Mykola Diadiura is a Chief Conductor at the National Opera of Ukraine in Kyiv, a People’s Artist of Ukraine.

Mykola Dyadyura is one of the most prominent conductors of Ukraine, who is capable of combining outstanding talent with mature skills. He graduated from The Kyiv Conservatory (1987, conductor course by the People’s Artist of Ukraine, prof. R. Kofman). In the period between 1986 and 1988, he worked as the chief conductor of the symphony orchestra in the Omsk Philharmonic (Russia). Since 1988 he has been working as a conductor in the National Opera of Ukraine and in 2011 he became its music director. 

Mykola Dyadyura took part in the staging of “The Barber of Seville” by G. Rossini, “Rigoletto” by G. Verdi, “La Boheme” and “Tosca” by G. Puccini, “Norma” by V. Bellini, “Lucia di Lammermoor” by G. Donizetti, “Yaroslav the Wise” by H. Mayboroda and conducts “Yevheniy Onegin” and “Mazepa” by P. Tchaikovsky, ”Pagliacci” by R. Leoncavallo and a number of other works. Since 2013 Mykola Dyadyura has been the chief conductor of the theatre. In 1990, one of the world’s most famous conductors Seiji Ozawa invited Mykola Dyadyura to take a study course at the Boston Orchestra (USA), where he was taught by L. Bernstein and A. Previn. From 1989 to 1996 he was the chief conductor of the Seoul and Gwangju Symphony Orchestras. His collaboration with the National Opera Company of South Korea resulted in the staging of “Tosca” by G. Puccini, ”Pagliacci” by R. Leoncavallo, and “Rustic Chivalry” by P. Mascagni. 

In 1996 he returned to Ukraine and became the main conductor and artistic director of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine, where he introduced a series of symphonic concerts “All Symphonies by Beethoven” and “All Symphonies and concerts by Brahms”. He was the first in Ukraine to play the symphony “Romeo et Juliette”, “Te deum”, “Requiem” by H. Berlioz, and “Messe du Sacre de Napoleon” by G. Paisiello. Dyadyura was the staging conductor of a number of projects by the National Philarmonic of Ukraine, including mono-opera “Nizhnist’” (“Tenderness”) by V. Hubarenko, operas “Ruslan and Lyudmila” by M. Glinka, “Fidelio” by L. Beethoven, music drama performances “Zametil’” (“The Blizzard”) by A. Pushkin & G. Sviridov and “Peer Gynt” by H. Ibsen & E. Grieg and many others.

He also collaborated with philharmonic orchestras of Poland, Russia, Italy, South Korea and Japan as a guest conductor, toured in Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, Poland, and Turkey, and took part in international festivals, both in Ukrainian, such as “Kiyv Music Fest”, “Muzychni Premyery Sezonu” (“The Music Premiers of the Season”), “Volodymyr Kraynev zaproshuye…” (“Volodymyr Kraynyev invites…”), “Virtuosy” (“The Virtuosos”) (held in Lviv), and foreign, including “Le Melomany” (France), The Saint-Maxime Music Fest (France), “La Chaise-Dieu” (France), La Côte Saint-André H. Berlioz Festival (France), Marseille International Sacred Music Festival, Bleckede Fest (Germany), Wroclaw Fest (Poland), Ukrainian Culture Days in Switzerland (Bern). 

Mykola Dyuadyura is the laureate of the “Min-On” International Conductors Competiton, an owner of the Japan Conductors Association Special Prize (Tokyo 1987), a laureate of International Conductors Competition named after J. Ferencsik (Budapest 1988), a bearer of the Order of Merit of the 3rd Class (2003) and the Order of Arts and Letters (France) and a laureate of Shevchenko National Prize.

ABOUT OPERA:

Kyiv Opera group was formally established in the summer of 1867 and is the third oldest in Ukraine, after Odesa Opera and Lviv Opera. The Kyiv Opera Company performs at the National Opera House of Ukraine named after Taras Shevchenko in Kyiv. The opera in 2 acts, Natalka Poltavka, was the last scheduled performance before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

https://opera.com.ua/en/

Laurent Dupuch, CEO & Country Manager for Ukraine at BNP Paribas and Chairman of the Management Board UKRSIBBANK

Laurent Dupuch took over the UKRSIBBANK BNP Paribas Group team as Chairman of the Management Board in 2020.

He started his career in the BNP Paribas group in 1993 and has a wealth of experience in various countries and various fields of banking. Laurent was the head of the Morocco region of the BNP Paribas Group and the head of BMCI bank and he was head of the Algeria operations of BNP Paribas since January 2008. He was a member of the supervisory board of UKRSIBBANK and worked on integrating the bank into an international group in 2006-2007.

This episode was recorded on January 25, 2023, in Kyiv.

ABOUT UKRSIBBANK:

UKRSIBBANK BNP Paribas Group – the Bank for a changing world.

UKRSIBBANK has been operating in the Ukrainian market since 1990. The bank offers its clients high-quality financial services in the best European economic traditions. 60% of the bank’s shares belong to one of the world’s largest financial groups, BNP Paribas, and 40% to the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development. The Group employs about 190,000 persons in 60+ countries.

Today, UKRSIBBANK BNP Paribas Group is a universal banking institution that occupies the top lines of financial ratings in Ukraine and provides international-level service. UKRSIBBANK offers package services and complex solutions, improves and simplifies processes, and provides international support to its clients in the countries of the presence of the BNP Paribas Group.

About 2 million clients, 170,000 small and medium enterprises, and 600 groups of corporate companies - leaders of the domestic economy and international corporations trust us. More than 240 branches and 1,000 ATMs throughout Ukraine are available to our clients and partners.

The mission is to be a reliable partner by making safe banking in an agile way by caring about customers and employees, bringing positive impact, and contributing to the Ukrainian economy, leveraging the strength of the leading European banking Group.

BNP Paribas Group, which is one of the shareholders of JSC UKRSIBBANK started the process of reducing activities in Russia a long time before the beginning of the events of February. Since 2012, activity in the retail business has been reducing. In 2020, consumer lending was completely stopped. Thus, BNP Paribas was among the least active foreign banking institutions represented in russia.

BNP Paribas values ​​its reputation, supports Ukraine, strongly condemns the invasion by russia, and strictly adheres to all international sanctions. Also, BNP Paribas does not start any new business with russia. In particular, BNP Paribas notified corporate clients that its subsidiary BNP Paribas ZAO will not process client transactions from the end of March 2022.

UKRSIBBANK & TEAM4UA PARTNERSHIP

This charity initiative started in the summer. During our meetings with clients in 14 cities of Ukraine, together with Team4UA, we organized fundraising for humanitarian aid. The project continues even now. Thanks to our customers, we managed to raise more than 500,000 hryvnias through the #UKRSIBonline application.

These funds were directed to humanitarian aid on the territory of Ukraine. In December, the Foundation delivered 140,000 food kits in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kharkiv, Zaporizhia, and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

https://bnpparibas.ua/en/ 

https://www.wearehit.org/

Igor Avramenko, Founder at OG Burger.Kyiv & Pirozhki LA

Born in Kryvy Rig. Lived in the US last 30 years. Came back to Kyiv in 2020 to open a small burger cafe with high-quality food. OG Burger is located on Reitarska street, in the heart of Kyiv. It became a hidden gastronomic gem and cult place for cozy vinyl parties. Igor's passion is music (especially hip-hop) and retro cars - Igor owns a very special car Zhiguli Kopeika.

OgBurger – California standard burgers on Reitarska street in a famous yard with crows. 

Pirozhki LA – Traditional Eastern European stuffed & baked pie with a variety of fillings. https://www.instagram.com/pirozhkila/

Andrey Shabanov – Volunteer and Founder at NGO “NOT ALONE”, TV host & Radio Legend, Serial Entrepreneur

• General Producer of Prosto Radi.O (one of the most popular radio stations in Ukraine (1994-2022)
• Owner of the first rock hotel in Odessa "Rooms and Rumors"
• Owner at FIREBRANDS
• Husband & Father of 3 kids
• Odessit

Valerii Iakovenko is a medical doctor by background and a private entrepreneur since 2008 He had significant corporate experience in various spheres including Insurance, banking, and Investments, as well as marketing and digital communications. In 2013 together with a partner Drone.UA was established, the company that over a short time achieved a market leader position as a system integrator of robotics technologies in Ukraine. Today, DroneUA is a long-term reliable partner to the many industrial users across Ukraine in spheres of agriculture, energy, oil and gas, surveying, industrial inspections, and more. 

