is a platform for digitizing and promoting Ukraine's cultural heritage.
We are bringing together a community of cultural innovators to leverage technology, creativity, and professional expertise in preserving Ukraine's cultural heritage.
HATA Hub is a hub for collaboration, experience sharing, learning, and development, uniting specialists from cultural, creative, technological industries, and civil society representatives.
Community of like-minded individuals
with diverse expertise, offering experiences, mutual assistance, and partnership opportunities.
Access to the HATA Hub knowledge base,
providing useful resources and tools for project work.
Participation in lectures,training, and webinars
on utilizing technological tools for heritage preservation.
Professional guidance
from Ukrainian and international experts across various fields.
Opportunities to contribute
to preserving Ukrainian cultural heritage from threats posed by war.
Support for project sustainability,
international promotion, and pan-European cultural influence.
Heritage Tech Meetups
Gatherings with experts discussing successful projects related to preserving cultural heritage during wartime.
Community Expert Days
Regional meetings of local experts, opinion leaders, and activists in various Ukrainian cities dedicated to preserving Ukrainian culture from war-related threats.
Idea Days
Community discussions on project ideas for cultural heritage preservation, followed by collaborative idea finalization.
Pitch Days
Presentations of existing projects to receive feedback, seek necessary resources, and receive developmental assistance from community participants and mentors.
Досвідом, знаннями і експертизою з учасниками HATA Hub діляться визнані фахівці культурно-технологічного сектору.
Lina Romanukha
Arts and Culture Officer at USAID/ENGAGE
Ilona Demchenko
Programme Manager at House of Europe, Goethe Institut
Oleksandra Kovalchuk
Deputy director of development at Odesa National Fine Arts Museum
Alim Aliev
Deputy Director at Ukrainian Institute
Yurii Prepodobnyi
Co-founder Skeiron
Michelle Matthews
Account Executive at Digital Transitions
Anastasia Bondar
Deputy Minister for Digital Development, Digital Transformations and Digitalization at Ministry of Culture and Information Policy
Karina Lapina
Innovation expert, startup and technology project trainer
Mariia Tintul
Head of Business Development at Startup Wise Guys
Alexy Karenowska
Director of Technology at The Institute for Digital Archaeology
Roger Michel
Виконавчий директор в The Institute for Digital Archaeology
Daryna Zhyvohliadova
Consultant for Ukraine Action Plan at ALIPH Foundation
We invite cultural representatives across Ukraine to become the first Ambassadors for implementing technological solutions revealing their community's cultural potential.
Connect with like-minded people, form a team, participate in a Hatathon, and compete for funding to bring ideas to life.
More About the ProgramAnnual online ideathon and training program focusing on digitalizing Ukraine's cultural heritage.
Learn MoreThe 15 best Hatathon 5.0 teams entered the Acceleration Program to develop their projects from idea to product. For 3 months, the teams underwent educational modules with experienced Ukrainian and international experts on technology, ethics, copyright, PR, storytelling, budgeting, etc. The results and progress of the teams' work will be presented on September 6 at the Demo Day online event.
Greeks of Ukraine
Greeks of Ukraine
A digital platform designed to combat the cultural genocide of Greeks by Russia in the cultural sphere. The platform will provide information on the history of Greeks in Ukraine, enriched with "living stories," biographies of prominent cultural and public figures, and free access to courses on Modern Greek and dialects.
Project Presentation3D Khortytsia
3D Khortytsia
Creation of an interactive 3D model of the megalithic cultural monument "Khortytsia Stonehenge" for its preservation and popularization.
Project PresentationKARB
KARB
Capturing and updating digital archives of museums and collections in an edutainment format, offering an interactive solution for engaging with collection items. Objects from these collections become interactive elements that allow viewers to express their emotions and impressions of the exhibition. The game format enhances the player's motivation to learn more about the objects — what they used to create and the knowledge they hold.
Project PresentationMetaculture
Metaculture
An interdisciplinary team that digitizes museum exhibits and integrates them into a 3D space, creating virtual exhibitions and museums, enabling the processing of collections, and preserving cultural heritage destroyed by war forever.
Project PresentationNovaTradicia
NovaTradicia
A browser game for high school students and beyond, where the player becomes a witness to historical events. The game aims to popularize cultural heritage that is under threat.
Project PresentationDovzhenko Center
Dovzhenko Center
The digital collection of the Dovzhenko Center's Film Archive will combine physical and virtual spaces, promote cinematic research, serve as a place for communication, and a crossroads of artistic media.
Project PresentationCrimean Tatar National Corpus
Crimean Tatar National Corpus
A project to create a new digital Crimean Tatar-Ukrainian dictionary that will include: "Live" examples of word usage with references to sources; а unique database and management system for scientific and educational use; гniversal access to dictionaries via API and improved AI translation models.
Project PresentationYavir Art
Yavir Art
A museum-as-a-service concept aimed at preserving and updating the ethnographic heritage of Yavoriv region, particularly Yavoriv embroidery, through AI reconstructions, digitization of stencils, and more.
Project PresentationZaporizhzhia Sich
Zaporizhzhia Sich
Creation of inclusive video tours for the historical and cultural complex "Zaporizhzhia Sich" in Ukrainian Sign Language.
Project PresentationUkrainian Architectural Library
Ukrainian Architectural Library
A reference website that collects and systematizes all examples of unique Ukrainian architecture, becoming a convenient tool for Ukraine's reconstruction projects.
Project PresentationCentral State Archive-Museum of Literature and Arts of Ukraine
Central State Archive-Museum of Literature and Arts of Ukraine
Creation of a content presentation module "E-Library of the Archive-Museum," integrating it into the online resource "Comprehensive Information System of the CSAMLA of Ukraine," and accelerating the pace of digitization and content filling through the purchase of a book scanner.
Project PresentationSpace4CC
Space4CC
A crowdsourcing platform for monitoring destruction and preserving cultural heritage in war zones using space data, Earth observation satellite data, and community involvement.
Project PresentationAnima.Skil
Anima.Skil
Creation of an entertainment-educational space based on paintings by Ukrainized Russian artists, allowing for the changing of Russian narratives for a wide audience both in Ukraine and abroad.
Project PresentationMuseum Bots
Museum Bots
A website with math problems set in historical, cultural, and literary contexts, which museums can use for their educational programs, teachers for lessons, and more.
Project PresentationDepartment of City Marketing and Tourism, Vinnytsia City Council
Department of City Marketing and Tourism, Vinnytsia City Council
Development and presentation on the website of a VR tour of Camino Podolico — a 250 km cultural and educational route from Vinnytsia to Kamianets-Podilskyi, created in the model of the Camino de Santiago.
Project PresentationWe are creating an open ecosystem and community to digitize and preserve Ukrainian culture. We will be glad to partner with you, as well as new opportunities for hub projects.
Anastasia Sleptsova
Since 2020, we've been rallying the cultural and technological community to address contemporary challenges. Today, we aim to attract as many innovators and activists as possible to preserve Ukraine's original and unique cultural heritage.
Anastasia Sleptsova
Strategy and partnerships
Anastasia Sylenok
Methodology and operational activity
Natalka Kostenko
Project manager
Anastasiia Kozikova
Community manager
Yanina Shabanova
PR and marketing
Daria Gruzdeva
Digital communication
Valeria Shevchenko
Program manager, coordinator of speakers
Kateryna Vandych
Manager of mentors and ambassadors
Julia Martynenko
Creative and design
Maksim Tourou
Website design and layout