A Keynote by Christoph Holz Sets the Tone for Your Event

The smart trades

How robots, AI and smart glasses give craftspeople their creativity back

The craftsman never wanted to be an accountant. And yet he spends half his nights on quotes and applications — and half his days on the work that wrecks his back. What if the robot carried the heavy stuff, the AI handled the paperwork, and smart glasses projected the plan straight onto the workpiece? Then what's left is what craftsmanship was always about: the creative, the formative, the hand that no algorithm can replace. In five thought experiments, Christoph Holz shows how robots, AI and augmented reality set the trades free — back to the essentials. Those who understand how will win.

Three Thoughts from the Talk

For decades we feared the robots would take our jobs. Demographics reverse the sentence: we are running out of people—and the machines are arriving just in time.

The craftsman never wanted to be a bookkeeper. AI takes the paperwork off his hands — and gives him back the creative work.

AI pulverizes transaction costs, and thus economies of scale. The future belongs to small and medium-sized firms. For in an artificial world, nothing matters more than human relationships. And here, the small ones are ahead.

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.

Liberation, not replacement

Technology takes the heavy lifting; the creative remains.

AI instead of bureaucracy

reclaim your evenings.

Knowledge retention

Passing on master craftsmanship via AR.

When the Concrete Mixer Drives a Tesla

Artificial Intelligence and the Next Construction Economy

Real Estate Between Bits and Concrete

The Limits, Power and Future of AI Around the Building.

Pax Algorithmica — the New World Order of AI

The new digital superpowers between Silicon Valley, Beijing and the Global South

What participants say about Christoph Holz

Voices from hosts and audiences.

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

★★★★★
I'm genuinely, absolutely thrilled by this talk! Wow! It's a real joy to listen to!
PEPascal EidEbner Medien Group

Why Christoph

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

understands robotics and AI not just as buzzwords, but from their technical roots.

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 your industry in advance with the organizer — here, for instance, to skills shortages, bureaucracy and robotics.

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 hand no algorithm can replace fuel conversations that last well beyond the evening. Christoph Holz is deliberately optimistic — technology as a tool that strengthens the trade.

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

Construction Industry

Christoph Holz knows the construction industry from the building site to the software: already as an HTL student he worked in metal fabrication, today he plays the sector digitally. For Bauwaren Mahler, holzweg built the building-materials-trade presence including warehouse and location mapping. Bringing him to the stage: the 100th-anniversary celebration of Würth Hochenburger, the leadership conference of Eiffage Infra-Bau, the BG BAU and the association of building-materials dealers. On stage, he answers the question of what happens when you cross a cement mixer with a Tesla — and what artificial intelligence sets in motion in an industry that's only just discovering its digital future.

Robotics

Ever since he built his first industrial articulated robot in 1986, robotics has never let go of Christoph Holz: in 2014 he saw the welding robots at Tesla in Fremont, in 2026 their evolution at Magna Steyr on the G-Class assembly line. At ABB he explored cobots, at ANYbotics four-legged inspection robots and at Mimic the training of humanoid robots. On stage, he answers the question of why robots are leaving their cages — and why an industrial robot needs hands with five fingers when three would do.

Generative AI in Enterprise Use

On stage, Holz shows how companies turn ChatGPT, Anthropic & Co. into business success — and where the limits lie.