Lithuanian Dream Podcast

62 - 5 years of calling Lithuania home with senior account executive at Interactio Giovanni Proietta by Lithuanian Dream

What can we expect from the events in Belarus? Sounds & music from: - Pixabay - Good Morning America

Why do Lithuanians cherish their freedom so dearly? The meaning of Mission Siberia, the power of the past in Lithuania, and the impact the project hopes to have for future generations. Sounds & music from: - Zapsplat.com shorturl.at/jpF67 - Pictures of the Floating World / Free Music Archive: shorturl.at/pPSU1 - Misija Sibiras / Monika Kaškauskaitė, Aurimas Vilkišius, Justas Levickas: shorturl.at/dBXZ0 - Penguin Young Readers Group / Ruta Sepetys: shorturl.at/cxEQ9

How can forward-thinking policy shape the future? A look at Estonia's innovation in digital governance with CIO Siim Sikkut.

What is the KGB and why is it so feared? Join us in conversation with Arūnas Borisas, a guide at the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fighters.

Kaunas 2022: “From temporary to contemporary”. Join us to learn more about Kaunas becoming the European Capital of Culture next year with Ana Kočegarova, the head of Kaunas 2022.

Twelve years of global mentorship, what does LT Big Brother still have to offer? Join us to learn more with mentor Maksim Solovjov.

Are you thinking of visiting Lithuania and exploring the three largest cities: Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipeda? Join us to learn more about Lithuanian architecture with the head of Open House Vilnius, Adele Dovydaviciute. Links for further research: - OHV website: https://www.openhousevilnius.lt/en/ - OHV program in OHWW online festival: https://www.openhouseworldwide.org/vilnius -OHV FB: https://www.facebook.com/OpenHouseVilnius - OHV Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/openhousevilnius/ Places to visit: - The Columbarium https://www.openhousevilnius.lt/2018-en/buildings/40-the-memorial-complex-of-the-tuskulenai-peace-park-the-columbarium/ - National Gallery of Art https://www.openhousevilnius.lt/2018-en/buildings/35-national-gallery-of-art/ - Lithunian Institute of Agrarric Economics https://www.openhousevilnius.lt/2018-en/buildings/62-lithuanian-institute-of-agrarian-economics-laei/

More than half a million people of Lithuanian descent now Live in the US. It has one of the largest Lithuanian communities abroad. From your letters and messages, we know that many of you live in the US. That is why we decided to dedicate this episode to talk about Lithuanian heritage in the American continent. In this episode, our host Ruta Naujokaite talk with Kristina Lapienyte. She is the head of the largest scholarly archive and book publisher outside Lithuania, the Lithuanian Research and Studies Center. Relatively short, a crash course on the Lithuanian community in the US. Here are some extra links for further research: - http://www.lithuanianresearch.org/ - https://www.amazon.com/Thought-Wed-Back-Soon-1940-1944/dp/6098120277/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=cidzikaite&qid=1615290269&s=books&sr=1-1 - https://kultura.lrytas.lt/-12278487221226586141-dp-stovyklų-palikimas-lietuvių-karo-tremtiniai-vakaruose-1944-1954-metais.htm Thanks to all the team including our language editor Sean Donovan, our sound editor Gabriele Valodskaite, our designer Milda Sukyte and host Ruta Naujokaite. And our partners Global Lithuanian Leaders and LRT. You can listen to all our interviews directly on Lithuanian dream podcast website: www.lithuaniandreampodcast.com/episodes Lithuanian Dream Podcast is the most popular Lithuanian podcast in English Our goal is bringing Lithuania to the world and the world to Lithuania. Every Wednesday we release new episodes with the leaders from businesses, politics and culture. We are supported by Lithuanian national broadcaster LRT and Global Lithuanian Leaders (GLL). Find all our episodes here: www.lithuaniandreampodcast.com/episodes Every wednesday we have a new episode ready for you. SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter: www.lithuaniandreampodcast.com/newsletter Facebook: www.facebook.com/LithuanianDreamPodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/lithuanian_dream_podcast/?hl=en Twitter: twitter.com/lithuaniandream?lang=en Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/company/lithuaniandreampodcast/ For questions, contact us: labas@lithuaniandreampodcast.com

