Oleh Khoma

Head of the Department of Philosophy and Humanities at Vinnytsia National Technical University, and professor at the Department of History of Philosophy at the Philosophical Faculty of T. Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, founder and chairman of the Association of Modern Philosophy Researchers (Pascal Society) under the Ukrainian Philosophical Foundation. Founder and chief editor of the historicо-philosophical journal “Sententie”.

He was and still is the initiator, author and co-author of most of the current laws of Ukraine, governmental resolutions, and other state regulatory and normative acts aimed at protecting and developing national book publishing; organizer and co-organizer of a number of well-known book exhibitions and events in Ukraine. He is a member of the Secretariat of the Public Council under the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy, the Board of the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine.

A manager of book projects, she has experience in creating book products in paper and digital formats, as well as cross-media publishing projects. Currently, she manages MEGOGO Audio, a project that is a leading producer and distributor of audiobooks, and also has the largest library of Ukrainian audio content. Previously, she worked on the creation of book projects that became bestsellers on the Ukrainian market.

He was born in 1986 in the city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region. He graduated as a journalist from the Mariupol State University. With the beginning of the full-scale invasion, he joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, now he is the commander of the detachment in the 68th Jaeger Brigade (since March 2022, and is stationed today in the Donetsk region). He has been writing poems since the age of 10, published them in collections, magazines and newspapers. Vyshebaba is the author of the collection of poems “Just don’t write to me about the war”.

Nadia Parfan is an anthroplogist, a programmer, a film director, and a creative producer. She graduated in cultural studies (Kyiv-Mohyla Academy) and social anthropology (Central European University). In 2019 she started Takflix.com — an online-cinema for Ukrainian films.

Marysia Nikitiuk’s first feature film “When the Trees Fall” was premiered on Berlinale in 2018. For the script to this film, Marysia received the Kisliovska Award as “Best Screenplay from Eastern Europe”. Marysya’s first book “Abyss”, published by Anetta Antonenko Publishing House, received Oles Ulyanenko international award. Marysia is is currently working on the script about Russia’s attack on Ukraine “Cherry Blossom”.

Volodymyr Sheiko is a cultural diplomacy, arts management, marketing, and communications professional. Director of the Ukrainian Institute, Ukraine’s cultural diplomacy organisation, since 2018. Volodymyr worked at the British Council as art director in Ukraine, as well as art and communications manager for 15 countries of South-Eastern Europe and Central Asia. He holds a master’s degree in international relations. Сo-producer, programmer, and organiser of over 400 international culture projects.

Child family psychologist, author of educational projects for teachers, parents, doctors. Author of 12 books on child psychology, consultant for children’s TV channel PlusPlus and Unicef Ukraine projects. Svitlana is married, she has a son and a daughter.

Journalist, communication manager, editor, art critic, cultural manager. Valentyna worked as a culture editor and deputy editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Ukraina Moloda”, culture editor of Vogue (2012–2015), now she contributes to various mass media as a freelance journalist. She headed the PR-department of the National Art Museum of Ukraine. Author of the books “I, Bilokur Kateryna Vasylivna” and “Knight, Lady, Avant-garde” (Rodovid publishing house).

Media researcher, founder of “How not to become a vegetable”, the initiative on infohygiene. Author and host of YouTube, TikTok, TV, and radio programs on infohygiene. Writer. Her books “Vegetable Nation?” and “The Struggle for Truth” became the winners of the Award “Book of the Year 2020” rating (Obrii nomination).