Globalization and its socio-economic consequences is an international scientific conference, thematically focused on the process of globalization and its impact on the economic, social and cultural life of human society. Its main aim is the cooperation with domestic and foreign educational and scientific-research institutions to present and transfer the newest knowledge in the relevant field. The conference has gained an excellent renown through twenty years of its existence and that is the reason why outstanding Slovak and foreign experts in their fields take part in it.