Rural development 2023

Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy, Lithuania

26-28 September 2023

About Event

Rural development 2023

Dear Participants of the Conference, We are pleased to invite you to participate already in the 11^thInternational Scientific Conference “Rural Development 2023: Bioeconomy for the Green Deal”. It has already become a biannual tradition to meet colleagues and partners from all over the world here. In addition, we are pleased that this event became a common area for international scientific.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy, which is developing due to the challenges of smart growth of agriculture and the bioeconomy. VMU Agriculture Academy is a place where people, who like nature and technologies, work and study. Our Academy is becoming more and more advanced in science and more open to society for cooperation and sharing of knowledge. The Mission of the Academy is the cultivation of the community spirit, partnership, and long-standing traditions in line with the global, scientific, and political trends for the development and dissemination of knowledge in the agricultural biotechnology, ecosystems, engineering, and social sciences to support the sustainable development of bioeconomy and rural areas, and for creation of conditions for the leaders of these sectors to grow, develop, and contribute to the provision of quality food and fully-fledged living environment for every human, in harmony with the nature. We are able to do more „step by step“ with global changes and innovations by sharing innovative ideas, experiences, and results of our research. The existing and rising challenges of the Green deal and the role of bioeconomy in these processes will be discussed in different Conference sections:

Agro-innovations and Food Technologies;
Biosystems Engineering and Environment Integrity;
Multifunctional Approach for Sustainable Use of Bio-Resources;
Social Research for Sustainable Bioeconomy and Climate Change.

Together we can create synergy from broad participation from different sectors of society, scientists, practitioners, policymakers, private sector actors, NGOs, and even young researchers, and students. All the participants will be awarded the possibility to express their attitude toward the scientific issues related to rural development, especially in the focus on the Green deal and bioeconomy challenges. Prof. dr. Astrida Miceikienė Chancellor of the Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy, Chairperson of Scientific Committee

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Total Topics

200

Total Speakers

Countries of scientists

300

Total Attendance

Schedule

Topics	Time	Venue
Registration of Participants	08:00 - 09:00	Lobby of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy, Studentų str. 11, Akademija
Plenary Session Live streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWmqQyJMDJo	09:00 - 13:00	Hall of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy
Welcome speech Astrida Miceikienė Chancellor of Agriculture Academy, guests	09:00 - 09:30	Hall of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy
Presentation dedicated to 100th anniversary of VMU Agriculture Academy Astrida Miceikienė, Rytis Skominas Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy – one hundred years of science and studies VMU Agriculture Academy	09:30 - 10:00	Hall of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy
Athena Katharina Ramos The intersection between agriculture, immigrant integration, and rural prosperity: Opportunities for building community in changing times University of Nebraska Medical Center	10:00 - 10:30	Hall of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy
Jiří Mašek Smart Farming as a new Era of Agriculture Czech University of Life Sciences Prague	10:30 - 11:00	Hall of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy
Coffee / Tea break	11:00 - 11:30	Hall of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy
Umakant Mishra Predicting land use and climate change impacts on soil organic carbon University of California Berkeley	11:30 - 12:00	Hall of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy
Petteri Vihervaara Importance of biodiversity monitoring for green economy and sustainability University of Eastern Finland	12:00 - 12:30	Hall of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy
Maria de Fátima Nunes de Carvalho Domestic wastewater reuse in agriculture: decentralized treatment systems Polytechnic Institute of Beja	12:30 - 13:00	Hall of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy
Lunch	13:00 - 14:00	5th floor Lobby of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy
Parallel Sessions	14:00 - 16:00	5th floor Lobby of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy
Section 1 Agro-innovations and Food Technologies	14:00 - 16:00	5th floor Lobby of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy
Section 2 Biosystems Engineering and Environment Integrity	14:00 - 16:00	5th floor Lobby of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy
Section 3 Multifunctional Approach for Sustainable Use of Bio-Resources	14:00 - 16:00	5th floor Lobby of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy
Section 4 Social Research for Sustainable Bioeconomy and Climate Change	14:00 - 16:00	5th floor Lobby of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy
Coffee/Tea break	16:00 - 16:30	Hall of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy
Parallel Sessions and poster presentation	16:30 - 17:30	5th floor of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy
Section 1 Agro-innovations and Food Technologies	16:30 - 17:30	5th floor of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy
Section 2 Biosystems Engineering and Environment Integrity	16:30 - 17:30	5th floor of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy
Section 3 Multifunctional Approach for Sustainable Use of Bio-Resources	16:30 - 17:30	5th floor of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy
Section 4 Social Research for Sustainable Bioeconomy and Climate Change	16:30 - 17:30	5th floor of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy
Gala Dinner	18:30 - 22:00	Raudondvaris Manor Arts Incubator, Pilies str. 1, Raudondvaris, Kaunas distr.

Topics	Time	Venue
Registration of Political, Business and Science Forum Participants	09:00 - 10:00	Lobby of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy, Studentų str. 11, Akademija
Coffee/Tea	09:00 - 10:00	Hall of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy
Political, Business and Science Forum Triple Helix Stakeholder Forum “Connecting the dots: a roadmap for bioeconomy innovation and business development in Lithuania” Live streaming In Lithuanian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPfePZuKTIw Live streaming In English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jud25g1OgLI	10:00 - 16:50	Hall of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy
Lunch	12:00 - 13:00	5th floor Lobby of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy
Coffee/Tea break	14:45 - 15:15	Hall of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy
Final Plenary Session Live streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=604ZW39ri38	17:00 - 18:00	Hall of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy
Kaunas City Tour	18:30 - 20:30	Excursion in Kaunas, visiting Kaunas city historical places

Topics	Time	Venue
Coffee/Tea	09:30 - 10:00	Hall of the Central Building of VMU Agriculture Academy
Cultural Tour	10:00 - 12:00
Visiting exhibition “LIVESTOK SHOW 2023”	10:00 - 16:00	VMU Agriculture Academy, Kaunas distr., Lithuania