Media Advisory: Harper Government to Announce Support for Quantum Research


WATERLOO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Jan. 21, 2015) - The Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology), will join Peter Braid, Member of Parliament for Kitchener-Waterloo, in announcing a significant federal investment in quantum information research.

Date: Thursday, January 22, 2015
Time: Media Arrival—9:45 a.m.
Tour—10:00 a.m.
Announcement—10:30 a.m.
Location: Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo
Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre, 2nd Floor Atrium
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario

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Scott French
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Office of the Minister of State (Science and Technology)
343-291-2700

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