In her keynote “Bad advice is Good for you”, Judith will reflect on all the well-meant advice she has received throughout the years.  Advice received when she asked for it, and when she didn’t. The title might give away that at least some of that advice was not particularly useful to her. Why is that the case? Is it just her? What does science tell us about good advice? Using different personal experiences as anecdotal examples from her time in academia and in industry, Judith will link her own experiences to what experts have to say about it. She will explain to you what she believes needs to change, and she hopes that you will join the discussion!

About the speaker:

Judith Kamalski likes to build bridges between different people, cultures, organisations, or disciplines. She is currently working at Maastricht University as Managing Director and Chief Scientific Officer for BISS (Brightlands Institute for Smart Society). BISS is an interdisciplinary and interfaculty team of researchers, engineers, and project managers. A team with a joint mission: applying technology responsibly to address real-life challenges.
Judith holds a PhD in psycholinguistics from Utrecht University, a master in French literature and linguistics as well as a master in Corporate Communication from Radboud University. She spent a year studying at the Sorbonne in Paris, and a semester doing research at Florida State University. After her PhD, Judith started her career in a large corporate multinational, where she stayed for more than a decade in various roles, from publishing to product management to sales. She moved to Limburg a little over 5 years ago to join UM, first as director Academic Affairs, and now as director at BISS.