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Speaking

For conference and media bookings.

Keynotes, panels, podcasts, and television. The topics below reflect the live body of work. Custom briefs welcomed where the subject sits in or near Caribbean economics, fiscal policy, sustainable finance, or the Caribbean labour movement.

Speaking topics

  • Caribbean fiscal policy and risk: what is moving and what to watch

    Macroeconomic and fiscal-policy briefing for general or specialist audiences. Format: 30 to 45 minute keynote, followed by Q&A.

  • Sustainable finance for small island states: the Blue-Green Token

    A working-concept presentation of the Blue-Green Token, the rationale for tokenised sustainable finance in the Caribbean context, and the governance and regulatory considerations.

  • Public debt sustainability and the BERT 2026 trajectory

    The fiscal anchor in practice: what disciplined sovereign debt management looks like in a small open economy, drawing on Barbados as a live case.

  • Tourism economies and the limits of volume-led growth

    Why arrivals are not the right scoreboard. The structural case for value-led tourism strategy in the Caribbean.

  • The Caribbean labour movement: history, present, future

    From Adams, Springer, and Walcott to the present day. The labour movement as nation-building infrastructure, and what comes next.

  • Statistics, data governance, and what fiscal modernisation requires

    For practitioner audiences: the institutional plumbing that data-led economic policy depends on. Drawn from work at the Barbados Statistical Service, the Cayman Islands ESO, and the Fiscal Risk Unit.

Formats

  • Keynote

    30 to 60 minute address, with or without slides. Suited to conferences, annual meetings, university lectures.

  • Panel

    Panel participation, moderated discussion, fireside chat. Caribbean economic, fiscal, labour, and policy contexts.

  • Media interview

    Television, radio, podcast, written press. Live or pre-recorded. Caribbean economies, fiscal policy, sustainable finance, public sector statistics.

Logistics

Practical detail.

  • Based: Barbados. Available regionally across the Caribbean and internationally subject to schedule.
  • Timezone: Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4).
  • Languages: English.
  • Honorarium and travel: by arrangement. Not-for-profit and educational rates available on request.
  • Lead time: ideally four weeks for keynote bookings, shorter for panels and media interviews.

To book

Get in touch.

Send a one-paragraph brief: event, audience, date, format, and what you would like the talk to do for the room. I respond within 48 hours.

Send a booking enquiry →Or email ask@asokore.com

Past talks and media archive at /media.