International scientific conference on economic development and heritage of Simon Kuznets
We invite you to follow this opportunity to gain
international insight and perspective on global issues
October 16, 2025
Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics
The conference seeks to actualize the scientific legacy of S. Kuznets, the 1971 Nobel Prize winner in economics, a theorist of development economics who, as an advisor to many governments, took an active part in developing effective models of their economic policies.
Roundtable
Global Cooperation and Development Transformations: Challenges, Prospects, Innovations
Presentations by the Roundtable Keynote Speakers
Catalyzing Change:
How Russia’s War on Ukraine is Reshaping the West’s Defense Industrial Base
Dr. Howard J. SHATZ
Dementia Risk in Political and Business Leaders: Alarming lessons from the medical literature
Dr. Paul SEABRIGHT
System of Funding Ukrainian Higher Education Institutions in Wartime: Problems and Risks
Dr. Volodymyr PONOMARENKO
Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics
Strategic Cultural Competence -The Cost of Ignoring Different
Dr. Richard GRIFFIS
Intro Speech: Learning Analytics, Privacy & Trust
Rui Mendes
Director of International Affairs
IST/Técnico Lisboa, Universidade de Lisboa
The United Nations at Eighty: What the Founders Hoped For?
Ramu DAMODARAN
Permanent Observer of the University for Peace to the United Nations
Photos from the Roundtable Keynote Session
Areas of discussion
The conference will be held in the form of a roundtable discussion
Section 1
Economic Development in a Vulnerable World
Section1. Part 1
Section1. Part 2
Section 2
Higher Education in the Context of Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges and Expectations
Section2. Part 1
Section 4
Academic Freedom and Inclusion in the Digital Age