September 18 — Let’s Welcome the Velvet Season of Autumn Together at September Fest at A-Station, organized by DMNTR Media Group
September Fest is the main urban festival of this autumn, bringing together architecture, culture, music, wine, and live communication in the open air.
More than 2,500 participants are expected: architects, designers, developers, urbanists, investors, representatives of creative industries, and company CEOs.
Time: 12:00 – 22:00
Location: A-Station Open Space, 8 Kniaziv Ostrozkykh St., Kyiv.
For each audience, this event is a unique opportunity to:
• discover real projects;
• engage in exclusive conversations with industry leaders;
• take part in professional discussions shaping the future of the city;
• enjoy vibrant cultural and musical content;
• experience an atmosphere of openness, dialogue, and inspiration;
• find partners for strategic projects;
• gain firsthand insights from leading experts;
• be part of the professional community shaping the future.
The main idea of this year’s September Fest is to create in Kyiv a space for dialogue and inspiration, where architecture, urbanism, culture, music, and gastronomy merge into a large urban celebration uniting industry professionals and the wider public.
Participants will enjoy a day of intensive knowledge exchange, real case studies, strategic presentations, and live networking across four thematic halls. Expected speakers include:
Christos Passas — Director, Zaha Hadid Architects (UK)
Oleksii Baranov — Founder, A Development
Ihor Huda — Founder, Kreator-Bud
Anton Kolomeitsev — Chief Architect of Lviv
Roman Shelevei — Chief Architect of Irpin
Oleksandr Nykoriak — Head of the All-Ukrainian Association for the Protection of Cultural Heritage
Andrii Voitko — CEO and Founder, AVG Group
Andrii Vavrysh — Founder, Saga Development
Andrii Pashenko — Architect, Founder of A. Pashenko Creative Architectural Studio
Rostyslav Melnyk — CEO, RIEL
Vitalii Melnyk — Vice President, UDP, Head of Innovation Parks Development
Yulian Chaplynskyi — Architect, Urban Plener, CEO AVR Development, Former Chief Architect of Lviv
Mykola Kabluka — Founder, Expolight
Mark Kestelboim — CEO, WELL-BEING CONTECH, BUDOVA
Dmytro Karpilovskyi — Founder, UkrInvestClub, Real Estate Expert
The event’s goal is to provide a systemic overview of the transformations taking place in Ukraine’s construction and architectural ecosystem. The DMNTR platform openly publishes post-event materials — speaker highlights, presentations, photo reports, and press releases — so everyone can build their own analytical view based on verified sources.
Registration and program details: www.ubc-ua.info/september-fest
About Us:
DMNTR Media Group is a team with 25 years of experience in creating professional events for the architectural, construction, and investment community.
Key projects include: Ukrainian Building Congress, Ukraine Investment Congress, the nationwide competition Interior of the Year, Ukraine Urban Awards, and the architectural and development award Creator of the Year.
We also publish the leading architecture and design magazine DMNTR and actively develop social media platforms, where we share daily insights, news, reports, and photo coverage from all our events.
