{"id":697,"date":"2025-12-05T14:22:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T14:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ai-gf.com\/?page_id=697"},"modified":"2025-12-06T20:16:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T20:16:17","slug":"mari-sekino","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ai-gf.com\/index.php\/speakers\/mari-sekino\/","title":{"rendered":"Mari Sekino"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium is-resized is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ai-gf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Image-PNG-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-688\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:300px;height:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ai-gf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Image-PNG-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ai-gf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Image-PNG-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/ai-gf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Image-PNG-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ai-gf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Image-PNG.jpeg 1013w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Founder and CEO | QERA Intelligence Frontier Theorist &amp; Practitioner<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>Mari Sekino<\/strong>, PhD Founder &amp; CEO, QERA Intelligence Frontier Theorist &amp; Practitioner |&nbsp; AI &amp; Quantum advisory Mari Sekino is a physicist and strategy consultant focused on how quantum computing will reshape public-impact systems such as healthcare, digital infrastructure, and scientific innovation. As the founder of QERA, she works with governments, industry, and research institutions to anticipate the societal, regulatory, and systemic consequences of emerging technologies. Her current work examines how quantum computing could transform epidemiological modelling, drug discovery, and large-scale optimisation crucial for public-health systems\u2014while also introducing new risks related to security, uncertainty, and model reliability once quantum-enabled systems are widely deployed. Mari holds a PhD in Physics and previously worked as a strategy consultant at IBM. She speaks internationally on quantum futures, technological governance, and the long-term design of public-impact systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mari Sekino, PhD Founder &amp; CEO, QERA Intelligence Frontier Theorist &amp; Practitioner |&nbsp; AI &amp; Quantum advisory Mari Sekino is a physicist and strategy consultant focused on how quantum computing will reshape public-impact systems such as healthcare, digital infrastructure, and scientific innovation. 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