2026 Speakers
2026 Distinguished Speakers
Josh Phillips
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder
ClearAI
Josh Phillips is a serial entrepreneur who leverages his civil-engineering rigour with front-line experience in climate finance and international development to deliver human-centric AI solutions for leaders and their teams.
Having guided organisations such as the City of Stirling and Hazer Group (ASX:HZR) through innovation and AI implementation programmes, he excels at translating technical advancement into practical organisational outcomes.
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? -

