Keynote Speaker
Prof. Arminas Ragauskas
Head of Health Telematics Sc. Inst. at Kaunas University of
Technology (Lithuania)
Arminas Ragauskas , Prof., DSc, FBC, FLSHD is a Lithuanian scientist, inventor, innovator and full university professor.
In 1964, he graduated from Kaunas
Jonas Jablonskis Secondary School with a medal. In 1964–1969, he
studied at Kaunas Polytechnic Institute (KPI). In 1969–1972, he was
an assistant at KPI. In 1972–1973, he studied at KPI in a one-year
doctoral studies course and defended his doctoral dissertation. In
1973–1978, he was a senior lecturer, in 1978–1993, he was an
associate professor. In 1981, he did an internship at the University
of London. In 1989–2011, he was a member and vice-chairman and
chairman of the KTU Senate. For two terms, from 1993 to 2013, he was
a member of the KTU Council. Director, founder together with
partners and co-owner of UAB "Vittamed", professor at KTU. 1994–2015
founder and a head of the KTU Telematics Scientific Laboratory (now
the KTU Institute of Health Telematics Science). In 2002, he was
awarded the academic title of professor. Since 2014, Head of the KTU
Telematics Scientific Center, professor. Since 2015, Director of the
KTU Institute of Health Telematics Science, professor. Since 2017,
co-founder and co-owner of "Boston Neurosciences Inc" (Boston, USA).
Since 2023, founder, co-owner and CEO of UAB "ScienceForBrain"
(Kaunas).
Scientist (142 scientific papers in PubMed only, more than 10 000
citations), member of the board of the European Union research group
"Brain and Information Technologies" since 1997, inventor (more than
150 registered inventions, including patents in the USA, EU, Japan,
Canada, Australia and major EU countries), innovator (high-tech
industrial and biomedical devices developed are mass-produced in
Lithuania and exported to foreign countries), author of textbooks
for university master's and doctoral students, scientific supervisor
of doctoral students, initiator and principal investigator of
international scientific and technological development projects.
He has lectured at universities in the USA, Great Britain, and
Belgium. Participates in global and European scientific conferences,
has given invited scientific presentations in the USA, Great
Britain, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, France, Italy, Spain,
Israel, Portugal, Greece, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria,
Switzerland, India, Hong Kong, China, Thailand, Singapore, United
Arab Emirates, etc.
Led and implemented large-scale international scientific research
and technology development projects funded by the European
Commission, US Department of Defense, US Department of the Army,
NASA, US National Space Biomedical Research Institute, Lithuanian
Science Council, Lithuanian and foreign companies.