09.00: Cases & Application
- Case 1: A New Approach to Drug Discovery – Allan Grønlund, Co-founder and Head of Algorithms at Kvantify
Kvantify is a Danish company established in 2022. Their vision is to harness the transformative power of High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Quantum Computing and make it available to businesses without expert knowledge. Kvantify have developed a computational drug discovery platform to help biotech and pharmaceutical companies improve the quality of the compounds they test in the lab by leveraging proprietary, high-speed, accurate physics-based methods.
- Case 2: Accelerating Vaccine Design with Quantum Powered AI – Jesper Gretlund, Head of Business Development at Sparrow Quantum
Sparrow Quantum, was founded by quantum physics and technology professor Peter Lodahl, and is built on two decades of pioneering research at the Niels Bohr Institute. Today, they are recognized as a key player in the quantum photonics revolution, providing essential single-photon components that drive quantum breakthroughs. Sparrow Quantum applies bespoke algorithms and specialist expertise to optimise customers’ drug discovery pipeline.
09:40: AI Supercomputer Gefion – How AI & Quantum is connected? Dr. Nadia Carlsten, CEO at The Danish Centre for AI Innovation (DCAI)
Presentation by Dr. Nadia Carlsten – the CEO of DCAI – a company established to run and operate Gefion – Denmarks first supercomputer. DCAI´s mission is to lower the barrier to access the most advanced computing capabilities, and they work with customers from academia, startups, and enterprise to accelerate AI research and innovation. DCAI is funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation and by EIFO.
09:40: Wrap up & thank you for the today
