Aviation in the Making 2017-2018

Kazimieras Simonavičius University and the company Friendly Avia Support have joined forces with the intention of concentrating ideas and deepening the knowledge of air transport by organising a series of public discussions about the industry with its leading managers.

The current situation within the world of aviation is very optimistic, although there are a number of contradictions. The big players are buying out the small ones, challenges within aviation security are on the constant increase, and new areas of operation and regulation come into play as drones and commercial space flight become a reality.

Much strategic thinking about the future of air transport needs to be accomplished as it predetermines the economy within the entire region. International Air Transport Association predicts that air travel will double within the next 20 years and freight air transport is already one of the fastest growing sectors of the economy within the European Union. What do aviation leaders think of such predictions?

Sixteen meetings will take place during the 2017-2018 academic year in which distinguished aviation company managers will share their views and insights on the situation within various fields of air transport and evaluate the region’s airport systems within a global context. Aviation industry leaders: Gediminas Almantas, CEO of Lithuanian Airports; Gediminas Žiemelis, Chairman of the Board at Avia Solutions Group; Žilvinas Lapinskas, CEO of FL Technics will participate in the upcoming Aviation in the Making events.

Ariandas Šliupas, an independent expert, politician and aviation manager launches the series of talks with the topic ‘Evaluation of Airport Efficiency: Profit or State Interest?’ at 5 PM on the 19th of October, 2017 in Kazimieras Simonavičius University premises.

All the events are free to attend, are held in English and certificates will be available for regular attendees at the end of the series.

For more information on the first event follow this link: Evaluation of Airport Efficiency: Profit or State Interest?

This year on the 1st of September lecturers, administrative staff and KSU students meet for the KSU Brunch!

University’s community will celebrate the new academic year in the informal settings, listening to live music, engaging in relaxing conversations, and activities. “Less official speeches, more interaction” – has become the motto of the 1st September festivities at KSU.

For the first time Kazimieras Simonavičius University celebrates the start of the academic year in it’s new premises. The event will take place at 21 Dariaus ir Girėno St., Vilnius and start at 11 AM on the 1st of September, 2017. Organisers invite you to arrive 10-15 minutes earlier.

Snacks and beverages will be served to all Participants of KSU Brunch, but registration is obligatory. To register fill in this registration form.

After the Brunch, KSU Student Association invites all KSU students and graduates to participate in the after party “Duzgės”! More information on the party will be provided during the Brunch.

On April 12th 14.20 p.m. lecturer Katarzyna Kamińska from Kujawy and Pomorze University (Bydgoszcz, Poland) will held a lecture at Kazimieras Simonavičius University (212 auditorium). The topic of the lecture is “Social market economy as a model for economic order in the EU”.

The lecture deals with the concept and the German model of the social market economy and its importance as a model for shaping the economic  order of the European Union. The lecture focuses on three main issues:  the problem of the definition of a social market economy, the discussion  of ordoliberal theory as its theoretical background, and the  implementation of this concept in the European Union. The aim of the  lecture is to determine the influence of theoretical foundations of the  model of a social market economy on the development of the European  Union and its selected institutions.

We kindly invite you to participate! The lecture is open for all students.

On April 13th at 5 p.m. the film of directors Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci, called “Salam Neighbor” (2015) will be showed at Kazimieras Simonavičius University (Ground floor Conference Hall). The film of directors Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci is presented by U.S. Embassy Vilnius and the American Film Diplomacy Programme American Film Showcase. The Cultural Affairs Assistant of U.S. Embassy Vilnius Jūratė Kirvaitienė will participate in the event and present the film. We kindly invite you to participate!

The film speaks on worldwide crisis of Syrian refugees. Young Americans come to Jordan and settle in refugees’ camp together with thousands of Syrians who are forced to leave their families due to the war that happens in their country. Directors become the witnesses of extraordinary courage, resolve and creativity when living among people who try to start their lives anew.

The event is free of charge and open for everyone who wants to participate. The REGISTRATION is mandatory. You will find the registration form here.

You can watch the film trailer here:

More information about the film and its authors you can find here.

The language of the film is English. Lithuanian subtitles will be included.

