 My name is Vito Taszhukowskas. I'm a student at the University of Andrzej in France and also a student at University of ISM Economics and Management. So the way I got to know about a Mrs. University was that I am a I was a fresh analyst at Think Tank back home in Lithuania. It is called Lithuania Free Market Institute. And there I was a I was completely fresh person. I was economics graduate, but I didn't really know a lot about Austrian economics. I just started to learn things and This Institute is really Austrian based and people there they were of course a lot more acquainted with Austrian economics And they say if you want to learn Good Austrian economics, if you want to be on top, this is where you need to go You need to go to United States to Auburn, Alabama and learn Austrian economics from these people because they're great at what they do So and this is what I did It was my first trip to United States and I went I went to United States and I landed in Atlanta I went to Auburn and I really had a very very intense but really memorable week. It was 10 years ago 2009 There are a couple of things that I'm I'm really excited about this year It is very interesting that it's after 10 years and the first thing that gets into my mind is that it's not The kind of program that really you go through one time and you don't need to do it anymore I think every person doesn't really matter if he's starting in Austrian economics or he's already advanced I consider myself somewhat advanced in it I still can find some things which are very important for for my scholarly work and also for for other work that I do So there are I would think there are three things that I'm excited about First thing it's very interesting for me to gonna go through the course of constitution on free market by Judge Napolitano This is something that I was always very interested in but I didn't have a chance to study How was this country really built on what principles and and how do they are really written in in the Constitution and in the declaration of Independence and so this is something that I'm really excited about this year Also, I'm very excited about you new and young scholars giving lectures this year Lukas Dominiak Patrick Newman Jonathan Newman, they're gonna give very interesting Lectures and I'm really excited about the new ways they're gonna present it all the topics So this is something which is which is very interesting to me and also I'm very interested at some lectures because of the topics I really like when Austrians are really Are capable of commenting on issues that are very current issues for example I'm very looking forward for for the lecture on modern monetary theory because this is something which is going on right now and Austrians of course have a have a very interesting view on it and It's basically modern monetary theories and negation of scarcity which is atrocious to my understanding But I really looking forward to hear that and it's really relevant for the work that I do also, I'm we're looking forward for the for the Jeff Deist lecture on what's to do because I think that Austrians Sometimes tend to be rather pessimistic about future and I think it's not that's not necessarily have to be the case And we have to learn what to do once you know how how badly the system works. What can we do about it? This is a very interesting question and I was thinking I was thinking about that a lot and I can really Say that is come. It's totally worthwhile and the reason for that is when I think about what is the center of Austrian? Scoralship Austrian economics in the world. It is here. It's it's probably some we know for somewhat interesting or strange place But it is here and if you really want to be someone Who who wants to meet the people that you read articles from that you look videos? You know all the Austrian scholars that you really try to inspire yourself with read them And you want to engage in them. This is the place really to go and and I was I was always very when I During the last 10 years sometimes when you sit somewhere in the corner of Europe This is where I'm from I'm from Lithuania and basically the only way you can really Reach the the current Austrian scholarship is through internet is through videos you sometimes feel a little bit like an outsider The the great thing about this is that you can actually come here and and be in the center of it all be a part of Scoralship Austrian economics and it really inspires me to to be a part of it Not to be someone who's just looking from from outside at it But actually be in the center of it and and engage with the scholars So I think this is one of the reasons Apart from that. It's a great program one of the reasons that really inspires me to actually be be able to engage with With the scholars the great scholars of Austrian economics