{"id":2135,"date":"2022-09-13T14:24:21","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T12:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swedaproject.eu\/?p=2135"},"modified":"2022-09-13T15:13:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T13:13:16","slug":"sweda-project-meeting-and-conect-conference-as-multiplier-event-from-10-to-13-may-2022-in-riga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swedaproject.eu\/lv\/sweda-project-meeting-and-conect-conference-as-multiplier-event-from-10-to-13-may-2022-in-riga\/","title":{"rendered":"SWEDA project meeting and CONECT conference as Multiplier Event, from 10 to 13 May 2022 in Riga"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the framework of SWEDA project, the consortium approved having a joint event coupling the project meeting and the multiplier event in Latvia. In order to increase the impact of the SWEDA project, the project meeting was embedded within the International Conference Environmental and Climate Technologies (CONECT 2022) organized by the RTU Institute of Energy Systems and Environment as SWEDA multiplier event.
\nSWEDA Multiplier event within CONECT conference<\/strong>
\nOn the 11th of May a dedicated panel session was proposed for the SWEDA project topics, emphasizing both bio- and circular-economy solutions within agro-farming and social farming sectors. A representative from the SWEDA was invited as keynote speaker, while students engaged within the framework of SWEDA presented specific study papers (see the final conference agenda).
\nKeynote speakers and students from SWEDA could share with a scientific audience the main findings of their research, partly included in the SWEDA teaching blended course.
\nThe main speakers from the SWEDA project were:
\n\u2022 Dr. Thomas Van Elsen (Petrarca) with a keynote speech on the plenary session about \u201cThe concept of Social Farming and its impact on society and communities\u201d, and a presentation about \u201cImpact of Social Farming on development marginalized regions\u201d;
\n\u2022 M.sc. Lena Franke (Petrarca) with a presentation about \u201cAdvisory structures to support the development of Social Farming\u201d;
\n\u2022 M.sc. Lucio Cecchini (University of Perugia) with a presentation about \u201cFeeding Management optimization in livestock farms with anaerobic digestion plant: a Discrete Stochastic Programming (DSP) model\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Fig. 1. Dr. Thomas Van Elsen making his keynote speech<\/em><\/p>\n

Prof. Francesco Romagnoli (Riga Technical University) was the moderator of panel session 1 \u201cBioeconomy\u201d to focus the discussion and questions on topics and aspects relevant to the well-being of the agricultural sector.
\nMoreover, the CONNECT conference, embedded in the international ME event of SWEDA project, was an opportunity to publish research papers as proceedings of the conference in the Journal of Environmental and Climate Technology. The journal is indexed in Scopus and Web of Science (https:\/\/ect-journals.rtu.lv\/). Three papers were submitted to the journal:<\/p>\n