In 2017, Roger was named the world’s #1 management thinker. He has written 12 books and 29 Harward Business Review articles. It is a huge honour to have Roger on the podcast especially because we will be talking about some key issues Lithuania as a country and its businesses are facing today. Thanks to all the team including our language editor Sean Donovan, our sound editor Gabriele Valodskaite, our designer Milda Sukyte and host Ruta Naujokaite. And our partners Global Lithuanian Leaders and LRT. You can listen to all our interviews directly on Lithuanian dream podcast website: www.lithuaniandreampodcast.com/episodes Lithuanian Dream Podcast is the most popular Lithuanian podcast in English Our goal is bringing Lithuania to the world and the world to Lithuania. Every Wednesday we release new episodes with the leaders from businesses, politics and culture. We are supported by Lithuanian national broadcaster LRT and Global Lithuanian Leaders (GLL). Find all our episodes here: www.lithuaniandreampodcast.com/episodes Every wednesday we have a new episode ready for you. SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter: www.lithuaniandreampodcast.com/newsletter Facebook: www.facebook.com/LithuanianDreamPodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/lithuanian_dream_podcast/?hl=en Twitter: twitter.com/lithuaniandream?lang=en Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/company/lithuaniandreampodcast/ For questions, contact us: labas@lithuaniandreampodcast.com

In his career Simon Anholt has advised the Presidents, Prime Ministers, monarchs and governments of nearly 60 countries, cities and regions, helping them to engage more productively and imaginatively with the international community. In our episode we will talk about his most recent book "The Good Country Equation: How We Can Repair the World in One Generation" and how his experience can be used to address key challenges international community is facing. The Good Country Index https://www.goodcountry.org/index/about-the-index/ The Good Generation https://www.goodcountry.org/the-good-generation/ The Good Country Equation (my new book) https://www.goodcountry.org/book/ His TED Talk http://www.ted.com/talks/2036

Women's only networking groups have flourished in recent years. From single events, to women only mentorship programs or even networking groups at work, these programs became hugely popular. Pandemic highlighted some of the structural problems. Distribution of domestic work. As schools went online, women seemed to be the most affected, compared to men: more stressed, more likely to say they worried their income would suffer, more worried they might have to put themselves at risk because they couldn’t afford to stay at home. Domestic violence. Movement restrictions aimed to stop the spread of the coronavirus may be making violence in homes more frequent, more severe and more dangerous. The gender pay gap. As well, women in EU on average still make about 86 percent of what a man earns. The gender investment gap. Women business owners receive significantly less early stage investment, while on average deliver more than twice as much pay back for investors, making women-owned companies better investments for financial backers. On the other hand, according to the recent Baltic Startup Scene Report (https://about.crunchbase.com/blog/2020-report-baltic-startup-scene-shines-after-a-lackluster-2019/) Looking at data from the past 2 years, the Baltics have the same 13% diversity ratio as for the past 20 years, indicating that little to no progress has been made in improving the diversity of founding teams. There are a number of networking groups for women in Lithuania who are aiming to change that. Including Women go tech mentorship program and the Alter state: https://www.alterstate.org. Today we speak with Justina Klyvienė. She is the founder and managing partner of the Future Leadership innovation lab and a co-founder of the Alter State, a global community for women willing to innovate. Justina is also an organiser of the First Women Innovation sprint in Lithuania. Women enterpreneurship extra links: - EU commission https://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/supporting-entrepreneurship/women-entrepreneurs_en - BCG Why Women-Owned Startups Are a Better Bet https://www.bcg.com/de-de/publications/2018/why-women-owned-startups-are-better-bet - ‘‘I Feel Like I Have Five Jobs’: Moms Navigate the Pandemic’ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/parenting/childcare-coronavirus-moms.html - A New Covid-19 Crisis: Domestic Abuse Rises Worldwide https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/world/coronavirus-domestic-violence.html - Gender pay in the EU: https://ec.europa.eu/info/policies/justice-and-fundamental-rights/gender-equality/equal-pay/gender-pay-gap-situation-eu_en - Human rights in Lithuania: https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/europe-and-central-asia/lithuania/report-lithuania/ - 2020 Report: Baltic startup scene shines after a lackluster 2019 https://about.crunchbase.com/blog/2020-report-baltic-startup-scene-shines-after-a-lackluster-2019/

