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Book Yaroslav Maxymovych — author of the Maxymovych method of AI adoption

The flagship keynote is the Maxymovych method: a company is moved to AI by its own employees, not by outside developers. That comes out roughly 50 times cheaper and 10 times faster. Seven companies have already gone through it with him — their numbers and live demos on stage, instead of slides full of forecasts.

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Yaroslav Maxymovych — AI keynote speaker

In short

Who
Yaroslav Maxymovych — founder of AI Advisory Board and author of the Maxymovych method: moving a company onto AI through its own employees. A practitioner who implements AI inside companies rather than forecasting what it will do.
The core argument
A company is moved onto AI by its own staff, not by an outside development team. That is roughly 50 times cheaper and 10 times faster: a company runs on 500–1,000 processes, a contractor charges about $1,000 for each — $0.5–1M and years of queue; done by your own people it costs about $15,000 and months.
Track record
Seven companies personally taken through the move to AI with this method. 429 hours of live sessions on artificial intelligence since 1 January 2026. His own company, with 20 automated processes, is the permanent source of case material.
What he does on stage
Keynotes of 30–40 minutes and workshops of 90–180 minutes; live demos instead of slides; in English and Ukrainian; across Ukraine and Europe, online and in person.

What the Maxymovych method is

The Maxymovych method is a way of moving a company onto artificial intelligence through its own employees rather than outside developers. The people who know a process from the inside build the first automations themselves, supervised by an expert: the founder goes through it hands-on first, then the key employees, then the motivated rest of the team. The company ends up not with one system delivered by a contractor, but with its own capacity to keep automating itself — roughly 50 times cheaper and 10 times faster than having it done by outside hands.

companies personally taken through the move to AI
7companies personally taken through the move to AI
cheaper than a development team
~50×cheaper than a development team
faster than adoption by outside hands
10×faster than adoption by outside hands
of live AI sessions since January 2026
429 hof live AI sessions since January 2026

Flagship topic

The Maxymovych method — the core of every talk

The standard market answer to «we need AI» is to hire a contractor or a development team. I do the opposite: I teach the people who already work in the company to automate it. They know the exceptions that never made it into the written procedure, and they fix their own automation the same day rather than after two weeks in a queue.

This is not a slogan but arithmetic — and the arithmetic is what I walk through on stage.

Why it comes out roughly 50 times cheaper

Processes in a company
500–1,000not one large «AI implementation», but hundreds of small operations: input — processing — output
Done by outside hands
$0.5–1Ma contractor charges about $1,000 per automation — plus years of queue for every change
Done by your own people
~$15,000roughly 50 times cheaper and 10 times faster; changes land the same day

The three steps the talk unpacks

  1. The founder builds the first automation with their own hands

    Not listening to briefings about AI, but taking a real task from their own work and carrying it through to a result. After that they talk to the team differently: naming the process, the owner, the access limits and the way it gets checked — instead of «implement AI for us».

  2. Key employees become co-authors of the automations

    Not the whole company at once, only the people who make decisions in their own area. Each of them finishes the training with at least one automation of their own — and the confidence to build the next one unassisted.

  3. Scaling after the first results — with rules attached

    The motivated rest of the team pick it up from internal examples rather than from a lecture on digital transformation. At the same time the rules switch on: which data never leaves the company perimeter, least privilege for every agent, a named keeper for each automation, and a human signature under the result.

Where this comes from

Seven companies have been taken through the move to AI with this method personally. At a wholesale fertiliser supplier the head of sales assembled a knowledge base and pricing calculators for her team in two days — work she had been dreading as two or three months. At a construction company in Czechia the owner started with a task of his own and then carried the approach to his managers himself.

The strongest proof is not the enthusiasm at the end but the repeat orders: companies come back to train a second, third and fourth group of employees.

And separately — his own company, where around 20 processes run without a human in the loop. Not a case study from a vendor deck, but a system shown live on stage.

Formats

The format follows the job the event needs done, not the other way round. Here is what each one involves and what the organiser needs to provide.

Keynote

30–40 minutes

Main-stage talk: one argument, three cases, one live demo. Use it when you need to frame the whole conference.

Projector, sound, internet for the demo.

Workshop

90–180 minutes

Participants build rather than listen — a working prototype is assembled in the room. They leave with a result, not with notes.

Laptops for participants, reliable Wi-Fi, tables.

Panel or moderation

as the programme requires

Taking part in or chairing a discussion. Preparation covers both the topic and the other panellists — no improvising on stage.

