Guest Speaker at Network It! by PPI Jerman: Professional Presence as Lived Experience
- kamilabatavia
- 14. Sept. 2025
- 2 Min. Lesezeit
Berlin, 13 September 2025 - TU Berlin
Invitation & Context
In September 2025, Kamila Batavia was invited by PPI Jerman to speak at Network It!, a professional networking event held at TU Berlin.
The invitation was not rooted in artistic promotion alone, but in her broader professional and personal trajectory; a life shaped by migration, loss, resilience, and the ability to build continuity across disciplines.
Role & Subject Matter
Appearing as a PPI Jerman guest speaker, Kamila spoke about her educational and career journey:
from studying Geisteswissenschaften at Studienkolleg, continuing with Media and Information at HAW Hamburg, to working at Nielsen and later at PHD Germany.
Alongside this, she shared her parallel life as an independent musical artist—touring across continents, building an audience without institutional backing, and articulating her identity as a symbolic architect.
Rather than delivering prescriptive career advice, she framed her talk as a lived narrative, a weaving of professional decisions, personal grief, and creative necessity.
The Room
The event took place in a seminar room filled with students and professionals, holding around 60–70 attendees. The atmosphere was academic, attentive, and respectful. It was the kind of space where listening mattered more than applause.
Presence & Inner State
Kamila entered the room feeling slightly misplaced. While she stood there as a professional speaker, she felt closer to her identity as an artist; someone who does not place her career on a pedestal, but treats it as part of a larger life fabric.
As she spoke, the tone shifted naturally into storytelling. She spoke semi-casually, focusing less on achievements and more on lessons learned: how to endure without safety nets, how to remain disciplined while grieving, and how to keep moving when life offers no guarantees.
The room listened closely. Not because she tried to inspire, but because she spoke honestly.
What It Confirmed
The event became a quiet affirmation. Without positioning herself as a motivational figure, Kamila realized that her life and work had become something others could learn from, especially those navigating uncertainty, migration, or loss.
It confirmed that her work is not only artistic, but also resonant beyond the stage:
her way of moving through the world had meaning to others.
Aftermath
The invitation did not result in immediate professional opportunities, nor was it meant to. Instead, it functioned as a moment of recognition: a confirmation of credibility without expectation, respect without extraction.
Standing in that room, Kamila understood that she could occupy institutional spaces without shrinking, performing, or being instrumentalized. She was simply there and she was listened to.
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