ALSA UK Empowerment Summit
ALSA UK 2025 EMPOWERMENT SUMMIT: Unlocking your potential
Our flagship annual event took place on 8th June 2025 and it was our best one yet. Bringing together ambitious and curious young people for a day of inspiration, empowerment, and connection. A diverse audience of professionals, creatives, students, children and parents, it was everything ALSA UK stands for.
Each year, we work together to create a space where the community can come together to learn from one another. This year’s theme, unlocking your potential is the core of ALSA UK. We believe unlocking your potential goes beyond just academic and career success. It’s about discovering what truly drives you, stepping outside your comfort zone, and building the confidence to pursue your passions. Your potential isn’t limited to traditional success. You have the power to create change.
With a jam-packed day consisting of our key note speaker, panel discussion, fire round of young people and breakout sessions for a masterclass with the experts, we focused on giving you the tools and confidence to take the next step — whether that’s in your education, your career, your community or something entirely different.
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A Look Back at ALSA UK Summit
In conversation with Rita Kastrati: a journey of impact, identity and empowerment
“Community success to me means you can learn from everyone”
From early experiences growing up in the UK, Rita shared the pivotal moments in her life that shaped her path in leadership and community activism. Touching on education, volunteering at charity shops to building her start-ups. Rita reflected on the challenges she faced and how she used the values that guided her to overcome such challenges. This wasn’t just a story of success – it’s a celebration of what’s possible when you bring your full self to the table.
Here's a short snippet where Rita shares the challenges she faced during the development of her start up:
Panel Discussion: Thrived Abroad, Powered by Home
A moving discussion on the balance of success abroad and contributing to your roots, featuring:
Klaudio Sula – Accountant Executive in the software industry and active contributor to the diaspora through Illyrian Brains, ThriD and Network Albania
Bora Mazreku - founder of Kosovo’s first women-owned social enterprise, Bardha’s cake
Fatos Ismali – Lead AI Cloud Solutions Architect, leading AI communities including the Data Science Initiative
From stories of starting from scratch, moving to a new country with a foreign system to building a career and something meaningful, our panellists reflected on the challenges they overcame, the limitations they pushed past to thrive abroad whilst giving back to home.
Fire Round: Young Leaders, Real Stories
Giving the mic to incredible young people who share their stories of creating change in powerful and unconventional ways. We heard short snap shots about young people reconnecting with their roots, navigating identity, using their voice to raise awareness, building community, or sparking impact. These were stories of resilience, creativity, leadership, and purpose.
"I really want to get more involved now and I have met the right people to allow me to start this journey."
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