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Dr. Tommaso Demarie
Chief Executive Officer
Entropica Labs
Tommaso Demarie is co-founder and CEO of Entropica Labs, the Singapore-based company building the software infrastructure for fault-tolerant quantum computing. Since co-founding Entropica in 2018, he has led its strategy, fundraising and partnerships.
A quantum information theorist by training, Tommaso studied physics in Italy, earned his PhD at Macquarie University in Sydney, and was a postdoctoral researcher at SUTD and Singapore's Centre for Quantum Technologies. He is Treasurer of the Southeast Asia Quantum Industry Association (SEAQIA) and Deputy Chairman of the Singapore Computer Society’s Quantum Technologies SIG.
Outside work, he is a certified sommelier and passionate chess player. He reads widely across philosophy, history and science.
Speaking At
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10:00–11:30amMon 16 NovPublic-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 3Open
Shaping Tomorrow's Innovation
Preparing for the Quantum Advantage: Lessons Learnt from Early Experimentation and Pilots
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Dr. Amelia TanHead, QuantumST Engineering
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Dr. Angelina FrankHead of Science & Technology APACQAI Ventures
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Caro DeanDirector of CommercialOxford Quantum Circuits
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Dr. Georgios KorpasVP & Principal ScientistHSBC
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Julian TanHead of Quantum Enterprise (ASEAN/India)IBM
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Nir MinerbiCo Founder & Chief Executive OfficerClassiq Technologies
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Dr. Patrick RebentrostPrincipal InvestigatorCentre for Quantum Technologies
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Peter KohHead, Group Technology ArchitectureOCBC Bank
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Dr. Sua Yong MengChief Technology OfficerQuantum Computing Inc.
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Dr. Tommaso DemarieChief Executive OfficerEntropica Labs
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Dr. Whei Yeap SuenScientific Project ManagerQuantinuum
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Dr. Andrzej GwizdalskiCo-founder & Chairman, Researcher, DirectorWestern Australia Web3 Association, UWA, GFTNModerator
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Charlie MarkhamTechnical Specialist, Emerging Tech & ResearchFinancial Conduct AuthorityModerator
About this session
Quantum computing's impact on financial services is beginning to expand beyond its initial focus on security implications to early experimentation and pilots for potential use-cases, from portfolio optimization to risk management and derivative pricing. Early pilots have demonstrated real value, but the timeline for live deployments remains in the horizon, raising a difficult question: are institutions building use-cases before the technology is mature enough to justify it or is this early investment what makes tomorrow's readiness possible?
The work so far has also relied on open collaboration between banks, regulators, and technology providers, but as quantum applications start to carry real commercial value, that openness gets harder to sustain. This session looks at what these early efforts have actually taught the industry — what worked, what didn't, and what the next phase of experimentation should prioritize as the window for open collaboration closes.
The session will explore questions such as:
1. Is developing use-cases now premature given how immature the technology still is, or is that the only way real readiness gets built?
2. Should current funding prioritize talent pipelines over experimentation, or do the two need to grow together?
3. As quantum applications become commercially valuable, what keeps competitors willing to keep collaborating?
4. What would genuinely long-term, system-wide collaborative action look like beyond individual pilots? -
