20 MILLION

[1] World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) - "Global Cancer Data by Country"�

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57%

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[2] The Lancet Oncology - "Chemotherapy and the Risk of Hospitalization"

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44%

[3] PubMed Central (PMC) - "Hospitalization Due to Chemotherapy Side Effects"

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How do current drugs work?

The

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solution

How do current drugs work?

Optimize for Binding Energy

Molecule XYZ

How do we achieve this?

Extract Core Hamiltonian

Matrix to Pauli Mapping

Build VQE circuit

Run VQE circuit

Modify�Molecular�Parameters

[4] Chuang et al.- "Bootstrap Embedding on a Quantum Computer" (2023)�

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Quantum advantage?

Build VQE circuit

tiny molecules

BIG molecules

e.g. etoposide

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HEAVY metals 🤘

e.g. platinum

Medium molecules

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e.g. cisplatin

Classically

Quantumly

NISQ

FTQC

DEMO

Tech Stack

Frontend

Results

Results

📈 Future Plans

Biotech & pharmaceutical companies

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Move selected drug candidates into preclinical trials

Validate 1–2 cancer drug candidates

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Secure funding for chemistry specialists

🚀 3 years

🛣️ 6 months

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2

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can cure!

20 MILLION�Cancer Cases

VQE

https://training.seer.cancer.gov/disease/war/#:~:text=More%20than%201.2%20million%20Americans,seconds%20in%20the%20United%20States.

Gaurang 🇮🇳

Raghad 🇯🇴🇵🇸

Khatira🇦🇫🇬🇧

Tengis🇲🇳

Alibi🇰🇿

Danil🇰🇿

Salman🇵🇰

Kristina 🇧🇬

James 🇺🇸

Oussama 🇹🇳

Mousa 🇯🇴🇵🇸

can cure!

05

Team #

canQr - كان كيور

Team Name

canQr discovers effective lung cancer drugs with minimal side effects.

Value Proposition

SMILES strings, VQE (or QPE via FTQC) to more accurately calculate binding energy, future: AI drug sieve

Hack Ingredients

SandBoxAQ, Phasecraft

Similar Startups, Products, Hacks, sustainability

SDG Theme

• Ensure that the images in your presentation reflect your target population. For example, if your project focuses on the UAE, avoid using visuals that don’t align culturally, such as photos of blond individuals that may not represent the local context.
• Aim for diversity and gender balance in your visuals, stories and examples. Include both men and women, and represent a range of skin tones.
• When using Arabic names, include both the original Arabic and the English translation. Be sure to check with Arabic speakers for correct spelling and pronunciation.
• If you’re designing a logo, make sure it resonates appropriately with your intended audience, culturally, visually, and contextually.
• Practice, practice, practice your presentation! Even the most impactful tech solution needs to be communicated clearly and confidently to be appreciated. Ensure your entire team is well-prepared, calm, and confident during the delivery.

Tips for Slides

Molecule XYZ

How do we achieve this?

Extract Core Hamiltonian

Matrix to Pauli Mapping

Build VQE circuit

Run VQE circuit

Optimize for Binding Energy

Modify�Molecular�Parameters

[1] World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) - "Global Cancer Data by Country"�

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03 Technical complexity & completeness - 40%

• What component of Quantum Computing is the prototype leveraging?
• What’s the level of complexity of the algorithm(s) used?
• Does it use AI, ML, Data Science, NLP, LLM, CV, Mobile, Web, Backend?
• Is the technical execution theoretical or practical?
• Can people use this prototype for research and further develop it?
• Will this project help others learn and understand Quantum Computing?

02 Innovation & originality - 20%

• Does the idea bring something new and unique to the world?
• Is the idea exploring different dimensions and scenarios?
• Can we articulate how and where the idea intends to innovate?
• Are we approaching an existing condition in a new way?

01 Sustainable development impact on SDG - 25%

• Does the idea address one or more sustainable development goal(s)?
• Does the team clearly articulate and quantify the social impact?
• How scalable is the impact (micro, regional, country, global market)?
• What level of urgency is the idea impacting (urgent, ongoing, coming)?

05 Presentation & interaction - 10%

• Is the problem clearly articulated with data points?
• Does the demo adequately show the product’s value proposition?
• Is the pitch inclusive and catered to an Arab audience?
• Is the pitch engaging and includes examples the audience can relate to?
• Does every member on the team play a role in the final delivery?
• Can the team deliver the presentation within 5 minutes?
• Does the content include a 6-month (short-term) and a 3-year roadmap?
• Does the content consider immediate challenges and success measures?
• Does the content consider main competitors and revenue opportunities?
• Does the content consider potential partners?
• How clearly can the team answer judges’ questions?

04 Business sustainability & scalability - 5%

• Is the product really useful, useable, and desirable?
• What’s the market size? What’s the ROI trajectory as the product scales?
• Can the project go beyond the hackathon and become a viable business?
• Could this proof of concept be deployed into a real-world solution?
• What typology of investors might be interested in your idea?

THE JUDGING CRITERIA

Each team will have 5 minutes to present their work to judges on Day 3.

03 Sustainability questions

• Where do you want to be 6 months from now? e.g. new features, new platform.
• What are the immediate challenges you foresee?
• Are there security, privacy, legal implications?
• How do you plan to address them?
• What do you need to be successful? e.g. funding sources, partners.
• Who would be interested in this product for funding? e.g. Government, NGOs, Incubators.

02 Business questions

• What are your monetization/revenue opportunities? e.g. paying app/service, advertising.
• What are your preferred distribution channels?
• What are your success metrics?

JUDGES QUESTIONS

Each team will be asked 1-2 questions from the judges.

01 Product questions

• Why is it a problem worth solving?
• What data points / research / stats have you collected to articulate the importance of your problem?
• Who is your target customer / user?
• What is your Total Addressable Market (TAM), Serviceable Addressable Market (SAM), Serviceable Obtainable Market (SOM)? What’s your pilot market?
• Has your solution been done before?
• Who are your main competitors?
• Why would people use your solution? e.g. awareness, virality, fatigue.
• How do you address the arabic market?
• Can your solution scale in all arab countries?
• Can this be used in other countries? Is there a global market?
• Why did you choose this particular technology vs other method?
• What about mobile? e.g. native mobile, responsive design.
• What is the technology used? e.g. hardware, software hack.

Variational Quantum Eigensolver

Variational Quantum Eigensolver

AI: Preprocessing

QC: Refining

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