THURSDAY, May 8
N.B. Vilnius Time (CEST + 1) is applied in the conference programme
09:00-09:30 Registration
09:30-10:00 Opening of conference (ONSITE and ONLINE)

10:00-12:50 PLENARY SESSION (ONSITE and ONLINE)
Vilnius, Traku 1, Atlantai Hall
Moderator: Tomas Kačerauskas
10:00-10:30 Katarzyna Molek-Kozakowska, University of Opole, Poland; Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania
Imagining Sustainable Futures: Critical Multimodal Analyses of Policy Discourse, Activist Discourse and Science Popularization Discourse

10:30-11:00 Halyna Berehova, Kherson National Technical University, Ukraine
Philosophical and Educational Approach to Understanding the Phenomenon of Visuality

11:00-11:30 Monika Mačiulienė, Aelita Skaržauskienė, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania
Talking Climate in Lithuania: Gaps, Publics and Possibilities

11:30-12:00 Eric Mark Kramer, University of Minnesota, USA
The "Eyes" of Artificial Intelligence

12:00-12:50 DISCUSSION

13:00-14:30 LUNCH

14:30-17:10 WORK IN PARALLEL SECTIONS

17:10-17:40 DISCUSSION

19:00 NETWORKING RECEPTION. ADRESS: MO MUSEUM, address: Pylimo 17, Vilnius (just across the street from the Faculty).


 

Moderator:  Žilvinė Gaižutytė-Filipavičienė 14:30 – 14:50 Arto Mutanen, Finnish Naval Academy; National Defence University, Finland Art and Affective Knowledge 14:50 – 15:10 Mišel Karolina Nikolajeva, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania VR and AR in Creative Industries: Modern Technologies as the Accelerators of Changes in External Communication and Cultural Heritage 15:10 – 15:30 Salvatore Schinello, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania Media and Technologies in Creative Society 15:30 – 15:50 Tomas Mitkus, Vaida Nedzinskaitė-Mitkė, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania The Creative Blueprint: Investigating the Role and Purpose of the Pitch Bible in Animation 15:50 – 16:20 COFFEE BREAK 16:20 – 16:40 Žilvinė Gaižutytė-Filipavičienė, Lithuanian Culture Research Institute, Lithuania Visualising Athropocene in Lithuanian Nature Arts 16:40 – 17:00 Aretas Kisielius, Vilnius University, Lithuania A Semiotic Approach to Visuality: Interwar Lithuanian Advertising as a Cultural Text 17:10 – 17:30 DISCUSSION

   

Moderator: Angelė Tamulevičiūtė-Šekštelienė 14:30 – 14:50 Johan Pibert, Free University of Berlin, Germany; Kristina Stankevičiūtė, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania (Audio)visuality of Fashion Resale as an (Un)sustainable Social Innovation 14:50 – 15:10 Viktorija Jakubauskytė-Andriulienė, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania; LCC International University, Lithuania The Impact of Sustainability Communication Through Voluntarily and Mandatory Reporting on Shaping the Sustainability Mindset 15:10 – 15:30 Antonio Amuza, University of Bucharest, Romania; Ionuț Sorin Banciu, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Romania Sustainability as a Political Narrative – What Motivates Young Voters to Support Pro-Environmental Candidates? 15:30 – 15:50 Tigran Simyan, Yerevan State University, Armenia Soviet and Post-Soviet Visual Signs of Yerevan: Historical Memory, Visual Syntagmas, the Struggle for Space   15:50 – 16:20 COFFEE BREAK 16:20 – 16:40 Luis Moreira Pinto, University of Beira Interior, Portugal The Expressive Power of Drawing: Line, Texture, And Color in Architectural Creativity 16:40 – 17:00 Viktorija Jakučionytė, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania Communication and Values in Political Discourse 17:10 – 17:30 DISCUSSION

   

