„Elsevier book author workshop: How to publish a book in the digital age“ Register here: https://bit.ly/2022LTBW  

In commemoration of the establishement of the University of Lithuania, the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania announced 2022 as the Year of Lithuanian Universities.
It is 20 years since the Lithuanian Scientific Libraries Association (LMBA) was founded, which organizes information resources for scientific research.
The Library of Vilnius Gediminas University of Technology (VILNIUS TECH) celebrates its 60th anniversary.

In order to commemorate these important dates for the Lithuanian scientific community, LMBA, in cooperation with Vilnius Gediminas Technical University and Elsevier, is organizing an experience seminar „Elsevier book author workshop: How to publish a book in the digital age“ and a special discussion „Towards future research impact in Lithuania“ which will take place on 2022 October 18 in Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VILNIUS TECH), Saulėtekio al. 11.

The purpose of the event is to assess the current state of scientific research in Lithuania and discuss future prospects. During the event, a report summarizing the research results of the last decade will be presented, the future research strategies of universities, the development of open access and open science, etc. will be discussed. Awards will also be presented at the event to honor Lithuanian specialists who have contributed to the development of science in Lithuania.
 

Programme:
Elsevier book author workshop: How to publish a book in the digital age
10:00 – 11:30	Dr. Peter Adamson, Senior Acquisitions Editor, Energy, Elsevier More information about workshop >>> To participate, please register here: https://bit.ly/2022LTBW
Towards future research impact in Lithuania (only with invitations)
12:00 – 12:30	Registration & Coffee
12:30 – 13:00	Introductions  Ingrida Kasperaitienė, President of Lithuanian Research Library Association/Head of VILNIUS TECH Library Tomasz Psonka, Regional Director for Poland & Baltics, Elsevier Prof Dr Živilė Sederevičiūtė-Pačiauskienė, Vice-rector for Studies, VILNIUS TECH Vilija Targamadzė, Member of Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
Assessment of Lithuanian research impact
13:00 – 13:20	Research Impact of Lithuania 2012-2021: A report Kate Patyrak, Research Intelligence, Elsevier
13:20 – 13:40	Research assessment in Lithuania Milda Jodinskienė, Chief Officer, Science Policy and Assessment Unit, Research Council of Lithuania
13:40 – 14:00	Research strategy for future: Kaunas University of Technology Leonas Balaševičius, Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation, Kaunas University of Technology
Q&A and break
Future – increasing research impact through open science
14:30 – 14:50	How technology transforms knowledge transfer in research Jonathan Simpson, Vice President for Reference Content, Elsevier
14:45 – 15:10	Research strategy for future: Riga Stradins University, Latvia Agrita Kiopa, Vice-rector for Research, Riga Stradins University
15:00 – 15:30	Transformation towards Open Access Tomasz Psonka, Regional Director for Poland & Baltics, Elsevier
15:30 – 15:50	Citizen Science in Lithuania: does our science and innovation ecosystem anticipate the input of citizens? assoc. Dr. Monika Mačiulienė, Head of the Lithuanian Citizens' Science Association, VILNIUS TECH Department of Creative Communication
16:00 – 16:30	Panel discussion – Towards future research impact
16:30 – 17:00	Cocktail break
17:00 – 17:30	Research Excellence Awards
17:30 – 19:00	Dinner with VILNIUS TECH Orkestra, Art Director Vladimir Školnyj, Concertmaster Rimantas Valančauskas

Please be aware that there will be filming and photography during this event.

For more information about the „Towards Future Research Impact in Lithuania" event, please contact crypt:PGEgaHJlZj0ibWFpbHRvOmwuYm91ZG92YUBlbHNldmllci5jb20iIHRhcmdldD0iX2JsYW5rIj5sLmJvdWRvdmFAZWxzZXZpZXIuY29tPC9hPg==:xx