How do freedom and responsibility shape life in wartime Ukraine? Join MEETUP Ukraine during Dutch Design Week 2025 for inspiring talks on resilience, design, and the future of Europe.
As part of the exhibition FIGHT, FLIGHT or FREEZE? during Dutch Design Week 2025 in Eindhoven.
Stories about freedom and responsibility.
All speakers are closely involved in the developments in Ukraine. They share personal experiences of living and working in a country at war, discuss the role of civil society, the resilience of the people, outline scenarios for Europe’s future, and share their vision on the role of design and art in these turbulent times.
Speakers
Karel Burger Dirven, 1st Honorary Consul of Ukraine to the Netherlands
Esselien van Eerten, Deputy Ambassador of the Netherlands in Kyiv (2022–2025)
Julia Soldatiuk, Senior Research Fellow on EU Foreign and Security Policy with a focus on Ukraine at the Clingendael Institute
Moderator
Fulco Treffers
Supported by
Vfonds, VSBfonds, Cultuurfonds, Ukrainian Institute, Embassy of Ukraine in the Netherlands, Ro3kvit, Narada.
Timetable
09:00 – doors open
09:30 – start of speeches
10:30 – conversation with the audience
11:00 – end
Free of Charge, open to all.
More information about “Fight, Flight or Freeze?” - the exhibition by Ukrainian and Dutch designers - can be found here.
