2026 Speakers
2026 Distinguished Speakers
Lisa Schroeder
Associate Managing Director
QAI Ventures
Lisa is a passionate innovator in financial technology, dedicated to fostering customer-centric innovation through cross-functional collaboration and strategic global partnerships. Today, she leads the Venture Programs for QAI Ventures in Singapore. With extensive experience across Asia and Europe, she has led early-stage AI product evaluations at UBS Singapore and built the Singapore office of vestr, a Swiss FinTech startup. Lisa previously spearheaded startup incubation efforts at Tenity (formerly F10), nurturing over 50 startups and expanding the Fintech ecosystem in Asia and Europe.
Since moving to Singapore in 2020, she has been an active contributor to the Singapore Fintech ecosystem and has been recognized as a Fintech Leader Under 30 for two consecutive years by the Singapore Fintech Association and Monetary Authority of Singapore.
She holds an MSc in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management from Aalto University (Finland) and a BA in British and American Studies from University of Konstanz (Germany).
Speaking at
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3:00–4:15pmTue 24 MarPublic-Private RoundtablesUniClub - Roundtable Room 2Open
Securing the Future
[Roundtable] Where’s the Real Value? Investing Beyond Hype in the Next Economy (Quantum, AI, Tokenization, Green Infrastructure)
Public-Private RoundtablesUniClub - Roundtable Room 2Open
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Alvinder SinghHead, Innovation Acceleration OfficeMonetary Authority of Singapore
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Drew BradfordChief Executive OfficerMacropod
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Josh PhillipsChief Executive Officer and Co-founderClearAI
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Laksh GangwaniChief Growth OfficerViewTrade
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Lisa SchroederAssociate Managing DirectorQAI Ventures
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Sebastien PicardFounder & Chief Executive Officerxcube.co
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Tetiana GeorgeCo-Chair / CEOInsurtech Australia / Curium
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Dr. Jo HawkinsHead of Research Translation and COOInternational Centre of Radio AstronomyModerator
About this session
The “next economy” is already here (but not evenly distributed) with AI in everyday services, new digital markets through tokenisation, quantum-driven security upgrades, and green infrastructure powering modern compute. But not all growth stories are sustainable, and bubbles do happen (is AI due for a reset? Is Quantum finally ready?). That leaves a simple question for everyone—from mums and dads, VCs and family offices to Australia’s super funds:
What does this mean for savings, wealth, retirement and the kind of economy we’re building?
This roundtable brings together investors, technologists and researchers, regulators and practitioners to separate durable value from hype, and to define what high-return, responsible investing looks like under real uncertainty.
We also ask the hard questions: if some jobs disappear or shift, how do large funds still deliver for members and the broader economy—not just short-term winners? -