About the film:

Two Americans come to Jordan to Zaatari refugees camp which is situated only 10 kilometers from the border of Syria. They seek to know what it feels like to live together with 85 thousands of Syrians who left their motherland. Zach and Chris go to the epicenter of a crisis. They are two of the first cinema creators who come there, get the United Nations permission to live in a camp as refugees. They register and get the tent. Here Zach and Chris hears the staggering stories of people who fight with their problems, try to recreate broken lives of their selves and their neighbors – from Um Ali, the women who hardly overcomes loss and cultural barriers to the 10 years old Raouf who hides his problems behind the never disappearing smile.

On February 22-23 the international workshop „Towards Data Economy Excellence Centre and Big Data Lab“ took place at Kazimieras Simonavičius University. Prof. Dr. Jari Kaivo-Oja (Finland) moderated the workshop.

Experts from various countries talked about the Data Economy and Big Data:

• Dr. Jari Kaivo-Oja (University of Turku, Research Director of Finland Future Research Centre),
• Dr. Dr. Steffen Roth (La Rochelle Business School),
• Levan Bzhalava (Business School of Caucasus University, Tbilisi, Georgia),
• Dr. Arūnas Augustinaitis (Kazimieras Simonavičius University),
• Lasse Härkönen (Founder, CEO, Future Winners Oy, Finland),
• Darius Verbyla (Director of Business School of Kazimieras Simonavičius University).

Representatives from business and public sector have also participated in the international workshop.

The workshop was aimed to:
– review the latest Data Economy and Big Data techniques, research and utilization trends;
– shape the Data Economy Excellence Centre and international virtual Big Data Lab establishing and operating principles;
– discuss about the joint projects and commercial cooperation opportunities and forms.

KSU Rector Prof. dr. Arūnas Augustinaitis welcomed all gathered and presented the shift from Information Management to Big Data concept. Professor emphasized that Big Data is a quite new concept and it is constantly changing.

Prof. Dr. Jari Kaivo-Oja noted that „The big data revolution it is going to change the way we live, work and think in business and society“.

IT Strategist and Big Data Expert Adomas Svirskas looked at Open Data as a raw resource like crude oil and noted that organizations try to monetize data as a saleable asset. Data Economy fosters innovation, creates jobs and is useful not only to business, but also to public sector.

Adomas Svirskas noted that the aim of Data Economy Excellence Centre is to facilitate and foster advances in Data Economy field. It could operate as a synergy centre and forum to foster dialogue amongst the players of Digital/Data Value Chain.

Potential activities of Centre may include the following:

• Modern Data Science curriculum and study programme for undergraduate and graduate students
• Training centre and tailored programmes for corporate and public sector professionals, attracting leading professionals, innovators and practitioners of this field
• Applied research and innovation through participation in national and international projects, collaboration with industry and the Government
• Showcases, pilots and living labs to experiment and demonstrate value of Data Economy solutions
• Business incubator for datatech start-ups

January 26th, Bachelor‘s and Master‘s diplomas were served to Kazimieras Simonavičius University graduates: 17th Law Masters and 2nd international Business Law Bachelors, 1st Entrepreneurship and management Bachelors, 2nd Creative and Cultural Industries Bachelors, 1st Fashion Industry Bachelors, 1st Entertainment and tourism industries Bachelors, 1st Political Communication and journalism Bachelors.

The graduates were congratulated by KSU Rector Prof. Dr. Arūnas Augustinaitis, Law Faculty Dean Dr. Aida Kišūnaitė, Business School lecturer Dr. Austė Kiškienė, Creative Society and Economy Institute director Assoc. Prof. Dr. Remigijus Venckus, Head of Economic Linguistics Cathedral Prof. Dr. Elena Jolanta Zabarskaitė and Creative and Cultural Industries graduate Olesia Kazoit.

On December 1^st the international workshop “Achieving Progress in Children’s Welfare: Interdisciplinary and Multilevel Governance Perspectives” took place at Vilnius City Municipality. The workshop was organized by Kazimieras Simonavičius University Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Children Rights and Children’s day centre “Navininkai”.

This workshop aimed to address the question of an interdisciplinary approach in children’s rights related policies and their implementation in order to promote the idea and the role of inter-institutional cooperation for children’s welfare at all levels of governance.

