February 2013 Newsletter



1 HIGHLIGHTS
— KSE invites top management of Ukrainian and international companies to participate in the "Winning with Analytics" Executive Education Program
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 Volodymyr Dubrovskiy and Mykhailo Kolisnyk have Become Senior Fellows of KSE
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KSE has introduced "Kyiv Point of View", a series of open public discussions
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 KSE team is the winner of Ukraine’s 3rd CFA Research Challenge
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 Jim Rogers, Chairman of Rogers Holdings and Co-founder of the Quantum Fund with George Soros, will give a Public Lecture on "The Future of Finance" at KSE
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 The Erste Foundation has awarded KSE Assistant Professor Olena Nizalova a Fellowship for Social Research for her project "Inequality in Working Conditions: The Ukrainian Experience"
— Olesia Verchenko, KSE Assistant Professor, has recently published a column on foreign banks in Forbes.ua

2 KSE EVENTS

February 21, 2013

 Challenges Facing Ukraine on Its Way to Global Integration: Kyiv Point of View

February 16-17, 2013

 Bloomberg Assessment Test (BAT)
February 11, 2013 KSE Open Lecture with Valeriy Pekar, President of Euroindex
February 5, 2013
EBRD 2012 Transition Report: "Integration Across Borders"

3 AN OVERVIEW OF THE KYIV SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS


The Kyiv School of Economics, founded by EERC and the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, is a world-class academic institution with a reputation for excellence both in the Ukraine and internationally. KSE offers internationally recognized, full-time Master’s Programs in Business Economics, and Economic Analysistaught in Englishby globally trained faculty who have strong backgrounds in teaching and research. In addition, KSE also offers a variety of mid-term and part-time programs in Management Education for business professionals.

 Current KSE statistics:

16 Years in existence
516 Total number of graduates
89 Graduates who already received a Ph.D. abroad
55 Publications by faculty in refereed journals
32 Total EERC Network Workshops
1550 Total EERC Network Workshop Participants
486 Total EERC network grants issued
12 Current full-time faculty
90 Average number of students at the school

4 KSE EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM "WINNING WITH ANALYTICS"

We invite top executives of Ukrainian and international companies who would like to manage the future of their business with evidence-based decision-making to participate in the midterm KSE Executive Education Program "Winning with Analytics".


The Winning with Analytics program is a unique analytics-powered executive educational program specifically targeted to those decision makers who realize the importance of planning, predicting and controlling the future of their business. The Program is organized in a format of 3 modules held on week-ends. The Program also includes Guest Lectures by Mr. Jim Rogers (a Global Investor, Chairman of Rogers Holding and Co-founder of Quantum Fund with George Soros) held on March 12 and Mr. Adrian Slywotzky (Lviv Business School Advisory Board Member and one of the six most influential management thinkers in the world) held on April 10. The partner of the program is U.S.- Ukraine Business Council (USUBC)

You can find more details about the Program here

Contacts:
+380 67 903 9366 (Svitlana Bocharova),
+380 93 296 9962 (Yuliya Kocherhan)
5 VOLODYMYR DUBROVSKIY AND MYKHAILO KOLISNYK HAVE BECOME SENIOR FELLOWS OF KSE

Mykhailo Kolisnyk, a widely known and respected Ukrainian expert in the field of finance and a renowned professor in Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, and Financial Management, and Volodymyr Dubrovskiy, a widely known and respected policy expert, have recently been appointed to the positions of Senior Fellows of the Kyiv School of Economics.

Mr. Kolisnyk will support KSE in its efforts to develop management education programs and Mr. Dubrovskiy will strengthen KSE’s reputation for providing high quality policy advice.


Mykhailo Kolisnyk



Volodymyr Dybrovskiy



6 "CHALLENGES FACING UKRAINE ON ITS WAY TO GLOBAL INTEGRATION". KYIV POINT OF VIEW

On February 21, 2013 the Kyiv School of Economics organized an open discussion on "Challenges Facing Ukraine on Its Way to Global Integration". This discussion is the first of a series of Kyiv Point of View open discussions organized by KSE

Experts of the Kyiv School of Economics, as well as well-known international and Ukrainian experts participated in the event. Among them were:

  • Anna Derevyanko, European Business Association
  • Volodymyr Dubrovskiy, Kyiv School of Economics
  • Vadym Karasiov, Political Analyst
  • Danylo Lubkivsky,Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine, Advisor to the President of Ukraine (2006-2010)
  • Alexander Paskhaver, Center for Economic Development
  • Oleksandr Shepotylo, Kyiv School of Economics
  • Andreas Umland, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
  • Andrii Yermolaiev, Director of the National Institute for Strategic Studies.

    • The following experts participated via video:

  • Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics (Washington DC); Senior Advisor to the KSE Board of Directors (Washington DC)
  • Danica Purg, Bled School of Management (Bled, Slovenia)
  • Olga Shumylo-Tapiola, Carnegie Europe (Brussels).

    • The discussion was moderated by Pavlo Sheremeta, KSE President.

    The audience included more than 200 policy-makers, students, and representatives of media.

    More details about the event on www.kse.og.ua and on KSE page on Facebook.com.

    7 KSE PUBLIC LECTURE BY GLOBAL INVESTOR MR. JIM ROGERS

    We are very pleased to invite you to participate in the KSE Public Lecture by Jim Rogers, Chairman of Rogers Holdings and Co-founder of Quantum Fund with George Soros, to be held on March 12, 2013 in InterContinental Hotel (Kyiv, Ukraine).

    Mr. Rogers will talk about "The Future of Finance. How Jim Rogers Sees the World and What He Is Doing About It?"

    The event is organized in partnership with the American Chamber of Commerce and the Agribusiness in Ukraine Forum 2013 of Adam Smith Conferences with media support from Forbes Ukraine.

    The event will be held in English (simultaneous translation into Ukrainian will be provided).

    Participation in the event is possible upon invitation or by paying a participation fee.

    Contacts: + +380 67 903 9366 (Svitlana Bocharova), +380 93 296 9962 (Yuliya Kocherhan)

    8 KSE TEAM IS THE WINNER OF UKRAINE’S CFA RESEARCH CHALLENGE 2013

    We are very proud to announce that a KSE team consisting of the KSE second-year students Iurii Berezhnoi, Mykhailo Iavorskyi, Zoryana Podilchuk, Anna Sagatovych and Borys Trofimov has become a winner of the Ukraine’s 3rd CFA Research Challenge and will represent Ukraine at the global round in London.


    We sincerely congratulate our students and wish them good luck in London!