Vjaceslavs Dombrovskis is a former Minister of Education and Science (2013-2014) and former Minister of Economy and Energy in Latvia (2014).
He is a Member of Economic Policy Advisory Council to the Minister of Economy at Kyiv School of Economics, member of the board of "For Latvia's Development" political part, consultant in economic development and sustainable development goals, founder of "Certus" - the first privately-funded think tank in the Baltic States.
From 2011 to 2013 he served as Chairman of the Economic, Agricultural, Environmental, and Regional Policy Committee in the Latvian parliament, as well as Deputy Leader of the "Reform Party" parliamentary group.
He was elected to the 11th, 12th, and 13th Latvian parliaments. From 2018 to 2022 Vjaceslavs Dombrovskis served as Chairman of the Sustainable Development Committee at the Latvian Parliament, led parliamentary oversight of the National Action Plan and the European Green Deal in Latvia, served on the board of several political parties.
From 2003 to 2011 he worked as Assistant Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga and Research Fellow at the Baltic International Center for Economic Policy Studies, taught in higher education establishments in Latvia and abroad, including OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Riga Graduate School of Law, Riga Business School, and University of Latvia. In 2003 he received his PhD and MA in economics from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts with a specialization in public sector economics and applied econometrics.
In 1999 he received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Latvia.
The Ukrainian economy operates under constant threats, but the main question is not only how to survive, but also how to seize new opportunities in a rapidly changing world. Geopolitical conflicts, the growing role of technology, and the importance of security are creating new rules of the game.
For Ukraine, this is both a challenge and an opportunity: to integrate into the global economy as a strong industrial and technological player, to attract investment into new sectors, to build models that can function even in times of crisis, and to find its place in global transformation.
The discussion will focus on how adaptation can become a strategy for growth — from security as the basic condition for doing business to using global trends as drivers of Ukraine’s new economy.