More than 100 specialists from various public institutions and NGOs participated in the workshop. The presentations were made by Ombudsperson for Children’s Rights of the Republic of Lithuania Dr. Edita Žiobienė and 12 scholars and practitioners from Lithuania and foreign countries:

• Prof. Dr. Steven M. Shardlow (United Kingdom)
• Cheri Lovre (USA)
• Prof. Dr. Stefanos Spaneas (Cyprus)
• Prof. Dr. Theano Kallinikaki (Greece)
• Dr. Sara Serbati (Italy)
• Dr. Aida Kišūnaitė (Lithuania)
• Jolanta Tupko-Mazur (Lithuania)
• Doc. Dr. Tomas (Lithuania)
• Doc. Dr. Živilė Vilma Jonynienė (Lithuania)
• Prof. Dr.Giedrė Kvieskienė (Lithuania)
• Dr. Eglė Celešienė (Lithuania)
• Doc. Dr. Justinas Sadauskas (Lithuania)

Presenting the Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Children Rights which was established on July, Dr. Aida Kišūnaitė said: “It is important for us, scholars of Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Children Rights, to be heard by legislature and executive institutions because we seek to encourage the complex attitude to children’s rights not only between the members of scholar’s community but also to foster forming researched based politics in the field of children’s rights. The main goal of the international workshop is to attract the attention of society and practitioners towards the implementation of interdisciplinary approach in the field of children’s welfare and to encourage the cooperation between the separate sectors such as social, health, education and legal”.

We kindly invite you to watch the online broadcast of the international conference “Legal regulation of alternative dispute resolution between consumers and businesses: experience of EU and Lithuania” from Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. To watch the broadcast, please press Tiesioginė transliacija anglų kalba.

The conference is organized by Kazimieras Simonavičius University‘s Law Faculty, National Consumer Confederation and Committee of Legal Affairs of Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.

You can download the programme of the international conference here.

On November 2^nd, Lithuanians remember those who are passed away. Due to that on October 28^th at 6 p. m. the experimental photography exhibition called “Amnesia. No’ones gaze” will be opened in Šiauliai. The author of the exhibition is Kazimieras Simonavičius University Creative Society and Economy Institute director assoc. prof. dr. Remigijus Venckus. The author dedicates the exhibition for those who are passed away and forgotten. Works which are made of funeral photos continues the idea of former cycle “Amnesia” and the concept of the post-photography.

The exhibition opening: October 28^th at 6 p.m.

Exhibition duration: October 28^th – December 1^st

Address: Laiptų galerija (Laiptai Gallery), Žemaitės str. 83, Šiauliai (Lithuania).

Kazimieras Simonavičius University‘s Law Faculty, National Consumer Confederation and Committee of Legal Affairs of Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania organize the international conference “Legal regulation of alternative dispute resolution between consumers and businesses: experience of EU and Lithuania”. The conference will be held on 4^th of November at Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (Gedimino av. 53, Constitution Hall – 1^st building, Vilnius).

The aim of the conference is to develop international scientific cooperation in the field of legal regulation of alternative dispute resolution between consumers and businesses.

The theory and practice of legal regulation of alternative dispute resolution between consumers and businesses of European Union and Lithuania will be discussed in the conference. Law scholars from foreign countries (United Kingdom, Spain and Poland) will speak in the conference.

You can download the programme of the international conference here.

We kindly invite you to participate in the conference.

Registration:

Registration will be closed on 31^st of October at 10 a.m. When registering, please write your name, surname, institution and contact information to jolita.malinauskaite@ksu.lt . We kindly ask you to write also if you would like to get the participation certificate.

NOTE: Please don’t forget to have your ID card or passport with you.

For more information, please call +370 686 25661.

Dear KSU community members: students, graduates, lecturers, administration personnel and friends, we invite you to celebrate the beginning of the new academic year together!

Students, we kindly ask you to fill in the registration form till the 29th of August. Everyone who registers till the 29^th of August will be treated to the most delicious Beigel and non-alcohol punch for free!
You can find the registration form here: https://goo.gl/hkdp3g

FEAST PROGRAMME
September 1^st

11:00 – 11:30 Official opening of the new academic year at the University (J. Basanavičius str. 29 A)

11:30 – 12:00 Moving to the Vingis Park

12:00 – 14:00 KSU PICNIC in the Vingis Park near the „Picnic” bistro, M. K. Čiurlionis str. 98:
• DJ JuoKaz
• Party meniu: beigels, humus, crispy vegetables and punch. Yummy!)
• Dance lesson
• Photoshoot
• Active games and entertainment
• First year students meeting with mentors
14:30 First year students go to the afterparty “Even the forest doesn’t scare us” which is organized by KSU Students Association. The price is only 10 euros. Registration is necessary: https://goo.gl/pZnzns