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LVIV HONORARY AMBASSADORS 2015-2017

FR. BOHDAN PRACH

FR. BOHDAN PRACH

Rector of Ukrainian Catholic University
NIKODEM SZCZYGLOWSKI

NIKODEM SZCZYGLOWSKI

Chairman of the Board of the SIA Baltic Aviation Support
MYHAILO ZARICHNYI

MYHAILO ZARICHNYI

Professor of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
MYRON UHRYN

MYRON UHRYN

President of National Ukrainian Dental Society
ŁUKASZ ABGAROWICZ

ŁUKASZ ABGAROWICZ

Senator at Polish Sejm, Honorary citizen of Virmenska street in Lviv
ANDRIY SYBIRNYI

ANDRIY SYBIRNYI

Member of NAS of Ukraine and the first Director of the Institute of Cell Biology
IRYNA KLYUCHKOVSKA

IRYNA KLYUCHKOVSKA

Director of International Institute of Education, Culture and Diaspora Relations of Lviv Polytechnic National University
STEPAN VESELOVSKYI

STEPAN VESELOVSKYI

CEO Lviv IT Cluster
PAUL TOMANDL

PAUL TOMANDL

President of Reisewelt Ukraine Ltd.
PAVLO SHEREMETA

PAVLO SHEREMETA

Head of Ukrainian Catholic University School of Public Management
OLEXANDER FILTZ

OLEXANDER FILTZ

President of the Ukrainian Union of Psychotherapists, Vice-president of the European platform of psychotherapy

FR. BOHDAN PRACH

Rector of Ukrainian Catholic University

Rector of Ukrainian Catholic University

Activity
  • Professor of Church History, Ph.D. in History from the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
  • Author of 2 monographs and about 15 publications on Church History in various scholarly Ukrainian and international journals
  • Has executive construction experience of building churches in Ukraine and Poland, academic and residence buildings of the Holy Spirit Seminary and Ukrainian Catholic University
Experience in organizing conferences
  • In 2001, was in charge of organizing the pastoral visit to Ukraine of blessed Pope John Paul II

NIKODEM SZCZYGLOWSKI

Chairman of the Board of the SIA Baltic Aviation Support

Chairman of the Board of the SIA Baltic Aviation Support

Activity
  • Chairman of the Board of the SIA Baltic Aviation Support (Baltic States, Central Europe, Scandinavia)
  • Chairman of the Vilnius Airport Users Committee
Membership in professional organizations
  • Member of Lviv Tourist Alliance
  • Member of European Association of Journalists “Rune Media”
  • Member of volunteer organization “Blue/Yellow” (Lithuania)
  • Member of Lithuanian Tourism Association

MYHAILO ZARICHNYI

Professor of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv

Professor of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv

Activity
  • Honored professor of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
  • Honored Science and Technology Worker of Ukraine
  • Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (1992)
  • Dean of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (2004-2016)
  • Authot for more than 120 publications in international scientific magazines
Membership in professional organizations
  • Member of American Mathematical Society
  • Member of Shevchenko Scientific Society
  • Member of Kazimierz Twardowski Philosophical Society of Lviv
Experience in organizing conferences
  • Head of Organizing Committee of the International Conference dedicated to S. Banach (Lviv, 2012)
  • Head of Organizing Committee of the 9-th International Conference Algebraic (Lviv, 2013)
  • Member of International Scientific Committee of the International Conference “Geometry in Odesa” (Odesa, 2010-2015)
  • Member of Organizing Committe of International conference dedicated to the 120th anniversary of Kazimierz Kuratowski (2016)
  • Member of International Conference “Emerging Trends in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics” (Perpignan, France, 2016)
  • Member of 14th Austrian Symposium on the History of Mathematics (Miesenbach, Lower Austria, 2018)
  • Member of International Conference “Emerging Trends in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Kraków, Poland, 2018)
  • Member of 16th Annual Workshop on Topology and Dynamical Systems (North Bay, Canada, 2019)

