Keynote speaker, tech entrepreneur and the most pragmatic AI expert in the Netherlands.

Job van den Berg (1989) is one of the Netherlands' most requested AI keynote speakers. He translates what is happening in Silicon Valley, China and the European AI frontier into concrete strategy for Dutch boardrooms — no hype, just sharp insights that go live on Monday.

As co-founder of ai.nl, The Automation Group and Proxies, Job advises more than 350 organisations every year on the shift from generative AI to agentic AI. His work balances three worlds: the builder who ships agents into production himself, the author with five books to his name (including AI Agents, 2025 and the AI Strategy Handbook, 2024), and the speaker who takes the stage 150+ times a year.

Job started out as a statistics teacher and quickly evolved into a data and AI expert for major consultancy firms. He combined that academic foundation with years as Chief Data Officer at DPG Media, Sanoma and Kantar, winning multiple AMMA awards for his data and AI strategies. Today he is the presenter of the radio show and video series ‘AI at Work’, where he breaks down every week with entrepreneurs and executives how AI is changing the way we work. That entrepreneurial discipline — build, test, translate — is still the foundation under every keynote.

Since 2022 Job has had both feet in execution. With ai.nl he built one of the most relevant knowledge platforms on artificial intelligence. With The Automation Group he ships agentic workflows into enterprise clients every week. That hands-on role keeps Job out of theory: every claim on stage comes from a real production environment.

To stay ahead, Job travels to Silicon Valley and China multiple times a year, meeting researchers and founders at OpenAI, NVIDIA, Anthropic and Tencent. He translates those insights straight into the Dutch context — where the EU AI Act, sovereignty and real adoption speed decide the game.