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Talks



Listening to a good lecture or roundtable debate always plant new ideas in my head that inspire me – and every now and then I like sharing my ideas and inspiring others as well. Here I listed my favorite and most recent public performances.

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BBC Business Live • Inside track • 2019
Live TV show on BBC

I talked about starting up a business as a design entrepreneur and how design can help innovations such as a passenger drone.

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BIG SEE Awards Ceremony • Ljubljana • 2019
Introducing Maform

Introducing design projects between my first appearance at BIG SEE in 2012 and Maform's Grand Prix win with Lift Hexa in 2019.

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Future of Transportation World Conference • Vienna • 2019

The challenges and solutions of selling flight experience using current technological and infrastructural limitations.

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Smart Conference • Budapest • 2016
How can design help?

A quick overview of some projects where design had a quantifiable impact on success.

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TEDxYouth Budapest • 2015
Chaos adventures

How can we navigate through chaos to get ahead and not stress out? How has this led me to close an investment deal with Maform?

List of Talks

2021

Love your data! • 12 October • Startup Guide Live • Online

– Design Thinking • 18 March • French-Hungaian Chamber of Commerce, Communication Club • Online

2019

The current challenges and limitations of selling eVTOL flight experience. • 10 December • Future of Transportation World Conference • Vienna, Austria

– Introduction of Grand Prix winning design (Lift Hexa) • October • Ljubljana Month of Design, BIG SEE Product Design Award, Main Stage • Ljubljana, Slovenia

Hungarian Oscar Winners of Design • 26 June • HFDA Academy design DIALOG • Budapest, Hungary

2018

Paq chair story roundtable • 26 February • Collab • Budapest, Hungary

– Introduction of BIG SEE Design Award winner design Shoka Bell • October • Stage 180°, Ljubljana Month of Design • Ljubljana, Slovenia

2017

– How Can Design Help? • 5 April • Smart Conference Budapest, Hungary

– How Can Design Help? • March • CeBIT 2017 • Messe Hannover, Germany

2015

– Green Transportation Projects at Maform • 5 August • Climate Kic CliMates Sustainable Mobility Conference. • Bálna, Budapest, Hungary

2014

– Chaos Adentures • 6 November • TEDxYouth Budapest • MOM Cultural Center, Budapest, Hungary.

– Everyday 3D Printing • June • Budapest 3D Printing Days • Design Terminal, Budapest, Hungary

2013

– 3D Printing in Maform's Design Projects • June • 2B3D professional days. • Budapest, Hungary

2012

– M8 City Bus • October • Ljubljana Month Of Design • Ljubljana, Slovenia

Media references

2019

BBC Business Live, Inside track (Live TV interview) • 4 March • BBC

– Gaál Bence: Maform wins award for VeloClass system – BBJ • 29 May • Budapest Business Journal (Online article)

– Gaál Bence: Maform wins award for eVTOL aircraft design • 24 May • Budapest Business Journal (Online article)

2018

Gaál Bence: Maform, Lift launch groundbreaking eVTOL aircraft • 13 December • Budapest Business Journal (Online article)

– Gaál Bence: Design company Maform predicts boom for automotive • 19 October • Budapest Business Journal (Online article)

– Gaál Bence: Maform moves to new Újbuda premises - BBJ • 9 October • Budapest Business Journal (Online újságcikk)

Gaál Bence: Maform signs major deal with Japanese auto producer Phiaro • 18 September • Budapest Business Journal (Online újságcikk)

– Sándor Krisztián: Végeztek az egyetemen, nem találtak értelmes munkát – stúdiót alapítottak, sorra nyerik a díjakat saját terveikkel. • 7 August • Forbes.hu (lead article on 7 August)

– Sabine Elsässer: Never make empty promises or promises you cannot keep • 17 July • Startup Valley (Online interview)

Taking your idea through design and turning it into a product right before your eyes • 11 January • CXO Stories (Online interview)

2014 

– Modulo electric bus • 10 May • Duna TV Novum

– Modulo electric bus • 5 May • Hirado.hu

2011

– Tanai Csilla: A dunai közlekedés lehetőségei Budapesten • April • Octogon, 2011/II-III, pp. 85 ISSN 1418-5229 (Article)

– Lukács Andrea: BKV helyett belvárosi légi közlekedés • 9 February • HVG.HU (Online interview)

– Teadélután • 9 February • Magyar Televízió 1

2008

Tóth Tímea: Vendéglátás felsőfokon • February • Octogon, 2008/I, pp. 89 ISSN 1418-5229 (Article)

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