"I really loved Leyla's presentation –  she is such a powerful advocate for new ways of thinking about the world and its resources – very inspirational."

"Leyla’s keynote at the Service Design Global Conference 2022 was such a huge success! On the Copenhagen stage, she opened our first day with high energy and her valuable presentation was well-received by the whole community. She was definitely on fire to inspire everyone to constructively affect change through our individual agencies and how as Service Designers we can actively have the ‘Courage to Design for Good’!"

"Wow. Awesome. Amazing. Leyla is a synapse - with her energy, passion, knowledge and humour, she ignites every neuron in the audience, and frees people to think and design sustainably."

“Leyla is able to instantly lighten up the atmosphere and own the stage with her powerful discourse. Her keynote was the perfect finale for our Design Policy Conference, full of energy and hope. Leyla is not only a Champion of the Earth: she is also a champion for design as our best ally to tackle the climate challenge.”

“Leyla was an absolutely magical speaker at the Design <3 Circular Economy event in Helsinki! She inspired and empowered the participants to start exploring circular design, disruptive design and systems thinking. Thank you, Leyla, for making change!”

"Leyla did a super engaging talk at Made in Space that the audience really loved - she is a visionary, progressive thinker that, in an optimistic and constructive way, can address some of the big challenges we face as a human race and still leave a room uplifted and filled with hope." 

“The enlightening keynote of Leyla Acaroglu reminded the workshop participants that it is essential to turn to systems thinking and to focus in priority on the needs to be met when designing products and services to avoid waste at their end of life. Her enthusiastic and solution-oriented speech sparked intense discussions and was the perfect intro for our workshop on circular outflows in the railway sector”.

"Leyla Acaroglu is an amazing speaker, and her concept of using environmental folklore to simplify and explain complex systems is brilliant.  She engages even the most cynical to her thought-provoking conclusion that design and innovation can lead to a more sustainable future.” 

"Leyla Acaroglu's keynote set the tone for the rest of the day on how packaging can be regenerative and have a central role in the fight against food waste, in educating the consumer and in changing behavior to a more environmentally conscious one. She was an outstanding speaker and brought great energy and content to open the day."

"Leyla's first visit to Chile was in the frame of LAB4+, an iconic event of innovation of the Pacific Alliance (Chile, Colombia, Peru and Mexico). Her way of thinking makes the public very engaged and explores new ideas into internationalization of innovation."

“Leyla has an infectious ability and passion for seeing better ways of doing things and finding ways to do it. No challenge is too great for this solutionary!"

"If you want people jumping out of their seats or (in one case at least) and coming close to tears, then you call Leyla. With Innovation & Sustainability 2017 we wanted engagement and inspiration – which is what we got.  Our audience was primarily Korean and this proved no barrier to Leyla delivering her inspiration and insights. I look forward to the next time we are able to work together.”

"It was a pleasure working with Leyla on our opening session for our 2017 Annual Summit. Drawing from Leyla's experience in working with groups, we were able to be creative on how we structured the session, engaging the audience in a participatory way whilst also sharing her insights and integrity of thinking about the role of design in systemic change. We look forward to continuing to work with her and the team on how circular design can create more regenerative and restorative systems in the world we create."