Hakatonas HACK Startup Village atidarymas

Opening of the HACK Startup Village

15:00 Welcome speech: Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth

15:07 Welcome speech: Jurgita Šiugždinienė, Minister of Education, Science and Sport of Lithuania

15:10 Roundtable discussion: “How to support rural areas to become rural innovation ecosystems’”.

• Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
• Simonas Gentvilas, Minister of Environment of Lithuania
• Aušrinė Armonaitė, Minister of Economy and Innovation of Lithuania (TBC)
• Juozas Olekas, Member of the European Parliament
• Moderator – Kristina Šermukšnytė-Alešiūnienė (Director of AgriFood Lithuania/European Cluster Manager of the Year)

15:30 Roundtable discussion: “How does the Commission support innovation in rural areas – Startup Villages”

• Mario Milouchev, the director in charge of innovation within the DG AGRI (European Commission)
• Alessandro Rainoldi, Head of Unit B.3 Territorial Development at JRC (European Commission)
• Dr. Andy Zynga, CEO at EIT Food
• Andras Inotai, the head of the innovation unit in DG R&I (European Commission)
• Moderator – Kristina Šermukšnytė-Alešiūnienė (Director of AgriFood Lithuania/European Cluster Manager of the Year)

16:15 “How can universities support rural areas to become startup villages”

• Evelyn Reinmuth the coordinator of the Hub of European University alliance for Startup Village (44 universities)
• prof. dr. Julija Kiršienė, Vice-Rector for Research at Vytautas Magnus University
• Leonids Ribickis, Rector of Riga Technical University (TBC)
• Klavdija Kutnar, Rector of the University of Primorska
• Moderator – Kristina Šermukšnytė-Alešiūnienė (Director of AgriFood Lithuania/European Cluster Manager of the Year)