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Importance of fundamental physics research with examples from Ventspils and MIT
Using two examples from Ventspils and MIT Arturs shows that fundamental physics research can also be of significant consequence to society and deserves your attention and support.
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Defending Democracy in the Disinformation Era
Disinformation has infected the internet and people's minds to the point that we can not even agree on a common reality. How do we defend democracy in an unprecedented era of disinformation?
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Biobanking and big data
The discussion is focusing on a need for biobanks, obtaining and storing bio samples. Big data creation, storage; HPC data.
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Grow Hourly Rates and Competitiveness: Lessons from Western Europe
In this presentation, Laurynas will explain how software services are becoming a commodity and how making products instead of providing services increases the hourly rate for written code.
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Hybrid Traveling
Hybrid Traveling is a combination of tools to activate our 5 senses using 5S Technology thus having an imminent positive experience and a state of relaxation and joy.
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The importance of multifaceted education in the labor market
Vytautas Magnus University's experience in combining incompatible fields of study and the practice of developing unique and competitive personalities in the labor market.
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Unlocking the hidden value of health data with a "21st-century screwdriver"
Limitation for accelerating the collaborative research has long existed before the COVID-19 Pandemic. Within the Pandemic crisis, the challenge was raised and the interest was shown by multiple industries, seeing the biomedical and healthcare topics as a cornerstone for "getting back to normal".
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Fireside chat with Maximilian Birner, BoxHub
In this talk find out if the idea of alternative use of shipping containers can impact climate change and how it can improve the environment. Is container architecture a growing industry?
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Smart objects boosted by artificial intelligence
How artificial intelligence technology can easily help manufacturers make their production lines "self-aware" and improve their maintenance in a predictive and very simple way?
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A difference made. Together.
On the day of October 28, 1820, the first innovation by Swedbank went live. The innovation scaled and made room for many more innovations for many more years for many more people. What have we learned so far and what we see ahead?
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VC perspective: Software vs. EnergyTech.
Check this discussion, where panelists from two different areas are joining, representing EnergyTech VC and Software VC and being a part of investing in startups. What is really particular to EnergyTech vs what is particular to Software?
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Creativity – an opportunity and freedom of choice
In December 2020, Inese Lukaševska and her agency
Luka
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What is changing in the world of science?
With the expeditious development of technology and science, as well as the growing demand for modernization, more emphasis is being placed on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) specialties and careers. However, demand for these specialists remains above supply. Kristiāns Karlsons shared what the possible reasons are and what the future promises.
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Do you have the "grit"?
Interview with Andris K. Bērziņš, a new technology entrepreneur with extensive experience in business strategies and business. As a mentor and co-founder of TechHub Riga, hence, Latvia's startup community initiator, Andris K. Bērziņš is a remarkable person with experience-based thoughts and advice.
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When perseverance leads to success…
Longenesis – a HealthTech company, which enables safe, consensual, and effective data curation between data providers and researchers, as well as combats breast cancer and COVID-19. While doing all of that, Longenesis has proven itself in various acceleration programs. Is there a key to a success like theirs for other Health and MedTech start-ups?
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Innovative packaging
The packaging, Environment, and Covid-19. Today's reality. Simple care is no longer enough to take care of your customers, the environment, and safety. Innovative packaging should embody two important functions, from one side, it should no longer be a threat to the environment, and from the other side, it should be safe for customer's hands
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Sensors that indicate food quality
Nowadays, a big issue and global difficulty is food waste. The main problem of this complication is that people tend to spoil food or buy way too much, that they can't eat and eventually the product gets bad. I wanted to find out what could be done to reduce food waste, that's why I contacted Rūta Ozola - Davidāne
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Making labour market smarter
In this talk, Kārlis is sharing the research and initiatives pursued at Nesta to support individuals, organisations and governments to prepare for the future of work, and is discussing how entrepreneurs can help in this challenge.
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Overcoming disinformation
Why should we be careful when we speak about disinformation? What characterizes disinformation, what is it really from a scientific perspective? Together they will uncover challenges of disinformation in the digital environment, and look for new solutions for self-protection against disinformative activities.
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Fireside chat with Alex Green, Prime Video
What has changed during the pandemic for the Amazon Prime Video, about the Gen Z behaviour and entertainment content in an online format.
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Is Design Thinking an exclusive property of designers?
Nowadays Design Thinking is widely used not only as a creative method but also quite often as a buzzword. There are many different views about it, whether Design Thinking is a holistic concept of design learning, or is it a multidisciplinary concept which aims to deliver a special methodology for interdisciplinary creative work. Or maybe is it something else?
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Can your enterprise survive the "tech-clash"?
Uldis Karlovs-Karlovskis, the keynote of this presentation, tells that we call this year's technology vision "We - the post-digital people". The digital is behind us already, we are the new society, people are saying no to the technology and rejecting it. On the other hand, we see the opposite - people are increasing their use of and intimacy with technology.
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Food trends of the future
In this panel, you will have a chance to meet two researchers and winners of the EIT Food Innovation Prize - Rūta Ozola-Davidāne and Vaira Obuka. Together they are talking about what the future of our food will look like? What are the main focus areas of research in Latvia and what changes can we expect on our plates in the next decade?
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"Building a science-based startup: Is an efficient academia-startup partnership possible?"
There is a growing number of startups being born in universities, but is this the only way to build a science-backed startup? Is it possible to have a working partnership between academia and outside entrepreneurs? Watch the video from Icebreakers'20!
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Big things often have small beginnings…
This is the third year of Icebreakers festival, but do you know how it all began? How was the idea conceived and what was the goal of this event?
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