TWO PROJECTS ABOUT CULTURE, ONE TERRITORY
Program
The program is currently being finalized. Speakers and session topics will be added as they are confirmed.
Art as a language of social dialogue
The Global Culture Forum begins with art—a language capable of preserving memory, shaping identity, raising complex questions, and creating a space for dialogue. ART EDEM translates the forum's ideas into form, color, material, music, and live presence.
The celebratory program will unite contemporary Ukrainian art, original exhibitions, music, poetry, opera vocals, and fashion. This evening, we are simultaneously opening ART EDEM and the entire Global Culture Forum 2026.
Opening program
- Presentation of ART EDEM and art plein air works
- Solo exhibition by Oleksandr Zhyvotkov
- "Legends of the Carpathians" project by Volodymyr Koziuk
- Presentation of the Vivid Fusion art platform
- Collaborative art project with the Odesa Museum of Contemporary Art
- Vocal program by Taras Berezhansky accompanied by piano
- Musical welcome by Marta Malska and Andriy Yashchuk
- Curated tours of ART EDEM exhibitions and PARK3020 art installations
ART EDEM
ART EDEM is a comprehensive art project presented across various KRAЇNA EDEM locations. It brings together original exhibitions, works from art plein airs, painting, sculpture, graphics, photography, and other forms of contemporary art.
CULTURE AS CAPITAL
Culture as a source of identity, international reputation, economic value and long-term influence.
Director of the Public Diplomacy Department, MFA of Ukraine
Psychiatrist, psychotherapist, psychoanalyst
Curator of Culture as Capital
Co-founder of Ukrainian Fashion Week
Violinist
Film and music producer
Theatre director and playwright
CEO of the Askania Group of Companies
Theatre director, People’s Artist of Ukraine
CEO
Founder of EFI Group
.avif)
CEO of the pomitni label
CEO of OTP Bank
Regional Director of NEQSOL Holding in Ukraine
Executive director of the Ukrainian Institute for the Future
Deputy director general of the Ukrainian Institute
Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation
Head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance
Photographer, founder of Haidai Studio
CEO of the pomitni label
Co-founder and CEO of GUNIA Project
CEO of Publicis Groupe Ukraine
Film producer
CEO of Vivid Fusion
Director of the Public Diplomacy Department, MFA of Ukraine
General Director of the Lviv Opera
Head of the coordination centre
Actor and director
Co-owner of HD-group
Founder of the Zakhidnadraservis group
Philanthropist
Chief producer of Sky News UK
THE ART OF LIVING. MUSIC THAT FILLS LIFE
A festive dinner and a special vocal programme performed by Tenors BEL’CANTO, a Ukrainian vocal ensemble whose repertoire brings together classical music, Ukrainian songs and world hits.
The evening continues the day’s theme, CULTURE AS CAPITAL, through another dimension of culture: emotion, beauty, music and connection.
EDUCATION THAT SHAPES CIVILIZATION
Edem Lviv · 10:00–17:30 · “Being educated is the freedom to find your own path when the world tries to choose it for you.”
Founder of Osvitoria
Founder & Visionary of GCF
Founder of Osvitoria
Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine 2023–2026
Co-founder of the !FEST Holding of Emotions
Vice-rector of the Kyiv School of Economics
Coordinator of the Lviv Pupils’ Parliament
International speaker and leadership expert
Head of the Lviv branch of the Ukrainian Leadership Academy
Civic leader
Co-founder of the IRON cluster
Founder of Potrib
Advocacy Manager at Osvitoria
Biologist
.avif)
CTO and co-founder at Reface
Керівниця проєкту LUMEN
Founder & Visionary of GCF
Co-owner PRAVDA STUDIO
Military chaplain
Ukrainian folklore that sounds contemporary and stylish: a combination of voices, theatricality and centuries-old traditions.
MUSIC THAT SHAPES GENERATIONS
A festive dinner and a special music and theatre programme featuring artists of the Maria Zankovetska National Theatre.
The programme features songs by Andriy Kuzmenko (Skryabin) performed on stage by the theatre’s artists.
This is a natural continuation of the day’s theme of education and of how a person and the generations that follow are shaped: songs a generation of Ukrainians grew up with, as carriers of language, values, self-irony, freedom and cultural memory.
LONGEVITY AS CULTURAL DNA
A system of values and habits directed towards a long, healthy and full life in physical, mental and social well-being.
Dermatologist
CEO of Asclepius Group
Dermatovenereologist
Art historian
Psychotherapist
Pathophysiologist, geneticist
CEO of Good Cells
Physician
Microbiologist and virologist
Dietitian
Green Cuisine head chef
Head of the orthodontics department
Dermatovenereologist
Obstetrician-gynaecologist
Physician, endocrinologist
Preksha meditation instructor
Urological surgeon
PHOENIX & CLARINET
A festive dinner and the chamber concert “PHOENIX & Clarinet”: the Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 by Johannes Brahms, performed by the PHOENIX string quartet of the Myroslav Skoryk Lviv National Philharmonic and clarinettist Mykola Hrechukh.
