Speaker2026-04
WTO Committee on Trade and Development, Aid for Trade Session
Trade-enabling Infrastructure: A Caribbean Investment Thesis
SPEAKING, MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Conferences, panels, podcasts and publications
Telojo Valerie Onu speaks, moderates and facilitates sessions on port electrification and shore power, blended and resilience finance, digital public infrastructure and CBDCs, AI for small economies, and investment readiness for nature-based solutions.
TALKSCONFERENCES & PANELS
18
Conferences, panels & workshops
Plus 19 podcast and video episodes across global and Caribbean forums.
REACHIN-PERSON & VIRTUAL
6 countries + Virtual
Suriname, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, Barbados, USA
In-person forums across the Caribbean and the United States alongside global virtual summits.
FORUMSCONVENERS
17
Institutions, central banks & media hosts
Including the UN General Assembly, ECCB, PMAC, EFJ, New Energy Events and Tony Blair Institute.
TIMELINE2008–2026
10 years
Active speaking & broadcast record
Spanning 2008–2026 across sustainable finance, maritime infrastructure, deeptech and AI.
ORGANISERS:
WTO · United Nations · ECCB · PMAC · Island Innovation · New Energy Events · Tony Blair Institute · BIBA · Agora Partnerships
Moderator and speaker2026
ECCB Growth and Resilience Dialogue, 10th annual
Trade, Logistics, Port and Maritime: Trade, Ports and the Big Push, smart and resilient maritime infrastructure for Caribbean competitiveness (live demos)
Moderator2026-07
PMAC 29th Annual General Meeting, Focal Session 3
Port Electrification and Green Shore Power
Speaker2023
UNGA78 Science Summit
Climate Finance and Innovative Financing Instruments
Speaker2024-09
8th Caribbean Infrastructure Forum (CARIF)
Securing the Economic Opportunity of Coastal Resources and Biodiversity
Speaker2026-02
Future Forward: A Caribbean Philanthropy Forum
Special session on blended finance and InGReD; plenary “Owning the Standard”
CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD · NEWEST FIRST
Conferences, panels and workshops (18)
Role:
Pillar:
- 2026-04Speaker
WTO Committee on Trade and Development, Aid for Trade Session
Trade-enabling Infrastructure: A Caribbean Investment Thesis
World Trade Organization (WTO) · Geneva, Switzerland
- 2026-07Moderator
PMAC 29th Annual General Meeting, Focal Session 3
Port Electrification and Green Shore Power
Port Management Association of the Caribbean · Paramaribo, Suriname
- 2026-06Facilitator (SFM Technical Lead)
J-USE Capacity-Building Webinar Series, Webinar 5
Investment Readiness for Nature-based Climate Solutions
Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (with Edge Catalyst Finance) · Virtual
- 2026-04 to 06Facilitator
J-USE Capacity-Building Webinar Series, Webinars 1–4
NbCS Project Credibility; Designing for People and Pathways; Sustainable Financing Mechanisms
Environmental Foundation of Jamaica · Virtual
- 2026Moderator and speaker
ECCB Growth and Resilience Dialogue, 10th annual
Trade, Logistics, Port and Maritime: Trade, Ports and the Big Push, smart and resilient maritime infrastructure for Caribbean competitiveness (live demos)
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank · St Kitts and Nevis
- 2026-02Speaker
Future Forward: A Caribbean Philanthropy Forum
Special session on blended finance and InGReD; plenary “Owning the Standard”
Kingston, Jamaica
- 2025-11Panellist
AI in Business Summit (Global Entrepreneurship Week)
Panellist, AI in Business Summit, 19 November 2025
Ministry of Small Business and Entrepreneurship · St Kitts and Nevis
- 2025Moderator
ECCB Growth and Resilience Dialogue
Addressing the Caribbean’s Data Divide (ransomware live demo; resilient data infrastructure; interoperable data systems)
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank · St Kitts and Nevis
- 2024-11Speaker
Social Investment Summit
Innovative Financing Instruments to Fund Impact Innovations
CoESL with Agora Partnerships · Barbados
- 2024-09Speaker
8th Caribbean Infrastructure Forum (CARIF)
Securing the Economic Opportunity of Coastal Resources and Biodiversity
New Energy Events · Miami, USA
