EUROPEAN STUDENTS FOR LIBERTY

REGIONAL CONFERENCE
Vilnius, Lithuania July 14th, 2012

With the support of

Hosted by

PROGRAM
14 July 2012 ISM University of economics and management, Arkli g. 18, Vilnius (II house)

09:30 - 10:00 10:00 - 10:05 10:05 - 10:20 10:20 - 11:15 11:15 - 11:30 11:30 - 12:15 12:15 - 13:15 13:15 -13:30 13:30 - 14:30 14:30 - 14:45 14:45 - 15:45 15:45 16:05 16:05 - 17:40

Registration (@ISM University of Management and Economics, Arkli gatv 18, Vilnius) Host Student Group Welcome Address. Egl Markeviit, Chairwoman of Lietuvos liberalus jaunimas. European Students For Liberty. Pro-liberty activism and PR: shout shout let it all out. Gediminas Galkauskas. Break Opportunities for pro-liberty students in Europe. Edita Maslauskait, Vice- president of Lithuanian Free Market Institute Lunch Group Photo Breakout sessions Break Liberty in Central Eastern Europe today: have we achieved what we had expected. ilvinas ilnas, President of Lithuanian Free Market Institute Break The Libertarian Vision of Small Government and Flat Tax vs. the Keynesian Model of Class Warfare and Welfare State. Dr. Daniel J. Mitchell, Senior fellow at CATO Institute. Technical information. Dinner (@ISM University of management and economics) Social (@Kotrynos Winery, Vilniaus str. 30, Vilnius, ESFL treat) Clubbing (@Disco Buddha 311, Vilniaus str. 33, Vilnius, FREE ENTRANCE with ESFL RC Vilnius badges)

17:40 18:00 18:15 19:15 19:30 22:30 22:30 ...

SPEAKERS

DR. DANIEL J. MITCHELL - Daniel J. Mitchell is a top expert on tax reform

and supply-side tax policy. Mitchell is a strong advocate of a flat tax and international tax competition. Prior to joining Cato, Mitchell was a senior fellow with The Heritage Foundation, and an economist for Senator Bob Packwood and the Senate Finance Committee. He also served on the 1988 Bush/Quayle transition team and was Director of Tax and Budget Policy for Citizens for a Sound Economy. His articles can be found in such publications as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Investor's Business Daily, and Washington Times. He is a frequent guest on radio and television and a popular speaker on the lecture circuit. Mitchell holds bachelor's and master's degrees in economics from the University of Georgia and a Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University.

ILVINAS ILNAS - president of Lithuanian Free Market Institute. Mr.

ilnas has been working as an expert in the fields of competition, energy and transport policy. Mr. ilnas has produced numerous analyses, policy papers and articles for the national media; he is a frequent lecturer in various public events and a likeable commentator on the TV and radiobroadcast. In addition Zilvinas is an avid blogger on the topicalities of Lithuania and the EU and his personal appeal, the issue of climate change. Having a passion to pass on his knowledge to youngsters, Zilvinas teaches IB Economics at his former high-school and educates teenagers through the LFMI's interactive economics program.

EDITA MASLAUSKAIT

Vice-President of Lithuanian Free Market Institute. Edita Maskauskait is responsible for developing and maintaining contacts with LFMIs supporters and the business community. She is also responsible for the Institute's administrative affairs. Edita holds an MA in business administration from Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. In 2004 she did an internship with the Centre for New Europe, a leading free-market think-tank in Brussels.

GEDIMINAS GALKAUSKAS

libertarian, entrepreneur. Gediminas Galkauskas is PR Manager of Pay TV Viasat and has more then 10 years of experience in the field of communications. During his career he was working with influtential Lithuanian companies like Mazeikiu nafta, Viciunai Group, Kalnapilis Tauras Group and others as well as some local NGOs, one of them being Lietuvos liberalus jaunimas. He holds BA of Political Science and MA of International Communications. Gediminas has great PR success stories in his portfolio and is an expert of efficient publicity.

