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Klevų alėja 26
Lentvaris, Vilniaus Apskritis, LT-25118
Lithuania

AurImas Ražanauskas

Beatričė Baronaitė

When this talk was recorded Beatričė Baronaitė was a student at Vilnius Mykolas Biržiška Gymnasium. She not only painted, created projects and sculptures but also actively took part in national projects that had the aim to make the education system in Lithuania better. Now studying Television production at Middlesex University.

Dorotėja Kravčenkaitė

A sixteen-year-old singer-songwriter and pianist from Vilnius, Lithuania. Started singing and performing on stage at the age of three, playing the piano at the age of six, and wrote her first song when she was seven. Dorotėja won the second place in a TV show called “Lithuania's Got Talent” performing one of her original songs. Dorotėja has also started composing instrumental music and her string quartet “Raindrops” won the second place in a young composers contest called “Mano nata”. Dorotėja wants to pursue her career in music because it is her passion in life and she feels that it unites people in a way that nothing else can.

Emilija-Kotryna Trunovaitė

Emilija-Kotryna Trunovaite is a young activist in the field of education. Together with a team of students she has organised a movement called "Conversation that Calls for a Change" which aims to encourage dialogue and collaboration in schools. She is still in gymnasium and has a strong desire to create a better world around her and on the global scale. At the moment she is a fellow in the organization called "WorldMerit" which unites youth all around the world to work together in order to make the world a better place.

Povilas Plukas

Povilas Plukas is a learning designer who designs experiences that grow personalities and help organizations reach their learning goals. He thinks that creation of the learning space and circumstances are a form of great art. Participants in his training sessions are engaged physically, emotionally and mentally. Therefore, he sometimes takes business companies on a night hike with treasure hunting elements to improve their competences of conflict resolution. Povilas also identifies himself as a social innovator. He is full of creative ideas for social change. In his opinion, we should start all changes from our local community and empowerment of people. He is turning ideas into a reality. From hanging swings in public places of his hometown to being a co-author of the book Sexpedia for young people to rise awareness on gender issues. Sparkling with curiosity, undaunted by difficult challenges he and his co-minds want to revive the abandoned Lentvaris mansion with a historical park.

Simas Janulis