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"We could not do it right away, because according to the University's procedure for commemorating eminent people, it can be done inside the University buildings not earlier than three years after their death, and outside the buildings not earlier than ten years after their death. So, we just had to wait," says Šleževičius. This year, after learning about the upcoming visit of Dr. J.P. Kazickas' family to Lithuania, work began and, with the unanimous approval of the University's Heritage Council, the auditorium was named after Dr. J.P. Kazickas.

The ceremony of announcing the name of the audience was attended by members of the family of Juozas Kazickas - Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Lucy Kazickas, representatives of the Kazickas Family Foundation Agnė Vertelkaitė and Domantė Greifenbergerytė, Rector of the Kaunas University of Technology prof. Eugenijus Valatka, Dean of the Faculty of Informatics Dr. Rita Butkienė and other representatives of the University and the Faculty - Audronė Veilentienė, Head of the KTU Museum, Jogilė Jagelavičiūtė, representative of the KTU National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre, Kristina Skučienė, Director of the KTU Department of Student Affairs, prof. Aleksandras Targamadze, former Dean of the Faculty, Jonas Blonskis, Emeritus, who previously coordinated the Dr. J. P. Kazickas Programming Competition, and Giedrius Ziberkas, who is the current curator.

According to the Head of Faculty Administration, the organizers of the event had been cautioned that Mr. Joseph speaks only English. "You can imagine how surprised and delighted we all were when Mr. Joseph greeted us and started his speech in the Lithuanian language", said Vida Drąsutė, Development Cooperation Coordinator at the Faculty of Informatics. Dr. J. Kazickas' son Joseph Mindaugas Kazickas shared stories from his father's life in America, when famous Lithuanian people used to gather at their family home and dream about the future of an independent Lithuania and the expectations that eventually turned into reality. 

The Rector of KTU, prof. Eugenijus Valatka, thanked all the participants and he recalled the importance of Dr. J. P. Kazickas' work for the whole of Lithuania and the KTU community. He shared his memories of his meetings with the doctor himself.

Dr. Rita Butkiene, Dean of the Faculty of Informatics, reminded the participants of the Kazickas Family Foundation's long-term cooperation with KTU IF and the annual programming competition, in which students from all over Lithuania actively participate. In her speech, the Dean expressed her pleasure that the spirit of Dr. J. P. Kazickas lives on through the Foundation's activities, touching the lives of many people. Over the years, the Foundation has supported more than a hundred charitable initiatives, ranging from equipping schools with essential technological tools to preserving important architectural treasures.

"KTU Faculty of Informatics has been organizing the Dr. J. P. Kazickas IT competitions and forums for students since 1998. More than 400 students from all over Lithuania participate in these events every year. This year, the 25th-anniversary Informatics Forum was held, where talented young IT enthusiasts from schools all over Lithuania took part and competed in competitions in programming, IT application, multimedia, and software development. We sincerely hope to continue this close cooperation, fostering Dr. Kazickas' ideas - to encourage students to take an interest in computer science and to develop their skills and knowledge in this field," said the Dean in her speech.