“Modern management – part of cultural policy”

Dear students,

We invite you to the student scientific conference “MODERN MANAGEMENT – PART OF CULTURAL POLICY”
Which will be hald in 2020 March 19 10 am.

Registration for the conference is open until 2020 March 10.

The 16th Multidisciplinary Academic Conference

PhD student of the Faculty of Bioeconomy Development Erika Besusparienė on 24-25 of January 2020 has participated in the 16th Multidisciplinary Academic Conference in Prague, Czech Republic. Conference organized by: Czech Technical University in Prague (Faculty of Transportation Sciences) and MAC Prague consulting and Academic Conferences Association z.s. The MAC 16th conference include Economics, Management, Marketing and other topics. E.Besusparienė PhD thesis includes interdisciplinary studies in mathematics and information technologies application in economic science. E. Besusparienė was already prepared the first version of the Phd thesis. Therefore, she made a presentation “A Methodology for Design an Optimal Tax System of Family Farms”. The presented methodology can be applied to other countries in the field of tax policy. Also, the method used in this PhD thesis can be applied in other studies. The applied methodology has attracted interest. With researcher B. Basner who doing research on the optimal degree of digitalization, E. Besusparienė discuss about possibility to use similar method to create a model that shows how much digitalization for each company is needed. The conference finished with social event where participants from Germany, Latvia, Poland, Turkey and others countries had scientific debate. Participation to the MAC 16th conference funded by Lithuanian Research Council funds for PhD students.

Meeting with the representatives from Bio-based Industries Consortium

On 16 of January, 2020, the meeting with representatives from Biobased – industries consortium (BIC) Nelo Emerencia and Marco Rupp as well as the Vice President GR III European Economic and Social Committee Mindaugas Maciulevičius was held at the Faculty of Bioeconomy Development.

Nelo Emerencia manages the Programming activities of BIC. He graduated as Chemical Engineer at the Delft University of Technology. During his career, he acquired expertise in engineering & operations, economics & planning, marketing, communication & public affairs and Education & Innovation.

Marco Rupp manages Public Affairs & Governmental Relations at BIC. He graduated as economist. During his career, he gained a strong public affairs expertise, holding management positions in consultancies and corporate representations as well as the EU Institutions. BIC representatives are working with community of research and industries, as the partnership of both areas is the focus for BIC organisation.

Nelo Emerencia and Marco Rupp presented the mission and functions of the BIC as well the opportunities for bioeconomy development in Lithuania. Marco Rupp presented the platform for Regions and bio-based projects. The event gathered representatives from different organisation of Lithuania and covered a lot of discussion.

It was the first visit of BIC representatives aimed at introducing BIC activities and identifying the field for the common work together in future. Another meeting focused on discussion about the concrete collaboration activities on the scientific and industry level is planned.

VMU Academy of Agriculture researchers were visiting milk farms in Finland

On January 7-11, 2020 Assoc prof. Jolita Greblikaitė and lecturer Rolandas Rakštys (Vytautas Magnus University, Academy of Agriculture) were visiting milk farms at Finland, Tampere region. This visit is a part of the project with the Lithuanian Ministry of Agriculture, devoted to typical farms models‘ creation, their scientific and economic evaluation and grounding. Researchers were visiting one big farm (250 cows) and one middle siza farm (40 cows) in Finland. The interest spheres of the visit were related with technological, ingineering, finansial and economic decisions in milk farms. The futire development of the farms and milk sector in Finland was discussed.

Conference “Young Scientist 2020”

Dear students,

We are kindly inviting you to participate at the students‘ conference „Young scientist 2020“. The conference will be held on 23 of April, 2020.

Important dates:

*Registration to the conference till 29 of March, 2020

*Please register here: Registration

The final conference program will be announced later.

For further information:
Administrator for studies Daiva Raižytė e-mail: daiva.raizyte@vdu.lt

International Scientific Conference “Sustainable Bioeconomy Development 2020: From Thinking Globally to Acting Locally”

Virtual conference will be hosted on 25 June, 2020. Online registration to conference is extended until 31 May 2020.

The conference is organized by the Faculty of Bioeconomy Development of Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy and the Faculty of Economics and Social Development of Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies.

The conference is dedicated to interdisciplinary scientific discussions and new ideas related to the following topics: Sustainability as a Key for Bioeconomy Challenges; Bioeconomy for Rural Development; Innovation to Investments, Markets and the Bio-Based Sector. Important topics of the conference are instruments to support sustainable bioeconomy in rural areas and seizing the opportunity for rural areas.

Papers that fulfil the requirements can be published in the scientific journal “Management Theory and Studies for Rural Business and Infrastructure Development”.