Moderator: Alisa Stunžaitė 14:30 – 14:50 Rytė Žiūrienė, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania; Luis Romero, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal; Tomas Mackevičius, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania; Rasa Buikauskaitė-Kurzenkovė, Lithuanian Educational Centre for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Lithuania; Milda Pošiūtė-Žebelienė, Lithuanian Educational Centre for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; Vilnius Collegium, Lithuania Towards Visual Communication Using Animated Sign Language: The Lithuanian and Portuguese Case Study 14:50 – 15:10 Stefanie Reich, University of Applied Sciences, Kiel, Germany Designing for Democracy – How Design Enhances Participation and Sustainable Information Communication in Healthcare 15:10 – 15:30 Karolina Ferreira Fernandes, University of Bialystok, Poland           Social Innovations for Nonverbal Communication of Autistic Children 15:30 – 16:00 COFFEE BREAK 16:00 – 16:20 Marius Markuckas, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania Transhumanist Vision, Disability and Existential Fulfillment 16:20 – 16:40 Aistė Kanapickaitė, Start Up „Perfection 42“, Lithuania; Aistė Diržytė, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania Nature’s Emotional Resonance: Linking Mental Health and Emotional Reactions to Visual Stimuli in Depressive and Anxious Individuals 16:50 – 17:10 DISCUSSION

   

Moderator: Nerijus Stasiulis 14:30 – 14:50 Fabio Indio Massimo Poppi, University of Lodz, Poland; Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania Contra Narrationes: Master Narratives, Counter-Narratives, and the Struggle for Meaning 14:50 – 15:10 Vaida Asakavičiūtė, Jovilė Barevičiūtė, Zenona Ona Atkočiūnienė, Vytis Valatka, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania Leadership in Stoic Philosophy: Values, Communication and Sustainability 15:10 – 15:30 Seungbae Park, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea Critiques of Rawls's Theory of Justice 15:30 – 15:50 Povilas Aleksandravičius, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania; Mangoua Roland Tehia, Felix Houphouet-Boigny University, The Ivory Coast Sustainable Development and the Changing Concept of Justice (Humanism) 15:50 – 16:20 COFFEE BREAK 16:20 – 16:40 Algis Mickūnas, Ohio University, USA Symbolic Designs and Visuality 16:40 – 17:00 Ljubisha Petrushevski, Marija Stojanova, Euro College, North Macedonia Is it Still Possible to Creatively Use the Will to Noise in the Digital Age? 17:00 – 17:20 Gustavo Gomez Perez, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia Visual Testimony and Historical Truth: A Phenomenological Analysis of Juan Manuel Echavarría's Documentary "Malo Pa Pintar Muñecos" (Bad at Painting Figures) 17:20 – 17:40 DISCUSSION

   

Moderator: Robert Leščinskij 14:30 – 14:50 Dalia Marija Stančienė, University of Klaipėda, Lithuania The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Social Media and Disinformation 14:50 – 15:10 Antonio Polainas, Independent researcher, Portugal Contemporary Architecture in the Age of the Image: An Audiovisual Perspective for Qualifying the Communication Process of the Architectural Work 15:10 – 15:30 Catarina Moura, University of Beira Interior, Portugal Urban Art and Bioregionality: Rescuing and Reinterpreting Traditions In the Interior of Portugal 15:30 – 15:50 Maciej Bialous, University of Bialystok, Poland Gamification as a Tool for Social Innovation in Contemporary Poland 15:50 – 16:20 COFFEE BREAK 16:20 – 16:40 John W. Murphy, University of Miami, USA; Carlos Largacha-Martinez, Fundacion Universitaria del Area Andina, Colombia Common Sense in AI: Revisited and Deepened 16:40 – 17:00 Willmar Ricardo Rugeles Joya, Karen Manuela Medina Jara, Veronica Liseth Vergara Palencia, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia Beyond the Illusion: From Concept to Solutions 17:00 – 17:20 Bernardo Flores Heymann, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico; University of Navarra, Spain Modeling as Visuality: How the Abstract Takes Shape 17:20 – 17:40 DISCUSSION

   

