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Dr. Vladas Lašas is serial entrepreneur, innovator and business angel based in Lithuania. He has a PhD in Computer Science. His area of business interests is logistics, technology startups, e-mobility. His portfolio includes UPS ASC Lithuania, ElintaMotors.com, ElintaCharge.com, Oxipit.ai, Pixevia.com, Orbex.Space and other technology companies. Vladas Lasas is co-founder of Techstars London startup accelerator. He is very active as a catalyst of sustainable social impact initiatives, mostly focused on climate change, education and healthcare. He is co-founder of the Carbon War Room, the global non-profit initiative by entrepreneurs to implement market-driven solutions to climate change. He was one of the first TED Patrons (2007-2017), personally supporting and sponsoring TEDx initiative. His numerous involvements and initiatives all have as a common goal to bring together resources from a number of fields and disciplines, across established boundaries, in order to find ways to make the world a better place. He is co-founder of TEDxVilnius, Chairman of the Board of Lithuanian Business Angels Network and Chairman of the Board of Junior Achievement Lithuania. He is Honorary Doctor of Kaunas University of Technology. In 2012 Vladas Lašas received Oslo Business for Peace Award.