MYRON UHRYN

President of National Ukrainian Dental Society

President of National Ukrainian Dental Society

Activity
  • Head of the Dental Implant Center “MM”
  • Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Dentistry at Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University
  • The author of 140  published works, 2 books on dental implantation, 3 scientific recommendations, the editor of 12 books
Membership in professional organizations
  • First and Honorary President of the NGO “Association of Oral Implantology of Ukraine”
  • Head of Ukrainian analytical and research center in the field of medicine “Mark”
  • Member of the European Association of osseointegration International Congress of Oral Implantology
  • Founder Charity Fund of care for children with congenital absence of teeth, cancer patients and the elderly
  • Member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Health of Ukraine
  • Expert at  Civic Platform “Intensive care reform package”
Experience in organizing conferences
  • Organizer of ІХ East European Congress of Dental Implantation (Lviv, 2019)
  • Co-organizer of annual international scientific conferences in the «Dental-Ukraine» (Lviv, 2019-2020)
  • Co-organizer of International Congress of Periodontology – UAPerio 2020 (Kyiv, 2020)
  • Co-organizer of lecture of the Practical Doctor. prof. MF Danilevsky – Medwin: STOMATSALON (Kyiv, 2020)
  • Co-organizer of 3rd European Congress in Ukraine «Pediatric Dentistry of the Future» (Lviv, 2020)
  • Organizer of 2nd Symposium «Osteology Eastern Europe» (Kyiv, 2020)

ŁUKASZ ABGAROWICZ

Senator at Polish Sejm, Honorary citizen of Virmenska street in Lviv

Senator at Polish Sejm, Honorary citizen of Virmenska street in Lviv

Activity
  • A member of Polish Sejm (2001-2007)
  • Senator at Polish Sejm (2007-2016)
  • As a Sejm member worked at the infrastructure committee, committee of business development and health care (2001-2007)
  • Worked deputy of the Head of the emigration committee and relations with immigrants
Membership in professional organizations
  • Was a member of the national council of the Civic Platform Party of Poland
  • Was a deputy Head at the Senator’s Club at Civic Platform Party of Poland
  • A member of parliament Ukrainian-Polish Assembly
  • Three times leaded Polish observation mission during election campaign in the East of Ukraine

ANDRIY SYBIRNYI

Member of NAS of Ukraine and the first Director of the Institute of Cell Biology

Member of NAS of Ukraine and the first Director of the Institute of Cell Biology

Activity
  • Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor
  • Member of Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
  • Honored Worker of Science of Ukraine
  • Laureate of the State Prize Ukraine in science and technology
  • Author of 300 scientific papers, patents, of which about half – international
Membership in professional organizations
  • President of the Ukrainian Society of Cell Biology
  • Past President of the International Commission of Yeasts
Experience in organizing conferences
  • The Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the International Congress on yeast (Kyiv, 2008)
  • Chairman of the organizing committee of international symposia on unconventional yeast
  • The Chairman of the Organizing Committee of Ukrainian-Polish Weigl Conference, including 7th Weigl conference which was held in Lviv (2017)
  • The Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the First (Lviv, 2004), Second (Kyiv, 2007), Third (Yalta, 2012) and Fourth (Uzhgorod, 2014), fifth (Odesa, 2016) and Sixth (Yaremche, 2019) Congresses of the Ukrainian Society of Cell Biology with international representation
  • Co-Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 27th International Conference on genetics and molecular biology of yeast (Trento, Italy, 2015)

IRYNA KLYUCHKOVSKA

Director of International Institute of Education, Culture and Diaspora Relations of Lviv Polytechnic National University

Director of International Institute of Education, Culture and Diaspora Relations of Lviv Polytechnic National University

Activity
  • Honored Worker of Education, Ph.D., Associate Professor
  • Nominate of Award of Iryna Kalynets “For civic position and courage in upholding Ukrainian ideals”
  • Author of the concept of cooperation between Ukraine and the diaspora, initiator and participant of parliamentary hearings on the World Ukrainians (2009) and migration (2013)
  • The initiator of a number of educational projects, including “Step to Ukraine” and educational information portal “Ukrainian Universe”
  • The author of the project “Children of immigrants themselves” supported by the Embassy of Norway in Ukraine and charity fund “Open Ukraine”;
  • The author of the project “Life for you…” supported by the Embassy of Norway in Ukraine
  • The author of the projects “Open Ukrainian diaspora for Ukraine”, “Culture unites”, “Towards new wave” (the scientific study on labor migration in Ukraine)
  • Author more than 160 publications (124 scientific and 36 educational and methodological)
Membership in professional organizations
  • Honorary member of the World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations
Experience in organizing conferences
  • Initiator and organizer of international congresses “Diaspora as a factor in establishing the state of Ukraine in the international community” (2006, 2008, 2010, 2013)
  • The organizer of the conference “Transnational parenthood”, “Ukrainian language in the world”(2011, 2012)
  • Initiated and organized dozens of students meetings  with outstanding personalities in the field of science and culture in Ukraine and abroad

