Practical Information for Planning Your Event with
Dr. Judith Zeilinger
This page is here to make your life easier. Whether you’re organizing a conference, a company event, or a speaker evening, you’ll find everything you need to plan and announce Judy’s appearance below. If something is missing, just reach out!
Travel
Judy is based in Vienna, Austria, and is happy to travel worldwide.
Within Europe: Travel is organized individually depending on the location and event requirements.
International: For events outside Europe, flights depart from Vienna International Airport.
Accommodation: A hotel stay the night before the event is required. Depending on the return journey, an additional night after the event may be necessary.
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Technical Requirements
Judy moves around the stage, so the setup needs to reflect that.
Microphone: A headset or lavalier microphone is required. A handheld microphone is not suitable for this talk.
Slides: Judy will bring her own laptop and present her own slides. A connection to the projector or screen will be needed.
Tech Check: A brief tech check before the event is required to make sure the slides display correctly. This can be scheduled in coordination with your technical team.
Virtual Events: For online events, please plan for Judy to join approximately 30 minutes before the start.
Book Bundle for Your Attendees
Want to give your audience something to take home?
Judy’s book Math (Re)Imagined: How math was always meant to feel is available in bulk for events. It makes a wonderful gift for attendees and extends the impact of the keynote beyond the room.
Get in touch to discuss options
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Introducing Judy: Suggested Scripts
Feel free to use or adapt either of the following introductions.
Short Version
What if mathematics could actually help you find your dreams?
Our next speaker is a former research mathematician and theoretical physicist who decided that the most important thing she could do with her PhD was bring curiosity, humor, and a fresh perspective to anyone who is ready to see the world a little differently.
Please welcome to the stage: Dr. Judith Zeilinger!
Formal Version
Dr. Judith Zeilinger holds a PhD in theoretical physics and a background in research mathematics.
After years in academic research and science communication, she stepped onto the keynote stage with a simple but powerful idea: that the mindset of a research mathematician, one built on curiosity, resilience, and a very specific relationship with failure, has something profound to teach all of us.
Her book Math (Re)Imagined brought this idea to readers around the world with humor, warmth, and contagious enthusiasm. Her TEDxGraz talk took it to the live stage.
Today she’s here to share what mathematics taught her about finding your direction, even when things feel uncertain.
Please welcome to the stage: Dr. Judith Zeilinger.
Biography
Short Bio
Dr. Judith Zeilinger is a keynote speaker, author, and former research mathematician.
She holds a PhD in theoretical physics and spent years in academia as a research mathematician, already having found the stage through science slams, where she won numerous competitions. That experience grew into her keynote work, centered on a simple but powerful idea: that the mindset of a mathematician, built on curiosity, resilience, and a very specific relationship with failure, has something profound to teach all of us.
Her keynote What if math could help you find your dreams? brings this idea to life with humor, warmth, and contagious enthusiasm. Audiences leave with a fresh perspective and a renewed sense of what’s possible.
Her book Math (Re)Imagined: How math was always meant to feel extends this message to readers worldwide.
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Long Bio
Dr. Judith Zeilinger is a keynote speaker and author based in Vienna, Austria.
She holds a PhD in theoretical physics and spent years working in research mathematics and science communication, fields defined by curiosity, complexity, and the constant challenge of making abstract ideas accessible and meaningful. While still in academia, she began competing in science slams, winning multiple competitions and discovering her love for the stage. Those early experiences shaped everything that followed.
Her keynote What if math could help you find your dreams? draws on her own experience navigating life as a researcher to show audiences how the thinking tools of mathematics can help anyone find direction, embrace uncertainty, and reignite their sense of purpose. Equal parts inspiring and unexpectedly funny, no math background required.
Judy is also the author of Math (Re)Imagined: How math was always meant to feel, a book that invites readers to rediscover curiosity and confidence through a fresh relationship with mathematics. Her TEDxGraz talk brought her ideas to an international audience. She is a member of the German Speakers Association (GSA) and Virtual Speaker Association International (VSAI).
When she’s not on stage, Judy works with scientists, researchers, and professionals on science communication and audience targeting, helping people turn complex ideas into stories that stick.
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