The quartet: Mykola Haviuk and Petro Titiaiev, violins, Vadym Pedorych, viola, Denys Lytvynenko, cello. Mykola Hrechukh is an Honoured Artist of Ukraine, principal clarinet of the Lviv National Opera and founder of the Lviv Clarinet Quartet ensemble.
The evening continues the main theme of the day, LONGEVITY AS CULTURAL DNA, through the chamber music of late Romanticism.
ARCHITECTURE AS A MODEL OF SOCIETY
The logic of the day: archaeological heritage → historical memory → rebuilding cities → responsible development → hospitality architecture → tourist destination → the future of tourism in Ukraine.
Archaeologist
Archaeologist
Underwater archaeologist at the Khortytsia National Reserve
Founder & Visionary of GCF
Film Producer
CEO of Big City Lab
Architect
.avif)
Visual artist and sculptor
.avif)
Architect, urbanist, CEO of AVR Development
Architect, founder of Bobak Design
Founder and CEO of UVT Group
Developer, entrepreneur, investor
Architect, urbanist, CEO of AVR Development
Vice-president of the Ukrainian Hotel and Resort Association (UHRA)
Founder of Advanter Group
.avif)
CEO and Head of GCF
Co-founder of Sviatyi Sharbel
Chair of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Environmental Policy
Place branding expert, co-founder of the Agency of Territorial Initiatives
Expert in tourism policy
CEO of Pan Ukraine
Local history expert, director of the tour operator Vidvidai
Founder & Visionary of GCF
LIVING TRADITION: FROM HERITAGE TO CONTEMPORARY EXPERIENCE
A festive dinner and a special music and theatre programme by the Word and Voice Theatre Centre — a project of Natalia Polovynka, Ukrainian singer, actress, director, teacher and laureate of the Shevchenko Prize.
Word and Voice is a contemporary theatre centre, unique in Ukraine and Europe, that works with the living Tradition of Ukraine through theatre and music. Its artistic practice is rooted in the Ukrainian song tradition, in word, voice and theatre as a way of preserving cultural memory and living it in the present.
For Global Culture Forum this programme becomes a living continuation of the day’s theme: cultural heritage here is not exhibited — it sounds, it is lived and it is passed on.
Singer, actress, director
THE FUTURE WORLD
Culture as responsibility for the future: the voice of Ukraine, technology, museums and European integration.
Founder of WERDERART
Director, KÖNIG GALERIE
Ambassador of Chervona Ruta (UK) and Ukrainian Cinema in the United Kingdom
Founder & Visionary of GCF
Political strategist, founder of GAIDAYCOM
Third President of Ukraine
CEO and Head of GCF
Founder of the Khrystyna Rachytska
Singer, actress, director
Film director, People’s Artist of Ukraine
Poet, founder of A-BA-BA-HA-LA-MA-HA
Journalist and media manager
General Director of the Lviv Opera
Producer, co-founder of 2Brave Productions
Head of the Association of Entrepreneurs and Veterans of Ukraine
Political strategist, founder of GAIDAYCOM
Doctor of philosophical sciences
President of MHP Eco Energy
Head of the Kyiv International Economic Forum Academy
Founder of Learn to Earn Global and AISync Global
People’s Artist of Ukraine
President of the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Political strategist, founder of GAIDAYCOM
Editor-in-chief of LB.ua
CEO of Karpatski Mineralni Vody
Head of the board of the Ukrainian Project Agency
Head of the Lviv Regional Military Administration
Historian, civic leader
Member of Parliament of Ukraine
Philanthropist
Cultural studies scholar, political scientist
Founder & Visionary of GCF
ART HALL. INSO-Lviv · Dance Theatre “Triumph of Spirit”.
The ceremonial close of the forum’s main programme and the cultural programme of the gala dinner.
Founder of the Khrystyna Rachytska
DIPLOMACY AND FORUM SUMMARY
- Registration
- Diplomatic breakfast
- Closed international dialogue
- FOCUS — forum summary · strategic dialogue · international partnership · cultural diplomacy · next steps
"How Are You?"
A production by the Kharkiv "Theater for People"
- Written by: Anna Hin
- Director: Andrii Lebed
- Set and costume design: Oleksandr Abmanov
- Choreography: Svitlana Honcharova
- Cast: Honored Artist of Ukraine Olha Dvoichenkova, Viktoriia Bila, Svitlana Symonenko, Vira Mykhailenko / Yuliia Odokiienko
A performance ticket must be purchased separately. Guests with an invitation for October 4th and PARK 3020 guests may attend the performance without a separate ticket.
GCF 2025
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