STEPAN VESELOVSKYI

CEO Lviv IT Cluster

CEO Lviv IT Cluster

Activity:
  • CEO of Lviv IT Cluster;
  • One of the ideologists of the cluster strategy and the development of the IT industry on a regional level (he has contributed to new clusters emerging throughout Ukraine, specifically in Kharkiv, Odesa, Lutsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Dnipro);
  • Initiator of one of the biggest infrastructure project in Lviv – Innovation District IT Park;
  • A graduate of Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv Business School;
  • Initiator of projects like IT House, IT Research, IT Expert and IT Club.

Experience in organizing conferences:
  • Head of Organizing Committee of Lviv IT Arena (from 2016);
  • Head of Organizing Committee of road conferences – Lviv IT Tour, 2015;
  • Organizer of  IT Jazz conference.

PAUL TOMANDL

President of Reisewelt Ukraine Ltd.

President of Reisewelt Ukraine Ltd.

Activity
  • Owner of Consulting firm “JUNIJA Services Ltd. Business Development Ukraine” in Lviv
  • The former General Manager of Austrian waste management company AVE Umwelt Ukraine Ltd. and subsidiary company AVE Lviv Ltd.
  • Technical partners of Lviv City Council at EURO 2012 organizational department, carrying out waste collection and sanitary services and cleaning up Lviv City Center and Fan zone, while hosting of thousands of international visitors and football fans every day
  • Cooperation with Tourism Department of Lviv City Council aiming at making Lviv an attractive tourist destination
  • Working partnership with Lviv City Council in tourist, social and other projects, participation in exhibitions and seminars
Membership in professional organizations
  • Member of Lviv Tourist Alliance
Experience in organizing conferences
  • Meetings and Events in Lviv organized for foreign companies, groups and traveдl agencies
  • In 2015 together with his team organized perfect and comfortable stay for team and delegation of FC Bayern München in coordination with UEFA responsible authorities
  • Participation in different tourist exhibition in order to promote Lviv and attract investments to the city

PAVLO SHEREMETA

Head of Ukrainian Catholic University School of Public Management

Head of Ukrainian Catholic University School of Public Management

Activity
  • Founder of the Kyiv Mohyla Business School
  • President of the Kyiv School of Economics
  • Former Minister of Economical Development and Trade of Ukraine
  • Adviser to the Lviv City Mayor for strategy development in 2012-2014
Membership in professional organizations
  • Deputy of the Head of Global Council for Ukraine at World Economic Forum

OLEXANDER FILTZ

President of the Ukrainian Union of Psychotherapists, Vice-president of the European platform of psychotherapy

President of the Ukrainian Union of Psychotherapists, Vice-president of the European platform of psychotherapy

Activity
  • Doctor of medicine, professor
  • Author of more than 106 scientific papers, 5 manuals, 1 monograph
  • Curator of 7 master’s theses
  • The initiator of the psychoanalytic institute of mental health in Lviv
Membership in professional organizations
  • President of the Ukrainian Union of Psychotherapists
  • Founder and board member of The European Confederation of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapies
  • Co-author of the European platform of psychotherapy
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Foundation of Sigmund Freud (Vienna – New York)
  • Co-founder of the Galician Association of Psychiatrists
Experience in organizing conferences
  • The Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the international educational project of psychotherapy “Truskavetska school of psychotherapy”, 1994 .
  • The organizer of the Congress European Association for Psychotherapy, 2003
  • Chairman of the organizing committee of the annual international conference on topical issues of psychiatry and psychotherapy involving experts from Italy, Poland, France and Ukraine, since 1998
  • Organizer International Security Forum in Lviv “From Ukraine’s Security  to Europe’s security. Challenge of the XXI Century” (Lviv, 2010)
  • Organizer of the X Anniversary Congress of the European Conference of psychoanalytic psyhoterapiy (Kyiv, 2014)
  • Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the International Conference “Crisis in Ukraine – therapeutic ways” (Vienna, 2014)
  • Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Annual Congress of the Ukrainian Union of Psychotherapists (Zaporizhia, 2015)