Venue
Opening Day and Keynote Speakers
The Menorah Hotel and Conference Center is a modern 4* world class hotel. Guests can combine full business weekdays and a diverse cultural program. There is a gallery on the ground floor of the Menorah Center connecting the seven towers of the building. It is made in the style of an old Yekaterinoslav, with wall spans shaped in the form of twelve facades of Dnepropetrovsk famous buildings.
Medical countermeasures against
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) agents
Regional Clinical Hospital, I.I. Mechnikov in Dnipro serves as the major regional trauma and medical receiving hospital in eastern Ukraine. Highly honored in Ukraine, Mechnikov Hospital is one of the most storied medical institutions in Ukraine, founded in May 11, 1798 and situated in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The hospital is named in honor of Ukrainian doctor and researcher, Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1908 with Paul Ehrlich for his works on immunity.
Annually, the Mechnikov Hospital sees over 40,000 hospitalized patients, over 17,000 surgical interventions and over 300,000 outpatient clinic visits. The hospital employs close to 2,200 people, including 400 physicians and 750 junior medical specialists while serving as the region’s leading tertiary care and trauma facility.
Mechnikov provides medical education and training to future and current health professionals as well as medical research working closely with Dnipropetrovsk State Medical Academy .
Mechnikov Hospital continues to serve as the major trauma center for critical patients, both military and civilian casualties from the war in the Donbas. In the past five years, Mechnikov Hospital’s doctors have saved the lives of over 2,500 Ukrainian soldiers and have adapted their daily routine to treat victims of war.
Emerging Technologies
In Cooperation with Association Noosphere and Oles Honchar Dnipro National University
The Oles Honchar Dnipro National University is a higher educational establishment of the VI level of accreditation multibranch educational-scientific complex with 20 faculties, a post-graduate course and an institution of doctoral candidacy, 3 scientific research including 150 doctors of science, professors and almost 700 candidates of science, docents.
Goals
- to create favorable conditions for knowledge sharing among young people and to raise the level of science
- to increase awareness of advanced research, technology and innovations
- to promote scientific work and renovate the intellectual potential of Ukrainian society
- to promote the use of scientific knowledge in everyday life
- to create new ways for science and business to interact
National Aerospace Educational Center for Youth
Aerospace education is a systematic form of education and upbringing of children and young people in order to transfer to them knowledge about aviation and cosmonautics, training of specialists for the aerospace industry, informing the population about the results of space activities in Ukraine.
Travel
General information for english speaking international visitors
TraveltoUkraine.org is an initiative of the U.S.— Ukraine Foundation and serves as an independent national tourism guide and forum for Ukraine. It is a leading website for information about travel to Ukraine and seeks to support Ukraine’s economic development by highlighting the country’s appeal as an attractive travel destination for an international audience.
A number of carriers and their partner airlines have flight connections from the USA to Dnipro, Kyiv, Lviv, and other Ukrainian cities. For international flights it is recommended to fly through Vienna, Austria where a connecting flight to Dnipro can be found usually without a layover.
One of the most convenient, reliable and affordable ways to travel between major cities in Ukraine and to see Ukraine’s lovely countryside is via Ukrainian Railways. Plan your rail itinerary and book your tickets online.
Rail Transfer
Boryspil Airport — Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi Railway Station
The railway transfer between Boryspi–Airport and the Kiev–Passenger railway station runs every 30–120 minutes according to this schedule.
Kyiv–Pasazhyrskyi” Railway Station to “Dnipro–Holovny” Railway Station
Although flights to Dnipro International Airport can be purchased some travellers may find the connecting flights will require an extra day in Kyiv. International travelers may find that travel by air to Kyiv and then transfer to railroad may be faster. For overnight travel to and from Dnipro and Kyiv a First Class, two person sleeper, or a Second Class, 4 person sleeper for larger groups.
Uber is available in both Kyiv and Dnipro. There are taxi service stands in “Boryspil-Aeroport” and in Dnipro, your hotel can usually arrange for a pick-up at the “Dnipro-Holovny” Railway Station or the airport.
Travel time from “Dnipro–Holovny” railway station
Menorah Hotel — 12 minutes
Mechnikov — 16 minutes
Oles Honchar Dnipro National University — 15 minutes
National Aerospace Educational Center for Youth — 17 minutes