09.00 – 10.00 REGISTRATION Pramones Av. 20, Conference Hall

10.00 – 12.30 PLENARY SESSION

10. 00 – 10.10 Welcoming address and opening of the Conference
Paulius Baltrušaitis, Director of Kauno kolegija/University of Applied Sciences, Lithuania

10.10 – 10.40 Smart Development of the Region
Dr. Robertas Jucevičius, Professor at Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania

10.40 – 11.10 Institutional Framework for Fintech Development: Why Does it Matter?
Martynas Pilkis, Chief specialist of Financial Markets Policy Department at Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania

11.10 – 11.40 Solutions to Foster Innovations in a Region.  Kaunas City Case
Tadas Stankevičius, Head of Business Division, Kaunas IN, Lithuania

11.40 – 12.15 Democratizing Knowledge - Science Shops, Knowledge Mobilization, and Broader  Impacts
Norbert Steinhaus, Coordinator of Bonn Science Shop (WILA Bonn), Germany

12.15 – 12.30 DISCUSSION

12.30 – 13.30 LUNCH

13.30 – 15.30 PARALLEL SESSIONS Programme

15.30 – 15.45 COFFEE BREAK

15.45 – 16.00 FINAL SESSION Room 407, Pramonės av. 22A