QC Ware hosts the 4th Q2B conference in Tokyo to connect the Asian and global quantum technology landscape and bring together quantum industry experts across computing, AI, telecommunications, sensing, finance, automotive, chemicals, and more.

PALO ALTO, Calif., April 6, 2025 /CNW/ — QC Ware, a leading provider of industry-disrupting quantum technology, quantum-inspired machine learning, and quantum chemistry simulation solutions, today announced the 2025 Q2B Tokyo Conference (Q2B25) taking place May 15-16, 2025.

As the Q2B25 Tokyo Co-host and Platinum Sponsor, Quemix will contribute to discussions and demonstrations aimed at accelerating the adoption of quantum technologies in various industries, spanning pharmaceutical, biotech, finance, automotive, logistics, and artificial intelligence. “Quemix is honored to be a co-host of Q2B Tokyo 2025. We’re incredibly excited to see the robust ecosystem that will shape the future of quantum technology being built here,” said Quemix CEO and President, Yu-ichiro Matsushita.

The conference, being held at the Grand Hyatt Tokyo, will dive deep into all major quantum technologies and themes: computing, sensing, communications, security, error correction, quantum AI, HPC integration, and more. Attendees can expect to see featured keynotes, industry case studies, and discussions led by experts at the forefront of quantum R&D from some of the world’s leading businesses and institutions across government, academia, and industry.

“It’s a pleasure to be back in Tokyo for another Q2B event. Japan’s quantum community continues to impress with its innovation, collaboration, and global leadership.  The strong engagement of Japanese industrial end users, who are actively exploring and adopting quantum technologies, drive real-world impact across various sectors.  We’re excited to engage with this vibrant landscape shaping the future of quantum,”  said QC Ware CEO, Matt Johnson. “The quantum ecosystems of Japan and Asia are incredibly dynamic and exciting, and the work undertaken to directly and indirectly create that environment cannot be overstated.”

Through keynotes, business seminars, breakout sessions, technical workshops, and panel discussions, attendees at Q2B Tokyo will learn about the latest hardware and software breakthroughs as well as applications in optimization, chemistry simulations, pharmaceutical and materials discovery, error correction, and quantum AI. Additionally, the conference features several panels and sessions from field practitioners, end users, and experts across industries. Notable speakers include:

Jingo Kikukawa – Director-General, Innovation and Environment Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI)Taro Shimada – Chair of the Board, Quantum Strategic Industry Alliance for Revolution (Q-STAR) and CEO, ToshibaProf Seigo Tarucha – Research Group Director, RIKENYu-ichiro Matsushita – CEO, QuemixShuya Kekke – CEO and Representative Director, Quantinuum K.K.Dr. Michael J. Biercuk – CEO and Founder, Q-CTRLSeiji Kihara – Member of the House of Representatives /Chairperson, Election Strategy Committee, Liberal Democratic PartyD. Eng. Seiji Yunoki – Team Leader, RIKENYoshihiro Maeda – Chief Growth Officer, Deloitte TohmatsuDoug Finke – Chief Content Officer, GQI

Q2B is dedicated to promoting and growing the quantum technologies landscape with applied implementation examples via the case studies track. This track is dedicated to real-world applications of quantum technologies and provides case studies from industrial end users who have already started their quantum journey. Leaders charting the future of quantum technology adoption will deliver sessions on recent advancements in the field, including:

Qi Gao – Senior Chief Scientist, Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationCarmen Palacios – Founder and CEO, Nu QuantumOded Melamed – CEO and Co-founder, Quantum SourceDr. Netanel Lindner – Professor of Physics, Co-founder and CTO, QedmaConstanza Vidal Bustamente – Fellow, Technology and National Security, Center for a New American SecurityShaukat Ali – Chief Research Scientist, Simula Research LaboratoryMasahiro Horibe – Deputy Director, AIST/G-QuATMarcus Doherty – Co-founder and CTO, Quantum BrillianceDr. Shintaro Sato – Head of Quantum Lab, Fujitsu ResearchMasaru Watabiki – Senior Expert, Toshiba Digital Solutions CorporationVladimir Tsitrin – Quantum Security Research Lead, Fidelity Center for Applied TechnologyShihan Sajeed – Program Director, Wellcome LeapShunsuke Okada – Executive Director, Q-STAR

Attendees will also have the opportunity to explore the exhibit floor with vendors showcasing their latest advancements in quantum technologies, featuring: Quemix, Keysight, Quantinuum, QuEra Computing, Qedma, Quantum Machines, IonQ, Toshiba, Fujitsu, RIKEN, Classiq, Oxford Quantum Circuits, IQM, Toyota Tsusho, Lquom, NF Corporation, Alpine Quantum Technologies, Q-STAR, and more.

