Texas Governor Greg Abbott has appointed five prominent leaders from industry, academia, and national security to the newly established Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee. The committee is tasked with developing the state’s strategic blueprint to accelerate its quantum economy, leveraging existing regional strengths in semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, and defense. The appointees include: The full gubernatorial appointment notice is available here. The Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP) has named Dr. Philip Makotyn as its new Deputy Chief Technology Officer. Dr. Makotyn brings nearly two decades of deep-tech and quantum ecosystem experience to the 128-acre Chicago development. He joins the IQMP from semiconductor-laser [...]