its presence in Asia Pacific (APAC) with the launch of Qubits Japan 2025, its first regional user conference, set for Sept 17 in Tokyo.

Themed “Quantum Realized”, Qubits Japan 2025 aims to support growing interest and adoption of annealing quantum computing technology across the APAC region. The event will also spotlight real-world quantum applications already delivering measurable results.

D-Wave chief executive officer, Dr Alan Baratz said Asia, especially Japan, is becoming an important epicentre of quantum computing innovation, development and adoption, as Japan is the birthplace of quantum annealing.

Dr Baratz added that this powerful technology can address some of business’s and science’s most computationally complex problems.

“We are thrilled to bring together the quantum ecosystem for Qubits Japan 2025 to continue fostering this important dialogue in the region,” he said in a statement.

The event comes as D-Wave’s bookings in the APAC region have increased 83 per cent over the past 12 months, and customers are increasingly exploring, adopting, and using D-Wave’s annealing quantum computing technology to solve complex challenges spanning artificial intelligence/machine learning and business optimisation problems.

The company’s recent customer highlights in APAC include NTT DOCOMO Inc, Japan’s largest mobile phone operator, which uses D-Wave’s annealing quantum computing solutions and found that it can reduce congestion at base stations by decreasing paging signals during peak calling times by 15 per cent. The solution is now deployed nationwide, with more quantum use cases under review.

Furthermore, in June this year, D-Wave announced a strategic relationship with Yonsei University and Incheon Metropolitan City to accelerate the exploration, adoption and usage of quantum computing in South Korea. The collaboration also supports plans to bring a D-Wave Advantage2 system to Yonsei’s Songdo campus.

Qubits Japan 2025 will feature notable speakers including Dr Baratz himself; D-Wave chief development officer, Trevor Lanting; Institute of Science Tokyo professor emeritus, Hidetoshi Nishimori; and NTT DOCOMO data scientist, Takumi Hattori.

-- BERNAMA