Speaking & Keynotes
Available for conference keynotes, event hosting, leadership offsites, and industry panels — bringing a practitioner’s perspective to the topics shaping the next decade of business.
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The Difference
The most useful conference sessions are the ones that leave you with something actionable — not just a new way of thinking about a problem you already knew you had. Patrick Rechsteiner speaks from sixteen years of executive experience inside digital retail and e-commerce businesses, not from the outside looking in.
That means the frameworks are ones that have been tested inside commercial environments — against real P&Ls, real technology constraints, real organisational resistance. The examples are from the inside, not the case study library. And the points of view are genuinely held, not hedged for a broad room.
The result is content that resonates with practitioners and challenges those who haven’t had to execute — which tends to make for a better room regardless of who is in it.
Topics
All topics can be tailored to the audience, industry context, and event format. Custom topics are available on request.
How AI, shifting consumer behaviour, and platform consolidation are redrawing the competitive map for retail — and what leadership teams need to do differently to stay ahead of it.
A practitioner's guide to cutting through the noise: where AI creates genuine commercial value, where it doesn't, and how to build a roadmap your organisation can actually execute.
Why most digital transformations underdeliver commercially — and the leadership disciplines that separate the ones that stick from the ones that stall.
The capability, culture, and structural changes that determine whether an organisation can absorb and benefit from AI adoption — beyond the tool layer.
Formats
Prepared, structured presentations for conference main stages and leadership summits. Typically 30–60 minutes. Content tailored to the audience, theme, and event context.
Full-day or multi-session event facilitation — keeping content on track, drawing out panel insights, and creating the connective tissue that makes an event land as a whole.
Participation as a panellist or moderator on AI, digital commerce, and transformation topics. Brings practitioner depth and commercial grounding to the conversation.
Facilitated sessions designed for executive teams — combining keynote content with structured discussion. Built to generate insight and decisions, not just awareness.
Smaller, discussion-based formats for senior peer groups. Suitable for industry bodies, investor networks, and executive communities looking for substantive, off-the-record dialogue.
Enquire
Fill in the form with as much detail as you have — the more context, the faster Patrick can respond with a meaningful answer on availability and fit.
Engagements are available across Australia and internationally.
Prefer to email directly? patrick@rechsteiner.io