More than 80 people took part in the event, including scientists from 10 leading universities of Ukraine as well as practitioners.

The Vice-Rector for Research, Pedagogical Affairs and International Relations, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor Anzhelika GERASYMENKO and the Dean of the Faculty of International Trade and Law, Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor Yuliia HONCHAROVA gave a welcome speech. They focused attention on the relevance of the issues of the conference, identified its key vectors and tasks and inspired the participants for a fruitful scientific discussion and the generation of significant scientific and practical results.

The key speakers of the conference were: Ukrainian politician, public figure, People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 8th convocation Boryslav BEREZA, Dr. Sciences, professor, rector of the Poltava University of Economics and Trade Oleksiy NESTULIA, Ph.D. of Sciences, associate professor, director of the educational and scientific institute of leadership of the Poltava University of Economics and Trade Svitlana NESTULYA, Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor of Yaroslav the Wise National Law University Ihor POLISHCHUK, Doctor of Social Sciences, professor, senior researcher of the Department of Social Expertise of the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Olena KLYMENKO, Ph.D., leading researcher, Institute of Political and Ethnonational Studies named after I.F. Kuras NAS of Ukraine Rostyslav BALABAN.

The participants of the conference highlighted the current issues of the relationship between the economy and politics in the context of the European integration of Ukraine, the deepening of the analysis of world political and economic trends, the determination of the sociocultural principles of the interaction of political and economic factors in the development of a transitory society, which is under the influence of external challenges and threats.

Based on the results of the conference, a collection of theses will be issued and published on the SUTE website.

We sincerely thank the participants of the conference for their fruitful work!

Alla Kravchenko, Head of the Department of Philosophy, Sociology and Political Science, SUTE