Meet Augustinas Žemaitis. He is the owner of True Lithuania, the largest English-language non-news website about Lithuania, covering sights, history, arts, travel advice, traditions and more. He also runs “Global True Lithuania”, which is a bilingual encyclopedia of Lithuanian heritage sites outside Lithuania. He has visited over 1000 of Lithuanian churches, cemeteries, famous burials, monuments, Lithuanian-named places and other similar sites in some 40 countries over 5 continents, locating and photographing each of them, and listening to the stories of local Lithuanians where possible. Here are some useful links for you: http://www.truelithuania.com - The largest English-language non-news website about Lithuania http://global.truelithuania.com - Encyclopedia of Lithuanian heritage sites abroad http://map.truelithuania.com - Map of Lithuanian heritage sites in North America

How do travellers see Lithuania? We invited traveler and a writer Kasparas Ašmonaitis for a conversation about his traveling experience and work for Culture Trip writing about Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. After this episode you will never look at Lithuania's turism the same again. Listen by clicking links in the comments.

In this episode we talk with radio journalist and an author Kurt Van Eeghem about one of the greatest Lithuanian artists of all times M. K. Čiurlionis. Music: M. K. Čiurlionis - Miške

047 - Fight for Lithuanian Independence 13 January with Ruslanas Irzikevicius by Lithuanian Dream

This week we invited Kotryna Stankutė-Jaščemskienė to share her experience as the Director at MJJ fondas. Our host Ruta Naujokaite and Kotryna talked about what role philanthropy plays in the society. What challenges do you think Lithuania is still going through? Thanks to all the team including our language editor Sean Donovan, our sound editor Gabriele Valodskaite, our designer Milda Sukyte and host Ruta Naujokaite. And our partners Global Lithuanian Leaders and LRT. You can listen to all our interviews directly on Lithuanian dream podcast website: https://www.lithuaniandreampodcast.com/episodes Lithuanian Dream Podcast is the most popular Lithuanian podcast in English Our goal is bringing Lithuania to the world and the world to Lithuania. Every Wednesday we release new episodes with the leaders from businesses, politics and culture. We are supported by Lithuanian national broadcaster LRT and Global Lithuanian Leaders (GLL). Find all our episodes here: https://www.lithuaniandreampodcast.com/episodes Every wednesday we have a new episode ready for you. SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter: https://www.lithuaniandreampodcast.com/newsletter Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LithuanianDreamPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lithuanian_dream_podcast/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/lithuaniandream?lang=en Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lithuaniandreampodcast/ For questions, contact us: labas@lithuaniandreampodcast.com

In this episode we are continuing the tradition we have started one year ago. See full episode recording and notes here: https://www.lithuaniandreampodcast.com/post/045-why-do-we-need-branding-interview-with-viktorija-kravcova Back in 2020, in the first week of a new year we talked with Kotryna Kurt about personal branding on Linkedin. This year our host Ruta Naujokaite invited Viktorija Kravcova to talk about company branding. Viktorija is a brand consultant based in Berlin. She has been working in creative industries for almost a decade, and during that time she worked with international and German brands, such as Ferrero Group that owns Mon Chéri, Kinder Bueno, Ferrero Rocher, and Mercedes-Benz. She is also part of the Factory Berlin ecosystem of creators from tech, creative, and corporate industries. Now she is working as an independent brand consultant. Today we will talk with her about brand and why it is important for any organisation. Connect with Viktorija on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/viktorija-kr/ And check out her website: https://www.linkedin.com/company/odd-space/ Thanks to all the team including our language editor Sean Donovan, our sound editor Gabriele Valodskaite, our designer Milda Sukyte and host Ruta Naujokaite. And our partners Global Lithuanian Leaders and LRT. You can listen to all our interviews directly on Lithuanian dream podcast website: www.lithuaniandreampodcast.com/episodes Lithuanian Dream Podcast is the most popular Lithuanian podcast in English Our goal is bringing Lithuania to the world and the world to Lithuania. Every Wednesday we release new episodes with the leaders from businesses, politics and culture. We are supported by Lithuanian national broadcaster LRT and Global Lithuanian Leaders (GLL). Find all our episodes here: www.lithuaniandreampodcast.com/episodes Every wednesday we have a new episode ready for you. SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter: www.lithuaniandreampodcast.com/newsletter Facebook: www.facebook.com/LithuanianDreamPodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/lithuanian_dream_podcast/?hl=en Twitter: twitter.com/lithuaniandream?lang=en Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/company/lithuaniandreampodcast/ For questions, contact us: labas@lithuaniandreampodcast.com

On our Christmas special with Gabriele Valodskaite & Ruta Naujokaite we reflect on our work together. How being European and Lithuanian shaped the decision to make this podcast?