ORGANIZERS
Lithuanian liberal youth
Lithuanian liberal youth (Lietuvos liberalus jaunimas, LLJ) is an independent, non-governmental, classical liberal youth organization, established in 1991. The roots of LLJ lie in the academia of Vilnius University. Students of the biggest Alma Matter of Lithuania had first created a roundtable discussion club which has later evolved into a first movement of organized liberal youth in Vilnius. Activities of Vilnius University students had soon spread all over Lithuania and on the 1st of December 1991, a national organization was finally established. Ever since the restoration of Lithuanian Independence in the beginning of nineties of the XXth century, LLJ had become an active advocate of both individual and economic liberties, free-market economy, human rights as well as liberal and democratic values. Throughout the history of LLJ, it had always been identified as an organization, known for its radically liberal values and high activity, as well as active participation. (Politology, 1(25), 2002). Today LLJ remains an independent, non-governmental, voluntary youth organisation, gathering over 1500 young people all over Lithuania. LLJ has departments in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipda, Teliai, Plung, Alytus, Utena, Jonava, Panevys, Marijampol, iauliai.

European Students For Liberty (ESFL)

European Students For Liberty is the first major international development of Students For Liberty. ESFL exists to provide support for pro-liberty students and student groups in Europe and empower the next generation of leaders in the global liberty movement. ESFL supports pro-liberty student groups by helping to provide resources, advizing students on effective leadership strategies, and connecting students from across Europe with both like-minded peers and important leaders and organizations in the pro-liberty movement. ESFLs activities help students generate the skills, momentum, and connections necessary to effectively advance the pro-liberty movement within Europe and abroad. It is constantly becoming clearer that this generation of students is inheriting an uncertain world, in which the insecure foundations of our unsustainable, intrusive institutions are being exposed and, in some cases, threatening to collapse. This generation needs a new direction and students are increasingly recognising that social, economic, and academic freedom is essential for creating a secure society. The best thing that one can do to promote liberty around the world is to invest in todays youth, tomorrows leaders.

About Students For Liberty (SFL)

Mission Students For Liberty is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide a unified, student-driven forum of support for students and student organizations dedicated to liberty. What Liberty Means to SFL Students For Liberty is an organization that supports liberty. SFL does not dictate the foundations upon which individuals justify their belief in liberty. Rather, Students For Liberty embraces the diversity of justifications for liberty and encourages debate and discourse on the differing philosophies that underlie liberty. What Students For Liberty endorses are the principles that comprise liberty: Economic freedom to choose how to provide for ones life; Social freedom to choose how to live ones life; Intellectual and academic freedom.

Theory of Social Change SFL exists to empower students to become leaders and agents of change in their communities, particularly within the university. Students are the principal leaders, crafting our strategy, and running programs to help fellow students. All new SFL leaders, whether Executive Board members, Campus Coordinators, Charter Team Members, and so forth, go through a rigorous training program designed to teach them how to become an effective leader of liberty both generally and specifically for their role. As part of this training, all new leaders are given a 100+ page SFL Leadership Handbook that covers everything from what it means to be a leader for liberty to effective communication strategies. The SFL Model SFL is not a top down, chapter based, or membership organization. Instead SFL functions as a network of pro-liberty students from all wide diversity of locations and backgrounds. We work with a diversity of student organizations across the many ideological positions within the philosophy of liberty. These include the campus Young Americans for Liberty, Students For Liberty, College Libertarians, free speech clubs, small l libertarian association, economics club, Objectivist society, Austrian Economics reading group, Students for Individual Liberty, and any other group that supports an idea or cause of liberty. History Students For Liberty was founded in 2008 by a group of students who wanted to make a difference by supporting their fellow libertarian students on campus. Libertarian student groups had long been isolated from one another and the larger liberty movement. The initial Students For Liberty Conference at Columbia University was originally planned for around 30 students, but demand far exceeded those estimates and 100 students ended up attending the conference in spite of a blizzard that shut down most of the region. From those humble beginning the organization has grown each

year to keep up with the rapidly growing demand and provide support to the student movement for liberty. The most recent International Students For Liberty Conference in 2012 featured over 1,000 attendees from all 7 continents.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Getting to ISM from the airport
By train

