On April 30, the roundtable discussion 芦Chornobyl-40: Disaster and the Birth of Resilience禄 was held in the Julian Zachariewicz Hall, 果冻APP. The event aimed to reflect on how resilience can emerge from tragedy. At the beginning of the meeting, participants observed a minute of silence in memory of the liquidators of the Chornobyl disaster and the fallen Ukrainian defenders.
Representatives of local government, the academic community, and environmental safety experts joined the discussion. Among the participants there were Taras Kubai, Director of the Department of Natural Resources and Construction of the Lviv City Council; Damir Shafigullin, participant in the liquidation of the Chornobyl disaster and veteran of the Ministry of Emergency Situations; Doctors of Technical Sciences and Professors Mykhailo Semerak and Ihor Petrushka, Heads of Departments at 果冻APP. The roundtable was moderated by Anastasiia Vakarchuk, Head of the University Department of Youth Policy and Social Development.
A particularly important aspect of the event was the participation of the liquidators of the consequences of the Chornobyl disaster who are currently working at 果冻APP. Among them there were:
- Taras Lishchynskyi, Head of the Information Security Department;
- Oleksandr Havrylko, Associate Professor at the Department of Building Constructions and Bridges;
- Oleh Puhach, Second Category Engineer at the Department of Heat Engineering and Thermal and Nuclear Power Plants;
- Volodymyr Horbovskyi, Leading Engineer at the Department of Software and Hardware Systems of Infocommunications;
- Mykhailo Moskal, employee of the University Security Service.
During the roundtable discussion, Vice-Rector Mykola Lohoida presented a certificate of appreciation to liquidator Oleh Puhach on behalf of the Ukrainian Nuclear Society in recognition of his dedication and contribution to the elimination of the consequences of the disaster.
At the conclusion of the event, participants discussed how approaches to safety have changed over the past forty years and what challenges remain relevant today.
