Fully customized. Never off the shelf.
Built for your Vienna stage.
Sylvie di Giusto calls the United States home, and airport lounges around the world her second office. She is a CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame keynote speaker who helps organizations, and the people inside them, become impossible to replace. She speaks English and German, has worked with leaders from Germany to the UK and Hong Kong, and brings two keynotes to Vienna stages: Forever Human and The Power of Choice, live or as the world’s first 3D immersive keynote.
Vienna is where it started. I was born and raised in Austria and began my career as a teacher in Vienna, long before I ever stood on a keynote stage. Those first classrooms taught me what every stage since has confirmed: people remember how you made them think, and they forget almost everything else, including the slides. In Austria, where I was born and raised, I have served audiences for SAP Austria and GETEC in Vienna and Prolicht in Innsbruck, among others.
For nearly twenty years I sat on your side of the table. I led the leadership academy of Europe’s largest retail and tourism group, decided which leaders rose, and booked the speakers who stood in front of them. Two decades in the German-speaking corporate world taught me what an Austrian audience values: warmth, wit, and a speaker who respects their time and their intelligence.
Today I live in Florida and speak around the world, and coming back to Vienna always feels like coming home. And twenty years married to a German have made me fluent in the fine art of Austrian-German diplomacy. On stage I speak English or German, and yes, I know when a Viennese room expects a Servus and when it expects a Grüß Gott.
The better the machines get, the more your people will set you apart.
AI just made everyone equally capable. Sylvie names the ten moves a machine still can’t make and shows your audience how to lead, sell and connect with the human signals technology can’t fake.
Why it lands in Vienna: a city of congresses, science and diplomacy deserves a clear-eyed view of what AI changes, and what it never will.
Explore Forever Human
What your people know rarely gets them chosen. What others see in them does.
Clients, talent and the room decide in seconds. Sylvie reveals the five dimensions that quietly decide who gets kept, followed and chosen, and how to shape them on purpose.
Why it lands in Vienna: in a culture that values manners and reputation, it shows exactly how people are judged, and how to be chosen on purpose.
Explore The Power of ChoiceNo slides, no pre-recorded hologram beamed in from somewhere else. Sylvie stays live in the room while holograms appear around her, and your leaders, sponsors and theme can step into the story. In Vienna, our team works hand in hand with your venue and AV partner, so the wow never costs you a sleepless night.
Explore the 3D experienceIn 2025 Vienna hosted 2,614 congresses and 4,582 corporate events with 794,812 participants, according to the Vienna Convention Bureau. Here is what helps when you plan yours.
| Venue | Area | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| Wiener Stadthalle | Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus (15th district) | 26,100; Hall D 10,741 theatre |
| Austria Center Vienna | Donaustadt (UN City, 22nd district) | 22,800 incl. exhibition areas; largest hall 4,370 theatre |
| Messe Wien Exhibition & Congress Center (Hall D) | Leopoldstadt (Prater, 2nd district) | 6,480 theatre |
| Marx Halle | Landstraße (St. Marx, 3rd district) | 5,500 |
| Hofburg Vienna | Innere Stadt (1st district) | 4,900 |
Capacities as published by Vienna Convention Bureau venue finder.
Sylvie di Giusto is a CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame keynote speaker who speaks English and German and has worked with leaders across Europe and Asia. She delivers two keynotes, Forever Human on the human edge in the age of AI and The Power of Choice on how people get chosen, either on a traditional stage or as the world’s first 3D immersive keynote.
Yes. Sylvie delivers her keynotes in English or German, and she is comfortable switching for Q&A, a German-speaking leadership team or a mixed international audience.
Yes, wherever there is a stage and a room that can go dark. Sylvie’s team works directly with your Vienna venue and AV partner, checks the floor plan early and sends the full tech requirements. See how the experience works.
Forever Human. It shows audiences the ten moves a machine still can’t make, and turns AI anxiety into a clear plan for the human skills that grow in value as technology gets better.
The Power of Choice. It reveals the five dimensions that decide who gets kept, followed and chosen, and shows people how to shape those judgments on purpose. It is built on Sylvie’s book The Image of Leadership.
Yes. Sylvie speaks in more than 25 countries. Her team handles travel and logistics, so you work with one contact from the first call to the show.
Yes. Sylvie partners with speaker bureaus around the world. If a bureau already supports your event, Sylvie’s team will work directly with them from the first call to the show, so you keep the partner you trust.
Sylvie’s team handles it with you. Sylvie speaks internationally all year, so her team knows the paperwork a cross-border keynote can involve: business visas or work permits, invitation letters, and any tax forms Austria requires for foreign speakers. They check the requirements for Austria early, tell you exactly what they need from you, and take care of the rest, so nothing stands between your date and the stage.
As early as your dates are set. Peak conference seasons in Vienna fill venues and hotels fast, and the 3D immersive keynote needs a few weeks of custom work for your audience. Check availability to hold your date.
Yes. Both keynotes are available in person, hybrid or virtual, and each version is customized to your audience and theme.
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