On June 2, 2009, David Johnston, president of the University of Waterloo, sat down with Raymond Laflamme to discuss the field of quantum computing and the transformational role philanthropy can play in advancing this nascent frontier.

Raymond, the Canada Research Chair in Quantum Information, is one of the world's leading authorities on quantum information processing, which promises to improve society through technological innovations.

"At IQC, great philanthropy has enabled us to do something that has never been done in Canada before."