FIRST SPEAKERS BUREAU IN LITHUANIA

During more than 20 years in television, Arūnas has been a producer, host or guest in more than 2,5 thousand events: TV projects, quizzes, concerts, etc.

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Arūnas is a long-term speaker and a lecturer on business, marketing, communication, motivational topics. 

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Nevertheless, he is a head and a lecturer at TV presenters' course at SMK University of Applied Social Sciences.

Dr. Inga Popovaitė is a space sociologist, science communicator, and the first Lithuanian to participate in a Mars analog mission at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah (USA). Inga researches social aspect of space exploration – how will we live and work on Moon or Mars? She speaks about gender, leadership, emotion management, and working together in space and here on Earth.

From growing up on the rough streets of New York’s Lower East Side, Thomas F. Anglero has led a remarkable career that has seen him launch two start-ups, author a book, coach a championship basketball team, and become an executive at a global technology company. His wealth of expertise and inspiring personal journey has led him to become a renowned public speaker who motivates, energizes, and connects with audiences across the world.

 Over the years, Thomas has remained committed to advocating for an active lifestyle and has been a basketball coach for twelve years, leading his team to both a National and European Championship.

Along with honing his athletic abilities, his rigorous studies primed him for an esteemed career in the technology sector. Entering the field as a Trainee Manager, he worked his way up organically to Director of Innovation at a leading tech corporation before taking up his current role as Chief Tech and Innovation Officer at Cognizant, an American multinational technology company. 

Ignas Staškevičius is a Lithuanian businessman and author. From 2003 until 2005, he headed the retail company Maxima. He founded the publishing house and bookstore Sofoklis in 2011 and has authored five books.

Alongside his larger-than-life persona as lead singer for Iron Maiden, Bruce Dickinson holds a myriad of experience in business, entrepreneurialism, mentoring and creative thinking. All of which make him unique in his ever-expanding professional fields, and in great demand to share the secrets of his proficiency, insight and knowledge.
As a qualified pilot and commercial airline captain, Bruce set up his own aircraft business Caerdav (formerly Cardiff Aviation) to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul of aircraft as well as pilot training.
There are many strings to Bruce Dickinson’s bow. Aside from his aviation and music accomplishments, Bruce excels at whatever he turns his hand to. His other achievements include: an award-winning beer brewer, film scriptwriter, international fencer, TV presenter & sports commentator, and Sunday Times #1 best-selling author of his memoir ‘What Does This Button Do?”

Tadas Vidmantas is the most populat Lithuanian movies producer and screen writer. Almost 8 years he lived in London and worked at M&C Saatchi marketing agency and improved his screen writing skills from best professionals. Tadas has made dozens of adverts, viral videos, music videos and short films in Lithuania and the UK.

He believes that a great story, interesting, relatable characters and realistic dialogue and emotions are the most important components to any film .

Jurgis mixes his passion for participative music and social phenomenon to bring people together, activate, and enlighten as well as shift attitudes with a focus on humanity, culture and community. His education (political science and business administration), a mixed cultural heritage (Colombian-Lithuanian), and a professional background ranging from Eurovision to EU consultant, allows him to transcend formats gracefully and connect with very diverse audiences; from kindergartens to presidential receptions. Over the past 5 years he’s done over 500 participative musical interactions all over the world for conferences, public and private organisations and countless communities.

Živilė is a radio and TV host, presenter and editor. She has gained journalistic experience working with major international media channels (EUObserver, BBC, etc).

Živilė has graduated from Humboldt University in Berlin with a Master's degree in Media and Cultural Management. She has moderated large international events such as "Turning Point" or conferences organised by the global promoter Futurae Media.

An award-winning traveller,  journalist, TV personality, and producer, with over 20 years of working experience in the TV and entertainment industry. Martynas has visited countless exotic countries around the globe and is ready to share his exciting stories with the audience.

Saulius Žvirgždas is a long-standing host of various radio programmes, Master of Ceremonies of multiple events and conferences.