Find the agenda, featured speakers and register to attend Q2B25 Tokyo here.

About QC Ware
QC Ware is a quantum and classical computing SaaS company focused on delivering enterprise value through cutting-edge computational technology. The company develops enterprise-grade applications that run on state-of-the-art classical computing hardware and algorithms targeting near-term quantum hardware. Its flagship product, Promethium, is an advanced molecular discovery platform that leverages quantum chemistry to accelerate research across pharmaceutical, materials science, and chemical industries. With specialization in machine learning and chemistry simulation applications, the team bridges the gap between theoretical quantum computing and practical business solutions. Composed of some of the industry’s foremost experts, QC Ware is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with a European subsidiary in Paris. The company also organizes Q2B, a global series of conferences for industry, practitioner, and academic quantum computing communities. Learn more at www.qcware.com.

CONTACT: Jean-Baptiste Faverjon, +33777847234, jb.faverjon@qcware.com 

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Latest collaboration enables developers to leverage TwelveLabs’ video understanding capabilities to create new applications with the security, privacy, and performance of AWS

LAS VEGAS, April 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company and TwelveLabs, the video understanding company, today announced that TwelveLabs’ state-of-the-art multimodal foundation models, Marengo and Pegasus, will soon be available in Amazon Bedrock. Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed service that offers developers access to high-performing models from leading AI companies through a single API. Seamless access to TwelveLabs’ advanced video understanding capabilities will enable developers and enterprises to transform how they search, analyze, and generate insights from video content, leveraging the security, privacy, and performance of AWS. AWS is the first cloud provider to offer models from TwelveLabs.

“Video contains nearly 80% of the world’s data, yet most of it remains unsearchable and underutilized,” said Jae Lee, Co-founder and CEO of TwelveLabs. “By making our models available through Amazon Bedrock, we’re empowering even more enterprises to bring video understanding to their existing infrastructure. Our technology enables users to search across their entire content library—from videos collected 10 years ago or 10 minutes ago—to find the precise moment they’re looking for in less than a single second, and then interpret and analyze those moments. This opens the door for all kinds of novel uses. Through the collaboration with AWS, we can extend powerful capabilities to customers and accelerate innovation across industries.”

Advanced AI Video Capabilities

Video is commonly regarded as one of the world’s largest unsearchable data sources, yet TwelveLabs’ cutting-edge technology turns it into a trove of accessible information. Whether it’s giving a sports network the ability to instantly pull every instance of a specific play style or commentator reaction or helping a broadcaster identify recurring themes across large volumes of footage, TwelveLabs helps teams turn their video archives into usable, indexable assets, unlocking both operational efficiency and new revenue opportunities.

TwelveLabs overcomes the inherent complexities associated with video understanding to allow customers to search video across all modalities. Specifically, TwelveLabs delivers:

Natural language video search that pinpoints precise content momentsDeep video understanding without requiring pre-defined labelsMultimodal AI processing visual, audio, and text simultaneouslyTemporal intelligence connecting related events across timeEnterprise solutions scaling extensive video libraries into accessible knowledge

“At MLSE, we are defining the future of the sports and entertainment business. Innovation is in our DNA, and we’re leading the charge in shaping what comes next. With powerful tools like Amazon Bedrock and TwelveLabs’ AI models supporting our vision, we’re accelerating our ability to create smarter, more immersive experiences for fans.” said Humza Teherany, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment.”

