10:00 Opening of the Conference                       Moderator: Joseph Horgan

Opening address by Vice-Rector Gatis Vitols, Professor, LATVIA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES

10.10 – 12.15 Plenary Session 

CIRCULAR ECONOMY IMPLEMENTATION IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR: EGGSHELLS’ APPLICATION / Vjačeslavs Kočetkovs, Dr.eng., Commercial Director, BALTICOVO, JSC.

ANALYSIS OF MEDIA LITERACY ELEMENTS IN LATVIAN STATE EDUCATION STANDARDS/ Joseph Horgan, M.Ed. Doctoral student, UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA, Lecturer, LATVIA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES

GROWTH DYNAMICS OF SWEET CHERRY (PRUNUS AVIUM L.) CLONES IN LATVIA / Eva Daniela Pokule, Mudrīte Daugaviete, Solveiga Luguza, LATVIA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES

RETHINKING SUSTAINABILITY COMMUNICATION PRACTICES IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES / Ilze Vīķe, Mg.sc.soc., Mg., sc. Com., and Doctoral student, RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY

AWA BANCHA: TOKUSHIMA'S ANCIENT FERMENTED TEA AND ITS UNIQUE CULTURAL LEGACY / Hiroshi Sakata, Associate Professor, UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA, JAPAN

FLOOD RISK MAPPING AND DEVELOPMENT OF CRISIS MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS FOR THE CITY OF RUJIENA / Miks Valters Vīķis, Ainis Lagzdiņš, LATVIA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES

PFOS AND PFOA CONCENTRATIONS IN THE DAUGAVA RIVER BASIN / Jana Grave, Jovita Pilecka-Ulcugaceva, Inga Grinfelde, LATVIA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES