LMF2025
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2025-05-15 12:00 pm
May 15-17, 2025, Lviv
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Speak the Unspoken: Choices, Decisions,
Responsibility
About the conference
Since 2013, LMF has been one of the largest media conferences in Central and Eastern Europe, bringing together participants from the widest range of countries in the region. Last year, it hosted speakers and attendees from over 30 countries worldwide.
The focus theme of LMF 2025 is “Speak the Unspoken: Choices, Decisions, Responsibility”.
The focus theme of LMF 2025 is “Speak the Unspoken: Choices, Decisions, Responsibility”.
Terms of participation
This year, entry to the conference is possible with a charitable donation (except for active military personnel and veterans), which will support the work of Lviv Media Forum. All events within the LMF 2025 program will be in English, without simultaneous interpreting. Due to the format, the organizers are required to limit the number of participants.
Submitting an application does not guarantee participation, and the organizers reserve the right to withhold the reasons for selection.
Submitting an application does not guarantee participation, and the organizers reserve the right to withhold the reasons for selection.
Program
May 15
Streams
15 FS 1
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Opening ceremony
15 FS 1
15 FS 2
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Keynote speech
Kateryna Zarembo
15 FS 3
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Keynote speech
Secret Speaker
15 FS 4
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Public Talk
From Wounds to Words: Reimagining Narratives for Peace and Progress
15 FS 5
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Public Talk
How To Be, When Everything Falls Apart
Aida Cerkez
Kateryna Kalytko
15 FS 1
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Culture Program
15 FS 1
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Opening ceremony
15 FS 2
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Keynote speech
Kateryna Zarembo
15 FS 3
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Keynote speech
Secret Speaker
15 FS 4
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Public Talk
From Wounds to Words: Reimagining Narratives for Peace and Progress
15 FS 5
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Public Talk
How To Be, When Everything Falls Apart
Aida Cerkez
Kateryna Kalytko
15 FS 1
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Culture Program
May 16
Streams
16 FS 1
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Discussion
Disease of Democracy: What Should We Do to Overcome It?
16 FS 2
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Discussion
Institutions Under Attack: How To Protect Them in Time of Chaos
16 FS 2
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Discussion
Soft Power, Hard Consequences. How Democracies Could Counteract FIMI Attacks and Win?
16 FS 3
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Discussion
Exiled but Accountable. The 'Non-Putin Russians' Dilemma
16 FS 4
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
15 FS 1
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Culture Program
16 SD 1
Smartly
Done
Done
Discussion
From Barren to Blooming: How to Cultivate a Garden in a News Desert
16 SD 2
Smartly
Done
Done
Discussion
Partners, Not Paupers: Reinventing Approach to the Media Development
Rebecca Harms
Rita Ruduša
Ola Myrovych
16 SD 3
Smartly
Done
Done
Discussion
The Fatigue Factor: How Journalists Keep Critical Issues in the Public Eye
16 SD 4
Smartly
Done
Done
Discussion
The Right Words and Timely Silence: Maintaining Dialogue with Society in Times of War
16 SD 5
Smartly
Done
Done
FuckUp Night
What We've Learned About Building Dialogue
16 FS 1
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Discussion
Disease of Democracy: What Should We Do to Overcome It?
16 FS 2
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Discussion
Institutions Under Attack: How To Protect Them in Time of Chaos
16 FS 2
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Discussion
Soft Power, Hard Consequences. How Democracies Could Counteract FIMI Attacks and Win?
16 FS 3
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Discussion
Exiled but Accountable. The 'Non-Putin Russians' Dilemma
16 FS 4
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
15 FS 1
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Culture Program
16 SD 1
Smartly
Done
Done
Discussion
From Barren to Blooming: How to Cultivate a Garden in a News Desert
16 SD 2
Smartly
Done
Done
Discussion
Partners, Not Paupers: Reinventing Approach to the Media Development
Rebecca Harms
Rita Ruduša
Ola Myrovych
16 SD 3
Smartly
Done
Done
Discussion
The Fatigue Factor: How Journalists Keep Critical Issues in the Public Eye
16 SD 4
Smartly
Done
Done
Discussion
The Right Words and Timely Silence: Maintaining Dialogue with Society in Times of War
16 SD 5
Smartly
Done
Done
FuckUp Night
What We've Learned About Building Dialogue
May 17
Streams
17 FS 1
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
17 FS 2
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Public talk
Communicating The Corruption: Problem to Tackle vs. Weapon to Kill
17 FS 3
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Discussion
Big Tech, Big Influence: How New Oligarchs Take Over Information and Power
17 FS 3
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Discussion
From the Ground Up: Reshaping Global Journalism with Local Expertise
17 FS 4
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Keynote Public Talk
Stronger than Strongmen: Navigating the Twilight of Democracy Toward Freedom
Anne Applebaum
Volodymyr Yermolenko
15 FS 1
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Closing Ceremony
15 FS 1
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Culture Program
17 SD 1
Smartly
Done
Done
Presentations + Discussion
Silencing Journalists: How Can We Address the Problem
17 SD 2
Smartly
Done
Done
Case Study + Q&A
What Changes When War Comes to Your House
17 SD 3
Smartly
Done
Done
Case Study + Q&A
Speak Human. How Business and Institutions Can Build Clear Public Communication
17 SD 3
Smartly
Done
Done
17 FS 1
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
17 FS 2
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Public talk
Communicating The Corruption: Problem to Tackle vs. Weapon to Kill
17 FS 3
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Discussion
Big Tech, Big Influence: How New Oligarchs Take Over Information and Power
17 FS 3
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Discussion
From the Ground Up: Reshaping Global Journalism with Local Expertise
17 FS 4
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Keynote Public Talk
Stronger than Strongmen: Navigating the Twilight of Democracy Toward Freedom
Anne Applebaum
Volodymyr Yermolenko
15 FS 1
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Closing Ceremony
15 FS 1
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Culture Program
17 SD 1
Smartly
Done
Done
Presentations + Discussion
Silencing Journalists: How Can We Address the Problem
17 SD 2
Smartly
Done
Done
Case Study + Q&A
What Changes When War Comes to Your House
17 SD 3
Smartly
Done
Done
Case Study + Q&A
Speak Human. How Business and Institutions Can Build Clear Public Communication
17 SD 3
Smartly
Done
Done
The NGO Lviv Media Forum strengthens media, institutions, and public figures capable of fostering healthy public dialogue in Ukraine and beyond. Our goal is an effective and democratic society united by healthy communication. The organization was founded in 2013 to bring together media professionals from Ukraine and around the world in Lviv for the annual LMF conference. Over the years, we have grown into an ecosystem of people, organizations, and projects that support the media, develop comprehensive solutions for them, and promote the best media practices in Ukraine and globally. We are moving from supporting and developing media and journalists to a broader strategic focus: empowering communication actors, including media, civil society organizations, government bodies, and more.
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