Theodora Lau Founder - Unconventional Ventures | Startup Advisor | Book Author | Public Speaker | Podcast Host

Thought Leadership

• Most Influential Women in Fintech by American Banker
• No. 1 Women in Finance Influencer by Onalytica
• No. 3 Global Top 100 FinTech Influencer by Onalytica
• FinTech Power 50 by The Power 50
• The 100 Most Influential People in FinTech by FinTech Weekly

Select Publications

• MIT Tech Review: Making the invisible visible: Doing more with data
• MIT Tech Review: The connected world: Delivering the best-in-class customer experience of tomorrow and beyond
• Harvard Business Review: When algorithms decide whose voices will be heard
• Nikkei Asian Review: Rapidly aging populations need financial security, not just caregivers
• Harvard Business Review: When AI becomes a part of our daily lives
• Journal of Digital Banking: The era of connectedness: How AI will help deliver the future of banking
• Journal of Digital Banking: A transformational journey: Artificial intelligence in financial services
• National Council On Aging (NCOA) - Work and retirement for older adults: Progressing towards a more equitable American dream
• Adobe: The past, present, and future of AI in the enterprise
• Finovate: A journey to purposeful (fin)tech
• Smart Payments: Digital transformation in banking and the need for inclusivity in design
• Financial Brand: Innovation in banking goes beyond open spaces and lattes
• Financial Revolutionist: Our dangerous innovation blind spots
• American Banker: Has tech earned our trust, or are we just complacent?

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Select Keynotes and Interviews

• Finovate Europe 2023: Interview with Fintech Finance News
• Milken Global 2022: Talking About My Generation: Transcending Age-Based Divides
• Fintech Talents North America 2022: Financial Wellness: A goal whose technology has come
• Top Trends in Financial Services 2022 with Microsoft: Ensuring consumer inclusiveness in a digital fintech world
• MIT Tech Review: Innovating for the aged
• MX: Fintech for the aged
• Money20/20 Europe: Fintech’s missed opportunity

Recent News

• Finovate Spring 2023, Keynote Address: AI Everywhere and All At Once
• Finovate Europe 2023, Power Panel: AI in Action
• Financial Times Global Banking Summit: Bridging the human-digital divide of banking
• TechCrunch: 8 investors discuss what’s ahead for reproductive health startups in a post-Roe world
• Finovate Fall 2022, Fireside Chat: Why Banks Must Become AI First
• Finovate Fall 2022, Power Panel: AI In Action – How Smart Players Are Harnessing Data Analytics & AI To Solve Real Pain Points For Their Customers. What Does Ethical AI Mean In Practice?
• Finovate Fall 2022, Power Panel: The Future For Crypto – Going Beyond A Speculative Bubble To Real User Cases & A Whole New Product Suite
• Finovate Spring 2022, Power Panel: AI In Action – How Smart Players Are Harnessing AI To Solve Real Pain Points For Their Customer
• Finovate Spring 2022, Power Panel: How to Achieve a Truly Modernized Tech Stack
• ESG Conference 2022, University of Maryland: Using Technology for Good
• WorkingNation Overheard (Milken Global 2022): Theodora Lau on moving towards financial wellness
• WorkingNation Workforce Wisdom (Milken Global 2022): Theodora Lau on supporting the new reality of gig workers
• Interview at Finovate Europe 2022: The future of AI in financial services
• IBM - Creative Thinking: Drive innovation with a hybrid cloud approach
• Dell Technologies - Cloud Talks: How cloud infrastructure enables Steward meet key IT priorities worldwide
• Asian Financial Forum: Entrepreneurship and the global startup ecosystem
• iBRAND Studio: Top 15 Global FinTech Industry Influencers 2021
• Refinitiv Social 100: Top Finance Influencers
• Interview with Adobe: Digitization in Financial Services: Adapting for the Future
• Interview with FinTech Futures: Diversity & Inclusion: AI Bias
• Interview with Tearsheet: We can do better and we have the technology to do it
• Onalytica fintech top 100 influencers: Ranked No. 3 global
• Keynote at Finovate Europe & interview with Finovate: Impact of AI in the future of financial services
• Interview with Lien Multimedia (ahead of keynote at MTL Connecte conference): Using Fintech For Good
• Interview at FinTech Talents: Longevity, culture, and looking to the Far East for fintech
• Onalytica women in finance top 100 influencers: Ranked No. 1 global
• Fintech Switzerland top 20 global female fintech influencers: Ranked number 1 global
• Keynote at MX Digital Banking Week: Fintech for the aged
• Keynote at Money20/20 Europe: Fintech’s missed opportunity
• Interview at Money20/20 Asia: Fintech Power 50
• Interview with Oracle: The future of banking
• Interview with Capgemini: Agent of change