October 16, 2025
Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics.
On October 16, 2025, the annual International Scientific Conference "Economic Development and the Legacy of Simon Kuznets" will be held at Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics.
The conference will be held in the form of a roundtable discussion
"Global Cooperation and Development Transformations: Challenges, Prospects, Innovations" in a mixed (offline/online) mode.
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.
The event mission is to create a platform where economists and representatives of academic, governmental and private institutions can present their research findings, exchange ideas and share information in a collegial environment. Eminent scholars and practitioners from around the world gather to present, discuss and exchange valuable information in the fields of economics, business, education and social sciences.
We invite you to follow this opportunity to gain international insight and perspective on global issues.
Volodymyr Ponomarenko investigates the problems of strategic enterprise management, simulation modeling, reforming higher economic education, training competent specialists, and the use of information technologies in education. In the 1970s, he was one of the pioneers of simulation modeling in the USSR. He is author of about 400 scientific works, in particular, more than 100 monographs and about 50 training manuals. Under the scientific leadership of Volodymyr Ponomarenko, strategic programs for the development of the Kharkiv region until 2011, until 2015 and until 2020 were developed.
He is head of the scientific school "Development of strategic management systems of an industrial enterprise" of Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics. His key publications include the following monographs: Problèmes de formation des économistes et managers compétents en Ukraine, Розвиток вищої освіти в Україні: аспекти менеджменту та маркетингу, Some problems of the education system in Ukraine: analytics, Conceptual and model support for the development of an innovative-active university.
Richard Griffith is a tenured Professor in the Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology Program and the Executive Director of The Institute for Culture, Collaboration, and Management at the Florida Institute of Technology, a partner in the Erasmus Mundus Work and Organizational Psychology consortium. Dr. Griffith also serves as the Culture Research Portfolio Manager. Dr. Griffith provides more than 20 years of expertise in talent management research and consulting. He is the author of over 150 publications, presentations, and book chapters and has conducted funded research for the Department of Defense examining the assessment and development of cross-cultural competence.
Dr. Griffith is the founder of the Ph.D. program at Florida Tech, including the international concentration, the first in the U.S. In addition, he is the editor of the books Internationalizing the Organizational Psychology Curriculum, Critical Issues in Cross Cultural Management, and Leading Global Teams. He has served as a guest editor of the journals Human Performance and Organizational Development and associate editor of the European Journal of Psychological Assessment. He has been recognized as a Fellow by the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP), the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology (SIOP), and as a Senior Research Fellow by the Army Research Institute. His work has been featured in Time magazine and The Wall Street Journal.
Currently Dr. Griffith is conducting research on the development and validation of measures of cross-cultural competence, and research and development on a technological solution to optimize experiential learning called Guided Mindfulness.
October 16, 2025.
9.30 - 10.00 – Offline registration of conference participants (New Building lobby);
9.40 - 10.00 – Joining of online conference participants (Zoom conference);
10.00 - 10.15 – Opening of the conference, greetings to the participants from the strategic partners of KhNUE (New building, room A3, Zoom conference);
10.15 - 10.45 – Presentation by the Keynote Speaker (New building, aud. A3, Zoom conference);
10.45 - 11.05 – Presentation by Area 1 Speaker (New building, aud. A3, Zoom conference);
11.05 - 11.20 – Presentation by Dr. Volodymyr Ponomarenko (New building, aud. A3, Zoom conference);
11.20 - 11.40 – Presentation by Dr. Richard Griffis (New building, aud. A3, Zoom conference);
11.40 - 12.00 – Presentation by Area 4 Speaker (New building, aud. A3, Zoom conference);
12.00 - 13.00 – Break;
13.00 - 17.00 – Presentations by conference participants, discussions (New building, aud. A3, Zoom conference);
17.05 - 17.40 – Conference closing ceremony (New building, aud. A3, Zoom conference).
August 1 – October 15, 2025 – registration for participation in the conference;
Registration form
September 1 – October 7, 2025 – Information on the presentations and subject areas of keynote speakers;
September 15 – October 15, 2025 – Familiarizing participants with the presentations of keynote speakers and sending questions to promote dialogue at the conference; submission of presentations by participants in the discussion areas (skced2025@hneu.net).
Сonference papers will be published in:
1. The Journals “Development Management”(Category B – List of scientific professional publications of Ukraine).
The article should have no more than 5 authors, one of whom is a foreign researcher. In order to publish research findings among the world scientific community, the recommended language of the article is English. Authors should send the full text of the article to the e-mail address of the editorial board of the Journal «Development management» until October 30, 2025.
Publication of articles is free of charge.
Requirements for articles in the Journal “Development Management”:
1) Article length – from 4,000 words;
Areas of discussion:: 1. Economic Development in the Face of Multidimensional Uncertainty;
2. Trends in Education and a New Paradigm for University Development;
3. Dominants of Social Developments of Countries: Current Research; 4. Digital Society and Information Technology.
Areas of discussion: 1. Economic Development in the Face of Multidimensional Uncertainty;
2. Trends in Education and a New Paradigm for University Development;
3. Dominants of Social Developments of Countries: Current Research; 4. Digital Society and Information Technology.
Areas of discussion: 1. Economic Challenges of Society Development after COVID-19: Paradigm Shift and New Prospects;
2. Problems and ways to modernize the higher education system: national and international experience;
3. Information society and global digitization.
Certificates for participation in the Round Table
Presentations by the Round Table participants