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Saulius has 18 years of experience working in countless TV stations, both behind the scenes and on-air. Nevertheless, he is a creative artist, lyricist, audio and video clips creator, scriptwriter, and voiceover artist. One thing stands true - Saulius's voice leaves no one indifferent.

Arvidas Bendorius is a prominent Internet personality better known under the pen name Geležinė Lapė (Iron Fox).

His blog has more than 160 000 followers on Facebook and 70 000 on Instagram. Geležinė Lapė's blog presents facts, stories, accidents in our daily lives, and also it gives tips for those who want to catch up with the world around us.

Arvidas has more than 20 years of experience in private financing and personnel training. Currently, he is a Webmaster in Media & Digital Marketing team at Luminor Bank.

Ornela Ramasauskaite is an art market expert and Founder of artXchange Global, the art market agency which works with artists’ marketing, consulting for investment in art and ArtTech (NFTs, P2P). She is also the Ambassador of the Amedeo Modigliani Foundation’s (Fondazione Amedeo Modigliani, Italy) exhibition “Modigliani Vision” in 70+countries.

She served as a public advisor for culture to the Prime Minister of Lithuania and expert for the Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe, a joint venture of The Council of Europe and the ERICarts Institute. In addition, Ornela was an Associate Professor of Practice at the University, art consultant at an art auction house. She is also the C-level marketing strategist with 10+ years of experience in local and international organisations, a PhD candidate, and several boards members.

Ornela is passionate about visual art and shares her insights about the art market, investment in works of art, and future art business in the tech era (blockchain, NFTs etc.).

Being blessed and lucky to explore both - academic and business worlds - Vytautas has developed pashions for topics of emotional inteligence, biohacking, modern education and very recently - diversity and inclusion. Due to dual backgrounds, Vytautas balances between both - very pragmatic practical approach and academic theory. Listeners tend to praise authentic and down-to-earth style in presenting these topics as well.

Kostas Smoriginas is a Lithuanian theatre and cinema actor and musician. During 1995-1998, he, together with actors Saulius Bareikis and Olegas Ditkovskis formed a musical group "Actors' Trio", toured Lithuania and abroad and released several albums. Since the 2000s he performs solo.

In 2016 Austėja Landsbergienė has been awarded a fully-funded fellowship to the Klingenstein Center for Independent School Leadership’s 2016 Heads of Schools program at Teachers College, Columbia University.

A. Landsbergienė is a lecturer and a speaker in education and leadership conferences. She is an author of five parenting books and an educational advisor to parenting magazines.

Lauras Bielinis is a professor at Vytautas Magnus University and known political scientist in Lithuania.  He is mostly interested in internal policies, political communication and media. Lauras frequently comments on the major international political news for the Lithuanian and international media. He is an editor of political magazines such as "Agora" and "Politologija".

 

Warren Knight is an award-winning virtual keynote speaker a top 100 Global
Influencer and top 100 Tech Influencer, he’s internationally recognised as a speaker,
trainer and coach on Digital Leadership & Digital Transformation, with 15 years
digital experience he’s an award-winning technology entrepreneur, certified Agile
leader and author of Think #Digital First.
Change agent Warren Knight’s personal approach to transforming how we view
disruptive technology is to empower individuals with positive choices to reach
business objectives and as a result builds stronger companies and more engaged
communities.
 
His vision is to, by 2035, help 1,000,000 leaders globally build a workplace based on
culture, community, and technology for generation Alpha.

Lina successfully collaborates and helps executive managers with marketing and brand perception management. She helps employees learn how to improve the service they offer to their customers. Lina has been studying consumer behaviour for the last 15 years. She adapts fundamental business management principals and turns them into bespoke tools for your business.

With a blend of charisma, humour and dedication, she has the unique ability to connect with people at all levels, compelling them to make a lasting change.

