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<h2>Quantum Innovation Centers and Quantum Computing Centers</h2>
<p><b>Quantum Innovation Centers (QICs)</b> serve as elite centers of expertise in the growing and ever-changing quantum ecosystem. Many operate as a hub, an industry leader growing a quantum community by partnering with IBM directly, and serving as a central contact point for other organizations. This community might be centered on a particular specialization within quantum computing, or sometimes it may be built around a certain geographic location. With 36 Quantum Innovation Centers on 5 continents, QICs are providing geographically-optimized quantum communities all over the world.</p>
<p>This kind of community building, around an IBM QIC, has the potential to meet local needs through a bottom-up approach, to offer a wider variety of quantum computing access plans, and to leverage the community for broader expertise. This can be especially important for smaller organizations and startups. Being an IBM QIC establishes your leadership in the field, builds important industry connections, and it grows and opens up the quantum community. Another important consideration is that the resulting collaboration could facilitate more competitive applications for governmental and private funding.</p>
<p><b>Quantum Computational Centers (QCCs)</b> function very similarly to QICs, with the important difference that QCCs have their own IBM Quantum System on premises. This can be very important, for example, when working with data that cannot legally or responsibly be shared over the Internet, or across international borders. Watch the video below to see the installation of the Quantum System One in Kawasaki City, Japan, at the University of Tokyo.</p>
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<h2>What it means to be a QIC</h2>
<p> There are many reasons for starting a Quantum Innovation Center. One common theme is the need for a community of expertise, for which a QIC can be a powerful catalyst. In the video below, our speakers who represent QICs will tell us what it means to them to be an IBM Quantum Innovation Center.</p>
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<h3><b>Key points</b></h3>
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<li>QICs have a sense of obligation to industry partners, as well as to students (who are the emerging quantum workforce), and to society.</li>
<li>QICs are at the forefront of quantum technology.</li>
<li>QICs are often focused on partnerships within a specific geographic region.</li>
<li>QICs derive great value from the IBM Quantum Network, and the communities they, themselves form.</li>
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<p>These elements of being a QIC, and the reasons behind them, will play a role as we discuss goals and measures of success in later sections. In the next section, we will give a high-level overview of common developmental stages for a quantum team. Then we’ll dive deeper into each part of the process, through discussions with the people who know best: leaders of successful IBM Quantum Network partners!</p>
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