The employees of the State Institution “Institute of Economic Research” participated in the 3-d International Applied Science Conference “Competitiveness of national economies and regions in the context of global world economy challenges”, which was held by the FSAEI Southern Federal University (Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation) on April 20-22, 2017. The conference discussed topical issues of the development of national economies in the context of global trends and integration processes, factors, conditions and prerequisites for the competitiveness of national economies, management of competitiveness of industries and enterprises. Within the framework of the conference the representatives of the SI”IER” also participated in the round-table discussion on “The state and perspectives of Infrastructure Development in the Member Countries of the EEU”, which was held by the Taganrog Supraregional Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Taganrog, Russian Federation).