Organizer. Chairman of BvbM
Dr. phil. Wolfgang Ressmann studied political science and economy at the University of Mannheim – Graduation: Magister Artium (M.A.) and afterwards he did his doctorate. He startet his career with working for members of the European and German parliament. He also worked as a town councillour and deputy mayor in Neustadt/Weinstraße (Germany).
He is also chairman of the “Bundesverband Bürgermedien” – the organisation of public-access channels in Germany. Since his university times he has been working with media – print, radio and TV. Since the 80s Dr. Ressmann also worked on the international level, especially Eastern Europe and Latin America and China.
Lena Kronenbürger is a freelance journalist and moderator. She is the editor-in-chief of the socio-political interview magazine fortytwomagazinefortytwomagazine published in English and German and the host of the German podcast How I met my money. Since 2020, Lena is part of the Media Dialogue project.
He is also chairman of the “Bundesverband Bürgermedien” – the organisation of public-access channels in Germany. Since his university times he has been working with media – print, radio and TV. Since the 80s Dr. Ressmann also worked on the international level, especially Eastern Europe and Latin America and China.
Co-organizer
Mkrtich Tonoyan is an Armenian artist whose work in performance and installation questions the hegemonic militaristic practices inherent in war and its power structures. He initiated and is a member of of the Artists’ Union of Armenia (since 2005), co-founder of “Akos” Cultural NGO (2002) and current president of the AKOS Cultural NGO, founder of the “Art Centre of Social Studies” (ACOSS) international artists-in-residence program (2006), and co-founder of the Microresidence International Network (2012). Tonoyan graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Yerevan in 2002 and has exhibited his work and presented at numerous national and international art events, galleries, and universities, including Dunlop Art Gallery’s 2017 exhibition, Station 7/Mkrtich Tonoyan: Forays in Military Art.
Project assistant
Hrant is founder and chairman of the Center for Strategic Research NGO and Times.am Social-Political Analytic portal. He is also editor in chief of Voskanapat.info news website, which is focused on analyzing conflicts, particularly war in Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) and Armenia.
Co-organizer
Chairman of the Board of a the “Forum of Ukrainian Journalists,” Secretary of the “National Union of Journalists of Ukraine,” editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Volynska Gazeta” (Lutsk, Ukraine).
His journalistic career starts as a correspondent for the newspaper “Trudova Vakhta” (served in the Chernobyl accident zone), editor of the department in the newspaper “Moloda Volyn,” “Viche,” special correspondent for the “Kievskie Vedomosti,” “Komanda,” and “The magazine Ukraine.”
Volodymyr is the Honored Journalist of Ukraine and many awards, particularly the Order of Merit of the III degree, the Order of the Republic of Austria “For Merit”, the badge of the National Union of Journalists “Journalistic Dignity”, ect. He actively cooperates with foreign partners —organizes international exchanges of professional experience in Poland and Belarus, and internships for young journalists in cooperation with multiple Ukrainian universities.
Co-organizer
Kateryna was born and raised in Luhansk, Ukraine (Donbas).
Kateryna graduated from Luhansk Foreign Languages Lyceum in 2009. She moved to Kyiv to study at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
Kateryna has a Master’s degree in Journalism (2015) and a Specialist’s degree in “Language and Literature” (2017). In 2021, she publicly defended her PhD dissertation “Participatory Journalism in Ukraine: Discursive Models, Tendencies, Perspectives”. Kateryna is currently an Assistant Professor of the Advertising and Public Relations Department at the Institute of Journalism at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. She also is an English language teacher at Yappi Corporate. Kateryna speaks Ukrainian, Russian, English, Spanish and Arabic.
Kateryna supports animal rights organisations, zero waste and vegan movements as well as raises awareness about climate change. Kateryna runs two projects: “vicTEAM” against sexual and domestic violence (https://www.victeam.org/) and “Syroїzhka” for plant-based lifestyle (https://www.instagram.com/rawveganua).
