President Gitanas Nausėda - Patron of Global Lithuanian Awards
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“One Lithuania” does not come down to mere lines on the map. It is carried in the hearts of many people who spread the Lithuanian spirit wide and far. We build bridges that link our hearts together – bridges to share international experience, ideas, contacts, resources, and discoveries.
This living connection obliterates the artificial divide between “yours” and “ours”. We all are world Lithuanians, despite of the thousands of miles between us. We are strong only when we stand together. We have a common past and we have, I truly believe, a common future.
As the Year of World Lithuanians draws to a close, we say openly and clearly that it will never end. Time is incapable of impeding the inner drive to contribute to national progress through visions and ideas. The Global Lithuanian Leaders network is celebrating ten years of its inspiring mission. It now heralds in a new ambitious decade. Your mentorship, meaningful projects and determination to be actively engaged in the life of Lithuania manifest genuine love of Homeland that has no beginning and no end either on the timeline or round the globe.
Let us build Lithuania together! May each and every of us be Lithuania’s ambassador!
The President of the Respublic of Lithuania
Gitanas Nausėda
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Traditionally, we will start the GLL day of the year with GLL Forum at National Martynas Mažvydas Library, and continue into the night with Global Lithuanian Awards at the Presidential Palace. Consider booking your tickets in advance due to limited capacity at the Presidential Palace. Your ticket is your support to GLL continuous efforts to empower Lithuanian professional diaspora for the benefit of Lithuania. Register for EARLY BIRD tickets HERE.
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Share with us the names and stories of exceptional global personalities of 2019 who
- have international professional experience,
- keep tight relations with Lithuania,
- have made feasible and sustainable impact on economic, scientific, cultural development of Lithuania.
Nominate HERE.
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GLA Laureates Keep Contributing
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RAY BARTKUS | GLA 2012
Laureate of the very first Global Lithuanian Awards | GLA global artist Ray Bartkus now living in Philadelphia, famous for his lighting performances came back with bulb installations of 12 Apostles 12 RAMių to be donated to the community of Ramintoja Church in Vilnius. READ MORE >>
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CYNTHIA PASKY | GLA 2013
Laureate of GLA 2013 Cynthia Pasky, founder and CEO of Strategic Staffing Solutions became the sponsor for Vilnius University Capital Fund which has a mission to support the oustanding Lithuanian talent. READ MORE>>>
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EINARAS VON GRAVROK | GLA 2018
Cyber security company CUJO AI founded by GLA Laureate Einaras Von Gravrok was acknowledged by the third annual Lithuanian-American Innovation Award, established by BAFF - Baltic-American Freedom Foundation, the American-Lithuanian Business Council (ALBC), and JAV Ambasada Vilniuje / U.S. Embassy Vilnius. READ MORE>>
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As many as 80 brilliant global minds from 15 clubs in Berlin, Copenhagen, Dublin, London, Moscow, Brussels, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington DC, Chicago, Munich, Luxembourg, Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius, Stockholm, Oslo, Paris gathered in Brussels for the 3rd annual meeting of Lithuanian Professional Diaspora Clubs. The event surprised by the atmosphere of endless enthusiasm and positive drive for the prosperity and global standing of Lithuania. Currently there are 22 clubs of Lithuanian professionals across Europe, Asia and North America. They all operate on voluntary basis and fulfil missions of connection of Lithuania to the countries of their professional career as well as building its reputation there. GLL is immensely grateful to MAM Investments Club in Brussels and Luxembourg and Embassies of Lithuania in Belgium and EU for organising and hosting such an incredible weekend! LEO in Berlin has accepted the challenge to meet and beat the high standards and sky-reaching expectations next year.
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As last year, the participation of Lithuanian Professionals in Oslo | LPO in annual Oslo Innovation Week was a huge success, this year the club was invited by the organizers to repeat it. And they did! In response to the topic of sustainable economy, the Lithuanian team paid respect and attention to the endless problems of global oceans and suggested Lithuanian ways to make them blue again. READ MORE HERE >>
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Lithuanian professionals LEO in Berlin came with idea to tell the world the success stories of Baltic States and Lithuania in particular as they found out that it is still a secret though attracts immense interest. Be invited to listen to the podcast episode with Mantas Katinas, head of Invest Lithuania and passionate builder of Lithuanias reputation as attractive investment destination, and Agnė Kajackaitė, recently acknowledged scientist of Behavioural Economics.
The latest episode takes a closer look at the joys and routines of Clubs themselves giving floor to Marius Raugalas, President of LCLC, Vytautė Rimkutė, co-founder of LEO in Berlin, and Laurynas Dailidė, President of LPC.
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Export Club on ICT in USA | Saul Umbrasas
On September 16, GLL in cooperation with Enterprise Lithuania held Export Club on ICT market peculiarities in the USA with Saul Umbrasas. The event was attended by almost 40 companies.