Drone.UA operates in the fields of energy and the oil and gas industry, as well as in the fields of geodesy and topography. The main areas of work of Drone.UA are the development and implementation of industry solutions based on drone technology, the provision of services using UAVs, as well as the processing of data obtained using unmanned aerial vehicles. Drone.UA technologies are used on more than 4 million hectares of sown area in ​​Ukraine.

The Drone.UA group of companies is TOP-3 the most innovative enterprise in the agricultural sector of Ukraine according to the FORBES. And is included in the list of the TOP-20 most innovative enterprises in Ukraine.

Nowadays, Drone.UA is involved in the defense of Ukraine during the russian aggression. 

Anastasiya Boshko, Executive Director at Ukrainian Corporate Governance Academy, shared with The French Futurist, Jean-Christophe Bonis her point of view on: 

• Men and Women 
• Leadership
• Education
• Ethics & Culture in Business

The Ukrainian Corporate Governance Academy (UCGA) is an independent, not-for-profit, non-governmental association established to promote state-of-the-art international standards and best corporate governance practices in Ukraine. UCGA brings together well-respected professionals from key investment banks; consulting, legal, and executive search firms; international financial institutions; and select Ukrainian businesses that have paved the way in implementing global standards of corporate governance in Ukraine.

Oleksandr Berezianskyi is R&D Director at Ajax Systems, forging teams and delivering processes, building infrastructure, and designing common architectural solutions for ~350 R&D people in RTOS Malevich, server, mobile, desktop, and infrastructure departments. 

Ajax Systems is a tech company established in Ukraine in 2011, creating solutions that stand on the cutting edge of technology and science — then putting those innovations into the devices. 

Ajax devices operate in extreme conditions and are always ready to protect against tragedy, sold in 120+ countries. There are 2,000,000 premises under Ajax protection around the world.

https://www.youtube.com/@ajaxsystems8076/videos 

Nataliia Kryvda is a Professor at Taras Shevchenko National University and Kyiv Academic Director at Edinburgh Business School.

The French Futurist invited Natallia to discuss such points as:

• Culture & Civilization in a wartime
• Cultural & Collective trauma in wartime. To-do list for survival and recovery.
• Cultural Defense and Civilizational Protection
• Cultural Hygiene & Education
• Cultural & civilizational victory. KPIs of eco-peace.

The episode was recorded on February 17, 2023, in Kyiv. 

Dr. Yegor Aushev is Co-Founder at CyberUnit.Tech & CyberSchool.tech.

His main pillars are #Cybersecurity #Blockchain #Metaverse.

A French Futurist invited Yegor Aushev to talk about cyberwar in Ukraine. 

The episode was recorded on February 3, 2023, in Kyiv. 

Alex Bornyakov — the Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine on IT industry development, Head of the Diia City project. 

Bornyakov was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation in October of 2019 and has been boosting the growth of Ukraine’s IT industry and working on creating a legal space for Ukrainian and international VASPs to officially register their businesses in Ukraine.

The ministry's most important project is the so-called "state in a smartphone" project that was aiming that by 2024 100% of all government services should be available online with 20% of services provided automatically, without the intervention of an official, and 1 online fill-in form to receive a package of services "in any life situation".

Within three days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the ministry organized a campaign to pressurize technology companies to boycott Russia. They have also secured access to Starlink and recruited the IT Army of Ukraine. Together with Kuna.io cryptocurrency exchange from Ukraine, the Ministry initiated the creation of the largest fundraising crypto fund in the world called Crypto Fund for Ukraine aimed to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine combat the Russian invasion.

A French Futurist invited Alex Boryakov to talk about the world and technologies after almost a year of war in Ukraine.

The episode was recorded on February 3, 2023, in Kyiv.