LMF2025
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2025-05-15 12:00 pm
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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
14:00-14:30
Frankly
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Spoken
Opening ceremony
14:30-14:50
Frankly
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Spoken
14:50-15:10
Frankly
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Spoken
15:10-15:40
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Coffee Break
15:40-16:40
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Public Talk
From Wounds to Words: Reimagining Narratives for Peace and Progress
16:40-17:40
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
9:00 - 12:00
Lviv Media Forum 2025: City Tour
Discover the cultural and historical heart of Lviv during a guided tour designed specially for the guests of Lviv Media Forum 2025. The journey begins at the iconic Lviv Opera House, a masterpiece of European architecture and one of the city's most photographed landmarks.
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14:00-14:30
LMF 2025 Opening Ceremony
Prince Buba, Luhansk – Lviv
Lanivshchyna, 2025
Audio installation on reel-to-reel and cassette players
More
19:00 – 21:30
Power Tracks: Opening Night at LMF 2025
Location: KIVSH
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9:00 - 12:00
Lviv Media Forum 2025: City Tour
Discover the cultural and historical heart of Lviv during a guided tour designed specially for the guests of Lviv Media Forum 2025. The journey begins at the iconic Lviv Opera House, a masterpiece of European architecture and one of the city's most photographed landmarks.
More
14:00-14:30
LMF 2025 Opening Ceremony
Prince Buba, Luhansk – Lviv
Lanivshchyna, 2025
Audio installation on reel-to-reel and cassette players
More
14:30-14:50
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
14:50-15:10
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
15:10-15:40
Coffee Break
15:40-16:40
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Public Talk
From Wounds to Words: Reimagining Narratives for Peace and Progress
16:40-17:40
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
19:00 – 21:30
Power Tracks: Opening Night at LMF 2025
Location: KIVSH
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May 16
Streams
10:00-11:00
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
11:00-11:30
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Coffee Break
11:30-12:30
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
12:30-13:00
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Coffee Break
13:00-14:00
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Discussion
The Right Words and the Timely Silence: Maintaining Dialogue with Society in Times of War
14:00-15:00
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Lunch
15:00-16:00
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Discussion
Exiled but Accountable. The Ukrainian Answer to the 'Non-Putin Russians' Dilemma
16:00-16:30
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Coffee Break
16:30-16:55
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
17:00-18:00
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
10:00-11:00
Smartly
Done
Done
11:00-11:30
Smartly
Done
Done
Coffee Break
11:30-12:30
Smartly
Done
Done
Discussion
From Barren to Blooming: How to Cultivate a Garden in a News Desert
12:30-13:00
Smartly
Done
Done
Coffee Break
13:00-14:00
Smartly
Done
Done
Discussion
Building Power in the Eye of Crisis: Reinventing Approach to the Media Development
14:00-15:00
Smartly
Done
Done
Lunch
15:00-16:00
Smartly
Done
Done
Presentations + Discussion
Silencing Journalists: How Can We Address the Problem
16:00-16:30
Smartly
Done
Done
Coffee Break
16:30-18:00
Smartly
Done
Done
FuckUp Night
Behind the Curtain: Advocacy and Diplomacy Unfiltered
10:00-11:00
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
10:00-11:00
Smartly
Done
Done
11:00-11:30
Coffee Break
11:30-12:30
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
11:30-12:30
Smartly
Done
Done
Discussion
From Barren to Blooming: How to Cultivate a Garden in a News Desert
12:30-13:00
Coffee Break
13:00-14:00
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Discussion
The Right Words and the Timely Silence: Maintaining Dialogue with Society in Times of War
13:00-14:00
Smartly
Done
Done
Discussion
Building Power in the Eye of Crisis: Reinventing Approach to the Media Development
14:00-15:00
Lunch
15:00-16:00
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Discussion
Exiled but Accountable. The Ukrainian Answer to the 'Non-Putin Russians' Dilemma
15:00-16:00
Smartly
Done
Done
Presentations + Discussion
Silencing Journalists: How Can We Address the Problem
16:00-16:30
Coffee Break
16:30-16:55
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
16:30-18:00
Smartly
Done
Done
FuckUp Night
Behind the Curtain: Advocacy and Diplomacy Unfiltered
17:00-18:00
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
19:00 – 21:30
Living Cultures, Shared Tables: Evening of Local Hospitality in Lviv Skansen
Location: the Klymentii Sheptytskyi Lviv Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life
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May 17
Streams
10:00-11:00
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Discussion
Soft Power, Hard Consequences. How Democracies Could Counteract FIMI Attacks and Win?
11:00-11:30
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Coffee Break
11:30-12:30
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
12:30-13:30
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Lunch
13:30-14:30
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Discussion
From the Ground Up: Reshaping Global Journalism with Local Expertise
14:30-14:45
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Coffee Break
14:45-15:45
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Keynote Public Talk
Stronger than Strongmen: Navigating the Twilight of Democracy Toward Freedom
Live streaming
15:45-16:00
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Closing Ceremony
10:00-11:00
Smartly
Done
Done
Workshop
OSINT in Action: Ukraine’s Experience from the Full-Scale War
In partnership with the Council of Europe
11:00-11:30
Smartly
Done
Done
Coffee Break
11:30-12:30
Smartly
Done
Done
Case Study + Q&A
Speak Human. How Business and Institutions Can Build Clear Public Communication
12:30-13:30
Smartly
Done
Done
Lunch
13:30-14:30
Smartly
Done
Done
Case Study + Q&A
What Changes When War Comes to Your House
14:45-15:45
Smartly
Done
Done
Keynote Public Talk
Stronger than Strongmen: Navigating the Twilight of Democracy Toward Freedom
Anne Applebaum
Volodymyr Yermolenko
15:45-16:00
Smartly
Done
Done
Closing Ceremony
17:00 - 18:30
Lviv Media Forum 2025: Art Walk
Join us for a relaxed art walk through some of Lviv’s most creative spaces. We’ll start at the historic Bernardengarden and the nearby Museum of Ideas, a hub for artistic interventions and civic projects.
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19:00 – 21:30
LMF 2025 Closing Party: Let The Song Be Among Us
Location: to be shared with LMF 2025 participants
More
10:00-11:00
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Discussion
Soft Power, Hard Consequences. How Democracies Could Counteract FIMI Attacks and Win?
10:00-11:00
Smartly
Done
Done
Workshop
OSINT in Action: Ukraine’s Experience from the Full-Scale War
In partnership with the Council of Europe
11:00-11:30
Coffee Break
11:30-12:30
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
11:30-12:30
Smartly
Done
Done
Case Study + Q&A
Speak Human. How Business and Institutions Can Build Clear Public Communication
12:30-13:30
Lunch
13:30-14:30
Frankly
Spoken
Spoken
Discussion
From the Ground Up: Reshaping Global Journalism with Local Expertise
13:30-14:30
Smartly
Done
Done
Case Study + Q&A
What Changes When War Comes to Your House
14:30-14:45
Coffee Break
14:45-15:45
Keynote Public Talk
Stronger than Strongmen: Navigating the Twilight of Democracy Toward Freedom
Live streaming
15:45-16:00
Closing Ceremony
17:00 - 18:30
Lviv Media Forum 2025: Art Walk
Join us for a relaxed art walk through some of Lviv’s most creative spaces. We’ll start at the historic Bernardengarden and the nearby Museum of Ideas, a hub for artistic interventions and civic projects.
More
19:00 – 21:30
LMF 2025 Closing Party: Let The Song Be Among Us
Location: to be shared with LMF 2025 participants
More
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.