Elmer Imes

A few of the giants that brought us to where we are.

Look at the GPS system, look at telecommunication, look at IBM's first PC, look at what Elmer Imes brought to us, like the foundational information.

Those are the people that we need to go back to and then come forward with new ideas to shape the future that we're leading.

Thank you so much.

A few of the giants that brought us to where we are.

Look at the GPS system, look at telecommunication, look at IBM's first PC, look at what Elmer Imes brought to us, like the foundational information.

Those are the people that we need to go back to and then come forward with new ideas to shape the future that we're leading.

Thank you so much.

So I want to discuss some of those.

The first person that I want to highlight is back in 1918, a young black physicist by the name of Elmer Imes.

He published a paper that changed quantum physics forever.

And he did it just 53 years after slavery ended.

So I want to look around this room and look at all the young people in the audience, all the accomplished people in this audience, the diverse people in this audience.

You are the architects of the future.

Industry, ask yourselves, do your teams include people who can anticipate these problems? Academia, are you teaching students to think about who their technology is affecting, not just what it does? And everyone, are you ready to build the quantum future together? Lastly, I'll leave you with this, a quote from Elmer Imes.

Excellence is its own protest.

So I want to discuss some of those.

The first person that I want to highlight is back in 1918, a young black physicist by the name of Elmer Imes.

He published a paper that changed quantum physics forever.

And he did it just 53 years after slavery ended.

So I want to look around this room and look at all the young people in the audience, all the accomplished people in this audience, the diverse people in this audience.

You are the architects of the future.

Industry, ask yourselves, do your teams include people who can anticipate these problems? Academia, are you teaching students to think about who their technology is affecting, not just what it does? And everyone, are you ready to build the quantum future together? Lastly, I'll leave you with this, a quote from Elmer Imes.

Excellence is its own protest.