Conference: QLCI Leap Forward Career Conference

量子信息科学与工程（QISE）的劳动力发展对于这一新兴领域的持续领导以及未来的高科技产业至关重要。为了探索和促进QISE职业生涯的途径，该项目将支持一个研讨会。它将汇集来自NSF资助的量子飞跃挑战研究所（QLCI）网络的研究生和同事。将有机会与来自QISE相关行业的几十家公司和潜在雇主的代表进行交流，并讨论QISE早期专业人士职业发展中的突出问题。参与者将与同行建立专业的联系和关系，支持劳动力发展和未来的合作，为不断发展的量子生态系统中的新兴科学家和工程师提供支持。QLCI飞跃职业会议定于2024年4月11日至12日在伊利诺伊州芝加哥举行。第一天将促进来自全国各地的大量QLCI学生学员参加芝加哥量子交易所2024年量子招聘论坛。这两天将包括以QLCI为重点和以学生为重点的节目，以阐明职业道路和QISE相关领域的职业发展战略。 与量子经济发展联盟的代表和几个QLCI项目的代表的接触将为参与者提供广泛的视角和机会。NSF会议补助金将部分支付旅行费用，以便更多的QLCI学员和学生将有机会参与并与潜在雇主建立关系。与会者将向以量子为重点的行业专业人士、教师、研究人员和近距离同行（例如，研究生和博士后）。QLCI Leap Forward Career Conference的一个关键目标是让QLCI学生和学员在QLCI网络和更广泛的量子信息科学与工程生态系统中提升他们对专业和研究机会的认识。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

Workforce development in quantum information science and engineering (QISE) is important for continued leadership in this emerging area, and for empowering high technology industries of the future. To explore and facilitate pathways for careers in QISE, this project will support a workshop. It will bring together graduate students and colleagues from a network of NSF-funded Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes (QLCI). There will be opportunities to engage with representatives from several dozen companies and potential employers in QISE related industries, and to discuss salient issues in career development for early professionals in QISE. Participants will build professional connections and relationships with peers that support workforce development and future collaborations for emerging scientists and engineers across the growing quantum ecosystem. The QLCI Leap Forward Career Conference is scheduled for April 11-12, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. The first day will facilitate a larger number of QLCI student trainees from across the nation to participate in the Chicago Quantum Exchange 2024 Quantum Recruiting Forum. Both days will include QLCI-focused and student-focused programming to elucidate career pathways and strategies for career development in QISE-related areas. Engagement with representatives from the Quantum Economic Development Consortium and representatives from several QLCI projects will provide participants with a broad range of perspectives and opportunities. The NSF conference grant will partially defray travel costs so that a larger number of QLCI trainees and students will have the opportunity to participate and build relationships with potential employers. Attendees will learn from quantum-focused industry professionals, faculty, researchers, and near peers (e.g., graduate students and postdocs). A key objective of the QLCI Leap Forward Career Conference is for QLCI students and trainees to advance their knowledge of professional and research opportunities within the QLCI network and in the broader ecosystem of quantum information science and engineering.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.