On October 7, 2022, the IV International conference on «Challenges of education, science and business integration in the context of globalization» dedicated to the 92nd anniversary of the University’s foundation was held at Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design.
The organizers of the conference were the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, The National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, the Academy of Financial Management, Southampton University (Great Britain), Akaki Tsereteli State University (Kutaisi, Republic of Georgia), WSB University (Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu w Dąbrowie Górniczej, Republic of Poland), Tashkent State Transport University (Republic of Uzbekistan), Institute of Technology and Business in Ceske Budejovice (Czech Republic).
The conference was organized with the support of the British Council as part of the Creative Spark project.
More than 100 leading scientists and practitioners from institutions of higher education, scientific institutions of various regions of Ukraine, and foreign countries took part in the International conference.
The conference was moderated by Oleksandra Olshanska, Dean of the Faculty of Management and Business Design, doctor of economic sciences, and professor, who opened the conference and, congratulating everyone on the start of work, gave the floor to Ivan Hryshchenko, Rector of Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, academician of the National Academy of Pedagogical of Sciences of Ukraine, doctor of economic sciences, professor, laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology.
After congratulating the participants and guests on the start of work, Ivan Hryshchenko expressed his gratitude to the honored guests who in a difficult time for our country found the opportunity to visit the University and congratulate the participants of the conference. The rector noted that for the first time Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design was visited by an outstanding political figure of our country, the Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Refat Chubarov. Ivan Hryshchenko, on behalf of the University staff, thanked him for his significant personal contribution to the strengthening of statehood and the consolidation of Ukrainian society, the political, socio-economic, and cultural development of Ukraine, the patriotic and educational education of youth, and the promotion of the Ukrainian people’s desire for freedom, spiritual unity, and faith in the victory. Also, in memory of this meeting, Ivan Hryshchenko presented Refat Chubarov with a tribute rifle embroidered by the students with a portrait of the great Ukrainian philosopher Hryhoriy Skovoroda, whose 300th birthday is being celebrated in Ukraine these days.
In his further speech, the rector reported on how the University is functioning in the difficult times of the full-scale war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine, about the problems and challenges faced by the teaching staff and students. He emphasized that despite everything, the University is working, fulfilling its main mission – the training of highly qualified personnel. Students study offline, acquiring new knowledge and competencies. The University made significant structural changes, optimizing some departments. At the same time, new ones were created, in particular, the International Institute of Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies, which does not yet exist in any institution of higher education, and where about 200 postgraduate students from Ukraine and other countries of the world are studying. In addition, despite the war, the University managed to maintain the number of students, recruiting them at the level of the previous year, maintaining the teaching staff, and providing the material and technical base and salaries of the employees. In addition, the functioning of the Kyiv Institute at the Qilu University of Technology in China, to which KNUTD exports educational services, is important for the stable financial condition of the University. The rector emphasized the important tasks and ways of further development of the University in the conditions of martial law and post-war reconstruction of Ukraine.
The Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, Refat Chubarov, addressed the participants and guests of the conference with sincere greetings.
In his speech, he especially emphasized that there cannot be an effective economy where there is no democracy and freedom of speech, where there is a dictatorship, and the state will undermine human dignity and values. Mr. Refat Chubarov spoke about the consequences of Russian propaganda in the occupied Crimea after 2014 when the occupiers did everything to reformat the consciousness of people and, especially, children, disturbing their psyche, imposing their shameful narratives of “Russian peace”, and about the consequences, to which it may lead in the minds of people. Concluding his speech, Refat Chubarov wished fruitful work to all scientific and pedagogical workers and expressed firm confidence that thanks to the work of Ukrainian scientists, researchers, and teachers, our state will be able to quickly restore both the economy of the liberated territories and Ukraine as a whole.
Tetyana Yefimenko, President of the Academy, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor, and Honored Economist of Ukraine, spoke with greetings to the conference participants from the staff of DNNU «Academy of Financial Management».
Tetyana Yefimenko emphasized the role and importance of higher education at the current stage of the development of Ukrainian society and substantiated specific steps on the way to ensure its effective development, and increase the competitiveness of higher education institutions during the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine.
The first vice-president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine Mykhailo Nepran congratulated the participants and guests of the conference on the start of the conference.
He emphasized the relevance of the topics and platforms of the conference and emphasized the need to solve the main problems and determine the modern trend of integration of education, science, and business, including the issues of improving the socio-economic policy of the state in the field of higher education, the need to train highly qualified specialists in various economic specialties, capable of solving complex tasks regarding the further development of the national economy of Ukraine.
The participants and guests of the conference were greeted by the vice-rector for scientific work of Kyiv National University of Economics named after Vadym Hetman, doctor of economic sciences, and professor Larisa Antoniuk. In her speech, she emphasized the relevance and importance of the topics and platforms of the conference, wished the participants fruitful work, creative discussions, and scientific results, and also proposed several areas of cooperation between KNUTD and KNEU scientists, in particular in the field of development of social projects and creative industries.
The participants and guests of the International conference were also congratulated on the start of work by the foreign colleagues who participated online, as the conference took place in a mixed format. In particular, the participants of the conference were congratulated and expressed their best wishes online:
In general, the IV International conference on «Challenges of education, science and business integration in the context of globalization» was held at a high scientific, organizational, and practical level, it was sufficiently informative and useful, which was repeatedly noted in the speeches of the participants and guests of the conference.
Based on the materials of the conference, the proceedings and recommendations of the IV International conference on «Challenges of education, science and business integration in the context of globalization» were published.
09.10.2022