Graduated Vilnius University (field of linguistics, majored in comparative literature) in 1993. Since 1995 has initiated various cultural and educational TV projects as journalist, writer, presenter and producer. For his journalistic and producing work has been awarded numerous public and professional awards. Since 1998 he is active as writer and director of documentaries on music, literature and science, owns a small TV production company. Rytis Zemkauskas is an author of several books and columnist at “Intelligent Life” Lithuanian edition since 2009. Since 2016 he is an associated professor at Vytautas Magnus University of Kaunas (subjects: “The art of the interview” and “Narrative construction”). Since 2016 he is a member of the curatorial board for Kaunas the European Capital of Culture 2022. His public activities also include lectures: “Social Network. Concept for a Modern Hybrid State” and “European Capital of Culture as a Role Model”.

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Branding expert with high expertise of sales and online communications in a wide variety of business sectors.

From boy soldier, to author, to warrior poet. Robin is a man who has led an extraordinary life, who has a powerful voice and many incredible lessons to teach.
Robin draws upon his unique experiences to captivate his audience, speaking on subjects such as overcoming adversity, bullying and PTSD. He shares details on the SAS selection process, SAS operations Banner, Nimrod and Mikado in the 1980’s and aims to inspire people to change their direction and take control of their lives.

He was a boy soldier at fifteen, a paratrooper at seventeen and an SAS soldier at twenty-one. He fought in five wars as a front line soldier, was a Royal Marine Sniper and a top bodyguard. He was also one of the UK’s first Paramedics and ran clinics all over the world. He once built a medical centre in the centre of the Guyana Jungle, but there is more...

16+ years in digital business development & marketing. Working with biggest brands, developing business models, marketing strategies, driving growth for biggest E-coms. In last several years as a speaker, moderator or lecturer Linas attended series of different market events speaking from the stages of the biggest and most significant conferences.

Brigita holds PhD in Linguistics and have over 18 years of experience in teaching, training adults and public speaking. After opening a language school "Speak Up" six years ago, together with her team she is helping adults to overcome a variety of barriers that prevent them from reaching their professional and individual goals. During the years Birgita has given multiple presentations in international conferences, gained experience in moderating and holding discussions on different topics as well as reading public lectures.

4 exits, 5000+ digital projects, 100+ awards, 300+ publications, 300+ lectures, 20+ jury member (2 head of digital jury) in international advertising /  innovation festivals.

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A former deputy editor at the Lithuanian National Radio and Television, currently a freelance science journalist & communicator, TV & radio host, speaker at stimulating events, soon-to-be author of a book about the search for extraterrestrial life, and a proud advocate for secularism & reason. Goda creates her own science and critical thinking shows on DELFI TV called Radical Curiosity and Science for People in a Hurry on The Lithuanian national radio (LRT), and has been collaborating with the brightest minds from ESA, SETI, CERN and NASA. Goda has interviewed such people as the commander of the SpaceX flight Inspiration4 Jared Isaacman, Ig Nobel prize winner Dr Karl Kruszelnicki,  Spanish sexologist and TV presenter Pere Estupinya, and many other the most prominent people from the field of science.

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I knew from the moment I entered the Law School that I wanted to work for the common good and I am happy to have the opportunity to make an impact, even if only in rather small though daily steps. I am working on projects promoting higher energy efficiency, use of renewable energy, sustainable urban planning, sustainable investment, and I love to talk about it out loud.

Kotryna Kurt is the founder of a consulting company called Linkedist, where they help other businesses grow with the power of LinkedIn marketing and advertising. She is also an active content creator on LinkedIn, where she mainly talks about entrepreneurship, leadership, sales, and marketing.

In the last years, Kotryna has delivered more than 400 workshops at companies, conferences or accelerators in Scandinavia and Baltics.

She is all about practical workshops which not only inspire but also motivate to execute with clear recommendations and steps.

Karolis is the head of Caption, a social media marketing agency. He's one of the most active Lithuanians on LinkedIn, digging deep into digital marketing with his 18k followers. He likes to experiment, that's why he'd like you to go to Caption website through this shortened URL, so he could track how many people read this sentence: bit.ly/pabandom. He's also not sure why he chose to introduce himself in third person.