Unlocking the Power of Video Understanding for AWS Customers

With Marengo and Pegasus available in Amazon Bedrock, AWS customers can use TwelveLabs’ models to build and scale generative AI applications without managing underlying infrastructure. Using Amazon Bedrock, customers gain access to a broad set of capabilities while maintaining complete control over their data, benefiting from enterprise-grade security and utilizing cost control features—all essential for deploying AI responsibly at scale.

TwelveLabs’ fully managed, serverless models in Amazon Bedrock allow developers to:

Create applications that search through videos, classify scenes, summarize content, and extract insights using natural languageBuild sophisticated video understanding features without specialized AI expertiseScale video processing from small collections to massive libraries with consistent performanceDeploy solutions with enterprise-grade security and governance controls

“Video understanding is revolutionizing how industries like media & entertainment, sports, automotive, and education work with and discover content,” said Samira Panah Bakhtiar, General Manager of Media & Entertainment, Games, and Sports at AWS. “Over the last year, I have consistently said that natural language semantic search is a ‘strategic unlock’ for our entertainment customers, as they reexamine their existing intellectual property and breathe new life into it. By bringing TwelveLabs’ advanced models to Amazon Bedrock, we’re helping our customers make sense of any video moment, unlocking the full value of their treasured video assets. Businesses will now be able to easily search, categorize, and extract insights from their vast video libraries, enabling new use cases and better user experiences that were previously impossible without significant technical expertise.”

The integration will benefit multiple industries, from media, entertainment, advertising and beyond. For example:

Film and TV Studios can rapidly manage video workloads from dailies, content repacking, and archive managementSports Leagues and Teams can efficiently create match highlights and create customized fan focused content at scaleNews Agencies and Broadcasters can quickly manage large libraries to find the moments that matterStreaming services can better package and distribute content across platforms and more effectively insert relevant video ads

AWS and TwelveLabs’ integration partner Monks expressed their excitement: “We’ve been putting AI to work across the entire video value chain for IP holders, broadcasters and brands. TwelveLabs in Amazon Bedrock makes it easier to realize opportunities for monetization in broadcast news, entertainment and sports by making it simpler and more secure to build and scale applications with powerful video understanding,” said Lewis Smithingham, EVP Strategic Industries at Monks.

Expanding Collaboration Between AWS and TwelveLabs

This announcement builds on a strong existing relationship between AWS and TwelveLabs and continues the momentum of their Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA). TwelveLabs is working with AWS to accelerate the development of its foundation models, deploy its advanced video understanding foundation models across new industries, and enhance its model training capabilities using Amazon SageMaker HyperPod. With the reliable and scalable infrastructure offered by SageMaker HyperPod, TwelveLabs has accelerated model training while reducing training costs.

“This integration with Amazon Bedrock represents the next phase in our collaboration with AWS, making our video understanding AI more accessible to enterprises worldwide,” added Lee.

To learn about TwelveLabs’ industry leading models, please explore twelvelabs.io, Marengo 2.7 and Pegasus 1.2. Find out more about TwelveLabs models in Amazon Bedrock here.

About TwelveLabs

TwelveLabs uses multimodal foundation models to bring human-like understanding to video data. The company’s foundation models map natural language to what’s happening inside a video, including actions, objects, and background sounds, allowing developers to create applications that can search through videos, classify scenes, summarize, and extract insights with unprecedented accuracy. Headquartered in the US, TwelveLabs serves customers across media, entertainment, sports, advertising, and government. For more information, visit www.twelvelabs.io

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Sungrow’s exclusive conference in Madrid brought together industry leaders to highlight how technology, dedicated professionals and collaboration between all stakeholders can support Spain to further accelerate towards a sustainable future.

MADRID, April 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — As the global leading PV inverter and energy storage system provider, Sungrow successfully hosted an exclusive conference in Madrid on April 2, bringing together industry experts and business leaders to discuss the opportunities for Spain to achieve its ambitious climate and energy targets. The event provided a vital platform to explore the country’s renewable energy opportunities, emphasizing the crucial role of the Commercial & Industrial (C&I) sector and the growing importance of hybrid solutions combining photovoltaic (PV) systems with Energy Storage Systems (ESS). At the same time, as mobility enters a new era with the electrification of vehicles, EV Charging become an increasingly critical topic on the road towards a sustainable future.