This week we invited Jurgis Didziulis to share his experience with cultural identity. Our host Ruta Naujokaite and Jurgis talked about what is to be progressive and how to start difficult conversations. What challenges do you think Lithuania is still going through? Join new Jurgis project and engage in musical exchanges: https://communityquickie.com/play-utopia-hack-community-culture-upgrade-humanity-jurgis-didziulis-tedxstockholmsalon/ Thanks to all the team including our language editor Sean Donovan, our sound editor Gabriele Valodskaite, our designer Milda Sukyte and host Ruta Naujokaite. And our partners Global Lithuanian Leaders and LRT. You can listen to all our interviews directly on Lithuanian dream podcast website: https://www.lithuaniandreampodcast.com/episodes Lithuanian Dream Podcast is the most popular Lithuanian podcast in English Our goal is bringing Lithuania to the world and the world to Lithuania. Every Wednesday we release new episodes with the leaders from businesses, politics and culture. We are supported by Lithuanian national broadcaster LRT and Global Lithuanian Leaders (GLL). Find all our episodes here: https://www.lithuaniandreampodcast.com/episodes Every wednesday we have a new episode ready for you. SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter: https://www.lithuaniandreampodcast.com/newsletter Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LithuanianDreamPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lithuanian_dream_podcast/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/lithuaniandream?lang=en Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lithuaniandreampodcast/ For questions, contact us: labas@lithuaniandreampodcast.com

Today we are speaking with Kingsley Aikins. He was a world known diaspora expert, a CEO of The Networking Institute. He gained his knowledge from 21 years of running Irish diaspora organization “The Ireland Fellows”. He has lived in six countries and has worked for major organisations, governments and countries. Today we invited him to talk about the power of networking. Here is his TEDx talk about networking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ_y5LgM7D0 He is inviting you to connect on LinkedIn too: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kingsleyaikins Thanks to all the team including our language editor Sean Donovan, our sound editor Gabriele Valodskaite, our designer Milda Sukyte and host Ruta Naujokaite. And our partners Global Lithuanian Leaders and LRT. You can listen to all our interviews directly on Lithuanian dream podcast website: https://www.lithuaniandreampodcast.com/episodes Lithuanian Dream Podcast is the most popular Lithuanian podcast in English Our goal is bringing Lithuania to the world and the world to Lithuania. Every Wednesday we release new episodes with the leaders from businesses, politics and culture. We are supported by Lithuanian national broadcaster LRT and Global Lithuanian Leaders (GLL). Find all our episodes here: https://www.lithuaniandreampodcast.com/episodes Every wednesday we have a new episode ready for you. SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter: https://www.lithuaniandreampodcast.com/newsletter Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LithuanianDreamPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lithuanian_dream_podcast/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/lithuaniandream?lang=en Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lithuaniandreampodcast/ For questions, contact us: labas@lithuaniandreampodcast.com

At the end of 2020, when all museums are physically closed we decided to meet people who shifted MO Museum to virtual space. Our Top 3 favourite places from MO museum: 1) MO museums blog. Here you will find interviews, videos, games and virtual tours: https://mo.lt/tinklarastis/ 2) MO Facebook profile. Here you can participate in the live events. And get some art on your facebook wall: https://www.facebook.com/momuziejus 3) The way to support the museum. Art needs your support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MOmuziejus Photo of Milda taken by Ugnė Vasyliūtė.

This week we are celebrating one year of making Lithuanian Dream Podcast. With 40 episodes and 35 k listens we can be proudly say that this year was a great success. This time our hosts Ruta Naujokaite and Sean Donovan talks about the lessons of making a podcast and the dreams for the upcoming year. Listen to this interview to learn more about: - How long does it take to make a podcast episode? - What parts of interview process are the most challenging? - How to optimise your time and working techniques so you can make more better episodes.

