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SATURDAY, MAY 14 (Venue: Resurrection parish hall, 1 Resurrection Road, Toronto)

8:30-9:00 Registration and coffee

9:00-9:10 Panel discussions on Science, Innovation and Public Administration

Moderator: Prof. Vic Pakalnis, Queen’s University,
Kinross Professorship in Mining and Sustainability, Kingston

Introductory remarks
Ginte Damusis, Ambassador of Lithuania

9:10-10:40 How public policy supports or creates barriers to science and innovation

· Tony Rockingham, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ontario Ministry of
Research and Innovation

· Arunas Karlonas, Director, Agency for Science, Innovation and
Technology, Lithuania

· Prof. Arturas Petronis, Head, Krembil Family Epigenetics Laboratory,
Toronto

· Art Daniels, Senior Manager, Past President of Institute of Public
Administration of Canada

10:40-10:55 Coffee break

10:55-12:25 Creating scientific networks between Lithuania and Canada

· Dr. Gediminas Cepinskas, University of Western Ontario, Centre for
Critical Illness Research, London

· Prof. Victor Snieckus, Queen’s University, Bader Chair in Organic
Chemistry, Kingston

· R. Andrew Paskauskas, Senior Consultant, Knowledge
Transformation, Edmonton

· Prof. Tutis Vilis, University of Western Ontario, Centre for Brain and
Mind, London

12:25-13:30 Lunch

13:30-15:00 Integrating science and business: update on Lithuania’s science valleys

· Andrius Bagdonas, Director of Sunrise Valley, Lithuania

· Prof. Virginijus Barzda, University of Toronto, Department of Physics

15:00-15:15 Summation (close of science segment)

· Erinija Pranckeviciene, Doctoral trainee in bioinformatics, Ottawa
Hospital Research Institute

15:15-15:30 Coffee break

15:30-17:00 Closed working session for honorary consuls

Meeting goals for the scientific cooperation segment:

· To network and share information about existing cooperation and future initiatives by institutions and individual experts

· To discuss opportunities and project proposals for promoting deeper scientific cooperation, including within the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7)

· To explore possibilities for leveraging resources and capabilities from both countries

· To encourage participation in and recommendations for the upcoming World Lithuanian Conference on Science and Creativity to be held on July 3-5, 2011 in Kaunas and Vilnius and World Lithuanian Economic Forum on July 4-5, 2011 in Vilnius

· To make policy recommendations regarding the role of government in bringing scientific results to market
For more information, contact The Embassy of Lithuania, tel. 1 613 567-5458 ext. 25, e-mail. ottawa@lithuanianembassy.ca