In this hands-on session, Robert Loredo—former head of the IBM Quantum Ambassador Program, CEO of Entangling Solutions Group and an excellent educator—guides you through the process of programming the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) using Qiskit and running it on a real IBM quantum computer.

In the webinar, our guest Noelle Ibrahim, PhD, Quantum Industry Leader at IBM, dives deep into one of the most practical and promising quantum use cases: portfolio optimization in finance. From explaining the core principles of superposition, entanglement, and interference to showing how they map directly onto financial decision-making, Noelle walks us through how quantum computers can evaluate risk, correlation, and uncertainty in entirely new ways.

In this webinar, we explore mid-circuit measurements in quantum computing and why they are essential for quantum error correction and fault-tolerant architectures. Using Qiskit, we walk through how quantum circuits are initialized, how single- and two-qubit gates affect quantum states, and how measurements introduce probabilistic outcomes. We then demonstrate how measurements can be performed during a circuit, and how ancilla qubits enable information to be extracted without directly destroying the data qubit. This talk is aimed at developers, students, and researchers who want a practical understanding of how mid-circuit measurements work in real quantum programs.