Participates with presentations at the following events: Global Economic Symposium 2015, Kiel, Germany, 12-14 October 2015; Eight Joint Moody’s/Peterson Institute for International Economics Seminar, Frankfurt, Germany, 5 February 2015;Seventh Joint Moody’s/Peterson Institute for International Economics Seminar, 8 December 2014, Dubai, UAE; KEF conference “Global context, local solutions: Belarus’ private sector potential”, November 5, 2014, Minsk, Belarus; Moody’s Eight “Russia Risk Conference”, 23 October, 2014, Moscow, Russia; “Investment Finance and the Recovery”, Portuguese Central Bank, 4-5 September, Lisbon, Portugal; “2014 IIF Spring Membership Meeting”,  4-6 June, London, UK; “Africa Rising Conference”, IMF and Government of Mozambique, Maputo, Mozambique, May 29-30, 2014; “The Future of the EU and the Euro Area”, Bruegel, Brussels, Belgium, 28 May 2014;^[1] “CIS and CEE Sovereign Roundtable”, Moody’s, Warsaw, Poland, 13 May 2014; Fourth Joint PIIE/Moody’s Seminar, at the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE), Washington, DC, USA, 10 April 2014^[2];9^th. Annual GCC Credit Risk Conference, Dubai, UAE, 4 March 2014; Moody’s Annual Banking Conference in Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan Banking Association, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 27 February 2014; Third Joint PIIE/Moody’s Seminar, at the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE), Hong Kong, PRC, 6 November 2013^[3]; Moody’s 7th Annual Russia Credit Risk Conference, Moscow, Russia, 24 October 2013; ECMI 2013 Annual Conference “Closing the Funding Gap: Competition at the heart of the single market”, CEPS, Brussels, Belgium, 17 October 2013; Second Joint PIIE/Moody’s Seminar, at the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE), Washington, D.C., USA, 10 October 2013^[4]; Moody’s 2013 EMEA Banking Conference London, Moody’s, London, UK, 1 October 2013; Moody’s 2013 EMEA Banking Conference Frankfurt, Moody’s, Frankfurt, Germany, 27 September 2013; Moody’s Central Asia Credit Risk Conference, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 25 June 2013; Institute of International Finance’s “2013 Spring Economic Advisory Committee”, EIB, Luxembourg, 25-26 April, 2013; First Joint PIIE/Moody’s Seminar, at the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE), Washington, D.C., USA, 18 April 2013^[5]; “CERGE Supporters Lunch”, Harvard Club, New York, USA, 2 April 2013; “Moody’s EMEA Commercial Group Event”, Moody’s, London, United Kingdom, 26 March 2013; “Global Growth Conference 2013”, Rabat, Morocco, 22-23 March 2013; “World Investment Conference-North Africa”, Marrakech, Morocco, 20-21 March 2013; “Russia’s Economic Prospects: Reform or Continuity?”, Chatham House, London, 28 February 2013; “LSE Economics Conference 2013”, Keynote Speech “Euro Area Crisis: Macroeconomic Adjustment and Structural Reform”, London School of Economics, London, 16 February 2013; “Strategic Risk100 Quarterly Seminar”, City of London Club, London, 14 February 2013; Inter-American Development Bank Policy Seminar “Commodity Intensive Growth in Latin America and Sovereign Ratings Implications”, Washington, D.C., USA, 31 January 2013; Moody’s Sovereign Risk Conference 2012, New York, USA, 7 December 2012; Symposium “Government Debt in Democracies: Causes, Effects and Limits”, Berlin, Germany, 30 November-1 December, 2012; Moody’s Russia Annual Credit Risk Conference 2012, Moscow, Russia, 24 October 2012; Moody’s 6^th. Poland Annual Credit Risk Conference 2012, Warsaw, Poland, 17 October 2012; Seminar “The Euro and Europe: Strengthening the Structures”, at the International Monetary Fund/World Bank 2012 Annual Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, 12 October 2012^[6]; Moody’s Annual Financial Institutions Conference 2012, Moody’s, New York, USA, 21 September 2012; “The Bellwether Panel Sessions”, Renaissance Capital 16^th Annual Investors Conference, Moscow, Russia, 25-26 June 2012; “Fast Growing Markets Economists’ Roundtable”, XVI St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 21-23 June 2012; Conference “Market Risk & The Impact of Financial Volatility”, Chambre