Doctors, scientists, cultural and educational figures joined Lviv Honorary Ambassadors, who for many years organized conferences, symposia, congresses in Lviv, presented the city in professional circles at the national and international level.
In addition to the official title, the mayor awarded each Ambassador with a certificate for 25,000 UAH for holding a conference in Lviv in 2021. Such co-financing, as a part of the Support Package from Lviv Convention Bureau, gives Lviv Honorary Ambassadors an opportunity to cover a number of expenses: accommodation of delegates, rent of halls, equipment, translation services, etc.
Lviv Honorary Ambassadors for 2020 – 2022:
— MYROSLAVA NOVOSILSKA – candidate of medical sciences, dermatologist-oncologist, trichologist, hair transplantologist, head of Ukrainian Association for Surgical Hair Restoration, founder of Aesthetic medicine clinic Myroslava Novosilska;
— OLEH YASKIV – doctor of Sciences, senior researcher, vice-rector for Science, Director of Sheptytsky Center, Ukrainian Catholic University, President of the Board of analytical centre NGO «European Dialogue», curator;
— TARAS BANAKH – professor of the Department of Algebra, Topology and Fundamentals of Mathematics, Ivan Franko Lviv National University;
— ANDRIY KUZYK – head of the Department of Pediatric Surgery of Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University;
— NAZAR PODOLCHAK – doctor of Science, professor, director of Tech StartUp School Lviv Polytechnic National University;
— YURIJ HOLOVATCH – doctor of Science, professor, head of department of Statistical Theory of Condensed Systems Institute for Condensed Matter Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine;
— HRYHORIY KYYAK – candidate of Medical Sciences, internist in cardiology Department Westpfalz Klinikum;
— OLHA MUKHA – PhD, docent (associate professor), researcher;culture manager and curator; Congresses, Committees and New Centres coordinator in PEN International;
— VALENTYNA CHOPYAK – doctor of medical science, professor, honorary doctor of Ukraine, head of Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergology, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University.