Topics and panel line-up one week ahead.

Corporate session

half a day or a full day

Closed format for a single company: a walk-through of your processes, an automation map, and direct answers for your team.

Access to company context before the session.

Talk topics

Every topic is a facet of the same method: how a company moves onto AI through its own employees. Each one comes from a recorded talk rather than a list of fashionable terms, and links to a recording you can watch before you invite anyone.

AI adoption in companies: what actually works and what does not

Not «AI will change everything», but a step-by-step path: where to start, which processes to hand over first, how to measure the effect, and where companies most often burn the budget. Real cases from Accenture, FedEx and Brex, plus four adoption steps that work in a company of 30–500 people.

The audience leaves with

  • A map of the first three processes to automate
  • A way to calculate ROI before you start
  • A list of the usual adoption mistakes
Watch the recording →

A digitised company from the inside: 20 automated processes

I show my own company as an exhibit: which processes run without a human, what that costs per month, what breaks and how it gets fixed. This is not a product demo — it is a tour of a working system.

The audience leaves with

  • A list of processes that genuinely can be automated
  • Real cost figures
  • An understanding of what breaks in production
Watch the recording →

AI in marketing and content: a factory instead of freelancers

Automated article generation, an «industry Wikipedia» SEO strategy, and a content pipeline that turns video into shorts. With the architecture shown live, and an honest account of what happens when you publish 50 articles in one day.

The audience leaves with

  • The architecture of a content factory
  • What NOT to do if you want to avoid penalties
  • The real cost per article
Watch the recording →

AI in sales: calls analysed by a machine

Transcribing and analysing every call, extracting commitments, coaching reps on real recordings, working from triggers. What it gives a sales leader to have access to 100% of conversations instead of a random sample.

The audience leaves with

  • The «call → transcript → insight → task» pipeline
  • What to measure in conversations
  • The limits where AI gets it wrong
Watch the recording →

Vibe coding for non-programmers: a founder building his own tools

500 hours for the first project, and 15 minutes for a prototype today. A live demo: we build a working admin panel in front of the room. And where the line runs between «did it myself» and «needs a developer».

The audience leaves with

  • A working route from idea to spec to prototype
  • The toolset
  • An honest boundary of what is possible
Watch the recording →

Company memory and knowledge base: making AI know your business

Why «we uploaded the documents into a chat» does not work, how memory is built in our system, what to do with terabytes of archive, and why autonomous agents still do not hold production.

The audience leaves with

  • The architecture of memory layers
  • A criterion for what to digitise first
  • A sober assessment of autonomous agents
Watch the recording →

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Recorded talks

Full recordings with chapters and written summaries — so you can judge the delivery before booking, not after.

A digitised company from the inside: 20 automated business processes

Відкритий вебінар AI Advisory Board · online

28 July 2026

AI in marketing: dozens of practical automations

Відкритий вебінар AI Advisory Board · online

22 April 2026

The AI blog: automated article generation for your own site

Відкритий вебінар AI Advisory Board · online

17 April 2026

A successful AI adoption experience in companies

Відкритий вебінар AI Advisory Board · online

15 April 2026

Fees and terms

Published as ranges rather than one number, because the fee depends on how deeply the talk is tailored to your industry, on the format, and on recording rights. Below is exactly what moves it, so nothing is a surprise later.

Keynote

30–40 min

  • 25 000 – 40 000 ₴

    • Online or Kyiv
    • Audience up to 200
    • Talk from the existing catalogue, no deep customisation
    • Recording allowed and published on our channel

  • 40 000 – 60 000 ₴

    • Audience 200–500
    • Or a talk built for your industry, with examples rebuilt around your processes
    • Or on-site outside Kyiv

  • from 60 000 ₴

    • Audience 500+ or a flagship conference
    • Delivered in English
    • Exclusivity: no talks for a direct competitor for an agreed period
    • Closed event with no recording rights

Workshop

90–180 min, hands-on

  • 60 000 – 90 000 ₴

    • Online
    • Up to 30 participants
    • Standard programme
    • No homework review

  • 90 000 – 140 000 ₴

    • On-site
    • Up to 60 participants
    • Programme built around your processes
    • Templates and checklists for participants

  • from 140 000 ₴

    • Full day or several groups
    • Preparation on your own data
    • Follow-up after the event

Internal corporate talk or strategy session

format-dependent

  • 80 000 – 120 000 ₴

    • One session for the leadership team
    • Briefing call before the event
    • Cases adapted to your industry

  • from 120 000 ₴

    • Facilitated strategy session
    • Deliverable: an automation roadmap for the company
    • Two or more sessions

Travel and accommodation for on-site events are billed separately, outside the fee.

