Seattle Deep Tech Week: Navigating the Classical - Quantum Gap

Navigating the Classical - Quantum Gap Deep Tech Week Seattle, register with DTW here Every wave of computing has had a critical "everything else" layer, the part that turned the hardware into something usable. For GPUs it was CUDA, schedulers, and the runtime stack. For quantum computing, that layer is being built right now. This panel is about who's building it, what's working, and what the field needs next. The real opportunity in hybrid quantum-classical computing isn't just the qubit. It's everything around it: scheduling, orchestration, data movement, hybrid workflow management, and the evolving interface between how classical HPC systems and quantum processors communicate. And because that work is happening across hyperscalers, established computer and quantum vendors, government agencies and national labs, and emerging startups all at once, the question of who builds what and how they partner matters just as much as the technical interfaces themselves. This panel brings together voices from quantum systems, classical HPC, and the open software ecosystem who are rolling up their sleeves to navigate the classical-quantum gap. Panelists Josh Moles (Moderator) Josh Moles is the Technical Program Manager for Hybrid Computing at IonQ, where he leads the company's hybrid integration initiatives and advances OpenQSE, an open community building vendor-neutral standard for the interface between classical and quantum systems. His career has followed one thread: taking research and emerging technology and building engineering programs around it. Earlier in his career, he led silicon validation for Google’s Tensor G5 SoC and ran an interagency applied research program in the U.S. Department of State that earned the Department's top technical honor. Michael Brett Michael is a Principal Specialist for Quantum Computing in the High Performance Computing group at…