AI CIRCLE: Talks & Insights #2 (MAKING MONEY WITH AI)

Hi, we're back with AI CIRCLE!! The first edition was amazing, with over 120 people. We've learned & improved, and we're ready to deliver the second edition!
This time, the content will be fully focused on how people actually make money with AI. Come and learn what people offer to clients, what they consult, automate, or build to make $.
🧾 Invoice requests: bcndigitalnomads@gmail.com (make your ticket your business expense/or your employer's expense)
🎤 Want to speak? Speaker application form here!
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(All info about our community below: WhatsApp groups, Linktree, Digital Nomad Visa consulting, etc.)

🎤 6x AI TALKS + 30 Second Pitches + Networking Break
6x speakers diving into real-life use cases, trends, tools & how money is made with AI. All talks will be 15-minutes + 5mins Q&As.
SPEAKERS LINEUP:
**BIOs of each speaker below

SPEAKERS BIOS:
Zak Columber is a marketing strategist and copywriter who has generated over $10 million in revenue for his clients. He works with purpose-driven entrepreneurs in the health, fitness, mindfulness, and personal development niches to help them transform more lives and make it rain. He's the founder of the agency Resonate and also enjoys meditation, cats, and reading sci-fi and fantasy books.
Lauren Peikert is a growth marketing and Al automation expert. She helps companies scale by leveraging Al and automation to maximize impact with lean resources.

Maria Cuenca is an independent AI Visibility & SEO Consultant and founder of Boost SEO Digital, with 7+ years of international experience driving organic growth across global markets. An award winner for Best AI Campaign 2025, she has led AI, SEO and digital visibility strategies for global brands including Unilever Food Solutions across 49 countries, helping businesses adapt to the new era of AI-powered search and LLM discovery.

Ralph Khairallah is a Data Science & AI Master's student based in Barcelona. Over the past year, he has built a range of innovative AI tools, including his own AI-powered trading agent. In this talk, Ralph will explain how AI agents work in practice and share insights into how anyone can build one from scratch.
Elliot Schoemaker started building for the web in the 90s. Since then he’s worked across technical and creative fields for countless brands and organisations around the globe. Elliot now applies systems thinking to marketing problems for clients, building processes and tools that don’t replace creativity, but enhance it.

Jonas Alfonso is the founder of Oleo, a Barcelona-based AI automation consultancy building multi-agent systems and AI bots for service businesses. He's shipped production systems for clients across dog grooming, coworking, and coaching, automating bookings, lead reactivation, and customer comms end-to-end. He also built TestMyAgent.pro, a personal SaaS platform for stress-testing AI agent prompts at scale. At 20 years old, he's proof you don't need a degree to deploy AI that actually makes money.
SCHEDULE:
6-6.20pm | RALPH KHAIRALLAH - Build Your Own AI Agent (and Get Paid for It)
6.20-6.40pm | JONAS ALFONSO - AI Is Cheap. Your Time Isn't. Here's How to Profit from the Gap
6.40-7pm | MARIA CUENCA - AI Search Is Here: How to Turn Visibility Into Revenue

7-7.20pm | 30-SECOND PITCHES (for those who want to get up on the stage and pitch)

7.20-8.10pm: 50-MIN NETWORKING BREAK

8.10-8.30pm | ZAK COLUMBER - Using AI-Powered Marketing For Fun, Profit, and Positive Impact
8.30-8.50pm | LAUREN PAIKERT - My AI Career Pivot: From Threat to Opportunity
8.50-9.10pm | ELLIOT SCHOEMAKER - Embrace curiosity and experimentation for profit

9.10pm: NETWORKING HANGOUT

Event Host: Daniel Vivas

NETWORKING: 120+ BCN professionals in a friendly, international crowd. (Expats & Locals, Entrepreneurs, Founders, Freelancers, Digital Nomads, Tech & AI enthusiasts)
UNIQUE CULTURAL VENUE – PALAU DALMASES (ART GALLERY): A stylish cultural space in the heart of Barcelona, designed for talks, panels & meaningful conversations, with a relaxed social atmosphere.
MUSIC / SOCIAL VIBES AFTER: After the talks & panel, we keep the energy going with music and relaxed networking.

🍸 DRINKS & FOOD
Drinks and food will be available at the venue throughout the event.

🌍 ABOUT BARCELONA DIGITAL NOMADS
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