In this interview our host Ruta Naujokaite speaks with the voice of a purpose driven generation of Lithuanians. Rasa Jusionyte is one of the most popular Lithuanian influencers. With her magazine and the podcast What do people do, she is encouraging people to find job satisfaction and purpose. For almost 3 years, Rasa was a host of a weekly radio show at Ziniu Radijas in Lithuania where she invited people to share their journeys to finding a purpose in the workplace. Learn more about her work here: https://whatdopeopledomag.com

Episode with Juras Palukaitis about Lithuanian diaspora in the US and 2020 elections campaigns both in Lithuania and the US.

Tomas Slimas has co-founded $3M dropshipping business and now continues working with Oberlo team, as a Director of Marketing at Shopify. Listen to learn more about the challenges of starting a business and what makes an idea into the success.

In this episode Sean Donovan presents short business news from Lithuania. Afterwards Ruta Naujokaite interviews Milda Mitkute, Co-founder of Vinted Lithuania's first tech unicorn. Last year this company has raised €128 million in a funding round, valuing it at €1 billion. The Vilnius-based retailer rounds up a century of venture-backed unicorns in Europe. It's a remarkable turnaround story.

Today our podcast is celebrating 1 year anniversary! We have 3 surprises for you: - We will have short business news every two weeks. Presented by Sean Donovan. - Lithuanian Dream Podcast is now on a radio in California, the USA. - New technical editor in Chief joined our team Gabriele Valodskaite. Welcome! In this episode our host Ruta Naujokaite interview the Head of Work in Lithuania, Eglė Adašiūnaitė. - What are the different opportunities to work in Lithuania? - What salaries can you expect? - Can you go around the country using just English? Check out Work in Lithuania website: https://workinlithuania.lt/

Our host Ruta Naujokaite talks with Ruta Miliute, who is running to represent us, global Lithuanians in the parliament of Lithuania. Ruta Miliute is a member of the party that now holds a majority in Lithuanian parliament, Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union party of Lithuania. Four years ago, Ruta became one of the youngest members of Seimas and this year she is running again to represent us, global lithuanians. Today we will talk about her experience of being in the parliament, and why she wants to represent us.

In this interview our host Ruta Naujokaite interviews yet another politician running for the Parliament this year. This time we talked with the chairwomen of Laisves Partija (Freedom Party), Aušrinė Armonaitė. She is a Lithuanian liberal politician and since 2016 a Member of the Seimas in Lithuania. We talked about evolution of the liberal values in Lithuania.

Social Democratic values in Lithuania with Linas Linkevičius. This is unpaid political commercial

Tomas Venclova is one of the best known figures in Lithuania. He is a Lithuanian poet, prose writer, scholar, philologist and translator of literature. Full list of his works you can find here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomas_Venclova He is one of the five founding members of the Lithuanian Helsinki Group. He was invited by Czesław Miłosz to teach at the University of California at Berkeley. He did not return to Lithuania until its independence in 1991. Since 1980 he has taught Russian and Polish literature at Yale University.

Meet one of the candidates for the 2020 Lithuanian parliamentary election, Dalia Asanaviciute. For the last 6 years Dalia was chairing one of the biggest Lithuanian communities abroad, Lithuanian community in the UK. Disclaimer- this is unpaid political campaigning with a candidate running for Lithuanian Parliament. We invited all candidates running for the position equal rights to participate in later episodes. LT- Tai yra rinkimų agitacijai skirta informacija, už kurią nebuvo mokama skleidžiama elektroninėmis priemonėmis (garsu ir vaizdu) apie kandidatus ir jų veiklą. Tai yra dalis podkiasto epizodų su kadidatais kurie dalyvaus parlamento rinkimuose pasaulio lietuvių apygardoje.

In this episode we talk about the power of PR and communication. Julija Jegorova is the founder of global PR company, Black Unicorn PR with offices both in London and Vilnius. Julija and Ruta discuss how communication is being used on a country level? Brexit, Lithuanian startups, and the perceptions of other, both in the UK and Lithuania.

Meet one of Lithuania’s most promising scientists, Ingrida Olendraite. Ingrida is currently working on her PhD at the University of Cambridge. Her specialization is Computational Molecular Virology. For those in the audience who aren’t scientists, computational molecular virology. This interview takes place during an exceptional time in our history when many countries around the world are under lockdown due to the Coronavirus. We hope this interview gives our audience a better understanding of the current crisis as well as computational molecular virology through the words of a truly gifted scientist.

