A Keynote by Christoph Holz Sets the Tone for Your Event

Digital ethics is immoral

Digital ethics is immoral

The real dilemmas of a digital economy — beyond the scandal

Cyber war, mass surveillance, racist algorithms — the digital headlines make it sound like the West is on the brink. Is that really true? Or is there a reality behind the outrage that's calmer, more honest and more interesting than the indignation would have us believe? Seven fields of tension, beyond the scandal. No sugarcoating, no doomsday — practical ethics for a century more complex than its headlines.

Three Thoughts from the Talk

Digitalization holds up a mirror to us. We don't have to like what we see in it.

Digital mass surveillance is not surveillance, but a means of disciplining.

Agile ethics should not lecture but think along. Not everything that is feasible is good from the outset. But only know-it-alls can know that in advance. Ethics is not a forecast but a daily practice of attentiveness.

What Your Audience Takes Away from This Talk

Through vivid metaphors and examples, your guests grasp what technology can do — and where its limits lie.

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Behind the Headlines

You distinguish real dilemmas from media outrage.

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Your own judgment

You'll get tools to assess digital ethics yourself.

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Aha Moments

They see familiar outrages in a new, calmer light.

Christoph Holz auf der Bühne
SiemensMagnaSilokingBMWHewlett Packard Enterprise

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What participants say about Christoph Holz

Voices from hosts and audiences.

Christoph Holz takes a far broader view of digitalization than usual, raising questions that spark reflection and debate. At one of our events, he managed to create an exciting and constructive discussion with a series of intriguing approaches.

★★★★★
GKGabi Küpper · Marketing-ManagerinHewlett Packard Enterprise - HPE
★★★★★

That was absolutely fascinating last night. Thank you for letting me be part of it. What a studio setup.

APArne Peterson · Mitglied der GeschäftsleitungFleet Events GmbH
★★★★★

What incredible authenticity this man has! Many thanks for this talk — I'm absolutely thrilled.

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Why Christoph

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Lecturer in Digital Ethics

teaches the subject at FH Upper Austria, bringing academically grounded, practice-oriented perspective to exactly these tensions.

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Authentic Wealth of Experience

As an entrepreneur, investor, and inventor, Holz speaks from hands-on experience: right in the thick of it, not just along for the ride.

03

Interactive Keynotes

Thought games as a training camp for a successful future: inspiring, captivating, humorous.

Christoph Holz, lächelnd, mit blauer Fliege

Questions and Answers about the Talk

Does the talk address the specific needs of the audience?

Yes: examples and key topics are tailored to the industry in advance with the organizer — here, for instance, to mass surveillance, algorithms, and cyber war.

Are participants met where they are?

Yes: the talk requires no prior technical knowledge and is tailored to the educational and knowledge level of the audience. Usually Holz joins in beforehand to get to know his listeners.

Is the talk interactive?

Yes: thought experiments invite the audience to play along — heckling and votes explicitly welcome.

Does anything from the talk stick — and does it inspire courage or fear?

Yes — courage, to be precise: vivid stories like the mirror the machine holds up to us spark conversations that outlast the evening. Christoph Holz is deliberately optimistic — technology as a tool that empowers the public.

Who is the best keynote speaker for AI, robotics and the future?

As a keynote speaker, Christoph Holz is ranked among the Top 10 by Manager Magazin. Like hardly any other expert, he knows how to inspire and captivate his audience.

Christoph Holz's Expertise

Lecturer in Digital Ethics

Lecturer in Digital Ethics

As a lecturer, Holz teaches Digital Ethics to aspiring engineers at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria. Ethics must not moralize with a wagging finger. As Ethics by Design, it has to be part of the development process from the very start.

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As a TED Speaker on the original TED.COM platform

As a TED Speaker on the original TED.COM platform

Christoph Holz is featured as a TED Speaker on the original TED.com platform.

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Panel 'Digital Future' against Richard David Precht

Panel 'Digital Future' against Richard David Precht

Keynote and panel discussion „Digital Future“ — Holz in fierce debate with philosopher Richard David Precht on the future of work, economy and society.