The 2nd KSE/EERC Alumni Congress event brings together academia, policy research and business circles to discuss the future of Ukrainian economy and society.

1. LUNCH BREAK13.20 - 14.30
NEGATIVE CLUSTERS AND
AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES: EVIDENCE
FROM UKRAINIAN FIRM-LEVEL DATA
Vakhitov Volodymyr
REGISTRATION
"COMPETING DECENTRALIZATION PROPOSALS FOR UKRAINE. WHAT CAN MAKE THEM FAIL?"
Panel Discussion. Keynote speaker – Tymofiy Mylovanov (106 ROOM)
9.30 – 10.00
10.00 - 10.30 GRAND OPENING
George Logush, Olena Nizalova (106 ROOM)
10.30 - 11.30
COFFEE BREAK
PARALLEL ACADEMIC SESSION 1 PARALLEL ACADEMIC SESSION 2 PARALLEL ACADEMIC SESSION 3
HEALTH AND MIGRATION (103 ROOM) INDUSTRY STUDIES (203 ROOM)
12.00 - 13.20
AIDING CONTRACEPTION: HIV AND
RECENT TRENDS IN ABORTION RATES
Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy
R&D EXPENDITURES AND
GEOGRAPHICAL SALES
DIVERSIFICATION
Oleksandr Talavera
HIV TESTING,
INFORMATION SPILLOVERS,
AND PEER BEHAVIOR
Mykhailo Sitiuk
DEREGULATING LABOUR
MARKETS
Mariya Aleksynska
KSE/EERC ANNUAL CONGRESS
DAY 1, AGENDA
DO UKRAINIANS VOTE WITH THEIR
FEET? RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
LOCAL PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
AND INTER-REGIONAL MIGRATION
Olga Kupets
INEQUALITY IN WORKPLACE
(DIS)AMENITIES OVER THE
COURSE OF TRANSITION
Olena Nizalova
DOING ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
IN UKRAINE - IMPLICATIONS FOR
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AND
COMPETITIVENESS
Nivyevskiy Oleg
ARE MEGA-FARMS THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL
AGRICULTURE? EXPLORING.
THE FARM SIZE-PRODUCTIVITY RELATIONSHIP
Denys Nizalov
LABOUR MARKETS AND AGGLOMERATION
(206 ROOM)

2. KSE/EERC ANNUAL CONGRESS
DAY 1, AGENDA
IMPACT OF THE EU-UKRAINE DCFTA
ON SECTORS AND РOUSEHOLDS
PARALLEL POLICY & BUSINESS SESSION 1
EU-UKRAINE RELATIONS (103 ROOM)
THE PRICE OF THE STATE
VALUES OF ​​UKRAINIANS:
IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC
POLICY AND BUSINESS
PARALLEL POLICY & BUSINESS SESSION 2 PARALLEL POLICY & BUSINESS SESSION 3
MACROECONOMICS (203 ROOM ) ON UKRAINIAN SOCIETY (206 ROOM )
14.30 - 15.45
Movchan Veronika Leshchenko Nataliya Sytnyk Tetiana
PARALLEL POLICY & BUSINESS SESSION 1 PARALLEL POLICY & BUSINESS SESSION 2 PARALLEL POLICY & BUSINESS SESSION 3
COFFEE BREAK
PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM
ANALYSIS OF DCFTA
UKRAINE'S NEAR-TERM MACRO
OUTLOOK AND MAJOR RISKS
ON-LINE PRICE INFLATION
IN UKRAINE
Mykola Ryzhenkov Bilan Olena Tom Coupe and Evgenii Petrusha
WHY THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF THE FREE TRADE
AGREEMENT WITH EU IS OVERESTIMATED
Samusenko Yegor
15.45 - 16.00
ENERGY AND TRADE(103 ROOM)
16.00 - 16.50
ENERGY COMMUNITY TREATY
AND UKRAINE'S ENERGY POLICY
KEY REFORM PRIORITIES FOR
THE UKRAINIAN BANKING SECTOR
INGREDIENTS FOR A SUCCESSFUL
PUBLIC POLICY MAKING: SHOULD
INTEREST GROUPS BE INVOLVED?
Vitaliy BigdaiDimitri SologubIldar Gazizullin
EMOTIONAL PART AND ALUMNI REUNION DINNER17.00 - 20.00
BANKING SECTOR(203 ROOM) PUBLIC POLICY (206 ROOM)
ACADEMIC INBREEDING IN UKRAINE
AND SELECTED COUNTRIES: FROM
IGNORANCE TO GOVERNMENT POLICY
Ilona Sologub
TRENDS IN THE USE OF BANKING
SERVICES IN UKRAINE
Dmytro Yablonovskyy
TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE
AND SPS MEASURES AND FOOD
EXPORTS DYNAMICS
Elena Besedina
14.00 - 14.30 OPENING
(106 ROOM)

3. COFFEE BREAK
KSE/EERC ANNUAL CONGRESS
DAY 2, AGENDA
WORKSHOP
“POTENTIAL OF THE NATION – INTO THE ACTION. BEST WORLD PRACTICES OF PERSONAL EFFICIENCY MANAGEMENT”
BY IRINA KONCHENKO
10.00 -11.00
11.00 - 11.15
CLOSED DISCUSSION (FOR ALUMNI ONLY) CONCERNING THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND THE ADVISORY BOARD
COFFEE BREAK
ROUND TABLE "WAYS TO TACKLE PRESENT AND FUTURE SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHALLENGES IN UKRAINE“.
MODERATOR – TYMOFIY MYLOVANOV
OPENING PRESENTATIONS BY BUINYI IGOR "HOW EUROMAIDAN CHANGES UKRAINIAN POLITICS: A FEW HIGHLIGHTS
FOR WORLD-CLASS ECONOMISTS"
13.00 - 14.00
OPEN DISCUSSION "SHARING EXPERIENCE ON WHAT ALUMNI CAN DO FOR UKRAINE UNDER CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES“.
MODERATOR – MARIYA ALEKSYNSKA
14.00 - 15.00
11.15 - 12.45
11.00 - 11.15