Study location	Lithuania, Klaipeda
Type	Blue Growth Leaders Academy, e-learning
Nominal duration	8 months
Study language	English
Awards	Courses (Non-degree courses. You will receive a certificate.)

Tuition fee	€1,200 per programme

Entry qualification	English / Lithuanian When submitting an application you agree that your personal data will be used for admission process.

Language requirements	English B2

Other requirements	Currriculum Vitae (CV)

More information	ku.lt/..s_academy/index.php/dates-and-fees

Overview

Klaipėda University, a member of the advanced consortium of European higher education institutions EU-CONEXUS, announces the second round of the Blue Growth Leaders Academy course having no analogues either in Lithuania or other neighbouring countries. The Program will start in 27 October 2021.

DURATION AND SCOPE OF TRAINING:
8 months (October 2021 to July 2022), in cycles: two days of training per month.

The volume of one course: 8 academic hours (4 academic hours per day).

For more information contact course curator Mrs. Loreta Staškūnienė: blue.growth@ku.lt
Course director Vaidotas Levickis: vaidas@pp7.lt

Programme structure

INTRODUCTION TO BLUE ECONOMY
(TORGER REVE)
Introduction to ocean industries, new strategic opportunities in related industries, examples in Norway as Norway is perfectly positioned to take lead positions in emerging ocean industries. Area of technology and business collaboration.

INNOVATION MANAGEMENT
(LISA COWEY)
1. Introduction to Innovation as a Management Process
2. Developing Technology and Knowledge based Products and Services
3. Innovation in the context of Blue Growth

IOT AND BLOCK CHAIN FOR PORTS
(GIOVANNI DI NOTO)
Fundamentals on Blockchain, DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology), IoT, AI/ML technologies & their application in Smart Supply Chain

COASTAL TOURISM
(LASZLO PUCZKO)
Coasts, Tourism & Wellness: a new growth sector for the tourism industries? The Pros and Cons. (Laszlo Pusko arba Melanie Smith) (Health – Wellness and SPA – tourism phenomenon, determinants, drivers, trends; Well-being definition, types; Health tourism relationship with Sustainable Coastal Tourism; Health Tourism practices, facts and figures; Global challenges and transformations in Tourism (Corona..), focusing on Coastal Tourism, Health Tourism and Sustainability; ect.
Innovations for Sustainable Coastal/Health Tourism and Well-being (Antoni Vidal, Valencia (EU-Conexus) arba prof. dr. Nadja Janovska, Lenkija) (Concepts, Characteristics and Models; Innovations in Health Tourism Process, Benefit and Risk; Relationships between Innovations and Tourism sector Change; Best practices and examples).
Developing Coastal area as Sustainable Health Tourism Destination (John Wallin Pedersen, Denmark) (Health Tourism Management and Marketing; Health tourism service development process models)

MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY
(JERONIMO CHIRIVELLA MARTORELL)
1. Blue bioeconomy potential, EU Blue Growth strategy, Blue biotechnology market overview
2. Marine organisms for biotechnology
3. The value chain of marine biotechnology development: from idea to market

SHIPPING AND PORTS
(NIELS GORM MALÝ RYTTER)
1. Introduction to Fundamentals of Shipping Processes. Simulation-based training and team building. The liner shipping game.

2. Digital, Sustainable and Competitive Shipping.. Macro view of the shipping industry and its digital and sustainable transformation journey. Business Improvement and Digitalization Framework. Digitalizing shipping data value chains.

CONTAINER PORTS
(LAWRENCE HENESEY)
1. Atomation in container terminals
2. Agent-based simulation architecture for evaluating operational policies in transshipping containers
3. Market-driven control in container terminal management
4. Automated guided vehicles in a container terminal

BLUE GROWTH FORESIGHT
(MATTHEW J. SPANIOL)
This session covers strategies and method applications to unlock blue growth for businesses and organizations.

At the end of the course, there will be organized the Summer School for the participants with the purpose to prepare and defence the Final Projects. The projects will be assessed and awarded by business angels, potential investors.

www.ku.lt/leaders_academy/index.php/speakers/

Career opportunities

Participants are encouraged to observe and evaluate familiar processes from a broader perspective while working their everyday jobs, thus developing their careers.

The program, along the main thematic line, also stands for developing participants’ competencies in creating new products, innovation management, intellectual property protection, and change management.

Multiple networking opportunities are another reason to join the Academy’s community. Participants get to meet and interact with Europe’s top academics and entrepreneurs working in different fields of the blue economy.

Since continuity is crucial for a community of professionals to emerge, participants can return (for free) to the program in the subsequent year. This strengthens relationships and trust among a core of creative, enterprising professionals.