On March 24, 2023, within the framework of the international academic mobility program at the Mendel University in Brno, Director of the Institute of Management, Food Technologies and Trade, Doctor of Economics, Professor Nataliya Tkalenko gave a speech on the topic “Are older academicians equipped for digital acceleration?” The case of Czechia and Ukraine” at the 25th International Conference “Economic Competitiveness and Sustainability” (Brno, Czech Republic), one of the main conferences in the European Union on issues of sustainable development.