Conference programme

On behalf of
Organising Committee of International Scientific Conference „Sustainable Bioeconomy Development 2020: From Thinking Globally to Acting Locally“

Visit to Slovakia for HORIZON 2020 programme

In 12-12 November, 2019 assoc. prof. Jolita Greblikaite and lecturer Rolandas Rakstys (Facultyr of Bioeconomy Development) were participating in HORIZON 2020 event „2020 SOCIETIES BROKERAGE in Bratislava, Slovakia.. The event eas dvoted for presenting particular Horizon 2020 programmes as well as particular tips and new rules of new Horizon programme were presented. The event was important in terms of managing and writing proposals (new rules). Brokerage meetings were held as well. Participant were from different countries: Project managers, researchers, administrative staff.

Erasmus+ training visit at Delft University of Technology

On 4-8 November, Vytautas Magnus University Faculty of Bioeconomy Development Entrepreneurship Laboratory administrator Deimena Montvydaitė was visiting Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands) as Erasmus+ training visit. During the visit, D. Montvydaitė participated in “TU Delft International Staff Exchange Event”, organized by TU Delft Guest Centre. The event brought together representatives of universities from different European countries: Sweden, Finland, France, Spain, Austria, Turkey, etc. The main goal of the Event was to share the knowledge and experience from different universities in order to learn from each other. The major topics, discussed during the training, were: Admission and Student Exchange, International Partnerships, Strategic Development, Corporate Policy Affairs, Global Engagement & Strategic Partnerships, Entrepreneurship, Student Drop Out, Working with Alumni Relations to reach the goals of university etc.

In the Event there was considered the latest admission processes at TU Delft, trends in admission over the past years and general admission developments within the Netherlands. All the participants shared their experience form different universities and discussed the issues on student admission. Talking about international relationships, there were debated trends and developments within international partnerships, preferred partnerships and international cooperation. In the Event there was also presented the main strategic principles of the TU Delft and further elaborate on the process of getting to the strategic framework. In the field of global engagement, there were discussed the issues related to developing and implementing a global engagement framework/strategy, managing (strategic) partnership programmes and creating global impact. Representatives of the universities shared their experience in the strategic and global engagement fields as well. During the Event, participants were introduced to The Delft Centre for Entrepreneurship, which provides education programs at bachelor and master level and contributes to PhD training as well as other teaching programs. What is more, The Delft Centre for Entrepreneurship has the vision to be a global leader in entrepreneurship and innovation research and education. In terms of students drop out, there was highlighted the aim at quality, not quantity and the importance to make sure that students’ choice for university is thought through. More interactivity and dialogue in the study choice process, was discussed. Talking about engagement of the alumni community, there was held a debate about alumni role in strategic decisions and communicative processes. In all the sessions participants discussed their own universities strengths as well as problem areas and searched for solutions while sharing different experiences. Beside the knowledge learning, the Event included campus tour, that allowed participants to get a closer look at individual units’ work spaces of TU Delft.

Erasmus training visit at Delft University of Technology and participation at “TU Delft International Staff Exchange Event” provided an opportunity to explore the different cultures of different universities, to share the experience and to gain knowledge on current issues, as well as to establish contacts for potential future cooperation.

Erasmus visit to Croatia

Assoc. Professor Jolita Greblikaite (Faculty of Bioeconomy Development) was teaching under Erasmus+ mobility programme at University of Dubrovnik, Croatia during 29-31 November, 2019. The co-operation between institutions was already established earlier. Prof. Ivona Raguz is a member of the scientific International conference „Rural Development 2019“. Profesors from Dubtovnik University are actively working as visiting profesors. The International conference of Economics „DIEM“ is organised each year. It includes and management themes.

Presentation of scientific research results in the international scientific conference in Lisbon

Researchers of the Faculty of Bioeconomy Development, Research Institute for Bioeconomy professor V. Vitunskienė, associate professor D. Makutėnienė, lector N. Ramanauskė and PhD student E. Besusparienė participated in the 29th Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) international scientific conference, which was held on 10–12 October, 2019 in Portugal, Lisbon. It was attended by scientists from 52 countries (Bulgaria, Denmark, India, Indonesia, Poland, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, etc.), who presented their research results in the fields of Accounting, Audit, Banking, Investment, Marketing, Growth and Development, Political Economy, Public Economics, etc.

Scholarsof the Research Institute for Bioeconomy made presentations on bioeconomy development issues. The presentation by prof. V. Vitunskienė was ,,Spatial Concentration of Biomass Production Activities in the European Union“, assoc. prof. D. Makutėnienė presented ,,The Impact of Agriculture on the Natural Environment in Terms of Resource Use and GHG Emissions“, lect. N. Ramanauskė presented the paper prepared together with prof. V. Vitunskienė ,,Spatio-Temporal Assessment of Biomass Self-Sufficiency in the European Union“. PhD student E. Besusparienė presented the results of the empirical research from the part of the dissertation devoted to the modelling of fertilizer tax and made presentation ,,The Assessment of Factors Affecting Fertilizer Use on Family Farms in Lithuania”.

Participation in the conference was financed by the Research Council of Lithuania from European Social Fund under the Operational Programme for EU Structural Funds Investments for 2014–2020, by the Faculty of Bioeconomy Development and by EU Erasmus+ Programme. PhD student participation in the conference funded by the Research Council of Lithuania under the support for PhD student academic travel.