7th International Scientific Conference “RURAL DEVELOPMENT 2015: Towards the Transfer of Knowledge, Innovations and Social Progress“
Thursday, 19th November
| 9.00–10.00 | Registration of Participants | |
| 10.00–13.00 | Plenary Session | |
| 10.00–10.20 | Welcome speech Rector prof. dr. Antanas Maziliauskas, Minister of Agriculture Ms. Virginija Baltraitiene partners of the conference | |
| 10.20–10.40 | Rural renaissance Alexia Rouby, Research programme officer European Commission, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, Unit H5 – Research and innovation | |
| 10.40–11.00 | International Agro-Biological Resources for Sustainable Agricultural Production Prof. dr. Fujii Yoshiharu Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (Japan) | |
| 11.00–11.20 | The role of small farms in rural development in the EU with special respect to EU 10 Prof. dr. Csaba Forgacs Budapest Corvinus University (Hungary) | |
| 11.20–11.40 | Coffee break | |
| 11.40–12.00 | Towards to Bio-Economy – perspectives of German Biosystems-Engineering under actual political framework Prof. dr. Thomas Hoffmann Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering (Germany) | |
| 12.20–12.40 | Coping with global changes, recognizing new opportunities Prof. dr. Karlheinz Knickel Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany) | |
| 12.40–13.00 | The effects of forest management on genetic diversity and spatial genetic structure of Scots pine stands Prof. dr. Darius Danusevičius Aleksandras Stulginskis University (Lithuania) | |
| 13.00–14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00–16.00 | Parallel Sessions | |
| 16.00–18.00 | Political Forum on the EU Policy for Rural Development | |
| 19.00 | Gala Dinner | |
Friday, 20th November
| 9.00–13.00 | Parallel Sessions |
| 10.00–15.30 | Best Practices Benchmarking: Towards the Transfer of Knowledge, Innovations and Social Progress |
| 13.00–14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00–15.30 | Final Plenary Session |
| 16.00-18.00 | Kaunas City Tour |