Woman Who is not just about one day in the calendar year and the celebrations continue throughout the following weeks and months.
Congratulations Dr Ilana Wisby of Oxford Quantum Circuits Joint Winner of the Woman Who Achieves in STEM Award 2021, Sponsored by HydroVeg Kits.
The Woman Who Achieves & Solopreneur Awards took place on Friday 1st October. This year we held a hybrid event with many joining us in the Marquee at Coombe Abbey and those couldn’t, including Dr Ilana Wisbythat, joining online.
Congratulations Ilana on your achievements and thank you to all the Winners and Finalists for your support to make this event into an amazing hybrid Awards event.
I am the CEO of OQC, the UK’s leader in quantum computing.
After receiving my PhD in quantum physics, I turned to startups and became a deep tech entrepreneur, building companies and teams from the ground up, in finance and in AI.
In addition to my role at OQC, I am a member of the Quantum Metrology Institute’s Advisory Board and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Future Council on Quantum. I am also a mentor to several young women in STEM and a fierce advocate of diversity in tech.
JUDGES’ COMMENTS
At the cutting edge of quantum computing, she is taking academic research and delivering commercial outcomes which will have fantastic benefits for speed in research and development and our understanding of the world. She is representing women in STEM and giving back to the STEM community.
Congratulations to all the Finalists in this Category
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