A fine Selection of Speakers

Katharina Aguilar

INNOVATION, SUSTAINABILITY & INTERACTION

Katharina Aguilar is a serial entrepreneur, speaker and trained moderator. After almost 10 years in the innovation and start-up sector, she followed her inner call to found her own company.

She speaks with practical knowledge about the future of customer interaction, future retail, new work, smart city, living spaces and everything to do with digital, sustainable transformation. A future shaper who not only talks, but also does.

Lecture language: German, English, French
Website: katharina-aguilar.com

LECTURES, MODERATIONS & DEEP DIVE

Keynote movie videos: Here is a selection of Katharina Aguilar’s presentations. Simply click on the title for a short video introduction:

Who is KATHARINA AGUILAR

“All areas of our society are reinventing themselves at top speed. While numerous developments in the high-tech sector are turning our world upside down, another topic has long since overtaken the buzzword digitalization: sustainability. Anyone who wants to pursue real innovation today can no longer ignore the issue of sustainability. It is not only important to understand what sustainability means in all its facets, but also how closely interlinked sustainability and innovation MUST be today in order to take a successful path into the future.

In her keynote speech, entrepreneur and visionary Katharina Aguilar will shed light on and merge these two worlds, which are shaping our future and can no longer be viewed separately. Using practical examples, she will show where sustainable innovation is already being practiced and how everyone – whether entrepreneur, scientist or public institution – can start today to make sustainable innovation a reality and thus shape the world of tomorrow in a targeted and value-oriented manner.

Book Katharina Aguilar for an inspiring keynote and benefit from her expertise and her vision for a sustainable future!”

STARTUPS, STORMS & STARDUST! ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET IN ACTION

In her keynote “Startups, Storms and Stardust: Entrepreneurial Mindset in Action”, the successful 3-time founder and entrepreneur will share practical strategies on how to make the most of your resources, sharpen your focus and take your success into your own hands:

  • Surviving the storm: How to master change and make smart decisions, even when resources are scarce.
  • The digital future: How to use technology as your ally to adapt to new business environments and sell smarter.
  • Pragmatism instead of perfection: what really counts and how to focus your time on the essentials.
  • Selling with less: How to build real relationships and take control of sales processes with limited resources and more focus.
  • Resilience & action: How to turn problems into tasks and ensure long-term success through smart adaptations.

Katharina will tell you openly and honestly on stage how you can take the shortcut to success with an entrepreneurial mindset and turn yourself into an entrepreneur and leadership influencer – both in your team and with your superiors, partners, customers and future employees.

NO INNOVATION WITHOUT SUSTAINABILITY

How we make sustainability the basis of a good innovation culture

People love buzzwords. For a long time, one in particular prevailed: The buzzword digitalization. In the meantime, we have realized that we as humanity have a much bigger problem: Climate change. Since then, one new buzzword in particular has been meandering through our everyday lives, the buzzword

SUSTAINABILITY. In this keynote, Katharina Aguilar shows why these two topics belong together and combines these highly relevant fields into a practical, forward-looking, enlightening symbiosis.

JOURNEY INTO A BRIGHT FUTURE

A day in the year 2040 – and what we can look forward to. The fascination and opportunities of a hybrid world.

There are few topics that concern us as much as our future. We are constantly thinking about what the world and our lives will look like tomorrow. When we look at the news, we often get scared by the forecasts. Katharina Aguilar turns this fear into pure anticipation. She shows us what innovations, even disruptions, are currently being worked on and how they will gradually bring us into a self-determined, healthy, happy future – and what we ourselves can contribute to this future.

ONE DISRUPTION, PLEASE

How we catapult ourselves painlessly into the future with Customer Obsession

Disruption – a process as painful as the word itself that describes it. Many companies are worried about being “disrupted” from the outside – that players will unexpectedly enter their playing field who are so much better than they are that they become superfluous. In this keynote speech, Katharina Aguilar shows how we can constantly reinvent ourselves from the inside out in order to avoid being disrupted from the outside – and the central role played by not only focusing on the customer, but also making the promising “customer obsession” the basis of our own actions.

FAST FORWARD TOWARDS A HYBRID WORLD

Fascination and opportunities in the fusion of the analog and digital worlds.

Current Lunch & Learn sessions with Tina Teucher

💡 Lunch & Learn – Startups, storms and stardust: Entrepreneurial Mindset in Action | Keynote with Katharina Aguilar

Time for professionals! I prefer to learn from entrepreneurs who have been successful in practice!

At the 42nd virtual Lunch & Learn on April 9, we will learn from Katharina Aguilar. In her keynote “Startups, Storms and Stardust: Entrepreneurial Mindset in Action”, the successful 3-time founder and entrepreneur will share practical strategies on how to make the most of your resources, sharpen your focus and take your success into your own hands!

