Rich Turrin - Speaker

Fintech & Digital Transformation

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Rich has made his career by thinking “out of the box” and uses his experience to put fintech and AI to work for his clients.

China’s gone “Cashless”

Learn how China’s game-changing use of mobile payments changed a nation and lead to China going “cashless.” Now China is taking the next step in the evolution of currency and launching a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Rich lived in Shanghai for the past decade and saw through this incredible transformation first hand. His talks focus on real-world applications, and he brings the cashless miracle to life through fantastic stories about the use of digital payment in Shanghai.

China is launching its new CBDC, and many in the West simply don’t know how it works. Learn about the inner workings and technical specifications of China’s new CBDC from an expert in digital innovation. Rich scours the Chinese press for the latest leaks and announcements and can present a detailed yet understandable breakdown of what’s inside the CBDC. Learn how the principle of “one coin, two repositories, and three centers” (一币，两库，三中心) is behind the world’s first large scale national digital currency.

Innovation Lab Audit from the ground up

Whether you call it an innovation lab, team, studio, space or center, every company needs a group of people responsible for promoting digital transformation. They help craft digital transformation from within so that your company remains competitive in the digital arms race.

Rich is a world-class expert in running these teams. He has literally written the book on the conditions that allow labs to meet and surpass expectations. Packed with real world examples and tailored for an executive audience, the keynote cuts through the hype to detail how to optimize your innovation program.

China’s Financial Technology for Investors

What They’re Doing and Why

China is the home of the world’s hottest fintech, and “smart money” is pouring into China. Learn why fintech is flourishing in China and why “the map is not the territory.” With regulators circling national champions like Ant Group and Western analysts notoriously contradictory, this has never been more true. You need a local guide more than ever, and with a long career on Wall Street and years in China, I can help reveal the pitfalls for your investment strategy.

Want a crystal ball on where Western markets will be in 10 years? Look at China today. Understand the unique conditions that allowed fintech to flourish and why so many financial institutions are flocking to China not just for new clients but for the technology investments that will help build tomorrow. Whether as an advisor or keynote, see why from central bank digital currencies to payment platforms, China’s fintech foretells the future so you can help take better control of yours.

I had the pleasure of presenting with Rich at client and industry events and saw him in front of audiences many times. On every occasion, Rich showed his expertise in fintech and AI not just as a subject matter expert, but a real practitioner. He engages his audience and overcomes their uncertainty about technology by giving practical, realistic and pragmatic insights to ensure they understand how it works and how to use it. The event circuit has become an industry in itself and it is often difficult to separate the self promoters from the experienced practitioners. Rich is the latter, who puts his audience first and delivers real insights every time. Attending Rich’s presentations is always time well spent, very few speakers are so relevant or authoritative

Steven Scheurmann

Financial Crimes, Watson FSS, Asia Pacific at IBM

Richard is engaging, candid, insightful and authoritative, especially in the fields of cognitive tech and AI where he and I have worked most closely with a wide variety of Asian financial institutions. In a world where everyone seems to think they are an expert, he is a genuine thought leader, and one with that even rarer and more valuable quality – that of personal integrity.

Dr Chris Marshall