Event programme

AI for Sustainable Future

AGENDA

High level kick-off ceremony for project

Centre of Excellence of AI for Sustainable Living and Working,
SustAInLivWork (101059903)

Centre of Exellence for Sustainable Living and Working (SustAInLivWork)
Santaka Valley, K. Barsausko st. 59, Kaunas, Lithuania (hall No. 2)
8:45 – 9:00 Registration
9:00 – 9:05 Welcome words from Moderator – Darius Matas
WELCOME SPEECHES
9:05-9:15 Prof. Dr. Eugenijus Valatka, Rector of Kaunas University of Technology
9:15-9:25 Ales Fiala, Head of Unit, REA (European Commission)
9:25-9:35 Dr. Agnė Kudarauskienė, Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Lithuania
9:35-9:45 Jekaterina Kalinienė, Head of  Life Sciences, Innovation Agency  Lithuania
9:45-9:55 DSc. (Tech.) Jarmo Takala, Provost of Tampere University
9:55-10:05 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Timm-Giel, President of Hamburg University of Technology
KEY-NOTE SPEECHES
10:05-10:20

Policy Aspects of Teaming Action within the HE Work Programme “Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation”  
Dr. Karina Firkavičiūtė,  Policy Officer, DG RTD (European Commission)
10:20-10:40 Presentation about SustAInLivWork project
Prof. Dr. Agnė Paulauskaitė-Tarasevičienė, Head of KTU Artificial Intelligence Centre (Kaunas University of Technology)
10:40-11:20 MEDIA interviews and coffee break
KEY-NOTE SPEECHES
11:20-11:35

AI based research and solutions for health sector

Prof. Dr. Rimantas Benetis, Rector of Lithuanian University for Health Sciences
11:35-11:50

AI based research and innovation solutions for manufacturing,

Gintaras Vilda, CEO Manufacturing Innovation Valley
11:50-12:05

AI based research and innovation solutions for energy

Liutauras Varanavičius, Head of Strategy Department, LITGRID AB
12:05-12:20 AI based research and innovation solutions for transport 
Prof. Dr. Dalius Navakauskas, Vice-Rector for Science and Innovation of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
12:20-13:30 Lunch break
13:30-14:30

Panel session

New Era of Sustainable Living and Working: how to take advantage of AI?

  • Harri Nieminen, Head of Sustainable Industry X (SIX) initiative at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.
  • Prof. Dr. Alexander Schlaefer, Professor of Institute of Medical Technology and Intelligent Systems, Hamburg University of Technology
  • Arnas Karužas, Researcher of Institute of Cardiology of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
  • Rima Valentukevičienė, President of Association INFOBALT
  • Prof. Dr. Tomas Krilavičius, Dean of Faculty of Informatics at Vytautas Magnus University 

Moderator Prof. Dr. Vidas Raudonis (Professor of Faculty of Electricity and Electronics, Kaunas University of Technology)
14:30-15:00 Q&A session
15:00-15:10 Closing remarks
The project is co-funded under the European Union's Horizon Europe programme under Grant Agreement No. 101059903 and under the European Union Funds’ Investments 2021-2027 (project No. 10-042-P-0001).