What moves the fee inside the range

Preparation
A talk from the catalogue sits at the lower bound. Researching your industry and rebuilding the examples around your processes is 10–20 hours of work before the event — that is the difference between the ends of the range.
Format
A talk costs less than a workshop: a workshop includes practice, review of participants' work and materials.
Audience
50 managers, 500 people in a hall and a board of directors are three different preparations, not one talk.
Logistics
Online → Kyiv → another city → abroad. Travel and accommodation are always separate and never part of the fee.
Recording rights
If we may record and publish it on our channel — lower bound, because we get the content. A closed event with no publishing rights — upper bound.
Exclusivity
Asking me not to speak for a direct competitor for several months is a separate premium.
Language
An English-language talk sits in the upper part of the range: more preparation.
Lead time
Less than 14 days before the event adds a coefficient — the whole calendar gets rearranged.

Included in every paid format

  • A 30-minute briefing call before the event
  • Examples adapted to your audience
  • Slides and live demos
  • Q&A
  • A materials link for participants after the event

When I speak for free

  • Business clubs and closed owner communities
  • Universities and student events in relevant fields
  • Charity and volunteer initiatives
  • Podcasts and media

Conditions

  • Open registration
  • Audience of 50 or more
  • Rights to record and publish the video on our channel
  • A slot of at least 20 minutes
  • It is not a closed corporate event
  • Travel and accommodation, if travel is required, covered by the organiser

Frequently asked questions

The questions organisers usually ask before sending a request.

How much does it cost to book Yaroslav as a speaker?

A 30–40 minute keynote is from 25 000 UAH, depending on audience size, how deeply the talk is built for your industry, and recording rights. A 90–180 minute workshop is from 60 000 UAH. An internal corporate talk or strategy session starts at 80 000 UAH. Invoicing is in Ukrainian hryvnia; we can quote the equivalent in EUR or USD on request — we do not publish a converted figure because the rate moves faster than the fee. Travel and accommodation for on-site events are billed separately. For business clubs, communities, universities and charity initiatives the talk is free under the conditions listed on this page.

What is the Maxymovych method?

The Maxymovych method is moving a company onto artificial intelligence through its own employees instead of outside developers. The people who know a process from the inside build the first automations themselves, supervised by an expert: the founder goes through it hands-on first, then the key employees, then the motivated rest of the team. The company ends up with its own capacity to automate itself rather than one system delivered by a contractor. Yaroslav has personally taken seven companies through it.

Why through your own staff rather than developers?

Because a company does not need one automation, it needs 500–1,000 small operations automated. A contractor charges about $1,000 for each — $0.5–1M and years of queue for changes. Done by your own people it costs about $15,000: roughly 50 times cheaper and 10 times faster. On top of that, automations break and change constantly — your own people fix them the same day, while a contractor invoices for every edit.

What does he actually speak about?

The flagship topic is the Maxymovych method: moving a company onto AI through its own employees. The rest are facets of it — a digitised company seen from the inside, AI in marketing and content, AI in sales, vibe coding for non-programmers, and a company's memory and knowledge base. Each topic has a recording you can watch in advance.

How does an AI practitioner differ from an AI evangelist?

An AI practitioner runs artificial intelligence inside their own operation and shows a system that is live in production: what broke, what it costs per month, what the measured effect was. An AI evangelist explains how the technology will change the world, citing somebody else's case studies. The difference becomes obvious the moment someone in the room asks whether it actually works for you.

Does he speak in English?

Yes. Ukrainian is his primary language and English is used for international events and mixed audiences. Slides and demos are prepared in the language of the talk.

Online or in person?

Both. Online has no geographic limits. In person, Kyiv carries no surcharge; other cities and countries add travel and accommodation.

How long is a talk?

A keynote runs 30–40 minutes, a workshop 90–180 minutes, and a panel follows the programme. Q&A time is planned separately and agreed in advance.

Can we watch him speak first?

Yes — this page collects recorded talks with chapters and written summaries. That is deliberate: a speaker decision is better made from a recording than from a description.

How quickly will we get a reply?

Automatic confirmation arrives the moment you submit the form. A substantive reply comes within one business day.

Who handles the communication?

Olha Palamarchuk, his assistant, handles dates, format, technical requirements and paperwork. You can reach her directly on Telegram.

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