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Daniel Lidar is the holder of the Viterbi Professorship of Engineering at the University of Southern California and researches quantum information processing. He holds joint appointments in the departments of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Chemistry, and Physics & Astronomy. He is the Director of the USC Center for Quantum Information Science & Technology, the Director of the USC-IBM Quantum Innovation Center, and the co-Director of the USC Center for Quantum Computing. He did his postdoctoral work at UC Berkeley after receiving his Ph.D. in Physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1997. Prior to joining USC in 2005, he was a faculty member at the University of Toronto for five years.

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Antônio earned his undergraduate degree in Physics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1987), graduating with honors (CUM LAUDE). He completed his Master’s (1990) and PhD (1994) in Physics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. From 1994 to 1996, he conducted postdoctoral research in the Physics Department at the Federal University of Pernambuco, focusing on Chaos in Lasers. From 1996 to 1998, he did postdoctoral research at the Laboratoire Kastler Brossel (École Normale Supérieure * France) in the field of Quantum Optics in Cold Atoms and Laser Diodes. Since 2016, he has been a Full Professor at Fluminense Federal University, a CNPq Level 1C Researcher, and a *Scientist of Our State* (FAPERJ). His expertise lies in Optics and Quantum Information, particularly in structured light, its interaction with nonlinear media, and its applications in quantum communication. In 2022, he was elected a FELLOW MEMBER of OPTICA (formerly the Optical Society of America). In the same year, he received the Scientific Excellence Award from Fluminense Federal University in the field of Exact and Earth Sciences.

Evandro is the co-founder and CTO of Quantuloop, a quantum computing startup with offices in Brazil and Texas. He holds a Master’s degree and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science at UFSC (Federal University of Santa Catarina), where his research focuses on building compilers for quantum computing. He is the creator of the Ket quantum programming platform and leads its development within the Quantum Computing Group at UFSC.

Jonas holds a Bachelor’s degree (2007) in Physics from the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), a Master’s (2009) and a PhD (2012) in Physics from the Federal University of ABC, and completed postdoctoral research at UFSM (2012) and at the Universidad de la República (2016). He was an Assistant Professor of Physics at the Federal University of Pampa from 2012 to 2013. Since 2013, he has been a Professor of Physics and Coordinator of the Quantum Information and Emerging Phenomena Group at UFSM. He is currently an Associate Professor II of Physics at UFSM. His research interests include General Physics, with an emphasis on Quantum Physics, Quantum Information Science, Quantum Resources, Classical and Quantum Artificial Intelligence, and Emerging Phenomena.

Sérgio graduated from the University of São Paulo (USP), at the Institute of Physics of São Carlos (IFSC/USP). He completed postdoctoral research in the United States at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), affiliated with the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) and the University of Maryland. He is currently a faculty member at the University of São Paulo. His professional work includes research in the areas of Optics, Atomic Physics, and Quantum Technologies. In addition to fundamental and applied physics research, he also conducts research and engages in Science Education and Physics Teaching, contributing to scientific outreach, especially targeting students in Basic Education.