Moderator: Alvydas Noreika 14:30 – 14:50 Benilde Reis, Lusofona University, Portugal Rethinking Body Measurements for Genderless Clothing for Fashion Design 14:50 – 15:10 Jūratė Černevičiūtė, Rolandas Strazdas, Rūta Banelienė, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania Design-Driven Innovations and Sustainability in Fashion Through Participatory Design 15:10 – 15:30 Taira Milušauskaitė, St. Ignatius of Loyola College, Lithuania Environmental Sustainability and Sustainable Fashion: Between Necessity and Reality 15:30 – 15:50 Linda De Feo, University of Naples Federico II, Italy For a Sociology of Artistic Sustainability. Human Bodies and Digital Dance 15:50 – 16:20 COFFEE BREAK 16:20 – 16:40 Luka Alebić, Snježana Barić-Šelmić, Filip Jurić, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia The Transformation of Radio in the Digital Age: Visualizing an Auditive Medium Through Instagram 16:40 – 17:00 Xin Zeng, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China A Night Market as a Cultural Hub: A Participatory Ecosystem of Youth Subculture in Dali 17:10 – 17:30 DISCUSSION

   

Moderator: Rytė Žiūrienė 09:00 Morning introduction 09:20 – 09:40 Gabija Velykytė, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania Vilnius Tech Students' Attitudes Towards University Communication According to their Cultural Context 09:40 – 10:00 Joseph Joe Pilotta, JSC In-Nova.1, LLC, USA; Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania The Vision of Sustainability: What can Universities Do?  10:00 – 10:20 Olena Chepelyuk, Mariia Artemenko, Larysa Ponomarenko, Kherson National Technical University, Ukraine Visual Communications to Motivate Students in a Virtual Environment During Wartime 10:20 – 10:50 COFFEE BREAK 10:50 – 11:10 Tomas Mitkus, Vaida Nedzinskaitė-Mitkė, Rokas Semėnas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania VR in the Classroom: A Means of Personalising History 11:10 – 11:30 Paula Alexandra Rego; Luis Romero, Instituto Politecnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal An Immersive VR Serious Game to Help in Daily Life 11:30 – 11:50 Milvydas Knyzelis, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, LCC International University, Lithuania Blue Code and Cyborgs: Visual Representation of AI In Lithuanian News Media

   

Moderator: Vytis Valatka 09:00 Morning introduction 09:20 – 09:40 Tomas Kačerauskas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania; Lithuanian Academy of Sciences Phallic Visual Spaces in the City: The Battle for the Highest Building in the World 09:40 – 10:00 Basia Nikiforova, Lithuanian Culture Research Institute, Lithuania Building Walls: European Borders’ Architecture 10:00 – 10:20 Manshuk Tuktibayeva, Gulnaz Shanbayeva, Almaty Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan                Shanyrak Philosophy: The Hidden Soul of the Kazakh Family 10:20 – 10:50 COFFEE BREAK 10:50 – 11:10 Nerijus Stasiulis, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania Communication in Digital Space 11:10 – 11:30 Anar Moilbekova, Saltanat Nurlanova, Almaty Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan The Social Worker in the Mirror of Visual Culture: How Values Take Shape 11:30 – 11:50 Jovilė Barevičiūtė, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania “How to Throw Down an Ivory Tower”: Heideggerian In-Der-Welt-Sein and Mitsein as Theoretical Approaches to Visual Science Communication in Social Media

   

