When we asked Neringa Young—principal organizer of the wildly successful Build Stuff conference in Lithuania—how she managed to extend her event to both Odessa, Ukraine, and Mallorca, Spain over the last couple years, she summed it up quite succinctly: “Well, it’s all about the community.”
We couldn’t agree more, and yet her seemingly simple answer belies something more complex and meaningful. Over the past seven-plus years, Neringa and her crew of accomplished organizers have forged a close-knit network of speakers, volunteers, and attendees to rival anything throughout the Baltics and beyond. In our conversation, we sought to learn more about her and how she got from square one to where she is today.
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