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Video games are the biggest entertainment economy in the world, bigger than music and film COMBINED. Luxembourg is building its own little corner of it.

@fredneuen , president of the @lvgalu , who hopes to develop a Cannes-style festival for video games in Luxembourg

Annabel Schoellen from videogames.lu, runs a free GamingCafé with the motto "spill mat" - play with us

Daniel Klautsch of @teamiota launched Sacrifice For Sale on Steam, Switch, PS5 and Xbox with zero marketing budget - he said that building the game was the easy part!

🐞 Monica Serban, whose cosy game Scarlet O'Beetle and the Unseen World teaches you pollination while you play.

Fred's definition of a gamer is wide enough to include his own mother, who plays Sudoku on her phone every single day. Sound like even i might be a gamer then... little did i know!

Full episode now on RTL Play, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube. 🎧

#LisaBurkeShow #GameDev #WomenInGaming #IndieDev #Luxembourg #CozyGames #TechPodcast #GamingCommunity #LevelUp

Video games are the biggest entertainment economy in the world, bigger than music and film COMBINED. Luxembourg is building its own little corner of it.

@fredneuen , president of the @lvgalu , who hopes to develop a Cannes-style festival for video games in Luxembourg

Annabel Schoellen from videogames.lu, runs a free GamingCafé with the motto "spill mat" - play with us

Daniel Klautsch of @teamiota launched Sacrifice For Sale on Steam, Switch, PS5 and Xbox with zero marketing budget - he said that building the game was the easy part!

🐞 Monica Serban, whose cosy game Scarlet O'Beetle and the Unseen World teaches you pollination while you play.

Fred's definition of a gamer is wide enough to include his own mother, who plays Sudoku on her phone every single day. Sound like even i might be a gamer then... little did i know!

Full episode now on RTL Play, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube. 🎧

#LisaBurkeShow #GameDev #WomenInGaming #IndieDev #Luxembourg #CozyGames #TechPodcast #GamingCommunity #LevelUp

Earlier this month I was in Warsaw to focus on young farmers in Europe. We take so much for granted without thinking about where out food comes from, how secure is it and who actually grows it.

Here are some stark facts:

- Average age of farmers in Europe = 57
- Young Farmers ~12% of EU farmers are under the age of 40
- about a quarter of the young EU farmers are Polish
- Older Farmers: Up to one-third of EU farmers are over 65 years old.

Europe loses roughly 1,000 farms every single day

Why?

- Access to Land: It is hard to buy or rent land
- Financing: There is a multibillion-dollar gap in available loans and funding. Farming is risky and banks don't always like to take on risk
- Isolation: Rural areas often lack basic services and internet
- Farming is bloody hard work, 365 days a year!
That said, it's also a beautiful life and many young people in Europe want to farm land.

The most heart-felt talks of the two days were from the Young Farmers themselves and their family stories. It is a family endeavour.

The EU is responding: the European Commission introduced a "Strategy for Generational Renewal" aiming to double the number of young farmers to 24% by 2040.

To achieve this, the EU requires Member States to put concrete national strategies in place focussing on giving young farmers better training, financial aid, and making it easier to take over or buy farms.

Final shout-out to the incredible interpreters who manage to listen to various forms of English / other languages, interpret the message wanted to be conveyed and then translate that. What an artform.

@europeaninvestmentbank #farming #finance #organicfarming #europe @ceja_youngfarmers @copacogeca #ficompass #financialinstruments #EIBAdvisory #YoungFarmers #EUAgriculture #GenerationalRenewal #FoodSecurity #FarmingFuture #EUPolicy #Warsaw #AgriFinance @fi_compass_advisory

Earlier this month I was in Warsaw to focus on young farmers in Europe. We take so much for granted without thinking about where out food comes from, how secure is it and who actually grows it.

Here are some stark facts:

- Average age of farmers in Europe = 57
- Young Farmers ~12% of EU farmers are under the age of 40
- about a quarter of the young EU farmers are Polish
- Older Farmers: Up to one-third of EU farmers are over 65 years old.

Europe loses roughly 1,000 farms every single day

Why?

- Access to Land: It is hard to buy or rent land
- Financing: There is a multibillion-dollar gap in available loans and funding. Farming is risky and banks don't always like to take on risk
- Isolation: Rural areas often lack basic services and internet
- Farming is bloody hard work, 365 days a year!
That said, it's also a beautiful life and many young people in Europe want to farm land.

The most heart-felt talks of the two days were from the Young Farmers themselves and their family stories. It is a family endeavour.

The EU is responding: the European Commission introduced a "Strategy for Generational Renewal" aiming to double the number of young farmers to 24% by 2040.

To achieve this, the EU requires Member States to put concrete national strategies in place focussing on giving young farmers better training, financial aid, and making it easier to take over or buy farms.