Linas Marcišauskas is a well recognised Youtube vlogger, host and moderator. In his channel @LinasDirbaDarbus, Linas takes on another job every month. Why? Because he wants to understand what a job is, how it changes a person, and what are the difficulties in each and every job. His work portfolio already includes garbage carrier, restaurant waiter, buns baker, Wolt and Bolt courier, and a conference MC.

Arijus Žakas is a well-known Lithuanian social marketing guru. At the moment he is the CEO at SOMA Agency and IDEA Vilnius advertising agency.

Rasa Janina Jusionytė is a recognized TV and radio host, an editor of international 'What do people do?' magazine, the founder of ‘What you do, do well’ online courses, and the host in podcasts.

Giedre Ray is a serial entrepreneur, personal branding expert, and public speaker. Giedre is sharing her knowledge and competence on how to create a strong personal brand online, form authority, and sell your services.

Giedre’s customers reach their professional & business goals by leveraging social media & online knowledge-based platforms. More than 1000 professionals have already participated in Giedre’s courses and 1:1 consulting sessions.

Rugilė Matusevičiūtė is an environmental activist, a podcaster, and a writer that spreads the message about sustainability through her project "Išpakuota". Her work focuses on analysing complicated environmental questions and finding ways to answer them in an entertaining and comprehensive manner. Rugilė's goal is to encourage people to constantly question their surroundings, embrace critical thinking and focus on rationality. 

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Vaiva Seskeviciute heads Network and Communications team for E.ON’s Strategy and Innovation. In her current role she is responsible for raising awareness about the energy transition and sustainable innovation as well as building bridges between innovators from across the globe.

Prior to that Vaiva has been supporting energy startups at E.ON´s corporate accelerator. Before joining the energy industry, she has worked as a journalist with a focus on renewable energy, politics and foreign affairs.

Vaiva holds two Bachelor’s degrees in Creative Industries and Journalism respectively and a Master’s Degree in Political Communication.

Lukas Keraitis, a creator of radio and television programs, a popularizer of science and a freelance content creator, has nailed several different projects that were rising issues relevant to society in which the answers are looked for based on rationality and the light of science. Lukas accomplishes mission to explain complex things in a simple way by filming reports, recording webcasts, or moderating discussions.

Dr Ramunė Dirvanskienė has a PhD in neuropsychology from Edinburgh University, Scotland, where she has worked in the University Neurology Clinic in clinical research projects and pharmaceutical trials. Having returned to Lithuania she now lectures in Vilnius University and gives public lectures about the brain. In these lectures she shares her clinical experience, presents in lay language the main neuroscience findings and the key elements about the brain – it‘s structure and functions, and how they are affected by various brain diseases and lifestyle choices. Dr Dirvanskiene has authored a popular science book "How the brain works" where she answers the most frequently asked questions about the brain.

Dominyka Venciūtė, PhD is one of the best-known personal brand experts, a lecturer at ISM University of Management, and Economics, certified marketing manager and the founder and consultant of Persona Cognita.

Dominyka has been working in different areas of marketing for a decade, and a few years ago, her interest shifted towards the peculiarities of personal branding. Today, she consults companies and individuals on marketing and communications, organizes employee advocacy programs and company trainings, and helps professionals with different areas of expertise to develop their personal brands.

Over the past two years, Dominyka has participated in over 40 conferences, public and private events, presenting various talks on personal branding and marketing for over 4 thousand people.

A founder at Taho Inc. consultancy company - former Instructor at Mountain View-based Waymo - formerly the Google self-driving car project.

GetJar’s first US-based employee (worked as Sales Operations Manager)

Romanas has also worked as a VP of Mobiles Sales and Business Development at Spigot Inc.

For Nextury Ventures he represented company's startups in Silicon Valley.

