A Keynote by Christoph Holz Sets the Tone for Your Event

Insult 4.0

Apple, Google, Tesla — the three most powerful companies in the world and the power question of industry

It's easier to teach a programmer mechanical engineering than the other way around. That's why a Tesla isn't a car but a transport robot on wheels — the software came first. In industry, creativity was cast in steel; in digitalization, it's cast in algorithms — and power shifts along with it. Christoph Holz asks the power question of the digital economy: Who wins — those who build or those who program? Whoever understands how, wins.

Three Thoughts from the Talk

There was never a 4th Industrial Revolution. Industry sounds so familiar, after all. Revolution — we've had that before. Giving a demon a familiar name does not tame it. Industry 4.0 is semantic self-deception.

Disruption is what established companies watch approach in slow motion — and consequently ignore.

In the past, a car manufacturer produced almost everything centrally. Today, the same task is handled by a large network of many suppliers. Company size is no longer an advantage. Economies of scale are being digitalized away. The economy is becoming more fragmented and decentralized again.

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.

Understanding the Power Question

You'll see why software is challenging industry.

Strategic clarity

They recognize where your value creation is heading.

Turning offence into something productive

You turn threat into a call to action.

The future comes well packaged

AI, robots, smart packaging — and the next packaging economy

The future of the factory is not a factory

When smart universal machines decentralize manufacturing and put people back at the center.

The self-driving supply chain

Autonomous logistics — when the truck loses its cab

What participants say about Christoph Holz

Voices from hosts and audiences.

Brillant: die konstruktive Mischung aus Philosophie, Soziologie, (Waren) -Wirtschaft - Geldwirtschaft, Technik, IT und Humor :-) sehr interessant, sehr kurzweilig und eine neue Perspektive generierender Vortrag - liebe Grüße (
★★★★★
AFAndrea Drack-FurchSigmund Freud Privatuniversität

★★★★★
Mr. Holz's talk was incredibly inspiring. The content he conveyed is highly relevant, timely and affects everyone. On top of that, his delivery was exciting and refreshing. I really enjoyed the talk!
MIMitarbeiterBMW

★★★★★
The participants were all thrilled. By your talk, the innovative format and the many insights into the latest AI developments.
JNJessica NiedertscheiderEGGER

Why Christoph

Computer Scientist (Dipl.-Inform.) & Rocket Scientist

understands both worlds: software logic and the physical reality of engineering, exactly where Tesla, Apple and Google are challenging the industry.

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.

Interactive Keynotes

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

Questions and Answers about the Talk

Does the talk address the specific needs of the audience?

Yes: examples and focal points are tailored to the industry in advance with the organizer — here, for instance, to automation, robotics, and the platform economy.

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 — and that something is courage: vivid stories like the transport robot on wheels fuel conversations that last well beyond the evening. Christoph Holz is deliberately optimistic — technology as a tool that strengthens industry.

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

Manufacturing Industry

Even during his time at technical secondary school (HTL), Holz worked on the production floor at Kahlbacher, the world market leader for snow-clearing technology, and at Krupp in Essen. After his combined studies in computer science and mechanical engineering, Holz consulted for BMW engine manufacturing in Lohof. In his entrepreneurial career, Holz led projects for voestalpine Stahl AG, Thyssen and EGLO. Today Magna, Egger and Siemens bring him to the stage — where he answers the question of why the future of the factory is not a factory: the plant hall solves a problem that will soon no longer exist.

Automotive Industry

Even during his time at technical secondary school (HTL), Christoph Holz worked on the production floor at Kahlbacher, the world market leader for snow-clearing technology. After his combined studies in computer science and mechanical engineering, he consulted for BMW engine manufacturing in Lohof. BMW and Magna bring him to the stage — most recently Magna Heavy Stamping 2025 and Magna Steyr 2026, where he visited the G-Class production line. In 2014 he saw the welding robots at Tesla in Fremont, in 2024 the research campus ARENA2036 for the vehicle production of the future. On stage he recounts his shock experience: the first autonomous taxi ride in San Francisco.

Autonomous Mobility

Autonomous mobility follows Christoph Holz from the road all the way into the air: in 2014 he saw the welding robots at Tesla in Fremont, in 2026 the production of the G-Class at Magna Steyr. In Silicon Valley he found the autonomous Nuro delivery van parked at the curb and experienced the shock of his first autonomous cab ride in San Francisco; at ARX Robotics in Munich, the autonomous ground systems for Europe's security. On stage he answers the question of why the car is becoming an app — and the driver is moving to the home office.