What do a small village in Donegal and a train car in the middle of Siberia have in common? According to Ciara, Executive Producer at Web Summit — everything.

In this episode, Ciara shares her One Away moment: the realization that her love for global community was just a bigger version of what she learned growing up in rural Ireland. From summers crossing Europe in a campervan with her mom, to studying Russian in Moscow, to programming stages for 70,000 people in Lisbon — her life has been one long exercise in finding the common thread between people who seem worlds apart.

We get into:

• Growing up as an "outsider" in a tight-knit Irish village and what it taught her about belonging

• How learning Russian and Spanish unlocked a philosophy, not just a skill

• The art of programming conversations that challenge people without alienating them

• What Web Summit does to create meaningful connection at massive scale

• Why she's most excited about BRICS economies and what the world is getting wrong about China

• The Vancouver event and what makes it unlike anything Web Summit has done before

If you believe we have more in common than we have differences — this one's for you.

🎙️ Guest: Ciara, Executive Producer at Web Summit 📍 Web Summit Vancouver: websummit.com

The One Away Show explores the one moment, person, or decision that changed everything.