Zackes Brustik
Bringing together those who are eager to innovate.
Zackes
Presenter & Moderator
I’m passionate about introducing your audience to innovators and new technologies.
Looking for a stage-host that matches the style of your innovative event?
Digitalization comes with a change in culture. This is also reflected in what an audience expects from a conference. Rather than being passive, people want to be engaged and interactive. As a relaxed yet competent host, I bring the new Zeitgeist to your stage.
It’s all about Blockchain! Really?
More than just Buzzwords.
Is Blockchain overhyped? What’s more promising: Quantum or Edge Computing? Putting together relevant topics, technologies and questions, I translate expert-speak to audience-language.
TED Talk or Hackathon?
Presenting the whole range of innovation events.
Along with an international key-note speaker on a big conference stage, a vivid panel-discussion, an epic pitch-battle with startups or even a focused hackathons with developers. I know what’s appropriate in the different settings and will find the right tone-of-voice for participants.
Yes, the age of interactive conferences has come. And with it a new style of stage-hosting.
Digitalization comes with a change in culture. This is also reflected in what an audience expects from a conference. Rather than being passive, people want to be engaged and interactive. As a Relaxed yet competent host, I bring the new Zeitgeist to your stage.
It’s all about Blockchain! Really?
More than just Buzzwords.
Is Blockchain overhyped? What’s more promising: Quantum or Edge Computing? Putting together relevant topics, technologies and questions, I translate expert-speak to audience-language.
TED Talk or Hackathon?
Presenting the whole range of innovation events.
Along with an international key-note speaker on a big conference stage, a vivid panel-discussion, an epic pitch-battle with startups or even a focused hackathons with developers. I know what’s appropriate in the different settings and will find the right tone-of-voice for participants.
About
Presenter. Moderator. Creator.
I’m passionate about transformation – be it technological or societal. I enjoy presenting the coming Zeitgeist, inspiring people to embrace their untapped potential.
I live in Berlin – one of the most exciting startup hubs in the world, home to especially extrovert entrepreneurs and currently the favourite city amongst millenials.
Being an active member of the local community here in Berlin, I’m in the know of trends, startup news and latest innovation topics.
From Moskow to Munich
I host international tech-events across Europe and beyond. Available where-ever your event is happening and posses a vast network in different startup eco-systems.
On stage and behind stage
My goal is to present your speakers and your event in the best light possible. At pre-event, I engage with your stage guests. Once on site, I check on tech and timings. And on stage I initiate Q&As with relevant questions.
In German and English
Having worked in an international context for years, I can present in English and German. Or both at the same time.
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Projects
With more than 500 live events, Q&As and interviews, I can use my extensive experience and networks to contribute to your event
Audi Digital Summit
I never thougth you could buy a car using a vending machine. Until I met trendscout David Mattin at the Audi Digital Summit. A two day summit that challenged me with eight consecutive panels. It was highly interesting to steer the conversations around topics such as AR/VR, Big Data in mobility, consumer trends, or Blockchain. With more than 24 experts on stage, there was enough intellect to satisfy any audience.
SXSW me Convention
Did you know there is a tattoo ink that changes it’s colour depending on your blood sugar? SXSW Austin – presumably the most innovative festival in the world – has been working with Mercedes to create an European version of the event. For the second year in a row, I had the pleasure to host the Insight Stage with thought leaders and pioneers such as Shaun Frankson – co-counder of the social startup Plastic Bank, artists and social media gurus – The Kissinger Twins or ‘AI-artist’ –Martha Fiennes.
Open Innovations Forum Moscow
Social Commerce is the newest growth factor in ecommerce. And in Russia, where the ecommerce market has yet to find a dominating force, it might be the deciding factor in the race for market leadership. During Russia’s largest tech conference – Open Innovations Forum Moscow – I moderated a panel on the new and promising joint venture of Aliexpress Russia and VK.
Open Access Strategie Brandenburg
The academic world is in the midst of a small revolution: scientists, institutions, regulators and other stakehoders are working on making science more transparent and accessible.
