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Speaker of the Congress Vitaly Stavitsky

Vitaly Stavitsky - President of the Union of Designers of Russia, Academician of the National Academy of Design, member of the Council for Engineering and Industrial Design under the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia, member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, art director and founder of Stavitsky Design, designer.

During his work he has received more than 40 awards and prizes at international and Russian competitions and festivals in the field of advertising and design, including: American GOOD DESIGN Award in 2005 and two in 2008, awarded annually since 1950 at the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design for outstanding achievements in the field of design and architecture in Chicago (USA), Design and Design Awards (France), multiple winner of Victoria Design Award, ‘Moscow International Advertising Festival’ (1st place in 2002, 2004, 2007, 2nd place in 2004, 3rd place in 2005, 2011, special prize in 2001, 2002), GRAPHIS Poster Awards 2004, 2014, 2018, 2019 (Silver Award), 2017 (Gold Award) in New York (USA), diploma of the ‘Academy of Graphic Design’ for contribution to the development of design, special prize of the international triennale of ecological poster 4th Block, Gratitude of the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation for great contribution to the development of culture and many years of fruitful work.

The works are in Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design (USA) and Teheran Museum of Contemporary Art (Iran) and published in various Russian and foreign publications: GRAPHIS Poster Annual 2004, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 (USA), Best graphic design of events Rockport Publishing (USA), Asian-Pacific Design #8 (best works in graphic design in Asia and the Pacific), Small Studios, One by one by Hesign, Berlin (Germany), Design and Design 2009 (France), NEWWEBPICK Magazine #21 (Hong Kong), Publish #9 2004, #7/8 2011, #7/8 2016, #12 2017 (Russia), etc.