Final shout-out to the incredible interpreters who manage to listen to various forms of English / other languages, interpret the message wanted to be conveyed and then translate that. What an artform.

@europeaninvestmentbank #farming #finance #organicfarming #europe @ceja_youngfarmers @copacogeca #ficompass #financialinstruments #EIBAdvisory #YoungFarmers #EUAgriculture #GenerationalRenewal #FoodSecurity #FarmingFuture #EUPolicy #Warsaw #AgriFinance @fi_compass_advisory

Just found this lovely old photo, which reminds me of the magic of a mini-team and multiple wires to make SciComm videos for @nawik.de

#scicomm #production #science #communication

Just found this lovely old photo, which reminds me of the magic of a mini-team and multiple wires to make SciComm videos for @nawik.de

#scicomm #production #science #communication

I do a fair number of shows interviewing 'important' people, but I really love to share the stories of people who follow a different life course.

@henrietta_o came to Luxembourg many years ago (from Hungary) with her economics degree and a job in marketing, but realised very soon that such a working life would destroy her slowly. Accidentally, and for herself in the first instance, she trained as a make-up artist and then, extremely specifically as a lash artist. She then took the leap to become a beauty entrepreneur.

Ok, I know at this point I may have lost some of you who either don't know what a lash artist is, or can't believe it is a career. Well, it's much more than just a service-industry career. Henrietta has gone on to become a global judge, won many prestigious competitions herself, written a book, developed a new technology, runs training camps, and also has her own group of clients.

Henrietta speaks of how she is not taken seriously in Luxembourg, and indeed quite a bit of the beauty industry is not taken seriously in Luxembourg despite evidently being a huge global economic pillar (I just did a quick search and found a McKinsey report on this from 2025). And so I am very happy to shine a light of the work of Henrietta to inspire others to follow the creative work that brings them joy.

I'm sure we all meet people / friends / family who tell us how they do not like their job at all, but they're too scared to leave for many reasons: they don't know what to do, they have the 'golden handcuffs' situation of a good income and bills to pay or a family to support, etc.

Henrietta doesn't ever lean on this, and only mentions it in passing to encourage others to be brave, but she lost her mother as a teenager, and so grew up knowing the shortness of life. Thankfully many of us don't have to go through that pain, but perhaps we can glean a sense of why people make their choices.

Call out to @iamluca94 here too who also won a huge prize in a recent beauty competition in Dusseldorf.

#beauty #beautyindustry #career #entrepreneurship #freedom

I do a fair number of shows interviewing 'important' people, but I really love to share the stories of people who follow a different life course.

@henrietta_o came to Luxembourg many years ago (from Hungary) with her economics degree and a job in marketing, but realised very soon that such a working life would destroy her slowly. Accidentally, and for herself in the first instance, she trained as a make-up artist and then, extremely specifically as a lash artist. She then took the leap to become a beauty entrepreneur.

Ok, I know at this point I may have lost some of you who either don't know what a lash artist is, or can't believe it is a career. Well, it's much more than just a service-industry career. Henrietta has gone on to become a global judge, won many prestigious competitions herself, written a book, developed a new technology, runs training camps, and also has her own group of clients.

Henrietta speaks of how she is not taken seriously in Luxembourg, and indeed quite a bit of the beauty industry is not taken seriously in Luxembourg despite evidently being a huge global economic pillar (I just did a quick search and found a McKinsey report on this from 2025). And so I am very happy to shine a light of the work of Henrietta to inspire others to follow the creative work that brings them joy.

I'm sure we all meet people / friends / family who tell us how they do not like their job at all, but they're too scared to leave for many reasons: they don't know what to do, they have the 'golden handcuffs' situation of a good income and bills to pay or a family to support, etc.

Henrietta doesn't ever lean on this, and only mentions it in passing to encourage others to be brave, but she lost her mother as a teenager, and so grew up knowing the shortness of life. Thankfully many of us don't have to go through that pain, but perhaps we can glean a sense of why people make their choices.

Call out to @iamluca94 here too who also won a huge prize in a recent beauty competition in Dusseldorf.

#beauty #beautyindustry #career #entrepreneurship #freedom

Thank you @liammcevoy152 for taking photos when I never can 🙏

The very first Luxembourg International Climate Finance Days

Thank you @liammcevoy152 for taking photos when I never can 🙏

The very first Luxembourg International Climate Finance Days

Stunning @villapetrusse
Highly recommend as a beautiful venue
#Luxembourg

Stunning @villapetrusse
Highly recommend as a beautiful venue
#Luxembourg

Passing the baton over, CEO to CEO @rtl_group

Farewell to Thomas Rabe & Elmar Heggen
Welcome Clément Schwebig

Passing the baton over, CEO to CEO @rtl_group

Farewell to Thomas Rabe & Elmar Heggen
Welcome Clément Schwebig

Where should we put the capital of Europe?

