Explore cutting-edge research on hybrid quantum systems in this 30-minute conference talk by Andrew Cleland from the University of Chicago. Delve into the potential of superconducting qubits for quantum information manipulation and their integration with other systems. Learn about efforts to interface these qubits with spin defects in solids, optomechanical devices, and resonant nanomechanical structures. Discover the long-term goals of this research, including quantum state transfer between different qubit systems, generation and reception of "flying" qubits based on acoustic phonons and optical photons, and the development of systems for quantum memory, computation, and communication in both microwave and fiber telecommunications bands.