The festival where creators, visionary innovators, social entrepreneurs and corporates meet to brains
On July 28-30 more than 2000 social entrepreneurs and corporates, visionary innovators and creative artists, technologists and ethical hackers from Ukraine and all over world will converge in Kyiv to brainstorm ideas, develop prototypes and co-create projects able to define the future of Ukraine. The idea of Connect Ukraine fest is creating a playground for 2000 creative people—to inspire and moti
vate them to change the world by making their ideas reality and giving them tools, skills and resources for that. The festival is meant to become a meeting place for creators and investors, ideas and possibilities, sort of a business incubator or the idea market showcasing the best of what Ukrainian creative industry has to offer. The mission of the project is to spark innovation and creativity within Ukraine, to boost the creative sector of national economics, re-evaluate its underrated creative assets and make it attractive to inner and international investment. The format of the festival is day conferences and co-creation sessions + night entertainment and networking. The day program consists of 50% TED-like inspiring talks and 50% workshops. In the mornings we will have lectures from some of the world’s most disruptive innovators, visionary creatives and social entrepreneurs. Topics will include virtual and augmented reality, AI and automation, social impact and sustainability, bitcoin and blockchain. AMONG SPEAKERS:
- Casey Fenton / US
Founder of CouchSurfing, Mastly, Wonder
- Amit Pradhan / US
Serial Entrepreneur, Investor, Partner at ZERO Labs
- Toni Lane Casserly / US
Bitcoin and blockchain expert, co-founder of BitNation
- David Passiak / US
Co-creation Guru, author of three books: Empower, Disruption Revolution, and Red Bull to Buddha
In the afternoons they will give workshops based on design thinking, ideation, prototyping, and how technologies of launching a real social impact business, meant to give practical skills in creation, collaboration and entrepreneurship. Over three days filled with theory and practice, participants, with the help of corporate sponsors and non-profit organizations, will learn how to define the unique purpose of their life and projects, and inscribe their individual ideas into a greater vision of the country’s development. They will explore how to take action and develop prototypes that can be tested and realized in real world. THE TEAM:
Connect Ukraine Festival is being organized by an international team of passionaries having the unshakable faith in the future of Ukraine, top-notch pros working in such fields as social entrepreneurship, co-creation, events, media, design, music, IT and game design, media and digital, NGO sector, startups and investment. We are proud to have among our partners and collaborators Raiffeisen Bank, Startup Ukraine, Made In Ukraine, Bitcoin Nation, Emerging Future Institute, Eurotrips, Future Leaders (Norway), Creative Beast, Art Zavod Platforma. The Project’s Co-Founders are Norwegian social entrepreneur Jorgen Bo and Sophia Yushchenko.