Based in San Diego (US), Saul is the founder and VP of E-band Communications and GLL Business Advisor. He shared very applicable recommendations on protection of exclusive distribution rights on products, on careful marketing of Lithuanian product origin as it is very narrowly known, on ambition and readiness to be able to scale in case of success – Americans tend to exaggerate when it comes to their business prospects, but it is worth playing along, while keeping all the risks in mind.
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Lithuanian businessmen find the simple format of export clubs very appealing as they can directly discuss the most relevant issues with a professional from a country and sector of interest. Therefore, as many global professionals keep coming to Lithuania for business and personal visits, we have a few planned ahead:
On October 4, DOMINYKAS ŠEMEKLIS, professional of digital marketing for e-commerce companies, will show shortcuts to the establishment of e-commerce business.
On November 22, JURGITA BALČIŪNIENĖ, sales and marketing professional with experience on the customer loyalty incentives in France, Germany, and Italy, will talk on the most recent trends of sustainable business.
Stay tuned to GLL social media not to miss them - Facebook and Linkedin.
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If you need an advice for your business on foreign markets, take a shortcut with advise from global Lithuanian professionals living and working there. Register for connection with GLL Business Advisors - HERE
List of GLL Advisors - HERE.
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GLL’s mentorship program LT Big Brother is launching a Sailing Accelerator for the mentors of the program and supporting GLL members. On May 23-30, 2020 we will be sailing Saronic Gulf and Archipelago in Greece and talking governance, innovation, leadership, philosophy of life.
Lithuanians can be the nation of world class future change makers (CEO’s) and we can make it real by building the best in the world diaspora mentorship program for emerging leaders. Sailing Accelerator will be the first step for further worldwide exploration and networking platform to emerge.
If you haven't planned your next year's vacation yet, this is something really worth considering. READ MORE>>
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On October 26, LT Big Brother Failure Stand-up attracted a crowd of its community as three program mentors shared their professional failure stories and valuable advise on expectation and attitude management. Edvinas Vosylius named the most memorable fails while working as a business developer. Neringa Romanovskaja – international expert and consultant of business processes – explained how sometimes failure can be valued more than success, and Andrej Suchomlinov elaborated on failure ant struggle from a medical point of view.
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Professional Clubs of Lithuanians Abroad as well as GLL are rich by outstanding personalities they connect. DAINIUS KNIUKŠTA, Manager of Digital Products and Platforms at Maersk in Copenhagen, paved his way to the top position of the largest cargo company in the world by surprising employer with innovative solutions and has always been driven by challenges he sets to himself. Purely Lithuanian education of IT, engineering and business combined with growth with and within Danish company Adform and pure honesty in expressing himself opened the doors to wide possibilities.
As he says, the participation in the club of Lithuanian Professionals in Copenhagen | LPO and GLL is a platform of meaningful connections, solid representation of Lithuania in Denmark and voicing global Lithuanians within Lithuania. READ MORE>>
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ŽIVILĖ UŠECKAITĖ, Fellow at Trinity College Dublin for Lung Cancer Research and active member of Lithuanian Professional Network in Ireland | LPNI, left Lithuania with her parents as a teenager. As a talented student, she soaked in all the possibilities of Irish education to get to the choice for the benefit of academic career. Her laboratory for cancer treatment research is the center of big data analysis as well as adoption of artificial intelligence.
She defines LPNI as strong professional link to the homeland and ability to represent it within professional network. It is extremely surprising and pleasant to see the exponential growth of community of global Lithuanians eagerly cooperating.
READ MORE>>
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Workspace in Vilnius | UMA Invites Visiting Globals
We extended our cooperation with UMA G9 premium class workspace in Vilnius, and are excited to invite all GLL Supporting members to work at UMA G9 while visiting Vilnius under special GLL member conditions:
- First day pass FREE, all following day passes - 50% off.
- First monthly access - 50% off.
These special conditions apply to GLL Supporting members only until Dec 31, 2019. Contact us at info@lithuanianleaders.org to get your deal or consider supporting GLL activities by choosing one of GLL supporting members' packages HERE.
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On October 4, Lithuanian companies are invited to meet and ask direct questions on e-commerce subtleties DOMINYKAS ŠEMEKLIS, professional of digital marketing for e-commerce companies residing between Lithuania and USA.
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October 17 at 19:00 at the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in France, 22 boulevard de Courcelles, 75017, Lithuania-related professionals living and visiting Paris are invited to the inaugural meeting of the club of Lithuanian Professionals in Paris! REGISTER for participation and keeping in touch!
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On October 10 at 18:00, LT Big Brother community of Scandinavian Region are invited to the meeting with mentor MONIKA SILKART with experience in both - Lithuanian and Danish - education systems.
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