Kristina Babelytė-Labanauskė - Head of Innovation Office at Vilnius University, PhD in social sciences and enthusiast in technology transfer and innovation management with more than a decade professional experience in this field. Focused on R&D commercialization, but also mentors and advises entrepreneurs and start-ups of university's community on innovation support issues.

In addition, Kristina coordinates the UNITeD project that is aimed to strengthen entrepreneurial and interdisciplinary approaches within HEIs. The UNITeD consortium partners in Nordic and Baltic states are strategically committed to devote effort to transforming their academic curricula and research agendas by pro-actively exploring university-business partnerships in the field of deep tech. The initiative is coordinated by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology and supported by Climate KIC (Knowledge and Innovation Community).