Mackenzie is the Global Startup Evangelist at AWS. His days are spent traveling the globe to meet startups, share their stories, and connect engineering teams together. Every day there are a large number of startups launching on AWS across every imaginable industry. It’s Mackenzie’s mission to find stories of startups that are helping to improve the world and share these stories with a wide audience.
You spent the day learning about the future of manufacturing at IMTS, now come learn how quantum computing intersects manufacturing use cases and how you can get started. World Business Chicago, the City of Chicago’s economic development agency, is pleased to welcome you to Chicagoland by hosting this collaboration with AWS.
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Join senior manufacturing and logistics leaders in-person for a curated evening exploring how quantum computing and AI will solve complex optimization, materials simulation, supply chain design, and advanced quality control challenges across the manufacturing industry.
Who should attend: Senior leaders in manufacturing, automotive, logistics, and supply chain who want to stay ahead of the next paradigm shift and understand what to do now to prepare.
Complimentary food & drinks and networking in an intimate setting designed for high-value peer connections.
This event has limited capacity. Register today to secure your spot.
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What you'll experience:
A panel discussion exploring what quantum computing means for manufacturing and how to get started
Demos from leading quantum partners at interactive exhibition stations
1-on-1 access to AWS quantum experts and specialized partners
Hybrid classical-quantum approaches you can leverage on AWS today
Actionable next steps for building your organization's quantum readiness roadmap
For questions and inquiries, please email aws-quantum-mfg@amazon.com with the subject 'Quantum Reception - IMTS 2026'
Classiq
Come see how manufacturers like BMW and Rolls-Royce use Classiq to explore some of their toughest engineering challenges, from optimizing the electrical and mechanical systems behind more efficient vehicles to simulating the fluid dynamics inside next-generation jet engines. Classiq's AI quantum engineering sits at the core of this secure, enterprise-grade platform, helping any team design, optimize,
and generate quantum algorithms that run on any quantum hardware, including the systems available on Amazon Braket.
QuEra Computing Inc.
QuEra operates the only neutral-atom quantum computer available on Amazon Braket. At our station we'll show two classes of manufacturing problem: machine-learning on production data - defect classification and quality inspection on a production line — which we have already tested on our hardware, and chemistry. We'll walk through what it takes to get a problem onto the hardware today, and how our roadmap changes which problems become worth doing at all.
Company: JIJ, Inc.
JIJ builds optimization software for the planning decisions that have more feasible combinations than a team can evaluate: production schedules and changeovers, machine and capacity allocation, material yield, and the supply network behind them. At one manufacturer, building schedules across more than 100 product types went from six hours to one minute. We will run two live demos at the booth: in the first you try to beat the optimizer on a real production network, then knock a site out and watch it re-plan in milliseconds. Or stop by to describe a scheduling problem in plain language and watch a working optimization model get built and solved in front of you, using either classical or quantum hardware.
Amazon Braket
Amazon Braket lets manufacturers explore quantum computing for supply chain optimization, production scheduling, and materials discovery today. In 2028, we're launching the first fault-tolerant quantum computer on Braket — designed to simulate molecular systems and advanced materials beyond classical limits. Stop by to see what's possible now and what's ahead
QBraid
