Are business and the government partners, antagonists or subordinates? Is state involvement in the economy justified and what is its optimal level?

The Kyiv School of Economics and VoxUkraine invite you to a two-day seminar that will set up a framework for thinking about these questions and provide insider opinions on the issues.

Speakers:

Practitioners:

• Adomas Auditskas, advisor to Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine

• Andriy Kobolev, head of Naftogas Ukraine

• Max Nefyodov, deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine

• Andriy Pyvovarskyi, Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine

• Yuriy Terentiev, Head of the Antitrust Committee of Ukraine

Academics:

• Elena Besedina, PhD, Assistant Professor at the Kyiv School of Economics

• Volodymyr Bilotkach, PhD, Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University, member of the editorial board of VoxUkraine

• Tymofiy Mylovanov, PhD, President of the Kyiv School of Economics, Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, co-founder of VoxUkraine

• Russell Pittman, PhD, Visiting Professor at the Kyiv School of Economics, Director of Economic Research in the Economic Analysis Group, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice

• Oleksandr Shepotylo, PhD, Lecturer at the University of Bradford

• Volodymyr Vakhitov, PhD, Assistant Professor at the Kyiv School of Economics

Seminar participants will:

• know the rationale and principles of state involvement into the economy;

• understand different market structures and anti-monopoly regulations;

• find out the latest developments in the reform of state-owned enterprises in Ukraine, including the largest monopolies;

• learn about the impact of state policy on firm performance/productivity;

• understand the logic of network industries’ regulation and its application in Ukraine;

• learn about the new public procurement system and its usefulness for business.

At the end of the seminar participants can write a final test (optional), and those who successfully pass it will receive a certificate.

Language of the event: Ukrainian, English

Please see further information here