- 2024Curator and moderator
ECCB Growth and Resilience Dialogue
Leveraging Generative AI (health, agriculture, education, finance, creative industries; live demos)
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank · St Kitts and Nevis
- 2023Speaker
UNGA78 Science Summit
Climate Finance and Innovative Financing Instruments
United Nations General Assembly · New York, USA
- 2023Speaker
CIMH CYLIP Speaker Series
Entrepreneurial innovation, financing and technology for impact
CoESL
- 2022-05Panellist
Island Innovation, Virtual Island Summit
Risky Business: Exploring Insurance and Capital Risk
Island Innovation · Virtual
- 2022-05Panellist
Island Innovation, Virtual Island Summit
Using Crypto to Drive Forward the SDGs
Island Innovation · Virtual
- 2020-10Workshop lead
Global Business Week 2020
How to Take Your Business Global: Next-Gen Funding Models for Emerging Market Startups and SMEs
Barbados International Business Association · Virtual
- ArchiveSpeaker
Tony Blair Institute, X Space
CBDCs and Financial Inclusion in Emerging Markets
Tony Blair Institute · Virtual
- 2008Speaker
World Export Development Forum (ITC / WTO)
E-transparency along the value chain
International Trade Centre (ITC) / WTO · Montreux, Switzerland
- 2024-12Podcast
- 2024-01Podcast
ICT Pulse
Deep Tech, Impact Innovation and How the Caribbean Should Leverage Them
- 2022-12Podcast
- 2021-12Podcast
- 2021Podcast
- 2020-12Podcast
- 2020Video
LATOKEN VCTV (9 episodes)
Investments and Pivots during the Pandemic series: finance and banking; energy and sustainability; cleantech; impact investing; blockchain for data, identity, HR and media IP; Industry 4.0
- 2019-12Podcast
- 2018-01Podcast
- ArchiveVideo
- ArchiveVideo
- FinTech Circle / Wiley2018 onwards
The INSURTECH Book (2018) and The WEALTHTECH Book
Co-author of two global reference volumes on insurance and wealth-management technology.
- Tony Blair Institute; Stimson Center
Contributor
Contributor to the Tony Blair Institute and the Stimson Center.
- Spore (CTA)
“Unlocking Access to Finance for Youth Agripreneurs”
Featured publication on structuring finance for youth-led agricultural enterprises in ACP economies.
- Forbes (Devin Thorpe, Mar 2018)2018-03
“Opportunities Abound to Change the World with Crypto for Good” & “Challenges Slowing Crypto for Good”
Two-part feature examining digital-asset governance, policy bottlenecks and social-impact applications in emerging markets.
- Cryptocoin News
“20 African Women to Watch in Blockchain and Crypto”
Recognised among leading women shaping blockchain governance and digital financial infrastructure.
BBVA Open Talent
Judge across 60 fintech finalists from 70 countries
Parallel18 Generations 4–6
Startup judge and mentor, Puerto Rico
Agorize Global Fintech Challenge
International fintech competition judge
LaToken Blockchain Economic Forum
Judge and panellist, San Francisco
Future Caribbean Global AI Buildathon (2026)
Judge for regional and global AI builders
Cherie Blair Foundation & MicroMentor
Mentor to women and emerging-market entrepreneurs
SIGNATURE KEYNOTES, PANELS & WORKSHOPS
Speaking topics
Port electrification and shore power
Turning Caribbean and small-island ports into clean-energy and logistics hubs: shore power costing, LNG and renewable integration, and non-sovereign investment structures.
Blended and resilience finance
Structuring sustainable financing mechanisms, blended performance bonds, and missing-middle resilience funds that mobilise DFI, philanthropic and private capital.
Digital public infrastructure and CBDCs
Shared rulebooks, cross-border currency marketplaces, CBDC governance and interoperable data infrastructure for emerging-market central banks and financial institutions.
AI for small economies
Practical generative AI governance, institutional AI use policies, workflow automation and multi-territory talent pipelines across government, ports and enterprise.
Investment readiness for nature-based solutions
Preparing urban resilience, coastal biodiversity and nature-based climate projects to meet grant, blended-finance and institutional investor diligence.
CONTACT · WORK WITH ME
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