At midnight on July 23rd, 1952, not so long after WWII, exhausted negotiators gave up and said, let's just start in Luxembourg and see what happens.

'Europe: Three Cities, One Roof' is a new documentary by Luxembourgish director Donato Rotunno that tells the story of how Strasbourg, Luxembourg, and Brussels became the unlikely capitals of the world's boldest peace project.

The jazz score, by @pascalschumachermusic was developed before a single frame was shot. Like jazz, Europe is built on improvisation, risk, and the hope that something beautiful emerges from the chaos.

Europe Day continues to be a living question. What are we building? Who gets to be part of it? And why does it still matter?

This year, Europe Day heads north. Anne Calteux, Head of the European Commission Representation in Luxembourg, is taking the celebrations to Wiltz. It is part of 'Hei & an Europa doheem! Home here and in Europe'. The message is that Europe is everywhere and belongs to everyone, including rural communities.

Anne is one of the most authoritative voices on EU affairs in the country. She constantly asks 'How do you make people feel that Europe belongs to them? You start where they live.'

Europe4Europe is a Rotary Club Luxembourg-Hearts initiative with a beautifully simple premise. Take one young person from every single EU member state. Send them together through the founding European countries. Watch what happens.

What happens, says coordinator Ellen Spencer, is that European identity stops being abstract. And these 27 young people go on to become Ambassadors for both Europe and their countries.

Hope you enjoy the show and Happy Europe Day / weekend!

Where should we put the capital of Europe?

At midnight on July 23rd, 1952, not so long after WWII, exhausted negotiators gave up and said, let's just start in Luxembourg and see what happens.

'Europe: Three Cities, One Roof' is a new documentary by Luxembourgish director Donato Rotunno that tells the story of how Strasbourg, Luxembourg, and Brussels became the unlikely capitals of the world's boldest peace project.

The jazz score, by @pascalschumachermusic was developed before a single frame was shot. Like jazz, Europe is built on improvisation, risk, and the hope that something beautiful emerges from the chaos.

Europe Day continues to be a living question. What are we building? Who gets to be part of it? And why does it still matter?

This year, Europe Day heads north. Anne Calteux, Head of the European Commission Representation in Luxembourg, is taking the celebrations to Wiltz. It is part of 'Hei & an Europa doheem! Home here and in Europe'. The message is that Europe is everywhere and belongs to everyone, including rural communities.

Anne is one of the most authoritative voices on EU affairs in the country. She constantly asks 'How do you make people feel that Europe belongs to them? You start where they live.'

Europe4Europe is a Rotary Club Luxembourg-Hearts initiative with a beautifully simple premise. Take one young person from every single EU member state. Send them together through the founding European countries. Watch what happens.

What happens, says coordinator Ellen Spencer, is that European identity stops being abstract. And these 27 young people go on to become Ambassadors for both Europe and their countries.

Hope you enjoy the show and Happy Europe Day / weekend!

The extraordinary Steven Freeland. I want to be like you when I grow up.

Two weeks after he had his eye removed due to an extremely rare cancer, he was chairing a UNCOPUOS (@unitednations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space) meeting for the Working Group on 'Legal Aspects of Space Resource Activities’.

He is a brain of Space Law and continues to travel around the world at a rate that would exhaust you if you just read the list of what he does.

I marvel at your positivity, your energy, your drive and your intellectual zeal.

Thank you to your wife Donna for encouraging you to go to the optician's for an overdue check-up. Thank you for encouraging us all to do the same.

#spacelaw #space #spaceresources #luxembourg #spaceresourcesweek #spaceres

The extraordinary Steven Freeland. I want to be like you when I grow up.

Two weeks after he had his eye removed due to an extremely rare cancer, he was chairing a UNCOPUOS (@unitednations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space) meeting for the Working Group on 'Legal Aspects of Space Resource Activities’.

He is a brain of Space Law and continues to travel around the world at a rate that would exhaust you if you just read the list of what he does.

I marvel at your positivity, your energy, your drive and your intellectual zeal.

Thank you to your wife Donna for encouraging you to go to the optician's for an overdue check-up. Thank you for encouraging us all to do the same.

#spacelaw #space #spaceresources #luxembourg #spaceresourcesweek #spaceres

My show this week is deeply poignant: entrepreneur René Beltjens lost his wife to breast cancer not long after their third child was born. This has driven him to now raise over €1m, as he cycles from Tallinn to Gibraltar with @2wheels4purpose. I think they can raise more!

This money will go towards research to be led by Prof. @francois.duhoux with @fondationsaintluc - @tessa_schmidburg.