Spain’s Renewable Energy Vision and the Role of C&I Projects
Spain has set an ambitious target of reaching 81% renewable electricity generation by 2030, as outlined in its National Energy and Climate Plan (PNIEC)1. With solar energy playing a pivotal role in this transition, the integration of battery storage is becoming increasingly essential to ensure grid stability, maximize self-consumption, and enhance energy independence.

During the conference, experts highlighted the potential of the C&I sector to accelerate the deployment of clean energy solutions. Businesses are increasingly recognizing the economic and environmental advantages of integrating solar power with storage, reducing dependency on fossil fuels and fluctuating energy prices. Sungrow reaffirmed its commitment to supporting this sector with cutting-edge technology, providing tailored solutions that enhance efficiency, reliability, and long-term savings. As its latest ESS for C&I projects, the PowerStack 200CS, clearly showcases, energy storage can lead to significant ecological and financial benefits, as long as cutting-edge technology, high efficiency, and undisputed safety are combined with a strong team of experts supporting all the phases of such a complex operation, from the design phase and delivery phase, up to the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of the project. 

Hybrid Solutions: The Key to a Resilient Energy Future
A major theme of the conference was the critical role of hybrid systems in achieving Spain’s energy transition. Combining PV with ESS allows businesses and energy producers to store excess solar energy, ensuring uninterrupted supply and mitigating grid congestion challenges. This approach not only optimizes energy usage but also supports Spain’s goal of a more decentralized and resilient energy network. Sungrow showcased its comprehensive portfolio of solutions designed to empower businesses and energy developers to implement hybrid energy projects seamlessly and great flexibility. These include PV inverters like the SG350HX-20 string inverter, the SHT range of hybrid inverters and a range of storage solutions, characterised also for the ease of expandability. At the same time, as part of a fully sustainable ecosystem, Sungrow offers a complete range of AC and DC, EV Chargers, for private, semi-public and public use, as the latest IDC480E, an ultra-fast charger capable of charging up to 8 vehicles at once, making it an ideal solution for fleet operators.

A Commitment to Innovation, Public Dialogue and Sustainability
Sungrow’s conference in Madrid reinforced the company’s proactive role in shaping the future of renewable energy in Spain. By fostering discussions between industry stakeholders and providing world-class solutions, Sungrow continues to drive the adoption of clean energy technologies that align with the nation’s sustainability goals. The panel discussion “The Next Step of Renewables” emphasized this focus on public dialogue as a means to fully utilize the opportunities of a sustainable future.

“As Spain advances toward its renewable energy objectives, collaboration and innovation will be key drivers of success,” said Mr. Javier Blanco, Country Manager at Sungrow Iberica. “At Sungrow, we are proud to contribute to this transition by equipping businesses with state-of-the-art PV and storage solutions and the utmost levels of service and support that pave the way for a cleaner, more sustainable future.”

With Spain’s renewable energy landscape evolving rapidly, Sungrow remains committed to empowering businesses and energy producers with the tools they need to thrive in the green transition. Sungrow has established a strong team of more than 100 experts in Spain and Portugal. Moreover, with two offices, in Pamplona and Madrid and the impressive new Technological Center for Training and Innovation in Pamplona that covers a total area of 10,000 square meters, designed to serve as a hub for training, innovation, and service excellence, Sungrow confirms its commitment on supporting the energy transition in Spain and South Europe. The company will continue to invest in advanced technologies, local partnerships, and knowledge-sharing initiatives to accelerate Spain’s clean energy revolution.

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About Sungrow
Sungrow, a global leader in renewable energy technology, has pioneered sustainable power solutions for over 28 years. As of December 2024, Sungrow has installed 740 GW of power electronic converters worldwide. The Company is recognized as the world’s No. 1 on PV inverter shipments (S&P Global Commodity Insights) and the world’s most bankable energy storage company (BloombergNEF). Its innovations power clean energy projects in over 180 countries, supported by a network of 520 service outlets guaranteeing excellent customer experience. At Sungrow, we’re committed to bridging to a sustainable future through cutting-edge technology and unparalleled service. For more information, please visit: www.sungrowpower.com.

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