Contributors Acknowledgements Hani AlHemsi Director of Technology Development, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Saudi Arabia Rakan Alseghayer Director of R&D, Innovation and Emerging Technologies, Saudi Telecom Company (stc) Abdulaziz Alsuwailem General Manager, Economies of the Future Priority, Research, Development and Innovation Authority (RDIA) Jawaher Almutlaq Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Applied Physics, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Mohamed Bourennane Professor, Stockholm University Reena Dayal Yadav Founder and CEO, Quantum Ecosystems and Technology Council of India Muhamad Felemban Research Center Director, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) Waleed Gowharji General Manager for Project & Initiatives, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Saudi ArabiaFreeke Heijman Vice-President, European Quantum Industry Consortium (QuIC) David Keyes Founding Dean and Founding Director, Extreme Computing Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Daniel Loss Director, Interdisciplinary Research Center for Advanced Quantum Computing & Chair Professor, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Kelly Richdale Senior Advisor, SandboxAQ Muhammad Al Saiyari Head of Quantum Computing, Aramco Salvador Venegas-Andraca Professor, Tecnológico de Monterrey Production Louis Chaplin Editor, Studio Miko Laurence Denmark Creative Director, Studio Miko Cat Slaymaker Designer, Studio MikoLead authors Laila AlQahtani Project Fellow, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Saudi Arabia; Quantum Project Fellow, World Economic ForumArunima Sarkar Head, Initiatives, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution India, World Economic Forum Project team Mohammed Aldosri Seconded Fellow, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Saudi Arabia Saad Alowayyed Project Lead, Quantum Economy, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Saudi ArabiaValeria Escliar Advisor, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Saudi Arabia Camille Georges Specialist, Quantum Technology, World Economic Forum Piloting the Quantum Economy Blueprint 23

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