AI Practitioner · Keynote speaker · Australia and Asia Pacific

Most AI speakers brief from the sidelines. I'm in the trenches.

AI practitioner. Boots on, sleeves up. I build it. I run it. Then I show the team how. When you book me, you get the practitioner's account, from someone still in the work this week.

Three things most AI speakers can't say.

~50+

Deep systems expertise

Runs a business on ~50 AI agents in production. Founder of Velluto, an AI-native medical platform live in Australian general practice today.

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A practitioner who teaches

Eight AI courses written for Australian businesses and teams. Confirmed AI Labs speaker at Arival 2026.

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Three live businesses on AI

Not borrowed case studies. Three operations running on AI right now. Real numbers, from the field.

Founder · Velluto Health (AI medical platform)
Host · Still Here Next Year
Arival 2026 AI Labs · Confirmed speaker

Real results

I went from two people in the USA interested in what we do to over 500. In one month. We have overtaken every volunteer tourism operator in NSW, even surpassing some professional sites who have paid staff doing the same job.
Parramatta Female Factory Friends · Digital program 2023
500+people interested in a single month, up from two

What I speak on

Five talks, matched to who's in the room.

Each one hands the room a named idea they'll carry into Monday, built from things I've actually run. Tell me who's in the room and I'll tell you the angle.

AI for the founders / the board

Still Here Next Year

The 18-month question every founder is quietly avoiding, and what to do about it.

What's covered
  • The conviction test: if you've delegated AI to a junior, the clock your firm is actually on
  • What's genuinely working versus what's still hype, from someone running three live businesses
  • What I changed to run a business on ~50 agents, and what it cost to get there
  • The shift from "keeping up" to leading the firm through it

The "why" behind every other talk: the stakes, named, and the confidence to lead.

AI for the whole firm

The AI Compass

Where AI fits across your whole organisation, and how to scale confidence, not just tools.

What's covered
  • The Compass: Find · Serve · Run · Equip, around Your knowledge: the authority that makes your firm readable and useful to AI
  • Capability, not compliance: the gap between having AI and actually using it
  • The Closed-Loop Team Playbook: the elements of an AI-native team
  • The Context Rule: shared context is what makes a team's output 10x
  • Governance as an enabler, giving people the confidence to use AI well

One map your leadership can point at to see where to start and what is missing.

AI for middle management

The Empowerment Frame

Your managers are where AI adoption either spreads or quietly dies.

What's covered
  • Why the middle is the multiplier: teams hear the strategy from their manager, not the boardroom
  • The Empowerment Frame: the story a manager tells their team (threat, tool, or our future) decides whether they adopt
  • The manager's new role as coach-player, building capability, not just hitting targets
  • The incentive trap: managers won't push AI while their bonus rewards headcount and hours
  • How to warm up the middle with guardrails and involvement, not mandates

Managers who carry AI down to the floor instead of stalling it.

AI for your staff

Set the Team Up Right

The right tools for the people behind the founder, before your best leave for a firm that has them.

What's covered
  • Choosing one approved AI tool stack, instead of shadow AI scattered across personal accounts
  • The shared-context setup that makes the team's AI output genuinely useful, not generic
  • Why good people leave organisations that won't let them work with modern tools, and how to keep them
  • Reclaiming the hours the team loses to work AI should be doing
  • Guardrails so client and company data stay safe

A team that moves faster, stays, and keeps you here next year.

AI for getting found

Crawlable & Queryable

Why AI assistants don't recommend your firm, and how to fix it.

What's covered
  • How customers are shifting from searching Google to asking an AI
  • The visibility equation: Schema × Google Business Profile × FAQ
  • Why most firms are invisible to AI assistants right now
  • The practical fixes, tailored to your industry

A plan to become the firm the AI names first.

Formats

Four ways to put me in front of your room.

20–60 min

Keynote

The signature format. Cuts through the noise for a conference, board day, or leadership retreat.

Half to full day

Workshop

Hands-on, build-something-real sessions. This is where vibe coding lives.

Unscripted

Panel & fireside

Comfortable off-script, and I don't dodge the hard questions.

