Public Speaking

My professional journey has provided me ample public speaking opportunities. I have been faced with international and interdisciplinary audiences of varying sizes, in a mix of formats. Are you organising an event and looking for a retail design contribution to your conference program? Let’s connect and see how I can cater something uniquely valuable to your specific audience and operations.

Which type of intervention are you considering?

Public Speaking services

Keynote

Speaking publicly about my passion field of retail design is nothing new to me. Through my research, teaching and consultancy I’ve often been called to share either an overview or more in-depth aspects of my expert knowledge. Each time I have taken great pleasure in drafting a presentation specifically suited to the event, its focus, philosophy, audience and organisational constraints.

I would be happy to do the same for you. Together let’s select the topic which can bring the most value to your programme and I’ll take it from there to dazzle your audience.

Host / moderator

Interacting within a group of passionate professionals who share expertises and viewpoints provides a particularly rich way to learn and get inspired. I have taken great pride in both hosting and moderating round tables in the past, and have received nothing but praises for these contributions.

If you are seeking someone who is

  • comfortable on a stage
  • quick on their feet
  • able to keep track of logistical aspects
  • while managing a group discussion and
  • allowing each participant to shine

then I could be the person you’re looking for.

Workshop

In my role as an educator I design workshops on a daily basis. I have also often had to organise work sessions with retailer clients, customers and design collaborators in my consultancy practice. This format offers the ability to see theoretical principles and creative assumptions take form instantaneously. Providing an opportunity for others to explore their analytical and creative thinking and guiding them in this process is one of the things I do best.

How about we create a uniquely interactive and memorable workshop for your event?

Other

Are you looking for another type of contribution? Perhaps a jury member for a competition you are running? A combination of this and one of the above formats? Or something completely unique to your organisation? I have had the pleasxure to serve as a judge in the past and would be happy to discuss this or any other potential public speaking format you may wish me to explore together.

Elisa Servais giving a keynote speech at Shop Le Salon 2025
Elisa Servais moderating a workshop with 5 speakers

I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Elisa speak publicly, and she consistently demonstrates strong communication skills. She has a natural ability to engage her audience. Her clear communication style and thoughtful delivery make her talks enjoyable and easy to follow.

 

Sema Canakgün
Event attendee

Grateful for the opportunity to attend your workshop! Your teaching made complex concepts easy to understand and highly engaging. Thank you for such a valuable experience!

 

Emilia Galli
Workshop participant

I had the chance to work with Elisa for the conference program of the SHOP! and C!Brand trade shows, during which she hosted a keynote and a roundtable discussion on Retail Design. Our exchanges were very pleasant and fluid, the construction of the topics collaborative, the preparation with the speakers appreciated and her presentation very professional and natural at the same time. I take away a lot of positive from our work together.

 

Florent Zucca
Program Manager, Infopro Digital Trade Shows

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