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 11thInternational 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.

150
Total Topics
200
Total Speakers
20
Countries of scientists
300
Total Attendance
Schedule
Event Schedule

Topics | Speakers | Time | Venue |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | Speakers | Time | Venue |
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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 | Speakers | Time | Venue |
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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 |
Speakers 





Athena Katharina Ramos
University of Nebraska Medical CenterAthena Katharina Ramos
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Jiří Mašek
Czech University of Life Sciences PragueJiří Mašek
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Umakant Mishra
University of California BerkeleyUmakant Mishra
University of California Berkeley

Petteri Vihervaara
Finnish Environment InstitutePetteri Vihervaara
Finnish Environment Institute

Maria de Fátima Nunes de Carvalho
Polytechnic Institute of BejaMaria de Fátima Nunes de Carvalho
Polytechnic Institute of BejaVytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy
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Studentų st. 11, Akademija,
Kaunas distr., Lithuania