Previous conferences
2011
The conference "COMPETITION AS A FACTOR OF ECONOMIC GROWTH ANDDEVELOPMENT" was held at the Economic Faculty of St Petersburg StateUniversity on 22 of April 2011. The Department of World Economy led asection "International Competition: Specifity, Strategies,Facilitating Mechanism".
The conference is traditionally attended by students, postgraduatesand young scientists from Saint Petersburg State University, as wellas other Russian (Saint Petersburg State University of Economics andFinance, Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University,North-Caucasus Academy of Public Administration, Yaroslavl StateTechnical University) and foreign universities (University of ULM,Trier University of Applied Science, Siedlce University of NaturalSciences and Humanities).
At the end of the conference were awarded the best speakers of theConference by secret ballot. Thus, winners are following persons:
Diploma I degree - Karina Shishkova and Olga Vyatkina (master sudentsof Department of Economics of St Petersburg State University);
Diploma II degree - Anna Pienkosz, Jolanta Brodowska-Szewczuk(University of Sciences and Humanities Siedltsa, Poland), YuliaMikhailova (student of International Relations Faculty St PetersburgState University);
Diploma III degree - Ivan Sotkin (student of Yaroslavl State TechnicalUniversity) and Jana Kuzhel (student of the Faculty of Economics of StPetersburg State University).
2010
On October, 14-15, 2010 was held the International conference dedicated to the 70-anniversary of the Faculty of Economics, St. Petersburg State University: «Economic Modernization: Problems and Prospects». On October, 14, Dr. Rufus Yerxa (General Director Deputy, WTO) launched the WTO Chairs Programme at St. Petersburg State University. For more information about the WTO Chair please click here...
On October, 15, Department of World Economy organized two panels: "Contemporary International Trading System: Challenges of Modernization" and "International Dimensions of Economic Modernization".
In the framework of the panel "Contemporary International Trading System: Challenges of Modernization" were made the presentations by the following invited participants:
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Smeets, Maarten, the WTO, Counselor (Geneva, Switzerland) - «Latest developments in DDA»
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Dr. Portnaskii, Alexei (Moscow, Russia) - «Completing Doha Round: positions of the United States and Key Developing States»
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Dr. Auboin, Marc, the WTO, Counselor (Geneva, Switzerland). «Current issues about the recomposition of the international landscape of international economic governance»
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Dr. Muñoz, Felipe (Santiago, Chile, WTO Chair) - «Economic modernization in developing countries: the relevance of trade facilitation»
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Dr. Prof. Shen Guobing (Shanghai, China) - «Nominal Level and Actual Strength of China's Intellectual Property Protection under the TRIPS: An Empirical Analysis»
In the panel "International Dimensions of Economic Modernization" were made the following presentations by the participants:
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Dr. Pezoldt, Kerstin (Ilmenau, Germany) - «Electricity's Market Liberalization in Ger many»
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Dr.Prof. Maltsev, Andrei (Yekaterinburg, Russia) - «FDI's impact on Economic Modernization in Russia»
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Dr. Prof.DING Chun (Fudan U., China) - «Reform of Social Security System in China»
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Dr. Prof. Yin Xiangshuo (Fudan U., China) - «China's RTA Strategy»
2008
On the 25th of April, 2008, by our Department was held the International Conference “Contemporary Global Economy: Trends and Prospects”.
The Conference was opened by welcoming words and congratulations on the anniversary of the Department by: the representative of the Committee for External Relations of St. Petersburg E.D.Beliakova, the Deputy Dean for External Relations of the Faculty of Economics Prof. Vjacheslav Shavshukov, the Rector of Technical University of Ilmenau (Germany) Prof. Peter Scharff, and the representative of Pan-European Institute (Turku, Finland) Dr. Peter Zashev.In honour of the 25th anniversary of the International Economic Relations Department in Leningrad State University were lots of congratulations from: the Head of the Trade Negotiations Department of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Russia M.Y.Medvedkov, the Vice-President of the Centre of Russian National Glory Z.G.Medoev, the Minister of the Embassy of Rrepublic of Korea Pack Chon Su, the Dean of the Faculty of International Economic Relations of MGIMO Prof. A.V.Holopov and the Head of the Department of International Economic Relations MGIMO I.N.Platonova, the Director of the Centre of Business Research and Development, Pan-European Institute (Turku, Finland) Kari Liuhto, and the representatives of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of Russian Academy of Science.
In the conference participated both the economists from different Russian cities and the ones from the UK, Germany, Canada, China, Cyprus, Korea, France, Finland, and Switzerland. The reports were held by such speakers as I.S.Korolev, the Deputy Director of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations, M.Smeets, the counselor of the WTO, A.P.Portanskii, the Chief of Russia’s WTO accession’s information agency, and V.A.Shliamin, Trade representative of Russia in Finland.
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