One can take a train from Vilnius Airpot to Vilnius Railway Station, which is only 1km away from ISM University.
Departure times from VNO:

05:56; 07:09; 08:02; 09:02; 09:47; 11:04; 11:55; 13:02; 13:42; 14:12; 15:01; 16:12; 17:10; 18:07; 19:19; 20:34; 21:20
By bus

Departure times from Vilnius Railway station to VNO

05:44 06:20 07:50 08:50 09:35 10:52 11:43 12:50 13:30 14:00 14:48 16:00 16:50 17:55 19:07 20:22 21:07

One can take a bus from the airport to Vilnius Bus Station as well. Please have some cash with you as bus drivers only accept Litas OR buy a ticket at R-Kiosk or Lietuvos Spauda kiosk at the airport.
VNO Bus station
5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 MondayFriday 49 31 20 0646 0949 30 0849 28 1457 40 37 28 14 43 23 0446 23 Saturday 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 50 34 29 1455 1152 39 20 0147 27 1154 39 24 0447 28 0748 Sunday and festal day 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 34 29 1455 1152 39 20 0147 27 1154 39 24 0447 28 0748

Bus station - VNO

MondayFriday 5 28 6 0855 7 42 8 24 9 48 10 28 11 0948 12 28 13 0753 14 34 15 17 16 05 17 0450 19 19 20 0343 21 26 22 0540 Saturday 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 27 10 0449 32 50 31 1857 38 26 0846 31 1459 39 24 0746 25 05 Sunday and festal day 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 10 0449 32 50 31 1857 38 26 0846 31 1459 39 24 0746 25 05

Taxi
In Lithuania one usually calls a taxi instead of just stopping one in a street. Beware taxi drivers who wait for customers in the street usually charge much more than the regular ones. Regular price per kilometer is 1,8-2,5 Litas beware of rip-offs. (1EUR=3,45Litas)

+37052555555 +37052480000 +37052555028 +37052777111 +37052758976 +37052333888 1450 (Short number of Vilnius city taxi )

Info on local transport

One can find all the information about the schedules of local trolleybuses, buses, trains online. Lithuanian railways - http://bit.ly/NmwFcx Vilnius trolleys - http://stops.lt/vilnius/#trol/en Vilnius buses - http://stops.lt/vilnius/#bus/en

Getting to ISM from Bus Station/Railway Station

Vilnius Bus/Railway station Arkli gatv 18

Getting from ISM to Kotrynos Winery

Arkli gatv 18 Vilniaus gatv 30

Getting from Kotrynos Winery to Disco Buddha 311

Vilniaus gatv 30 Vilniaus gatv 33

Contacts
Egl Markeviit +37064032057, emarkeviciute@studentsforliberty.org Frederik Cyrus Roeder +49-173-5389716, froeder@studentsforliberty.org Alexandra Ivanov +49-173-5389716, aivanov@studentsforliberty.org Aleksandar Kokotovic +381637166838, akokotovic@studentsforliberty.org Ulrich Andreas Zanconato +393425070099, uzanconato@studentsforliberty.org

Useful Lithuanian phrases

Hello Labas [la:bas] Bye Ate [ate:] Cheers sveikat [i:] [sveyka:ta:] See you Iki [iki] How are you? Kaip sekasi? [kayp] [se:kasi] Statist (m/f) Statistas [statistas], statist [statist] I am - A esu [ash] [esu] Libertarian (m/f) libertaras [liberta:ras], libertar [liberta:re] Anarchocapitalist (m/f) anarchokapitalistas [anarhokapitalistas] , anarchokapitalist [anarhokapitaliste] Objectivist (m/f) objektyvistas [obyekti:vistas], objektyvist [obyekti:viste] Classical liberal (m/f) klasikinis liberalas [klasikiinis][libera:las], klasikin liberal [klasikine][libera:le]