Virginia Economic Review

Our quarterly publication, Virginia Economic Review, provides an insider look at Virginia’s economy, its diverse array of world-class companies, its amazing talent, and its stunning natural beauty, as well as insights from national thought leaders.

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Northern Virginia Community College Engineering Technology Lab
Third Quarter 2023

Building Certainty Into Virginia’s Quantum Workforce Pipeline

The quantum age is rapidly approaching. So rapidly, in fact, that any approach to developing a workforce must account for the changes happening at the speed of light as quantum science shifts from theoretical to practical application.

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La Vida Cooper
Third Quarter 2023

Testing the Potential of Quantum Networking

La Vida Cooper is the communications and navigation line of business manager at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, the deputy program manager for strategic initiatives within the exploration and space communications projects division at Goddard, and the executive director of the Washington…

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Sophia Economou
Third Quarter 2023

Quantum’s Technological and Human Future

Dr. Sophia Economou is a professor of physics at Virginia Tech and the director of the university’s Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering. Her research focuses on theoretical quantum information science, including quantum computing with numerous types of qubits.

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The Big Q
Third Quarter 2023

The Big Q: Industry Titans Drive Interest in Quantum Computing Possibilities

At the 1981 "The Physics of Computation" event, Nobel laureate Richard Feynman called for the creation of quantum computers to simulate quantum physics, famously saying, “Nature isn’t classical, and if you want to make a simulation of nature, you’d better make it quantum mechanical.”

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Second Quarter 2023

The Future of Food

CEA companies bring food production to the people

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Beanstalk Farms, Fairfax County
Second Quarter 2023

A Fresh Take on Food Production

Four centuries after the advent of the agriculture industry in Virginia, the Commonwealth is again at the forefront of agricultural innovation.

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