Nimkee Gupta is extremely open about her own ovarian cancer experience, and what she does now to be a vocal ambassador for this 'secret' cancer and how to look after ourselves before / after cancer. Prof. Duhoux and Tessa Schmidburg talk about the need for fully holistic medical care.

Andy Schleck might be a Tour de France winner but his mother's words have stayed with me ever since he uttered them: undergoing cancer / cancer treatment is harder than a Tour de France.

Thank you to all of my guests for their candour. Now let's help them raise that money for research!

#cancer #breastcancer #ovariancancer #research #medicine #discovery #cycling #europe #holistic #luxembourg #belgium #brussels

My show this week is deeply poignant: entrepreneur René Beltjens lost his wife to breast cancer not long after their third child was born. This has driven him to now raise over €1m, as he cycles from Tallinn to Gibraltar with @2wheels4purpose. I think they can raise more!

This money will go towards research to be led by Prof. @francois.duhoux with @fondationsaintluc - @tessa_schmidburg.

Nimkee Gupta is extremely open about her own ovarian cancer experience, and what she does now to be a vocal ambassador for this 'secret' cancer and how to look after ourselves before / after cancer. Prof. Duhoux and Tessa Schmidburg talk about the need for fully holistic medical care.

Andy Schleck might be a Tour de France winner but his mother's words have stayed with me ever since he uttered them: undergoing cancer / cancer treatment is harder than a Tour de France.

Thank you to all of my guests for their candour. Now let's help them raise that money for research!

#cancer #breastcancer #ovariancancer #research #medicine #discovery #cycling #europe #holistic #luxembourg #belgium #brussels

"I never felt Lithuania is a soft target. I saw Brussels as the softest target of all."
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys joins me for a powerful conversation on Europe's security.

#Lithuania #EuropeanSecurity #NATO #Ukraine #ForeignPolicy #Leadership #Geopolitics #TheLisaBurkeShow

"I never felt Lithuania is a soft target. I saw Brussels as the softest target of all."
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys joins me for a powerful conversation on Europe's security.

#Lithuania #EuropeanSecurity #NATO #Ukraine #ForeignPolicy #Leadership #Geopolitics #TheLisaBurkeShow

#TNOSemicon2026 @hightechcampus #eindhoven

Thank you @sarinavberlo for being brilliant to work with.

What did I learn?

We all need to be hugely more #hightech literate about what truly builds our world, where it's built, how fast it's changing and what our entire current economic infrastructure is based on.

Photos by Eric de Vries, den Haag

#semiconductor #semicon #quantum #neuromorphic #photonics #metrology #energy

#TNOSemicon2026 @hightechcampus #eindhoven

Thank you @sarinavberlo for being brilliant to work with.

What did I learn?

We all need to be hugely more #hightech literate about what truly builds our world, where it's built, how fast it's changing and what our entire current economic infrastructure is based on.

Photos by Eric de Vries, den Haag

#semiconductor #semicon #quantum #neuromorphic #photonics #metrology #energy

"We must exercise our consciousness, just as we exercise our muscles" Ambassador Barabara Karpetová, quoting the philosophy of Václav Havel, the first president of the Czech Republic.

Luxembourg has a wonderful preponderance of female Ambassadors.

Ten Embassies of Luxembourg have come together to form an 'Advocacy Coalition' - a year long set of events to continue to show united support for #Ukraine. What happens to Ukraine affects all of Europe (and beyond).

When looking at the state of the world today, one might ask what is the power of diplomacy, or international law? How does one begin to have conversations with another 'side' if there are no overlapping points of potential compromise. What can we as mere citizens do? How can we effect any change against such oppressive powers?

Three of the Ambassadors present in this interview have lived / worked / studied in Russia. The wealth of knowledge shared by all of our Ambassadors in Luxembourg is immense and we touch on a number of topics in this week's conversation. For instance, we discuss the power of culture in such situations.

Ambassador Heike Peitsch explained the methods of a diplomatic mediator, who has to be deeply trusted by both sides, and find which topics of conversation might even begin to be opened, and which cannot be touched. For now.

The fatigue of long wars is sometimes how they end up being shaped: not a fast win or lose but an exhaustion by the people.

"We mustn't flinch" Ambassador Joanne Olivier

My guests this week were:

Ambassador Barbara Karpetová - Czech Republic
Ambassador Carin Lobbezoo - Netherlands
Ambassador Jean McDonald - Ireland
Ambassador Nieves Blanco - Spain
Ambassador Heike Peitsch - Germany
Ambassador Joanne Olivier - UK
@inna_yaremenko23 - Representative of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg/Vice President at LUkraine

#humanrights #war #solidarity #europe #culture #diplomacy #mediation #trust @rtltoday @todayradiobyrtl @rtl_group

"We must exercise our consciousness, just as we exercise our muscles" Ambassador Barabara Karpetová, quoting the philosophy of Václav Havel, the first president of the Czech Republic.