de Commerce, Luxembourg, 18 May 2012;“COFACE Country Risk Meeting 2012”, COFACE, New York, USA, 10 May 2012; “US and China: New Business Partnerships”, Hosftra University, New York, USA, 8 May 2012; Moody’s Sovereign Risk Conference 2012 “Sovereign Risk and Changes in the Global Economy: BRICS and Beyond”, Moody’s, New York, USA, 1 May 2012; XIII HSE International Conference, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, 4 April 2012; Meeting “Europe 2020 Summit”, Lisbon Council, Brussels, Belgium, 27 February 2012; Financial Forum “Opening the Black Box: Sovereign Bonds Ratings Methodology”, Sacred Heart University, USA, 2 February 2012; Western Economic Association 2011 Meeting, San Diego, USA, 29 June-3 July 2011; RIA-Novosti International Conference “The Russian Money Market in 2010”, Hotel Marriot Grand, Moscow, Russia, 21 October 2010; EBRD-NFEA International Conference “Moscow as International Financial Center, Russian Ruble as reserve currency: reality and prospects”, Hotel National, Moscow, Russia, 8 September 2010; 3^rd. Annual Conference of the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies (BISS) “Belarus’ Path in Europe”, Minsk, Belarus, 9-10 February 2010; Course “A Practical Guide to the European Neighbourhood Policy”, EIPA, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 30 November-2 December 2009; Presentation “The BRICS and the Crisis”, European Commission Central Library, Brussels, Belgium, 16 November 2009; “First Workshop on Macrofinancial and Macroeconomic Policies for Eastern Partnership (EaP) Countries”, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium, 2 October 2009; “The EU Neighbouring Countries and the Crisis”, OECD, Paris, France, 17 September 2009; “X^th International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development”, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, 7-9 April 2009^[7]; Conference “The EU Eastern Neighbourhood: Economic Challenges Ahead”, CEPS, Brussels, Belgium, 18 March 2009; OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) Seminar “Improving the Climate for Foreign Investment”, Minsk, Belarus, 11 March 2009; Conference “Energy Challenges in Northern Europe”, Turku School of Economics, Turku, Finland, 27-29 November 2008; Conference “Energy: A Cross-cutting Influence on EU Widening and Deepening”, CEPS, Brussels, Belgium, 12 November 2008; Third Meeting of the “European Commission-Russian Government Macroeconomic Dialogue”, Ministry of Finance, Moscow, Russia, 5-6 November 2008; Euromoney Russia and CIS 2008 Conference, Moscow, Russia, September 9-10 2008; EACES 10^th Conference, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, August 28-30 2008; Workshop “Economic Aspects of the Energy Sector in CIS Countries”, IEA, Paris, France, July 18 2008; Workshop “Economic Aspects of the Energy Sector in CIS Countries”, EBRD, London, UK, June 16 2008; EU-Russia Dialogue Special Meeting on “Economic Aspects of the Energy Sector in CIS Countries”, EU Delegation, Moscow, Russia, May 30 2008; Launching of the book “Russia: A Different Country”, CEPS, Brussels, 7 May 2008; OECD-Russia Experts Meeting on Russia Investment Policy, CSR, Alexander House, Moscow, Russia, 9 April 2008; ECB-CBR Conference “The Future of the Russian Economy”, Tula, Russia, 14 June 2007; CASE Conference “Winds of Change: The Impact of Globalisation on European and Asia”, Kiev, Ukraine, 23-24 March 2007; World Bank/EBRD Conference “Building Institutions for Evidence Based Trade Policy Decision-Making: International Experience and Russian Strategy”, EBRD, London, UK, 26-27 October, 2006; “Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanism in Transition Economies”, Central Bank of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus, 20-21 February 2006; 7^th. Annual Global Development Conference, “Institutions and Development: At the Nexus of Global Change”, St. Petersburg, Russia, January 19-21, 2006;[8] Tenth Annual Meeting of LACEA (Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association), Paris, France, October 27-29, 2005;^[9] UACES 35^th. Annual Conference and 10th Research Conference “The EU: Past and Future Enlargements”, 