The university of Potsdam asked me to support them with a two day stakeholder-workshop bringing together university directors, scientists, activists and ministry staff in order to map out an open access strategy for the federal state of Brandenburg.
Central European Startup Awards
The CESA Awards are the biggest Startup Awards with focus on the CEE region. Over the course of several months more than 10 countries select the best of their national startups and ecosystem actors in categories such as Fintech, Biotech, VC, Accelerator or Team. By the end of each year each nations sends it’s selection to the Grand Finale. In this years edition it was my honor to present the Grand Finale in Sofia and meet the movers and shakers of the CEE region.
LOGIN Tech Festival
Vilnius is not only one of the most beautiful cities I know, but also home to the largest tech festival in the Baltics. With more than 6.000 visitors spread over 12 venues in Vilnius’ old city it makes it hard to choose the which speaker to listen to on which stage. Good thing I was booked on the main stage and didn’t have to worry about making choices. Here I introduced the audience to international thought leaders, pioneers and personalities such as Adena Friedmann of NASDAQ, David Martin of Trendwatching or the former DEA agent Steve Murphy, who helped to chase down Pablo Escobar in real life.
Clients Speak
This is what other companies and organisers have to say about me
It was a great pleasure to cooperate with Zackes at Hypermotion.
I was very impressed by his professionalism, the openness and flexibility as well as his intellectual involvement.
I can recommend him without hesitation.
Danilo Kirschner
Director Hypermotion, Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH
Zackes Brustik is one of the most prepared and charismatic facilitators and moderators we have worked with. It has contributed not only to better consumer experience, positive emotions and the content of our conference as a whole, but also to engaging the audience in an interactive dialogue about the future of technology.
Leona Aslanova
CEO Innovation Accelerator Bulgaria
Zackes delivered everything we hoped for as a moderator of our festival. We take our hats off to him for professionally captivating our audience for two days of our events.
Arnoldas Rogoznyj
Co-founder, LOGIN Tech Festival Lithuania
We were interested in learning more about Blockchain technology and its applications. Using Design Thinking Zackes successfully led the creative thought process to a tangible solution.
We couldn’t be happier with the process and the result
Ulrik Thurmer
Co-Founder and Managing Director, The Brown Paper Bag
Zackes moderated the New Year’s Reception of BerChain, where we invited blockchain executives from Berlin, and political leaders with the aim of connecting them. The speakers included 2 secretaries of state and the CEO of a leading blockchain company. Zackes managed to create an open atmosphere and got the participants talking to each other, while given the evening an exclusive and professional feel. I’d gladly work with him again.
Silan Jongerius
Managing Partner and DPO at Tech GDPR. President and founder at BerChain.
Clients Speak
This is what other companies and organisers have to say about me
It was a great pleasure to cooperate with Zackes at Hypermotion.
I was very impressed by his professionalism, the openness and flexibility as well as his intellectual involvement.
I can recommend him without hesitation.
Danilo Kirschner
Director Hypermotion, Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH
Zackes Brustik is one of the most prepared and charismatic facilitators and moderators we have worked with. It has contributed not only to better consumer experience, positive emotions and the content of our conference as a whole, but also to engaging the audience in an interactive dialogue about the future of technology.
Leona Aslanova
CEO Innovation Accelerator Bulgaria
We were interested in learning more about Blockchain technology and its applications. Using Design Thinking Zackes successfully led the creative thought process to a tangible solution.
We couldn’t be happier with the process and the result
Ulrik Thurmer
Co-Founder and Managing Director, The Brown Paper Bag
Zackes moderated the New Year’s Reception of BerChain. The speakers included 2 secretaries of state and the CEO of a leading blockchain company. Zackes managed to create an open atmosphere and got the participants talking to each other, while given the evening an exclusive and professional feel.
I’d gladly work with him again.
Silan Jongerius
Managing Partner and DPO at Tech GDPR. President and founder at BerChain.