Nevertheless, Romanas is a member of the San Francisco Lithuanian Community, Kaunas 2022 Ambassador, Mentor at LT Big Brother

The author of 10 books, experienced journalist, regular columnist in the largest Lithuanian periodicals, and communication consultant Giedrius Drukteinis. His portfolio include working with companies such as PHILIPS, SONY, DHL, DYSON, WHIRLPOOL, KFC, TUPPERWARE, AVON, AVIS, DANISCO, BRITISH AIRWAYS, FINNAIR, ELEKTROMARKT, XEROX, LATVENERGO, NOKIA, PAULIG, SUBWAY, NIVEA, PIZZA HUT, SANTA MARIA, DANSUKKER, as well as various political parties and individuals. Since 1999 he has been lecturing and conducting seminars for Lithuanian and foreign businesses, academic and state institutions.

Laura holds a PhD in Neuroscience, researches sleep and brainwashing, and is super passionate about making science more accessible to the general public. She has a bachelors degree in biochemistry, a masters degree in pharmaceutical sciences and since 2015 has been researching sleep and brainwashing (literally) - a process in which "biological trash" is removed from the brain to prevent neurodegenerative diseases. Over the last few years Laura has given a number of talks, seminars, podcasts, radio and video interviews and written popular science articles on sleep and other brainy stuff in major lithuanian media portals like LRT, Delfi, TV3, 15min, has been on international podcasts like The Snooze Button, her scientific research is published in prestigious journals like Nature Communication and described in international portals like Technology Networks and Neuroscience News. Laura continuously gives public popular science lectures on platforms such as Aš ir Psichologija, Spalvota Transformacija, MJJ fondas, Estetikos Somelje, Mokslininkai tavo kambaryje and others. Laura is also a member of the Integrative Neuroscience Association, where she serves as Scientific Content Lead.

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Rūta holds PhD in Social sciences. She is an HR expert and team relations specialist. She consults companies on strategic HR issues, helps managers to mobilise their teams to achieve the company's goals effectively, and find answers on what to do with emotions at work, how to maintain productivity, and work together constructively.
Her work is based on an organisational psychodynamic approach and neuroscience research. She regularly publishes articles in Psychology for You magazine.

Dr Rūta Klimašauskienė has been included in the list of 100 Lithuanian Women (https://www.100lietuvosmoteru.com/) in the category of science, inventions and innovations.

During 4 years of work @ Google Leo has helped 50+ companies to grow by +$100M yearly revenue, expand into 40+ markets, establish themselves as leaders within Fintech, Retail & Mobility Sector and publish 2 Think with Google case studies.

Prior to Google Leo has opened IT learning campuses in Nairobi, Kenya & Dhaka, Bangladesh funded by EdTech Start-up, Rockefeller Foundation & Danish Foreign Ministry. Being a member of WEF Global Shapers Leo is passionate about mentorship & empowerment of the underrepresented groups.

Over the last 10 years Leo has accumulated extensive public speaking experience having shared the same stage with Bear Grylls presenting in front of +1000 people & Senior Google Executives.

Arne Elias Corneliussen is founder and director of global geopolitical analysis in NRCI - a geopolitical advisory firm. He formed NRCI in 2010. Mr. Corneliussen developed a genuine passion for international relations and history at a very early age and in his teen-
ager years frequented the Parliament and University of Oslo to attend lectures. Regular travels around the world from an early age formed his international personality and zest for exploration and instilled in him a natural ability to connect with people on the ground from different cultures, religions and local communities.
This gave him a unique ability to reflect, listen and observe the world with a unique lense from different perspectives, which he brings into his presentations, keynote speeches and advisory sessions with clients.

Geoff Burch is one of the alltime original business gurus. Author of the iconic and highly regarded book on sales 'Resistance is Useless' and five other best selling business titles, Geoff is also a regular business presenter on BBC television and radio.

Geoff is the winner of the title Business Communicator of the Year, so you can be confident that you, your people, and your event, are in safe hands.

Working within your brief you can rest assured that Geoff will help to bring about the result you are looking for, whether it is an increase in sales, an improvement in customer relations, change without pain and an inspired team – all this whilst having a really good time that is simply unforgettable.