Dr. Akvile Cibinskiene (female) is an associate professor at the School of Economics and Business, Kaunas University of Technology. She has held a doctorate degree in social sciences (economics) since 2009 awarded at Kaunas University of Technology. Her main research areas are natural monopolies' (energy sector) impact on country’s competitiveness and economics, competitiveness of the tourism sector, competitiveness of manufacturers of wind power components, impact of consumer behaviour on energy consumption and sustainable transport. She has been involved in the project H2020-EE-2016-2017 “Collaborative Recommendations and Adaptive Control for Personalised Energy Saving” (enCOMPASS) as a senior project worker. Currently, she is involved in the national project “Feasibility study of Lithuanian industry participation in the value chain of wind energy components”. She has published more than 20 scientific papers and monographs.