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AI speaker in Austria: keynotes, panels and juries

I speak about AI in companies from practice: as someone who steers AI for leadership teams and builds software with it himself. More than 150 juries, trainings and workshops, most recently moderating at Proof of Talk in the Palais du Louvre and juries in Paris and Copenhagen. Head of AI Acceleration & Growth at AI Factory Austria. In German and English, in Vienna, Austria and across the DACH region.

By Paul Kruegel · Updated

Topics

AI steered, not just tried out
Why bought licences don’t create value yet, and how leadership decides where AI pays off. For leadership teams, boards and associations.
Stay independent: good software instead of always-on AI
Why at least half of the cases need no ongoing AI costs, and how to avoid depending on a single vendor.
Building with agents: what 1,215 changes show
Open numbers from my own product: what AI agents can do, where they fail and who signs off in the end. The numbers in detail.

Formats

  • Keynote for conferences, company and association events
  • Panel on AI in companies, the AI Act and building with agents
  • Jury for pitch events, accelerators and hackathons
  • Executive briefing or workshop, 45–⁠120 minutes, available as AI literacy training under Article 4 of the AI Act

Experience on stage and on juries

Paul Kruegel speaking on stage in front of an audience
Regularly on stage: talks, panels, juries and workshops at a wide range of events.
  1. Oct 2026Public AI Hackathon 2.0Mentor · AI Factory Austria with the Federal Chancellery, Vienna
  2. Jun 2026Proof of Talk, Palais du LouvreModerator of the UNDP SDG Blockchain Accelerator Impact Showcase · Paris
  3. Nov 2025Blockchain Impact Forum, UNDP AltFinLabJury of the accelerator showcase and panel · Copenhagen
  4. May 2025Proof of Pitch at Proof of TalkJury · ParisSource
  5. May 2025VC<>Startup Connect: Dubai EditionWorkshop for founders · DubaiSource
  6. Apr 2025Paris Blockchain WeekSpeaker · ParisSource
  7. Feb 2025Community Connect: Dubai Edition, DMCCWorkshop · DubaiSource
  8. Mar 2023IAA Luncheon “The future of the token economy”Speaker · ZurichSource
  9. Nov 2018RSNA, Siemens HealthineersLaunch communications for AI-Rad Companion and AI-Pathway Companion · Chicago

Plus further stages and juries, among others at TOKEN2049 in Dubai, NFC Summit, Emergence, the TUM Blockchain Conference and earlier editions of Proof of Talk.

  • Cointelegraph Accelerator: more than 40 startups, jury and pitch events with investors, workshops in Dubai
  • AI Factory Austria: the Start AI, Build AI and Scale AI workshops and the Executive Track, mentor at the Public AI Hackathon
  • UNDP AltFinLab: helped build the SDG accelerator and ran workshops there
  • More than 80 startups and teams supported

Quick answers

What does a talk cost?

On request, depending on format, duration and location.

In which language?

In German or English.

How do I make a request?

By email to post@paulkruegel.com, with date, location, audience and format.