The national summit of Christian Professionals "Change the Society through Your Profession and Belief" will be held on April 20-21 in Kyiv, in the Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy.
The summit speakers will include not only famous Ukrainian politicians, public figures, and businessmen, but also young activists who have started important social initiatives: Hanna Hopko, well-known champion against smoking in public places; Vitaliy Shabunin, chairman of the Center for Combating Corruption; journalist and political analyst Ostap Kryvdyk; and many others. Over the course of two days, more than a dozen important social and Christian initiatives that aim to change society for the better will be presented. There will also be professional workshops led by experts in law, medicine, psychology and journalism.
About the Summit
The summit is organized by the Alliance of Christian Professionals, the purpose of which is to build civil society on high professional standards and Biblical principles, which unites believing experts from different faiths and different professions (lawyers, businessmen, journalists, doctors, teachers, artists) for professional growth, deeper spiritual communion, and service through one’s specialty to God and others.
Program
Saturday, April 20
8.30-9.45 – participants’ registration
10.00-10.40 – opening ceremony (Myroslav Marynovych, Volodymyr Marushchenko, Pavlo Unhurian)
10.40-12.30 – Speeches by authorized representatives of churches; presentations of activities of Christian professional communities
12.30-13.30 – lunch
13.30-13.45 – a word by the director (Myroslav Popovych)
13.45-14.00 – "European Values – Values Based on Christianity" (Petro Poroshenko)
14.00-14.45 – "Christian Life During Working Days" (Major Archbishop Emeritus Lubomyr Husar Любомир)
14.45-15.00 – about the civic movement "Spouses’ Week" (Olena Shabunina)
15.00-15.45 – "The Youth Will Change Ukraine" (Bohdan Havrylyshyn)
15.45-16.00 – College of Europe (Yulia Klymko-Overchenko)
16.00-16.30 –"How Christians Can Change Society" (Hanna Hopko)
16.30-17.00 "Building an Effective NGO" (Vitaliy Shabunin)
17.00-17.30 – coffee break
17.30-18.30 – workshops by experts
18.30-19.30 – dinner
19.30-19.45 – presentation of the project "Living Library." Commonwealth of Christian Students of Ukraine (Oksana Nimenko)
19.45-21.00 – discussion about the cooperation of the Alliance Association between itself and partners (moderator: Anna Lianna)
Sunday, April 21
8.00-9.00 – morning coffee
9:00- 9:30 – time for socializing
9.30-10.00 – spiritual and practical guidance (Yuriy Chernomorets)
10.00-10.30 – testimony (Dmytro Sherembey)
10.30-11.00 – "Professionalism and the Kingdom of God" (Yaroslav Lukasik)
11.00-11.15 – National Idea of Ukraine and Christian Values (Ostap Kryvdyk)
11.15-11.30 – presentation of Zhyvy (Live) international civic movement (Oksamyta)
11.30-12.00 – coffee break
12.00-12.15 – presentation by the Alliance "Ukraine without Orphans" (Ruslan Maliuta)
12.15-12.30 – presentation of All Together civic movement (Ruslan Kucharchuk)
12.30-12.45 – presentation of For a Sober Ukraine civic movement (Yulia Solokha)
12.45-13.00 – презентація ВМГО "Студреспубліка" (Павло Вікнянський)
13.00-13.15 – Renewing society in Christ. The experience of the formation and development of young Christian professionals in the Society of Ukrainian Catholic Students Obnova (Renewal) (Sofia Kernychna and Taras Hrytsenko)
13.15-13.30 – "Wonderland Ukraine – Foundation Values for the Future" (Oleksiy Tolkachov)
13.30-14.30 – lunch
14.30-15.20 – professional section (Block 1)
15.30-16.20 – professional section (Block 2)
16.30-17.30 – closing ceremony