The Forum on Science and Innovation is a high-level meeting in Lithuania aimed at bringing together entrepreneurs, business and public policy decision makers, scientists and researchers to discuss the state of innovation in the Baltics and Europe.

Aside from a conference with inspiring speakers, the Forum will also offer various workshops, science and technology exhibitions and a presentation on social innovations.

Conference

11:00 - 11:20 A Political Communication Gap between Science and Society. Thinking Outside the Box (FR). Speaker: Dominique Wolton

11:30 - 11:50 Silicon Valley: Benefits for the Society (LT). Speaker: Romanas Zontovičius

12:00 - 12:20 How Curiosity Can Boost Kaunas’ Technological Development (LT). Speaker: Julius Narkus

12:30 - 12:50 The Value of Insight (LT). Speaker: Andrius Grigorjevas

13:00 - 13:20 Creating Social Changes: Inovative Natural Language Processing Technologies (LT). Speaker: Darius Amilevičius

13:30 - 13:50 Social Responsibility of Brands: from BUY IT to WE CARE (LT). Speaker: Ignas Kozlovas

14:00 - 14:20 Design Thinking in Social Innovation (EN). Speaker: Fionn Dobbin

14:30 - 14:50 Neurotechnology to Study Self-Consciousness (EN). Speaker: Fosco Bernasconi

Start-up Space

11:00 - 15:00Start-up Space is an area of interactivity where you will see in practice how innovative ideas are born at the intersection of different disciplines. Explore the possibilities that open up when scientists, scholars and students work together.

Discovery Hall

11:00 - 11:50 Simulation Practice for Training Social Skills with a 3D Game (LT)

12:00 - 13:20 Presentation: “Biofeedback: I Can See What is Happening with My Body” (LT)

13:30 - 14:20 Presentation of Psychological Self-help Computer Program “Program of Personal Changes” (LT)

Creative Workshops

Participants are required to register online.

11:00 - 11:50 Audiolabs (LT)

11:00 - 13:50 VMU Theatre Workshop: Motion and Acting (LT)

11:00 - 11:50 Brain Research Technologies (LT)

12:00 - 12:50 Audiolabs (LT)

12:00 - 12:50 Plant Communication: How We Can Understand Them (LT)

13:00 - 13:50 Audiolabs (LT)

13:00 - 13:50 Virtual Reality: Created for Fun but Fit for Science As Well (LT)

Imagination Hall

11:00 - 11:50 Creativity in Life and Television (LT)

12:00 - 12:50 Creative Workshop: Idea Generation with LEGO Serious Play Methodology

14:00 - 14:50 Creative Workshop: Idea Analysis with Business Model Canvas Methodology

Education Technologies

11:00 - 11:20 Future Innovation Professionals: Rise of Experts-Generalists (LT)

11:30 - 11:50 Influence of Integrated Education on Innovative Expression (LT)

12:00 - 12:20 Challenges of the 21st Century School (LT)

12:30 - 12:50 Self-Training of Adult Cultural Consciousness via Art of Drama Theatre (LT)

More information: http://socialcode.lt/en/