Speaking is what I'm most asked for. It's also the smallest part of what I do. If you arrived here from somewhere else on the site, you already know that. If you arrived here first — welcome. There's a lot more.
For the person booking the speaker
The talk your audience won't perform their way through.
Most keynotes give your audience something to think about. Mine gives them something they can't unfeel.
I spent a decade on healthcare stages naming what patients experience. Then I realised: every room I entered had the same disease. People performing. Systems rewarding the performance. And nobody willing to say it out loud.
I'm the one who says it out loud.
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After a workshop in Krems, a healthcare professional wrote:
“This afternoon gave me what I usually try to give my clients: to be met where you are. To be understood, not judged. To be valued simply for doing your best, even if it's not perfect.”
One of her colleagues went straight to a patient that same evening and used what he'd felt in the room — not what he'd learned. That's the difference.
5 Speaking Territories
The Cost of the Unnamed Thing
The most expensive thing in any system isn't the wrong answer. It's the time between something becoming true and somebody being willing to say it out loud. A cross-industry keynote on the price of what your organisation already knows and hasn't named.
Leadership · HR · Healthcare · Finance · Tech
Two Sides of the Stretcher
Nine years reading bodies as a paramedic. Ten years being read wrong as a patient. A keynote for healthcare and pharma audiences from the rare speaker who has stood on both sides of the stretcher.
Pharma · MedTech · Hospital Systems · Healthcare Conferences
The Body as Veto
The body doesn't malfunction — it enforces the refusal the voice isn't allowed to make. A keynote on burnout's real root cause, from three collapses and back.
DEI · Patient Organisations · Mental Health · HR Culture
Conformed Into the Wrong Life
What happens when talented, multi-talented people are compressed into one acceptable lane — and what it costs organisations to lose them slowly. A keynote on talent, identity, and retention.
Founders · Operators · Business Schools · Leadership Offsites
Testimony, Encoded
A Dell Precision Ambassador built an AI that listens the way he needed to be heard. A keynote on AI, testimony, and what machines still can't do.
Tech · AI Summits · Digital Health · Innovation Conferences
Formats
Keynote
45–60 min
With or without slides. Adapts to any stage size.
Workshop
Half-day
10–12 participants. No slides. High-conversion facilitation.
Fireside Conversation
30–45 min
Unscripted. Two chairs. The format that gets the most honest answers.
Where this work has landed
What people say
I have never seen a speaker like you before.
My personal highlight was Roi's keynote on why chronically ill people might be our best employees.
This is the most important lesson I have had in medical school. Every future doctor should listen to Roi.
You absolutely rocked the stage. The colleagues highly appreciated your clear and meaningful speech.
The magic begins as soon as you appear on the stage. You're a master in creating emotional atmospheres.
I could immediately put the spirit into practice — the same evening with a patient.
I left with the feeling that I had grown on a human level.
You didn't just give our group an insight — you made it possible to deeply understand how essential it is to feel seen, taken seriously, and heard as a patient.
I think everyone needs an afternoon with Roi now and then.
I am a changed man after this talk. I can't go back to unmindful living.
Roi is the author of 8 books on patient experience, chronic illness, and AI in healthcare — including Revolution From My Bed and Can AI Restore Humanity In Healthcare? Read more →
Questions before booking
What topics does Roi speak about?
Five territories: The Cost of the Unnamed Thing, Two Sides of the Stretcher, The Body as Veto, Conformed Into the Wrong Life, and Testimony, Encoded. 45–90 minutes. English, German, or Hebrew. Every talk is adapted to your room — tell me what your audience is carrying and I'll tell you what I'd say.
What is the speaking fee?
Fees vary by format, audience size, and travel — every engagement is scoped individually. I don't negotiate on preparation time — every engagement gets the same attention.
Can Roi speak internationally?
Yes. Based in Vienna, Austria. Has spoken in 27 countries — Germany, Switzerland, Israel, USA, UK, China, Estonia, and across Europe.
How do I book?
Email talks@roishternin.com. Tell me the date, the audience, and what you want the room to feel when it's over. I'll tell you honestly whether I'm the right person for it.
Want something deeper than a keynote? The Room is a half-day facilitation for teams and organisations. No slides. No agenda that protects anyone.
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Keynotes, workshops, fireside conversations.
Fees vary by format, audience size, and travel — get in touch for a quote.
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