Live, on stage

Live build

I build something in front of the room in real time. Risky and memorable.

The opposite of death by PowerPoint. I build it live, in the room.

How I work a room

Practical, every time.

No tech talk

Plain language, built for the whole room, not the IT department.

My own visuals

I design the imagery and metaphors to land each idea with your team, never borrowed stock or jargon.

I build, not lecture

Often a working tool, made live on stage while the room watches.

A prep session, included

Every booking includes a session with your team first, so the talk covers exactly what they need.

Invite me

The more you tell me, the faster I can say yes.

How to reach me

Email[email protected]. The fastest way to reach me.

Contact pageSend full event details via the contact page; I reply within two business days.

LinkedInFor conference-programme and institutional enquiries.

What to include

  • Event name, date, location (or online)
  • Who's in the room, and rough size
  • Format: keynote, workshop, panel, or live build
  • The question you want me to answer for the room
  • Budget and logistics, if you have them

Common questions

Booking Fabienne to speak

What does Fabienne Wintle speak about?

Fabienne Wintle speaks about practical AI for organisations built before AI arrived: what is genuinely working, what to ignore, and what to do on Monday. Her talks are a report from the field, drawn from three live businesses she runs on AI, including Velluto, an AI-native medical platform live in Australian general practice.

What are Fabienne Wintle's keynote topics?

Her five signature talks are Still Here Next Year (for founders and boards), The AI Compass (organisation-wide AI enablement), The Empowerment Frame (AI adoption for middle managers), Set the Team Up Right (tooling for staff), and Crawlable and Queryable (AI search visibility).

What makes Fabienne Wintle different from other AI keynote speakers?

Most AI keynote speakers brief from the sidelines. Fabienne is an AI practitioner. She runs a business on around 50 AI agents in production, founded Velluto, an AI-native medical platform live in Australian general practice, and has written eight AI courses for Australian businesses and teams. Her talks are evidence from the field, not synthesis of someone else's research.

Who are Fabienne Wintle's talks for?

Each talk is matched to a specific audience: founders and boards, the whole organisation, middle managers, frontline staff, and the people responsible for being found by customers. The set ladders from leadership down to teams.

What is the Empowerment Frame?

The Empowerment Frame is Fabienne Wintle's framework for AI adoption by middle managers. It holds that the story a manager tells their team about AI, whether it is a threat, a tool, or the team's future, decides whether the team adopts it. Because staff hear strategy from their manager far more than from executives, the middle layer is where AI adoption either spreads or stalls.

What is the AI Compass?

The AI Compass is Fabienne Wintle's map for where AI fits across a whole organisation: Find, Serve, Run, and Equip, around your own knowledge at the centre. It helps leadership see where to start and what is missing, and moves each area from buying the tool to building the capability.

Does Fabienne Wintle run workshops as well as keynotes?

Yes. Formats include keynotes (20 to 60 minutes), hands-on workshops (half to full day), panels and fireside chats, and live builds where she builds something on stage in real time.

What industries does Fabienne Wintle speak to?

Organisations built before AI arrived: medical and allied health, legal, accounting and financial services, professional services, government and local councils, trades, retail, hospitality, and tourism.

Where is Fabienne Wintle based and available?

Fabienne Wintle is based in Queensland, Australia, and is available for keynotes, workshops, and executive briefings across Australia and Asia Pacific.

How do you book Fabienne Wintle to speak?

Email [email protected] or book a short call. Include your event name, date, location, audience, and the format you have in mind, and she usually replies within two business days.

What is Fabienne Wintle like as a speaker?

Practical and hands-on, the opposite of death by PowerPoint. No tech talk: plain language for the whole room, not the IT department. Fabienne designs her own visuals and metaphors to land each idea with your team, and often builds a working tool live on stage rather than lecturing over slides.

Do you tailor the talk to our team?

Yes. Every booking includes a prep session with your team beforehand, built into the fee, so the talk covers exactly what your people need and lands in your context rather than a generic deck.

Not sure I'm the right fit?

Tell me the audience and the date and I'll give you a straight answer. If it's not me, I'll usually know who it should be.

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