Luxembourg has a wonderful preponderance of female Ambassadors.

Ten Embassies of Luxembourg have come together to form an 'Advocacy Coalition' - a year long set of events to continue to show united support for #Ukraine. What happens to Ukraine affects all of Europe (and beyond).

When looking at the state of the world today, one might ask what is the power of diplomacy, or international law? How does one begin to have conversations with another 'side' if there are no overlapping points of potential compromise. What can we as mere citizens do? How can we effect any change against such oppressive powers?

Three of the Ambassadors present in this interview have lived / worked / studied in Russia. The wealth of knowledge shared by all of our Ambassadors in Luxembourg is immense and we touch on a number of topics in this week's conversation. For instance, we discuss the power of culture in such situations.

Ambassador Heike Peitsch explained the methods of a diplomatic mediator, who has to be deeply trusted by both sides, and find which topics of conversation might even begin to be opened, and which cannot be touched. For now.

The fatigue of long wars is sometimes how they end up being shaped: not a fast win or lose but an exhaustion by the people.

"We mustn't flinch" Ambassador Joanne Olivier

My guests this week were:

Ambassador Barbara Karpetová - Czech Republic
Ambassador Carin Lobbezoo - Netherlands
Ambassador Jean McDonald - Ireland
Ambassador Nieves Blanco - Spain
Ambassador Heike Peitsch - Germany
Ambassador Joanne Olivier - UK
@inna_yaremenko23 - Representative of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg/Vice President at LUkraine

#humanrights #war #solidarity #europe #culture #diplomacy #mediation #trust @rtltoday @todayradiobyrtl @rtl_group

Wishing Natalia and her team the greatest of success for @confidencehouse.luxembourg. So many people want this to work for you - it's a beautiful project built with a terrific leader who has attracted a great team around her.

Wonderful to see the magnificent turn out of support for you.

@photographybychristof - you have an eye for the joy shared that night!

#confidence #nutrition #mindset #menopause #psychology

Wishing Natalia and her team the greatest of success for @confidencehouse.luxembourg. So many people want this to work for you - it's a beautiful project built with a terrific leader who has attracted a great team around her.

Wonderful to see the magnificent turn out of support for you.

@photographybychristof - you have an eye for the joy shared that night!

#confidence #nutrition #mindset #menopause #psychology

One of the most exciting interviews I've had the pleasure of researching and carrying out: @reneeflemingmusic for the @institutcerveau, Paris Brain Institute.

Reneé is a huge advocate for the link between music and the brain, and has edited an anthology entitled
"Music and Mind: Harnessing the Arts for Health and Wellness".

In researching for this interview, I also learned about the work of clinical neurologist, neuroscientist [and harpsichord player] Dr. Paolo Bartolomeo, who is researching the benefits of music on stroke patients, or those who suffer aphasia.

All of this was in aid of raising funds for further research. The Paris Brain Institute works on an annual budget of about €100 million, half of which comes in the form of philanthropic donations. So, if your family has been affected by brain disease (and there are so many different forms), you might consider donating to the fantastic research that is carried out there.

Meanwhile, singing, music playing or even listening to music is highly likely to help your brain health or brain recovery post illness.

#music #mind #brain #brainhealth #singing

One of the most exciting interviews I've had the pleasure of researching and carrying out: @reneeflemingmusic for the @institutcerveau, Paris Brain Institute.

Reneé is a huge advocate for the link between music and the brain, and has edited an anthology entitled
"Music and Mind: Harnessing the Arts for Health and Wellness".

In researching for this interview, I also learned about the work of clinical neurologist, neuroscientist [and harpsichord player] Dr. Paolo Bartolomeo, who is researching the benefits of music on stroke patients, or those who suffer aphasia.

All of this was in aid of raising funds for further research. The Paris Brain Institute works on an annual budget of about €100 million, half of which comes in the form of philanthropic donations. So, if your family has been affected by brain disease (and there are so many different forms), you might consider donating to the fantastic research that is carried out there.

Meanwhile, singing, music playing or even listening to music is highly likely to help your brain health or brain recovery post illness.

#music #mind #brain #brainhealth #singing

Some of the faces from the recent Brain Awareness Day held in the Presidential Salon of the European Parliament.

Fundamental research is slow. Nobel Prize winner John O'Keefe spoke about his lifetime's work in #neuroscience and how now, only now, he believes there might be some translational options available.

This whole event is important as the European Union is finalising its 10th Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, which will define the trajectory of Europe’s scientific and technological options for the years to come. And European researchers rely heavily on this budget.

Some of the faces from the recent Brain Awareness Day held in the Presidential Salon of the European Parliament.

Fundamental research is slow. Nobel Prize winner John O'Keefe spoke about his lifetime's work in #neuroscience and how now, only now, he believes there might be some translational options available.

