XV International Scientific and Practical conference “Time of Challenges and Opportunities: Challenges, Solutions, Perspectives”

On May 16-17, the XV International Scientific and Practical Conference “Time of Challenges and Opportunities: Challenges, Solutions, Perspectives” was held at the Baltic International Academy. The conference was organised by the Baltic International Academy, College of Accountancy and Finance (Latvia), Daugavpils University, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (Ukraine), Kyiv Agrarian University of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, University of Siedlce (Poland), Šiauliai State College (Lithuania), Portalegre Polytechnic University (Portugal).

More than eighty scientists representing higher education institutions of Latvia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Poland, Portugal, the USA, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan took part in the conference.

As the Rector of the Baltic International Academy, Associate Professor Vladislav Volkov noted when opening the conference, the reports and presentations of scientists from different countries reflect a wide range of opinions on the most topical issues of our time. And the creative combination of scientific potentials will undoubtedly speed up their solution.

The speakers of the plenary session were:

Irina Kuzmina-Merlino, Dr.oec., Professor, Faculty of Transport and Management at the Transport and Telecommunication Institute (Latvia);

Inga Ryumkina, Doctor of economical sciences, Professor, Esil University (Kazakhstan);

José Luis Delgado Guitart, Master of Arts, Creativity and Conceptual Design Professor, Parsons School of Design, Massachusetts College of Art, Emerson College (USA);

Alexey Aleksandrov, Doctor of economics, Professor, MIM – Kyiv Business School (Ukraine);

Marta Sara Stempień, Ph.D. in security sciences, Assistant Professor, Institute of Security Studies, University of Siedlce (Poland).

The conference participants’ reports were presented in person and online in the following sections: Modern Social Psychology: Theory and Practice; Contemporary Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation, Economics, Finance and Accounting; Tourism and Recreation Organisation; The European Union and European values; Topical Problems of Legal Science.

The reports in electronic form will be published in the Conference Proceedings, which will be available on the BIA website in the section “Science”.

In the photos: The conference is opened by the rector, associate professor of the BIA Vladislav Volkov. A group of participants of the plenary session. Moderators of the section “Contemporary Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation, Economics, Finance and Accounting” Inese Ratanova, Ksenia Doronina and professor of the Kyiv Agrarian University of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine Innola Novykova.