We are happy to invite you to the research seminar by the Center for Economic Expertise which will take place onThursday, November 9th. During the seminar Jūratė Liaukonytė (Cornell University)will present the paper Separating the Artist from the Art: Social Media Boycotts, Platform Sanctions, and Music Consumption (with Daniel Winkler and Nils Wlömert).
Research seminar by the Department of Quantative Methods and Modeling which will take place on Thursday, October 26th online. During the seminar Tomas Baležentiswill present the topic "Devising evidence-based strategies for progress towards zero-carbon energy at the country level: The by-production approach?"
On Oct 19, the 2nd edition of the Jeronimas Stroinovskis Lectures took place at Vilnius University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration. The Stroinovskis Lectures have twin aims: first, to present and elucidate research developments in Economics to a broad audience, while simultaneously educating and inspiring students to study Economics in all its facets.
Nasdaq, a global technology company and partner of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of Vilnius University, is awarding 3 nominal scholarships worth EUR 1650 to students of the Quantitative Economics program.
On 9-11 November, the first Travel Tech Hackathon in Lithuania will take place at VU TechHub (Saulėtekio al. 9, 2nd floor, 2nd building, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vilnius University), organised by the National Agency for Tourism Promotion "Lithuania Travel". We invite you to register both individually and in teams!
About the Hackathon
The Travel Tech Hackathon is an intensive, 48-hour event during which hackathon participants (registered teams or teams made up of individual registrants) will create a concrete solution to tourism challenges. As there will not be much time to create a solution, teams... can work overnight! It is up to the team to decide if they want to do this, but they will be able to spend unlimited time on the hackathon premises.
Mentors will help the teams to develop solutions, advising them several times a day on the best direction to take and what else is worth thinking about. At the end of the event, the solutions proposed by the teams will be evaluated by a jury of Lithuanian and foreign experts.
Who can I participate?
Anyone interested in tourism can join. You can register for the hackathon with a team, but you can also register individually - teams will be formed at the beginning of the hackathon. Optimal team size is up to 5 people. The hackathon teams can be diverse, consisting of representatives from different fields: e.g. tourism experts propose a solution, developers create a demo version of the solution, business representatives propose how to implement it financially (e.g. whether it will be a paid or free service, how it will be maintained). Throughout the hackathon, participants will work with the same team to solve one challenge chosen at the start of the hackathon.
Benefits of the hackathon
The Travel Tech Hackathon is a unique experience to test and develop your idea with peers, mentors and partners, but more importantly, participants will have the opportunity to network with investment fund representatives and maybe even find an investor! As many as 7 investment funds are partners of this event!
Meet the Amazing Jury Members:
Jahid Sakhi, Fiedler Capital
Andrius Milinavičius, Baltic Sandbox Ventures
Viktorija Trimbel, CoInvest Capital
Dominykas Stankevičius, Taiwania Capital
Kasparas Jurgelionis, Iron Wolf Capital
Martynas Kandzeras, The Lithuanian Business Angel Network (LitBAN)
Rokas Tamošiūnas, Open Circle Capital
Additional information:
Don't miss your chance to make a difference in Lithuanian tourism – see you at the Travel Tech Hackathon!
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We are happy to invite you to the second lecture of the J. Stroinovskis lecture series organized by the Bank of Lithuania and Vilnius University. On September 19Julien Martin (ESG-UQAM, Montreal) will give a lecture on „Large Firms in the Global Economy“ in the TechHub conference hall (40).
