Scientists from five countries will discuss current economic issues at a conference in Vitebsk

October 16, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Economists from five countries will take part in the international scientific and practical conference "Socio-economic development of organizations and regions of Belarus: sustainability, development, innovations" at the Vitebsk State Technological University, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Vice-Rector for Scientific Work of the university Elena Vankevich told a BELTA correspondent. The conference will open on October 18 and will continue the cycle of scientific and practical events held by the Faculty of Economics of the Technological University since 2001. The current scientific forum will discuss current directions of sustainable socio-economic development of organizations and regions of Belarus and develop practical recommendations for their effective implementation. As Elena Vankevich noted, there is traditionally a high interest in the conference from both Belarusian and foreign scientists and practitioners. Over 130 people have applied for participation - leading researchers and specialists dealing with the issues of sustainable development of organizations and regions, from Daugavpils University, the John Paul II Catholic University in Lublin, representatives of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Tomsk National Research State University, Korolev Institute of Management, Economics and Sociology, Smolensk Institute of Economics, Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University, as well as representatives of leading scientific and educational institutions of Belarus: Belarusian State Economic University, Institute of Economics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Belarusian State University, Research Economic Institute of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus, Yanka Kupala Grodno State University. 18 Doctors of Sciences and 48 Candidates of Sciences will present their reports, and more than a hundred presentations are announced in the program, which are dedicated to topical issues of the modern economy and society. The conference plans to discuss mechanisms for ensuring the sustainable development of organizations and regions, the development of interregional cooperation; innovative development of organizations and regions; topical issues of economics, finance, logistics, production management, marketing, accounting and statistics; social aspects of the development of organizations and regions. The increased interest of the scientific community in the indicated issues is due to the presence of common trends and problems for countries and regions on the path to overcoming the consequences of the global financial and economic crisis and forming a global economic space, Elena Vankevich noted. -0-