Keynote Speaker for Artificial Intelligence (AI)

A keynote speaker for AI delivers the main talk of an event on artificial intelligence – usually 40 to 60 minutes, as the opener or the highlight of the programme. He shows what AI can do today, puts it into the context of the audience's industry and derives sensible next steps.

Someone who combines expertise, stage experience and practical relevance. Prof. Dr. Christian Stummeyer is professor of business informatics at Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt and scientific director of the Bavarian AI centre AININ, has delivered more than 600 keynotes since 2016 and holds the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation – one of fewer than 40 speakers in the German-speaking countries.

Annual conventions, customer events, industry congresses, general and members' meetings, business receptions and internal leadership events. Documented appearances range from 30 people to audiences of more than 1,000.

Usually 40 to 60 minutes, followed by a Q&A or a moderated conversation on request. Shorter impulses from 20 minutes are possible, for instance as an opener after the welcome address. The talk works with live demonstrations on screen rather than group exercises, which is why it also carries large halls.

Yes – the entire application section is rebuilt. For an audience of roofing companies the prompt example came from a roofing business, for an orthopaedic symposium from everyday practice, for the retail property industry from retail. It starts with a briefing call about the audience.

The practical part consists of live demonstrations: language models, AI agents, image generation, a digital avatar of the speaker, and often an AI-generated song about the event itself as a closing moment. Behind it stands a professorship and the scientific direction of an AI centre.

The deck is revised continuously – models, tools and figures come from the weeks before the engagement. Examples from earlier talks are deliberately replaced, because otherwise the speed of the development would not be visible.

No. Hallucinations, data protection and fabricated content are a fixed part of the talk, as is the point that language models are not knowledge models. The closing point is human responsibility – AI leadership.

Yes. English keynotes with English slides are proven, for example at the Insurance Innovation Night of the InsurTech Hub Munich. Also possible: the talk held in German with English slides and simultaneous interpretation – delivered that way at the Bavarian-Czech Business Day in Deggendorf.

For fixed dates – annual meetings, receptions, congresses – six weeks to twelve months is common. Short-notice enquiries are still worth making: dates move, and checking the calendar costs nothing.