5-7 September 2005, Zagreb, Croatia; 8^th. Conference on Global Economic Analysis, 9-11 June 2005, Lübeck, Germany; World Bank “Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics -ABCDE- in Europe”, 23-24 May 2005, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Bank of Finland (BOFIT)/Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR) “Workshop on the Russian Economy”, Moscow, 8-9 April, 2005; BASEES Annual Conference, Cambridge University, 1-3 April 2005, Cambridge, United Kingdom; European Union Studies Association (EUSA) 9th. Biennial International Conference, Austin, Texas, USA, March 31-April 2, 2005; 8th. Spring Seminar of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Geneva, Switzerland, 21 February, 2005; Second Meeting of the UACES Study Group on “Monetary Policy in Selected CIS Countries”, Bank of Finland Institute of Transition (BOFIT), Helsinki, Finland, 10-11 February 2005; 25th SUERF Colloquium, IESE, Madrid, Spain, 14-16 October 2004; UACES 34th Annual Conference and 9th Research Conference ”The European Union: New Neighbours, New Challenges”; Annual Conference of the “Money, Macro and Finance Research Group”, 6-8 September 2004, Cass Business School, United Kingdom; First Meeting of the UACES Study Group on “Monetary Policy in Selected CIS Countries”, UNU-CRIS, Bruges, Belgium, 12 July 2004; “Final Workshop of the Project  ‘Analysis of Monetary and Trade Policy Questions for the Russian Federation’”, New Economic School, Moscow, Russian Federation, 4 June 2004; “May Meetings of the Review of Economic Studies”, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany, 14-15 May 2004; World Bank “Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics -ABCDE- in Europe”, 10-11 May 2004, Brussels, Belgium; Bank of Finland (BOFIT)/Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR) “Workshop on Transition Economics”, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 2-3 April, 2004; Workshop “Economic and Political Relations after the EU Enlargement: The Visegrad Countries and Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova”, ICEG-EC, Budapest, Hungary, 5-6 February 2004; “Lectures Series”, Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt a. M., 23 January 2004; Seminar “The Euroarea and the New EU Member States - Launching of the book”, Reading University, Reading, United Kingdom, 19 November 2003; “The Econometrics of Emerging Countries”, University of Toledo, Spain, 6-7 November 2003; “Second Workshop on Macroeconomic Policy Research”, Central Bank of Hungary, 2-3 October, 2003, Budapest, Hungary; Annual Conference of the “Money, Macro and Finance Research Group”, 10-12 September 2003, Cambridge University, United Kingdom;“Monetary Policies in Latin America”, IfW, 11-12 September, 2003, Kiel, Germany;Sixth Conference on Global Economic Analysis, 12-14 June 2003, Scheveningen, The Netherlands; “Regional Partnerships Project Conference”, 7-9 June, 2003, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation; “First Workshop of the USAID/IRIS Project n° 220/001.0-03-337”, New Economic School, 10 May 2003, Moscow, Russian Federation; DG ECOFIN Seminar Series, “A Primer on Budgetary Questions on the New EU Members States”, DG ECOFIN, European Commission, 21 March 2003, Brussels, Belgium; “ASP Seminar Series”, IfW, 30 January 2003, Kiel, Germany; “Exchange Rate Strategies During the EU Enlargement”, ICEG-EC High Level Scientific Conference 27-30 November, 2002 Budapest, Hungary; “International Economic Association’s World Congress”, September 9-13 2002, Lisbon, Portugal; “The 8th. Dubrovnik Conference: Monetary Policy and Currency Substitution in Emerging Markets”, 27-29 June 2002, Cavtat, Croatia; “Sustainable Development and the General Equilibrium Approach”, Fifth Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Center for Sustainable Development, National Tsing Hua University, 5-7 June 2002, Taipe, Taiwan; Third Workshop of the ACE-PHARE Project “Monetary and Exchange Rate Strategies Related to the Current European Union's Enlargement Processes”, CASE, Warsaw, Poland, 15-16 February, 2002; “GDN01: 3rd Annual Global Development Conference”, Sofitel