White House Quantum Summit Operationalizes June EOs

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July 7, 2026 — The White House convened nearly 100 participants from government, industry, and academia for the Summit on American Quantum Innovation, a closed-door session in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s Indian Treaty Room aimed at translating June’s twin quantum executive orders into coordinated execution. The event, run under Chatham House rules, brought the CEOs and founders of nearly every major U.S. quantum company to the same table as senior officials from across the federal government.

For anyone tracking the velocity of U.S. quantum policy in 2026, the summit is the operational capstone of a three-week sprint that has no precedent in quantum governance. On June 22, President Trump signed Executive Order 14413 on quantum innovation and EO 14412 on PQC migration. The next day, the Department of War released its PQC Strategy. On June 24, OMB issued M-26-15 with a five-phase migration timeline. On June 30, the NSA and Army Research Office launched QuantumEAGLe. The July 7 summit brought the principals into one room to align on execution.

OSTP Director Michael Kratsios and National Quantum Coordination Office Director Brad Blakestand delivered the keynote. A panel featured Commerce Deputy Secretary Paul Dabbar, Under Secretary of Defense for Research Emil Michael, Under Secretary of Energy Darío Gil, NSF Acting Director Brian Stone, and U.S. CTO Ethan Klein. On the industry side, attendees included IBM’s Jay Gambetta, Infleqtion CEO Matt Kinsella, IonQ CEO Niccolo de Masi, and GlobalFoundries CTO Gregg Bartlett, among many others.

What Was Announced

The Department of Energy is leading a national effort to deliver a fault-tolerant, scientifically relevant quantum computer by 2028, designated under the QC-ADDS initiative established by EO 14413. The system would be housed at a DOE facility and made available to the broader scientific community. The target is open to all hardware modalities.

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