Record Number of Participants at the International Scientific-Practical Conference organised by Kolping HEI

Kolping HEI, the educational institution based on the principles of sustainable development, integral ecology and corporate social responsibility, organised the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Sustainability Directions: Challenges and Future Opportunities” on 13 March 2025. The conference aimed to bring together researchers, academics, and practitioners from various fields to discuss the directions of sustainability, identify current challenges, and highlight future opportunities, as well as to present relevant research findings, share insights, experiences, and innovative ideas that can contribute to achieving sustainability goals.

During the opening of the conference, welcoming remarks were made by Lina Kalibataitė, the National Secretary of the Lithuanian Kolping Society/Foundation, Jonas Petkevičius, Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports, and Vytautas Kirka, the Director of the Kolping HEI. The conference moderator, Kristina Karosevičienė, a lecturer and the Head of the Centre for Economics and Business of Kolping HEI, also welcomed the participants and expressed her satisfaction with the large number of them.

Over 150 participants attended the conference, and as many as 104 speakers from Lithuania and abroad—from Germany, Ireland, Poland, Ukraine, and India—shared their insights and experiences in the plenary session and in the five working sessions, presenting 54 papers:

Section I: Current Sustainability and Future Opportunities, moderated by Kristina Karosevičienė;

Section II: Promoting Societal Well-Being Through Sustainability Initiatives, moderated by Vytautas Kirka, the Director of Kolping HEI;

Section III: Implementation of Sustainability Principles in Organisations, moderated by Prof. Dr Daiva Beržinskienė-Juozainienė;

Section IV: Quality and Inclusive Education as a Foundation for Sustainability, moderated by Dr Ričardas Kliminskas;

Section V: Challenges and Opportunities in Fostering Sustainable Communities, moderated by Rasa Kirkaitė.

We appreciate the engaging and pertinent presentations and the insightful scientific contributions. We thank the panel moderators for their outstanding efforts and the participants for their active and essential involvement. We are also thankful to all the listeners for their time.

Authors are invited to submit articles based on the conference presentations for publication in the peer-reviewed journal “Challenges and Social Responsibility in Business”, which is indexed in the international EBSCOhost database. Please e-mail us your Lithuanian and English articles by 30 April 2025 to [email protected]