This whole event is important as the European Union is finalising its 10th Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, which will define the trajectory of Europe’s scientific and technological options for the years to come. And European researchers rely heavily on this budget.

Japan 🇯🇵 #naoshima

Japan 🇯🇵 #naoshima

I never thought I'd be able to talk about Killeshin much here but sometimes the world is small.

Firstly, Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Last week, Minister Jennifer Murnane O'Connor was invited over to Luxembourg by our wonderful Ambassador Jean McDonald, ahead of the Irish EU Presidency which will start in July. During this period of six months, each of the 26 Irish counties will pair with one of the other 26 EU countries. Luxembourg is paired with Carlow (no accident... deep history with St. Willibrord and Echternach).

What was a surprise for me is that Minister Murnane O'Connor is from Graiguecullen, just a few kilometres from where I grew up as a child, where I went to primary school and where my father is now buried: Killeshin. So this piece is for you Dad!

#Ireland #StPatricksDay #politics #connections

I never thought I'd be able to talk about Killeshin much here but sometimes the world is small.

Firstly, Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Last week, Minister Jennifer Murnane O'Connor was invited over to Luxembourg by our wonderful Ambassador Jean McDonald, ahead of the Irish EU Presidency which will start in July. During this period of six months, each of the 26 Irish counties will pair with one of the other 26 EU countries. Luxembourg is paired with Carlow (no accident... deep history with St. Willibrord and Echternach).

What was a surprise for me is that Minister Murnane O'Connor is from Graiguecullen, just a few kilometres from where I grew up as a child, where I went to primary school and where my father is now buried: Killeshin. So this piece is for you Dad!

#Ireland #StPatricksDay #politics #connections

Arthur Mensch, Co-founder and CEO of Mistral AI, came to the European Investment Bank Group Forum recently. Mistral has about 800 employees, it is less than three years old.

This is our discussion on stage. I have two main take-aways:

(1) He is deeply frustrated with the length of time it takes for people he wants to instantly hire in Europe (ie within one week) when they have to serve out 3 months notice periods. The 'visocity of hiring' as he calls it, is a 'disaster'.

(2) He can't find good enough CMO talent in Europe as there isn't a large enough talent pool of people who have gone through this process compared to the US.

#AI #tech #mistral #talent #hiring #EUlaw

Arthur Mensch, Co-founder and CEO of Mistral AI, came to the European Investment Bank Group Forum recently. Mistral has about 800 employees, it is less than three years old.

This is our discussion on stage. I have two main take-aways:

(1) He is deeply frustrated with the length of time it takes for people he wants to instantly hire in Europe (ie within one week) when they have to serve out 3 months notice periods. The 'visocity of hiring' as he calls it, is a 'disaster'.

(2) He can't find good enough CMO talent in Europe as there isn't a large enough talent pool of people who have gone through this process compared to the US.

#AI #tech #mistral #talent #hiring #EUlaw

One of the most important interviews I've done showcasing phenomenal women:

- Oleksandra Matviichuk, Chairwoman of the Center for Civil Liberties, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022

- Alona Shkrum, First Deputy Minister for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine

- Her Excellency Ambassador Barbara Karpetová, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

- Inna Yaramenko, the Representative of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and Vice President at LUkraine

- Kristina Mikulova, Head of Regional Hub for Eastern Europe for the European Investment Bank

Oleksandra's witnessing in real time of what is happening in Ukraine is why she and her coalition deserve the Nobel Peace Prize.

Deputy Minister Shkrum explains why the rebuilding of Ukraine must continue despite the war.

Ambassador Karpetová and Inna are about to launch a one year long project across Luxembourg to harness the soft power of advocacy and solidarity.

#ukraine #peace #advocacy #rebuilding #reconstruction

One of the most important interviews I've done showcasing phenomenal women:

- Oleksandra Matviichuk, Chairwoman of the Center for Civil Liberties, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022

- Alona Shkrum, First Deputy Minister for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine

- Her Excellency Ambassador Barbara Karpetová, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

- Inna Yaramenko, the Representative of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and Vice President at LUkraine

- Kristina Mikulova, Head of Regional Hub for Eastern Europe for the European Investment Bank

Oleksandra's witnessing in real time of what is happening in Ukraine is why she and her coalition deserve the Nobel Peace Prize.

Deputy Minister Shkrum explains why the rebuilding of Ukraine must continue despite the war.

Ambassador Karpetová and Inna are about to launch a one year long project across Luxembourg to harness the soft power of advocacy and solidarity.

#ukraine #peace #advocacy #rebuilding #reconstruction

My guests this week are:

- Reverend Sally Azar: first female Palestinian pastor, ordained in the Holy Land in 2023

- Ashraf Al-Ajrami: former Palestinian Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs, 2007 to 2009, spent 12 years in prison himself in Israel, now a longtime political analyst.