Moderator: Viktorija Jakučionytė 09:00 Morning introduction 09:20 – 09:40 Mariam Kilanava, The Georgian University of Sport, Sakartvelo The Advancing Role of Visual Innovations in English for Specific Purposes Instruction in Sports, Medicine, and Business: Harnessing Technology for Enhanced Learning Outcomes 09:40 – 10:00 Ilona Valantinaitė, Vaida Asakavičiūtė, Živilė Sederevičiūtė-Pačiauskienė, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania Factors Influencing Students’ Engagement in Virtual Discussions in the Context of the Philosophy of Existential Education 10:00 – 10:20 Marina Ciampi, Sapienza Universita di Roma, Italy The Uncertain Age. Experiments in Visual Sociological Research 10:20 – 10:50 COFFEE BREAK 10:50 – 11:10 Oleksandr Mieshkov, Ukrainian Physics and Mathematics Lyceum of Taras Shevchenko of  National University of Kyiv; Nataliia Shandova, Kherson National Technical University; Nataliia Oliinyk, Kherson National Technical University; Nataliia Mieshkova-Kravchenko, Kherson National Technical University; Kyrylo Radchenko, Ukrainian Physics and Mathematics Lyceum of Taras Shevchenko of National University of Kyiv, Ukraine Software Package for the Educational and Development Program “School of Green Economy” 11:10 – 11:30 Oleh Kruhlyk, Alfred Nobel University, Dnipro, Ukraine Information Technology as a Tool of Visualisation in the Professional Education of Economists 11:30 – 11:50 Fron Mara-Ilinca, Cristina Fleseriu, "Babes-Bolyai" University, Romania Human vs. Artificial Intelligence. Consumers' Perception of Social Media Marketing Content

   

Moderator: Edvardas Rimkus 09:00 Morning introduction 09:20 – 09:40 Borbala Jasz, Kodolanyi Janos University, Hungary; Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain The Visual Chimera: The Aesthetic and Epistemic Nature of AI Generated Photo-Based Fictitious Architecture 09:40 – 10:00 Giusy Gallo, University of Calabria, Italy To Be or not to Be Certificate of Presence? The Nature of Photography in the Post-truth Era 10:00 – 10:20 Jonas Miklavčič, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Transparency Reversed: The Paradox of Visibility In the Age of AI 10:20 – 10:50 COFFEE BREAK 10:50 – 11:10 Lana Ciboci Perša, Catholic University of Croatia; Tomislav Levak, University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer in Osijek, Croatia Combating Visual Deepfakes – A Systematic Review 11:10 – 11:30 Małgorzata Sławek-Czochra, Małgorzata Gruchoła, Poland, The John Paul II Catholic University in Lublin, Poland Visuality of Emotions in Art as an Indicator of Human and Generative Artificial Intelligence Creativity 11:30 – 11:50 Donata Bocullo, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania Textual Love Affair: Meta Communication Between Reader and Writer 11:50 – 12:10 Sang Xiaopan, Luo Ziwen, Yu Xile, University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China Immersive Emotions: Affective Dynamics in "Boundaryless" Digital Light-and-Shadow Exhibitions (An Audience-Centric Analysis of Multimodal Perception)

   

Moderator: Salvatore Schinello 09:00 Morning introduction 09:20 – 09:40 Skirmantė Bikaitė, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Two-Way Communication in Citizen Science 09:40 – 10:00 Gizela Horvath, Partium Christian University, Oradea, Romania Destroying Art to Save the Planet 10:00 – 10:20 Emanuela Ferreri, Sapienza Universita di Roma, Italy From the Emotion of Technical Failure to the Moral Regime of Failure: Towards a Different Socio-Cultural Sustainability 10:20 – 10:50 COFFEE BREAK 10:50 – 11:10 Rafał Krzysztof Matusiak, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania; University of Opole, Poland Shaping Economic Sustainability in Crisis: Linguistic and Visual Narratives in Polish Media Amid the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict 11:10 – 11:30 Tomas Butvilas, Kristina Kovaitė, Paulius Šūmakaris, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania Citizens' Engagement in Reused Construction Material Applications: The Contextualization of Civic Engineering 11:30 – 11:50 Rasa Smaliukienė, Zuhair Abbas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania The Role of Communication on Circular Economy Transitions: A Bibliometric Review

12:20 – 13:10 FINAL DISCUSSION AND CONFERENCE CLOSING (ONSITE and ONLINE)

13:45 MEETING AT THE PALACE OF THE GRAND DUKES OF LITHUANIA, ADDRESS: KATEDROS A. 4

14:00 – 15:15 LUNCH AT THE PALACE OF THE GRAND DUKES OF LITHUANIA

15:30 EXCURSION AT THE PALACE OF THE GRAND DUKES OF LITHUANIA