Dr. Whei Yeap Suen

Scientific Project Manager

Quantinuum

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Whei Yeap is the Scientific Project Manager in the Applications Group at Quantinuum, based in Singapore. He manages scientific collaborations across the Asia-Pacific region, working between external partners and Quantinuum's research teams to scope projects, coordinate agreements, and carry joint research from inception to delivery. His work spans universities, research institutes, government agencies and industry, alongside broader efforts to grow the regional quantum ecosystem.
Before joining Quantinuum, Whei was Project Manager at Singapore's National Quantum Computing Hub (NQCH), where he coordinated work across its hardware, middleware, applications, talent development and international collaboration thrusts. He worked with partner institutions on key milestones, including a locally developed full-stack quantum computer made accessible via the cloud. He also built research partnerships between quantum scientists and domain specialists, led industry engagement to translate advances in quantum computing into terms businesses could act on, and organised Quantum Bootcamp 2023 to develop local talent.

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10:00–11:30amMon 16 NovPublic-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 3Open
Shaping Tomorrow's Innovation

Preparing for the Quantum Advantage: Lessons Learnt from Early Experimentation and Pilots

Public-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 3Open
About this session

Quantum computing's impact on financial services is beginning to expand beyond its initial focus on security implications to early experimentation and pilots for potential use-cases, from portfolio optimization to risk management and derivative pricing. Early pilots have demonstrated real value, but the timeline for live deployments remains in the horizon, raising a difficult question: are institutions building use-cases before the technology is mature enough to justify it or is this early investment what makes tomorrow's readiness possible?

The work so far has also relied on open collaboration between banks, regulators, and technology providers, but as quantum applications start to carry real commercial value, that openness gets harder to sustain. This session looks at what these early efforts have actually taught the industry — what worked, what didn't, and what the next phase of experimentation should prioritize as the window for open collaboration closes.

The session will explore questions such as:

1. Is developing use-cases now premature given how immature the technology still is, or is that the only way real readiness gets built?
2. Should current funding prioritize talent pipelines over experimentation, or do the two need to grow together?
3. As quantum applications become commercially valuable, what keeps competitors willing to keep collaborating?
4. What would genuinely long-term, system-wide collaborative action look like beyond individual pilots?

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Dr. Whei Yeap Suen

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Preparing for the Quantum Advantage: Lessons Learnt from Early Experimentation and Pilots