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Professional AI speaker Jan Ditgen makes artificial intelligence accessible to your audience
Jan Ditgen shows AI through examples people can picture. As a professional AI speaker, he makes a complex subject memorable. His talks speak to the tech team and the shop floor alike. An easygoing atmosphere helps people ask questions and follow the explanation.
What seems strange at first starts to feel familiar. Facts matter, and experiencing an idea can help people see it differently. Unexpected moments throughout the talk keep the room engaged. Your audience gets a fresh perspective on AI and concrete next steps to try.
speaker on AI Jan Ditgen on stage
Making artificial intelligence understandable
What a professional AI speaker brings to an event
A speaker on AI puts the rapid development of artificial intelligence into perspective and explains which changes actually matter for business and day-to-day work. Technical knowledge is part of the job. A professional artificial intelligence speaker also needs to see the wider picture, choose examples that people recognize, and give the talk a clear direction.
The aim is a shared understanding in the room. That means questioning inflated expectations and showing possibilities that people can discuss and try after the talk. Executives, specialists, and employees need to be able to follow the same explanation, even when the connections are complex.
Reasons planners choose Jan as their professional AI speaker
- CSP: an internationally recognized credential for professional speaking
- Well-versed: many years in front of audiences
- Energizing: turns onlookers into doers
- Rousing: anything but dull theory
- On the pulse: the newest AI tools in view
- Recognized author: non-fiction titles on AI
- Crystal clear: the essentials without the jargon
- Encouraging: breaks down barriers
- Memorable: knowledge you return to
- Practical: value for work and daily life
Jan Ditgen in conversation with his audience
Watch Jan in Action
An audience following the talk with a smile
A tailwind for your event: buoyant, upbeat, memorable
Jan Ditgen translates difficult AI topics into everyday language, with an upbeat delivery. Knowledge and entertainment work together to lower reservations. Positive feelings make it easier to stay open to something unfamiliar. Doubts often begin to fade when an example makes sense.
He uses humor deliberately to help people relax and listen. Surprising moments and live examples keep the session moving. Guests can leave the talk better informed and ready to try something for themselves.
Jan Ditgen: a practitioner’s depth in artificial intelligence
Jan Ditgen has put his thinking about AI into two books. Both are available in German, with English editions in preparation. He starts with the question of what a tool can do for someone. Alongside his writing, he leads the German Speakers Association’s AI expert group and advises freelancers on using AI.
New tools give him plenty to test. He tries them himself and checks how well they handle ordinary tasks. Some technical knowledge is essential; so is the common sense to ask whether the result is useful. His talks draw on that experience.
Jan Ditgen’s AI books in a staged book image
Planning the budget for a professional speaker
A realistic look at what speakers cost
No two bookings involve quite the same work. Event size and the requested date affect the quote, as does the amount of preparation for your audience. A familiar public name can also command a very different fee from a speaker at the start of a career.
For a rough budget, the fee overview gives these professional speaker ranges in US dollars:
United States: $9,000 to $50,000
Germany: $4,500 to $16,000
France: $4,000 to $18,000
Asia, for example Singapore: $3,000 to $20,000
A quote also reflects a speaker’s position in the market. Jan Ditgen makes his living as a speaker in Germany, and his fees fall within the German range above. Ask for a proposal for your event; the market and the work involved determine the final figure.
What goes into earning the CSP?
The initials after Jan Ditgen’s name stand for Certified Speaking Professional (CSP). The National Speakers Association in the United States awards the designation. To an event planner, it offers a way to look beyond a speaker’s own description of their career: the experience has been documented and reviewed.
An applicant has to show records of paid talks. A video of an actual engagement is reviewed too, and the speaker agrees to follow professional ethical standards. A biography alone cannot give you all that information. Jan Ditgen’s CSP adds a record of proven ability to the references you can read about his work.
Jan Ditgen at the CSP recognition ceremony
Learn through taking part
The best learning happens hands-on, not sitting still. Real participation fills the room with energy, and the guests help drive the session. What you live through yourself, you don't forget.
A change of perspective
It often takes just one new viewpoint to trigger a rethink. The session challenges what we take for granted and widens how people see things. You come away with fresh ideas and the confidence to act on them.
An audience that responds
When the room lights up, you can see the talk connecting. Jan Ditgen draws on years on stage to build that response. His client references give planners a sense of how audiences have experienced his work.
Four steps to thrilled attendees
Agree on your desired date
Set the framework together
Jan Ditgen creates the right talk
Enjoy the applause
Humanoid robot in a cleanroom, AI-generated illustration
From clever code to walking robots
AI already does useful work on screens. Humanoid robots bring that software into a body that can move and handle objects. The combination is taking shape, although the machines can still look awkward. How widely they become part of daily life will depend on practical progress.
Robots are now a regular theme in Jan Ditgen’s talks. On request, he develops the topic into a full robot show. It gives customer events a subject that people can readily picture and discuss. He presents the technology with clear explanations and an entertaining delivery.
Let me take you into the AI world
I see myself as a translator between research and everyday life. I use pictures to explain what is happening underneath the software. AI is bringing lasting changes, so the basics should be open to everyone, whatever their training. I want staff and guests to leave curious and less nervous. Understanding those basics helps them tell marketing from reality.
Would you like your audience to follow the discussion about AI? My free planning guide takes about ten minutes to read: Booking an AI presenter for your conference.
I take the subject seriously and can laugh at myself. I want the conversation to carry on after my talk has ended.
