On March 16, 2017, IE RAS Director, RAS Corresponding member Аl.А. Gromyko, by invitation of Southern Federal University, gave the speech «Victories and defeats of Europe: new risks and possibilities» at the conference «To the 60th anniversary of the Rome Treaty: European integration and European memory».
The conference was opened by SFU President М.А. Borovskaya. Speeches were delivered by: Head of EU delegation to Russia Vygaudas Ušackas
, Head of EU foreign policy department of European policy studies Center in Brussels Steven Blokmans, Director of History and international relations Institute of SFU V.Y. Аpryschenko.