COLLABORATION FOR FUTURE: FROM TECHNOLOGY TO PERSON!
Kaunas University of Applied Sciences International Week is back – the event spanning from March 29th to April 2nd will bring the academic community and business world representatives back together again.
The event is open to academic and non-academic staff involved in internationalisation. The academic staff is welcome to hold online classes according to their field of expertise. We kindly ask you to make presentations promoting student exchange opportunities at your institution. By attending our International Week, you will get the latest insights of what is new at Kaunas University of Applied Sciences and what are the future development perspectives. This is a great opportunity for generating new ideas for joint activities in projects, networking, further cooperation and exchange!
Deadline for registration is 18th of March 2021.
Programme
10.00 Virtual Doors of International Week Open – Let’s Get to Know KUAS.
20 Years of Synergy & Beyond. Jolanta Valiaugienė, Head of International Relations Services, Paulius Baltrušaitis, Director (KUAS )
10.15 Importance of internationalizing and collaboration. Ms. Noora Kahra, Senior Adviser, International Services (TAMK, Finland)
10.45 Panel Session. Moderators: dr. Giedrius Gecevičius, Dean of the Faculty of Technologies (KUAS), Viktorija Navickienė, Head of Department of Communication, Faculty of Business (KUAS):
10.50 – 11.30 Technologies Today. What Happens Next? Elijus Čivilis, CIO (LTG Lithuanian Railways) & Expert (GovTech Lab Lithuania)
11.30 – 12.10 Discussion “Innovation Leadership”. Justina Klyvienė, Founder (Innovation Agency “Future Leadership”)
12.10 – 12.50 AI Adoption: Still Too Early or Already Too Late. Prof. dr. Tomas Krilavičius, Dean of the Faculty of Informatics,(VMU)
13.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.00 Kaunas City Virtual Guide. Students of the Tourism and Hotel Management
Online lectures for students**
Collaboration for Future: Development Perspectives (part 1):
9.30 – 11.00 Workshop: Collaboration Through Projects: All You Need is Mindfulness and Creativity These Days. Moderator Ieva Brazauskaitė-Zubavičienė, lecturer of the Faculty of Arts and Education (KUAS)
- A self-management recipe through the pandemic: Coaching and mindfulness in a nutshell. Speaker Claudia Consuelo Saccone, Professional coach, Universo CLIL Training Provider, Italy
- Promoting the Creativity and Storytelling Skills of Pre-School Children. Speakers Tija Zīriņa, Dr. psych., Professor, Faculty of Education, Psychology and Art, University of Latvia and Agrita Tauriņa, Associate professor, Faculty of Education, Psychology and Art, University of Latvia
Duration 1,5 hours
11.10 – 13.00 Workshop: Being Together Again, Soft Skills that Work! Moderator Wilfred Ledoux Tchasse Simo, project coordinator of the Faculty of Business, lecturer (KUAS)
Overall aim: anticipate the after-Covid era and understand/develop skills necessary for reconnecting and collaborating with people. Specific objectives: develop the after-Covid mindset; investigate/discuss soft skills for reconnecting and collaborating with people that matter (customers, friends, colleagues, etc.).
- Technological Proficiency – transition after; pros & cons. Speaker Tomas Beržinas, Lithuania
- Flexibility – changes, adapting digital tools, soft skills. Speaker Ioseb Gabelaia, Latvia
- Emotional intelligence. Speaker Nomeda Marazienė, Lithuania
- Collaboration – virtual space, dealing with emotions, isolation & comeback to workplace, pros & cons. Speaker Danguolė Kraskauskienė, Lithuania
Duration 2 hours
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Let’s Get to Know Each Other! Presentations for Students: KUAS and Partner institutions
Online lectures for students**
Collaboration for Future: Development Perspectives (part 2):
10.00 – 11.00 Workshop: Technology and Person. Moderator Erlandas Lazauskas, lecturer of the Faculty of Technologies (KUAS)
Annotation: Person is not always the inventor and creates products himself. A lot of technology is taken from nature. Next time, we don’t think that without a human-observed bird’s flight, there might not be planes today. So which technologies has man borrowed from nature? And why is it important to preserve nature.
Duration 60 min
11.10 – 12.10 Workshop: Applied Cyber Security Workshop for Education Specialists. Moderators Edvinas Voveris, Tomas Pečiulis, Gintaras Butkus, lecturers of the Faculty of Technologies (KUAS)
Annotation: The shift towards remote learning caused by the global pandemic has presented many new challenges and threats for teachers. This workshop will cover the most important cyber security tools and best practices for education specialists, with live examples of possible attacks and practical exercises on how to defend against them.
Duration 60 min
12.20 – 13.05 Workshop: Responsible Food Consumption. Moderator dr. Ernesta Trečiokienė, lecturer of the Faculty of Technologies (KUAS)
Annotation: Food consumption trends. Which groups of waste are generated the most by the consumer? Influence of Covid on the increase of waste. Possible ways to reduce waste.
- Food consumption trends Irina Koscelkovskienė
- The ways of household waste generation and assessment of their reduction possibilities dr. Ernesta Trečiokienė, Irina Koscelkovskienė, Inga Pupelienė, Nijolė Vasiliauskienė
- Summary and visions to the future dr. Ernesta Trečiokienė, Irina Koscelkovskienė, Inga Pupelienė, Nijolė Vasiliauskienė
Duration 45 min
13.05 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 16.00 Panel discussion: Volunteering in Health and Social Care sectors. Moderator Povilas Beseckas, project coordinator of the Faculty of Medicine, lecturer (KUAS)
- Increasing motivation of staff and students to do volunteering work;
- Added value of the volunteering – soft skills and professional development;
- Examples of individual and organizational involvement into volunteering activities.
Panel participants: students and staff who have experience in volunteering and/or organization of volunteering activities. Partners from Higher Education Institutions will be asked to share experience as well as our own teachers and students.
Panel discussion will be concluded with discussion on new initiatives – projects, applied research involving both students and teachers.
Duration 2 hours
Online lectures for students**
Online lectures for students **
11.00 Virtual Art Exhibition
Musical Present from KUAS
The End of the Virtual International Week
Online lectures for students**
Virtual Meeting with Representatives of KUAS faculties might be organised upon request.
* The online platform Zoom will be used. The registered participants will be provided with the links.
**Schedules for online lectures will be provided separately.
