10:00 Opening of the Conference                       Moderator: Joseph Horgan

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

 Address by Mārtiņš Šabovics, Chairperson of the Conference “Students on Their Way to Science” Committee, Head of the International Cooperation Centre, LATVIA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES

10.10 – 12.15 Plenary Session 

TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES IN AGRICULTURAL ROBOTICS/ Vitālijs Osadčuks, Professor, LATVIA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES

 EIT FOOD: MORE THAN FOOD – INNOVATION WITH IMPACT/ Ilze Laukaleja-Broka, Latvia Hub Manager, EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY  

WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS' ROLE IN TOURISM CO-CREATION AND POLICY: EXAMINING THE CASE OF CYPRUS/ Zanete Garanti, Associate Professor, CITY UNITY COLLEGE NICOSIA (CYPRUS)

CHARACTERISTICS AND DISTRIBUTION OF IMPATIENS GLANDULIFERA ROYLE IN LATVIA, Alta Egliņa, Inga Straupe, LATVIA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES 

A UNIQUE CULTURE OF TOKUSHIMA: HISTORY OF AWA PUPPET SHOW (NINGYOU JOURURI) / Hiroshi Sakata, Associate Professor, UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA, JAPAN 

ZINC CONCENTRATION IN SNOW WATER AND POTENTIAL HAZARDS IN THE CITY OF JELGAVA / Viktorija Petrova, Inga Grīnfelde, Jovita Pilecka–Uļčugačeva, LATVIA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES

 ELEVATED CO2 EFFECTS ON REDMIZUNA MICROGREENS BIOMASS AND ANTHOCYANIN CONTENT / Ravindu Upetha Balasuriya, Anta Sparinska, LATVIA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES

TIMELESS FOUNDATIONS: VITRUVIAN PRINCIPLES IN ARCHITECTURE / Lukrecija Jankauskaitė, Dainora Jankauskienė, KLAIPEDA STATE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES, LITHUANIA