This is a deeply human conversation about identity carved by our surroundings, both human and geographical; compassion and understanding; hope and constant striving for peace.

Their visit to Luxembourg was part of @epicon.project, the European-Palestinian-Israeli Trilateral Dialogue Initiative, which brings Palestinian and Israeli voices into dialogue with European opinion leaders.

This episode goes explores what it means to grow up in Jerusalem and Gaza, how conflict shapes everyday life, and why this unrest matters so profoundly in Europe today.

#LisaBurkeShow #IsraelPalestine #MiddleEast #HumanRights #Peacebuilding #Diplomacy #FaithAndJustice #CivilSociety #Luxembourg #RTLToday #Podcast #CurrentAffairs

My guests this week are:

- Reverend Sally Azar: first female Palestinian pastor, ordained in the Holy Land in 2023

- Ashraf Al-Ajrami: former Palestinian Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs, 2007 to 2009, spent 12 years in prison himself in Israel, now a longtime political analyst.

This is a deeply human conversation about identity carved by our surroundings, both human and geographical; compassion and understanding; hope and constant striving for peace.

Their visit to Luxembourg was part of @epicon.project, the European-Palestinian-Israeli Trilateral Dialogue Initiative, which brings Palestinian and Israeli voices into dialogue with European opinion leaders.

This episode goes explores what it means to grow up in Jerusalem and Gaza, how conflict shapes everyday life, and why this unrest matters so profoundly in Europe today.

#LisaBurkeShow #IsraelPalestine #MiddleEast #HumanRights #Peacebuilding #Diplomacy #FaithAndJustice #CivilSociety #Luxembourg #RTLToday #Podcast #CurrentAffairs

@gameofthrones, apparently.

Here in capacity as @undp Goodwill Ambassador, spreading his Danish optimism around.

I was listening intensely, not sure he answered the questions precisely, but as a number of people said afterwards... who cares!

@gameofthrones, apparently.

Here in capacity as @undp Goodwill Ambassador, spreading his Danish optimism around.

I was listening intensely, not sure he answered the questions precisely, but as a number of people said afterwards... who cares!

I think we look quite good at the end of a marathon day, week, month, year...

This is us at the end of #GovSatCom, organised for the 7th year by the indefatigable Melanie Delannoy.

This year there were 1400 participants and 44 speakers. Mel and the team work extremely hard over many months to make this happen.

Unfortunately, #defence in #space is a growing sector for reasons leaning towards defence (war) rather than the love of engineering and science. However, rather than ignoring the issues of our world today, the only way to make a difference is to learn, get involved and become part of the community.

#defence #space #satcom #satellites #intelligence #europe #sovereignity

I think we look quite good at the end of a marathon day, week, month, year...

This is us at the end of #GovSatCom, organised for the 7th year by the indefatigable Melanie Delannoy.

This year there were 1400 participants and 44 speakers. Mel and the team work extremely hard over many months to make this happen.

Unfortunately, #defence in #space is a growing sector for reasons leaning towards defence (war) rather than the love of engineering and science. However, rather than ignoring the issues of our world today, the only way to make a difference is to learn, get involved and become part of the community.

#defence #space #satcom #satellites #intelligence #europe #sovereignity

My show this week is an interview with Lord Chancellor Chris Smith, Chancellor of Cambridge University since July last year.

Previously he was a UK Labour Cabinet Minister for Culture, Media and Sport; Chairman of the Environment Agency (he has a love of the Scottish munros), Chairman of the Advertising Standards Authority, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge and so many more accolades.

Lord Smith studied English at Cambridge, earning a double first, went on to do a PhD on Wordsworth and Coleridge, and was a Kennedy Scholar at Harvard University. He is still the President of the The Wordsworth Trust.

We speak about many things but naturally we spoke about the value of humanities in the age of STEM building the world and AI altering it around it. As you can imagine, he, along with @ai_anthropic president and co-founder @danielaamodei believe humanities subjects are extremely important in the future. They both studied English.

I personally believe you need both. One to build, one to understand.

#education #universities #learning #AI #humanities #STEM #nature #scotland #freespeech #museums #culture #poetry

My show this week is an interview with Lord Chancellor Chris Smith, Chancellor of Cambridge University since July last year.

Previously he was a UK Labour Cabinet Minister for Culture, Media and Sport; Chairman of the Environment Agency (he has a love of the Scottish munros), Chairman of the Advertising Standards Authority, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge and so many more accolades.

Lord Smith studied English at Cambridge, earning a double first, went on to do a PhD on Wordsworth and Coleridge, and was a Kennedy Scholar at Harvard University. He is still the President of the The Wordsworth Trust.

We speak about many things but naturally we spoke about the value of humanities in the age of STEM building the world and AI altering it around it. As you can imagine, he, along with @ai_anthropic president and co-founder @danielaamodei believe humanities subjects are extremely important in the future. They both studied English.

I personally believe you need both. One to build, one to understand.

#education #universities #learning #AI #humanities #STEM #nature #scotland #freespeech #museums #culture #poetry

How to Thrive in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

AI is replacing commodity tasks: repetitive admin, copy-paste work, standardised processes; but it cannot replace empathy, judgment, or human creativity.

In my latest conversation with @google cloud architect Thomas Scherer, we explored why the AI shift is about embracing a step-change tech evolution. Like moving from horses to cars, those who learn to navigate AI can thrive, and those who don't may miss the wave.

The question is “How can AI amplify me?”

🎙 Watch & listen now on The Lisa Burke Show (RTL Play, @todayradiobyrtl @applepodcasts @spotify)

#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #FutureOfWork #Leadership #Innovation #DigitalTransformation #Luxembourg #TheLisaBurkeShow

How to Thrive in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

AI is replacing commodity tasks: repetitive admin, copy-paste work, standardised processes; but it cannot replace empathy, judgment, or human creativity.

In my latest conversation with @google cloud architect Thomas Scherer, we explored why the AI shift is about embracing a step-change tech evolution. Like moving from horses to cars, those who learn to navigate AI can thrive, and those who don't may miss the wave.

The question is “How can AI amplify me?”

🎙 Watch & listen now on The Lisa Burke Show (RTL Play, @todayradiobyrtl @applepodcasts @spotify)

#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #FutureOfWork #Leadership #Innovation #DigitalTransformation #Luxembourg #TheLisaBurkeShow

Happy Valentine's Day!
In my show this week:

❤️ Rick Serrano teaches us a simple, ten 'cherry' method to figure out who our perfect partner for life and love should be (and we should never settle for less!)

❤️ Veronique Scheer talks about how a terrible accident at the start of her dancing career meant she had to start again, and led her to developing @veryuniqueyoga, alongside trauma healing through movement (and so much more... fancy couples yoga anyone?)

❤️ Gabrielle Staiger was an athlete, turned dancer, choreographer and hosts 'Movement Choirs' on the beautiful island of Amrum, and all over the world. She also fixed her own slipped disc issues with a Golden Spine set of exercises all of her students now adopt.

Sending love from all of us to you on this day of love and thoughts and kindness. 🌹

@rickserranopainting @staigergabrielle @yoga_by_miss_veryunique @todayradiobyrtl @rtlplus

Happy Valentine's Day!
In my show this week:

❤️ Rick Serrano teaches us a simple, ten 'cherry' method to figure out who our perfect partner for life and love should be (and we should never settle for less!)

❤️ Veronique Scheer talks about how a terrible accident at the start of her dancing career meant she had to start again, and led her to developing @veryuniqueyoga, alongside trauma healing through movement (and so much more... fancy couples yoga anyone?)

❤️ Gabrielle Staiger was an athlete, turned dancer, choreographer and hosts 'Movement Choirs' on the beautiful island of Amrum, and all over the world. She also fixed her own slipped disc issues with a Golden Spine set of exercises all of her students now adopt.

Sending love from all of us to you on this day of love and thoughts and kindness. 🌹

@rickserranopainting @staigergabrielle @yoga_by_miss_veryunique @todayradiobyrtl @rtlplus

My girls ❤️🎄❤️
Merry Christmas

My girls ❤️🎄❤️
Merry Christmas

Launch of ARC Hub for Therapeutics in Trinity College Dublin today, linking academic excellence in life science & drug discovery to funding, to develop indigenous spin-off companies to thrive in Ireland.

Brilliant initiative to support the fundamental research in Irish universities, develop a pipeline of therapeutic innovation coupled to societal medical needs.

#research #science #drugdiscovery #medicine #lifesciences #venturecapital #industry #spinoff #presenter #moderator #scicomm

@trinitycollegedublin

Launch of ARC Hub for Therapeutics in Trinity College Dublin today, linking academic excellence in life science & drug discovery to funding, to develop indigenous spin-off companies to thrive in Ireland.

Brilliant initiative to support the fundamental research in Irish universities, develop a pipeline of therapeutic innovation coupled to societal medical needs.

#research #science #drugdiscovery #medicine #lifesciences #venturecapital #industry #spinoff #presenter #moderator #scicomm

@trinitycollegedublin

Memories of the community that is Brain Innovation Days, Brussels.

#brain #tech #policy #patients #research #science #community #advocacy #brussels #europe #innovation #braintech #braineconomy

Memories of the community that is Brain Innovation Days, Brussels.

#brain #tech #policy #patients #research #science #community #advocacy #brussels #europe #innovation #braintech #braineconomy

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