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AI Keynote Speaker: Roger Basler de Roca

Keynotes and workshops on AI judgement, agentic systems, AI literacy and digital sovereignty - grounded in doctoral research and implementation work with more than 60 organisations. Sessions are delivered in English, German, Spanish or French and adapted to your sector and audience following a briefing call.

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Available sessions

Signature keynote

The Offloaded Mind: Why AI Makes Us Faster, Not Smarter

Organisations are measuring AI adoption while quietly losing the ability to evaluate what AI produces. Drawing on my doctoral research and implementation work with 60+ companies, this session shows where cognitive offloading creates leverage and where it erodes the expertise a business depends on - and gives audiences a way to distinguish the two.

A working definition of cognitive offloading and where it pays off
Signals that expertise is eroding inside a team before output quality drops
A practical rule for deciding which judgement stays human

Formats: 45, 60 or 90 minutes
Audience: Leadership teams, conferences, professional associations
Languages: English, German, Spanish, French

From Copilot to Agent: What Changes When AI Stops Answering and Starts Acting

The shift from chat interfaces to autonomous agents is a structural change, not a feature update. This session explains what agentic AI means in operational terms, which platforms are reshaping the market, and what changes for process design, accountability and leadership - built on current implementation work, including projects for SAP and Zumtobel.

What separates a copilot from an agent in operational terms
Where accountability sits once software takes actions
How to redesign a process for agents without losing control

Formats: 45 or 60 minutes
Audience: Executive teams, technology and operations leadership
Languages: English, German, Spanish, French

The Competence Gap: Building an AI-Literate Organisation

Most AI training teaches tools. Tools change every quarter, competence does not. This session presents a three-pillar model developed across 60+ mandates: data literacy, structured dialogue with machines, and verification of machine output - including the CRAP test now used in companies and universities across Europe.

The three pillars of AI literacy that outlast any single tool
The CRAP test for verifying machine output
A path from one-off training to lasting internal capability

Formats: 60 or 90 min keynote, half or full day workshop
Audience: Whole workforces, HR and L&D, universities
Languages: English, German, Spanish, French

Sovereign by Design: Europe's AI Dependency and What to Do About It

European organisations are building critical processes on infrastructure they neither own nor govern. This session examines the dependency in concrete terms - from data residency and EU AI Act exposure to what European alternatives actually exist and where they fall short. Strategic rather than political, ending in decisions rather than warnings.

Where the real dependencies sit: data, models, infrastructure
What EU AI Act exposure means for day-to-day operations
Which European alternatives are viable today and which are not

Formats: 45 or 60 minutes
Audience: European conferences, public sector, regulated industries, boards
Languages: English, German, Spanish, French

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Every session is tailored after a short briefing call - no two audiences get the same talk.

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