Palace Hotel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Seminar Series, Bank of Estonia, Tallinn, October 30, 2001; Seminar Series, Euro College, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, October 12, 2001; Bank of Finland Institute for Transition (BOFIT) Seminar Series, Helsinki, Finland, October 9, 2001; Seminar Series, Bank of Estonia, Tallinn, September 27, 2001; “Third Conference of the European Trade Study Group”, ULB, Brussels, Belgium, September 14-16, 2001; Seminar Series, Bank of Estonia, Tallinn, August 31, 2001; Special Seminar, “PHARE Project Results”, Bank of Estonia, Tallinn, August 15, 2001; “EERC-GDN 2^nd. Workshop”, Kiev, Ukraine, July 26-30, 2001; CEPR Annual Transition Economics Summer Workshop for Young Academics”, Portoroz, Slovenia, 27 June – 5 July 2001; Second Workshop of the ACE-PHARE Project “Monetary and Exchange Rate Strategies Related to the Current European Union's Enlargement Processes”, Tinbergen Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 11-12 May, 2001; TIR (Tinbergen Institute Rotterdam) “Lunch Seminars Series”, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 18, April 2001; “International Atlantic Economic Society Conference”, Athens, Greece, March 13-20, 2001; “EERC-GDN Workshop”, Moscow, Russian Federation, February 2-4, 2001;  “NAKE Research Day 2000”, Dutch Central Bank (DNB), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 13, October, 2000; First Workshop of the ACE-PHARE Project “Monetary and Exchange Rate Strategies Related to the Current European Union's Enlargement Processes”, Catholic University of Leuven (KUL), Leuven, Belgium, 29-30 September, 2000; XIth Summer School of the European Economic Association, “The Sources of European Growth”, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 4-9 September, 2000; Summer University 2000, “The Political Economy of an Eastern Enlargement of the EU”, Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary, 10-21 July, 2000; “Financial Crises in Transition Countries: Recent Lessons and Problems yet to Solve”, Institute for Economic Research (IWH), Halle University, Germany, 13-14 July, 2000; “Young Economists Meeting 2000”, Oxford University, United Kingdom, 26-28 March, 2000; “Seminars Series”, LICOS, University of Leuven, Belgium, 2, December, 1999; “NAKE Research Day 1999”, Erasmus University, The Netherlands, 22, October, 1999; 4^th. Trilateral Conference “Transition, European Integration, and Institutional Change”, at CERGE-EI, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, September 30-October 2, 1999; “Lunch Seminars Series”, TIA (Tinbergen Institute Amsterdam), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 21, September, 1999; “Lunch Seminars Series”, TIR (Tinbergen Institute Rotterdam), Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 16, September, 1999; “ZEI Summer School on International Macroeconomics”, 9-20 August, 1999, ZEI, Bonn University, Germany; “Financial Turbulences and Capital Markets in Transition Countries”, CTU, Germany, 4-5 February, 1999; “The EMU and the Outside World”, ETH, Switzerland, 11, December, 1998; “NAKE Research Day 1998”, UvA, The Netherlands, 23, October, 1998; “International Trade and Finance Association VII^th. International Conference”, UdP, Portugal, 21-25, May, 1997; “XXXVIII^th. Annual Conference of Monetary Studies”, at the CBTT, October 28- November 1, 1996; “4^th. Meeting of The Working Group on Smaller Economies for The Free Trade Area of The Americas”, at the ECLAC, 10, October, 1996; “International Trade and Finance Association VIth International Conference”, at the University of San Diego, USA, 22-25, May, 1996; Joint ECLAC/ECCB Seminar “Improving The Data Supply Modality”, in St. Kitts, 13-14, May, 1996; Workshop and Coordinating Meeting of the Project “Promotion of Trade and Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean”, at the ECLAC, 10-11, October, 1995; Workshop of the Project “Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) - East and West: The Experiences of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Portugal and Spain”, at the CERGE-EI, Prague, Czech Republic, 6-7 April, 1995.