027 - Lithuanian American, the New York Times bestselling author Ruta Sepetys by Lithuanian Dream

In this episode our host Ruta Naujokaite interviews Dr. Akvile Ignotaite who 2 years ago started her SkinTech company that is changing the way people treat the skin. We talk about skincare industry and lessons of being a solo founder.

In this episode we talk about how one of the first big American companies, Western Union, decided to invest in Lithuania. Actually, it wasn't that easy...

In this interview Ruta Naujokaite interviews Lympo CEO Ada Jonuse about creation of her company, how we approach health and Lithuania, US and South Korea, and what is it to be female entrepreneur. Is it advantage or disadvantage in the current environment?

Welcome to the first episode of the season two! This time we talk about LT Big Brother. It is the first and only voluntary professional mentoring programme for young Lithuanian professionals globally. Ruta Naujokaite interviews LT Big Brother mentor for 9 years in a row, the Head of European Commission Representation in Lithuania Arnoldas Pranckevicius. Read more about the program here: www.ltbigbrother.com

In this episode Ruta Naujokaite summaries season 1 of Lithuanian Dream Podcast. 5 months and 20 speakers who shared the stories with our listeners. Do you have any questions/ideas you would like to be answered by our team? Please contact us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram or Twitter

In this interview our host Ruta Naujokaite talks with Litvak, Lithuanian Honorary Consul Carlos Levenstein. They discuss the history and current business exchange between Lithuania and Brazil.

In this interview Ruta Naujokaite interviews Amb. Darius Jonas Semaska. In 2004 he was appointed Ambassador to the Republic of Hungary with accreditation in the Republic of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (today Republic of Northern Macedonia). In 2008 he became the Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the European Union in Brussels and in 2009 he returned to Lithuania to work as Chief Consultant of Foreign Affairs to the Prime Minister. In 2012 he was appointed Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and in 2017 to the Federal Republic of Germany where he still works today.

019- Apps for animals with Rasa Gentvilaite Ziemiene Co-Founder of Dogo by Lithuanian Dream

This week we are releasing the interview with Rimvydas Baltaduonis, founder of voter engagement campaign "Musu Metas Dabar".

In this episode we talk with Co-founder at Linkedist Kotryna Kurt about personal branding on Linkedin. She will share her story of founding her own company and tips for creating your personal brand online.

In this episode we will talk about Lithuanian migration destinations, ways to research your own family history and how all this process looks in practice. Christmas is a perfect time to start researching, so tune in to learn where to start. Ancestral tourism market is growing significantly every year. In Scotland and Ireland this type of tourism already brings in billions, while in Lithuania this market is still under development. Egle on voluntary basis helps people from different countries to find their roots in Lithuania. She researches and travel around Lithuania with visitors meeting their relatives and unraveling their family history.

Welcome to our 15th episode. We are releasing it just before one of the most important events of the year for the Lithuanian diaspora, global Lithuanian leaders forum and awards ceremony that will take place on 27th of December in Vilnius. I used this chance to invite the Co-Founder of GLL Dalia Petkeviciene.

Lukas Petrikas is Managing Director & Co-head of Innovation at HKEX, where he looks for creative business models and disruptive technology innovations that can deliver value and open new opportunities for HKEX. During his career, he has been involved in many of the initiatives that have broken new ground for Hong Kong's markets, including the acquisition of London Metal Exchange; Shanghai & Shenzhen Stock Connect; China Bond Connect; and the 2018's listing reform. Prior to HKEX, Lukas was an investment banker at Rothschild London and Hong Kong. *Note: Lithuanian startup Vinted became and Unicorn, but didn't go public (IPO).

In this episode, our host Ieva Cerniauskaite speaks with the executive director of Transparency International Lithuania, Sergejus Muravjovas. Sergejus is an anti-corruption expert on a mission to make Lithuania's future more transparent. His agency, Transparency International Lithuania, promotes initiatives that help combat corruption, educate society on transparency, and produce research into the topic. He will tell us about Lithuania's progress in tackling corruption if citizens trust Lithuania's politicians, and what is the secret to a happier society. To find out more, check out these links: Transparency International Lithuania - https://www.transparency.lt/en/ Corruption Perception Index - https://www.transparency.org/research/cpi/overview

In this episode Ruta Naujokaite meets one of the most promising Lithuanian scientists working with biomedical physics and nanotechnology. Marija Matulionyte is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Quebec, Canada. She will tell us more about a new treatment for cancer.