Founder, impact investor, head of the cultural center “I Coworking Hub” (Dnipro, 2009—2020).
Founding rector, impact investor, mentor, methodologist of the educational laboratory “U Open University” (Ukraine-USA, 2014—2020).
Founder, mentor, business angel of the startup accelerator for the Ukrainian IT industry “I Business Incubator” (Ukraine-USA, 2014—2016).
Co-author and curator of wartime Ukrainian multilingual programmes:
“Philosophical Garden” 2019—2027 | a series of wartime talks by European and American intellectuals — writers, scientists, international cultural actors — in the Bohm dialogue format;
“Wars. Ukrainians. Humanity” 2022—2025 | programme of Ukrainian flash essays, translations and illustrations;
“Uniting Cultural Diplomacy Initiative” 2024—2027 | a series of projects aimed at the unifying cultural diplomacy of Ukraine.
Editor-in-chief of the “Lexicon of (Self)Recovery of Man and Society in War” (2024-2025).
Full Member of “Coalition of Culture Actors” (since 2024).
TED Member (2021-2022), TEDx Licensee in Dnipro, Ukraine (2013; 2014), TEDx workshops (2015-2019) Programme director and Sponsor.
Board Member at CIAU Creative Industries Association of Ukraine (Dec 2020-Apr 2021)
Programme director, partner, and sponsor (2017-2020) of Startup Grind Dnipro (licensed by Google For Entrepreneurs, CA).
Programme director, licensee, author, and sponsor (2009-2020) of PechaKucha Night (15 unconferences in Dnipro, with PechaKucha and KDa, Tokyo).
https://linkedin.com/in/demyanom/
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(c) main photo by Artem Galkin, PEN Ukraine
(c) secondary photos from the Cultural Hub archive
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