Keynote speaker: Katharina Aguilar
Moderation: Bert Helbig

Lunch & Learn: Level up your events! – Trends & game changers in the event industry | Katharina Aguilar, Brigitte Nussbaum, Dorothea Wunderle, Thorsten Jekel

If you can dream it you can do it? The first kiss, the day we won the World Cup … How do you create moments you’ll never forget? From the initial idea to the “high five” after the event, we need expertise in all relevant areas such as technology, AI, catering, content and the speaker and artist market. Plus attention to detail, a love of emotionalizing, sometimes strong nerves, a talent for improvisation and passion.

Keynotes: Katharina Aguilar, Thorsten Jekel
Tak guests: Brigitte Nussbaum, Dorthea Wunderle
Head of Streaming: Thorsten Jekel

Gourmet Insights: AI – The secret ingredient for success in the digital era

One question scares many of us: does AI mean the end of human creativity? At this Lunch & Learn, we’ll do it like the show with the mouse: we’ll try out practical AI tools like ChatGPT together with you and be amazed.
Keynotes: Christoph Burkhardt, Katharina Aguilar, Christian Buchholz

Constructiveness & communication: Why pragmatic approaches are more important in the crisis than ever before.

We are used to making forecasts. Based on past experience, knowledge of the present and estimates for the near future. But in times of crisis, decisions become a lottery. The usual parameters no longer apply. Forces are at work that we can neither foresee nor influence.
Keynotes: Thomas Graber, Bert Helbig
Expert moderation: Katharina Aguilar

Sustainable Innovation.

Katharina and Christian are the concentrated power of innovation – and that’s what our world needs today. Never before have we been confronted with new challenges that need to be solved so quickly. New ideas are in demand every day; the status quo is being put to the test. But where will these ideas come from in the future? And how can we help answer the complex but pressing question of sustainability? But above all, how can we create the right terrain, the right setting, the right SPACE for innovation?

Keynotes: Katharina Aguilar and Christian Buchholz
Soulfood: Tom Friedländer

REFERENCES & CUSTOMER TESTIMONIALS

Wow Katharina – that wasn’t just inspiring, it was a rocket boost for the heart. Your way of getting to the heart of things, between plain language, emotion and vision, is fantastic. I marveled, nodded, laughed – and my inner spaceship quietly approached: Ready to continue building. Thank you for this space, this energy, this truth. (04/2025)

MULTIMEDIA creative-design

Top, uncomplicated, simply terrific! For our 29th GC Leadership Symposium “PrintRebellen”, we were looking for two extremely exceptional “hecklers”, which we found in Katrin Hansmeier & Katharina Aguilar. In the first team meeting, the two of them bubbled over with incredibly great ideas to enrich our event professionally, skillfully and with the necessary portion of lightness! The way the duo interacted with each other and with the participants in a humorous and – in keeping with the theme of the symposium – rebellious manner was outstanding. With great interaction and palpable excitement, they refreshed the audience time and again. This spirit remained until the very last minute. We can only warmly recommend them as speakers or entertainers, both individually and together, for any event.

Peter Jeschke

Managing Director, GC Graphic Consult GmbH, 2024

Katharina Aguilar was the keynote speaker at our 29th GC Leadership Symposium. She is more than just a speaker – she is a magician on stage. Her charm, energy and passion enchanted our audience. She inspired our participants to think outside the box with new perspectives and to feel the urge to change. Powerful, humorous, clever and zeitgeisty – simply an incredibly great dynamic speaker who created a relaxed atmosphere.”

Stefanie Kuhn

Marketing & Customer Service, GC Graphic Consult GmbH, 2024

Taking a trip into the digital present and future with Katharina Aguilar is as fascinating as it is inspiring. She translates the most complex topics into vivid examples and eloquent images with great ease. She opens the doors wide to a new way of looking at the role of digital transformation. Her focus on topics such as the ‘customer journey’ or ‘service experience’ provides impulses that encourage you to get started immediately and begin your own journey into a more digital future. A perfect start to a day full of lively and inspiring discussions at the first Lowell Innovation Day.

Jens Kellersann

Lowell Financial Services GmbH

Everything went really well with Katharina (…). I thought it was great that she showed a lot of initiative and had a very motivating effect on the participants.

Jannik Finkbohner

Innovation, VfB Stuttgart

Whether climate protection, culture or technology – if you put your heart and soul into it, the future will come out!

Catherine Aguilar

One disruption, please: No innovation without sustainability – A journey into a bright future!

Catherine Aguilar

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