Venue

Ivan Franko Lviv National University, venue of MMET*2016 conference, is the oldest continuously operating university in Ukraine and dates back to 1661 when a Jesuit Collegium was established in Lviv by a King's decree. The majestic main building of Lviv National University was the Parliament of Galicia before 1918. It is within walking distance to the historical centre of the city.

Lviv, translated as "The city of Lion" was founded in 1256 as a capital city of the powerful medieval Halichyna Duchy; its founder, Grand Duke Danylo was the only duke of the Rurik dynastical roots who was crowned by Pope. Later Lviv played important role in the 14 to the 20 century as one of the major cities in the Polish Kingdom, then the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and finally the Republic of Poland.

After the end of WWII Lviv became the main center of the Western part of Ukraine, then a part of the USSR and independent nation since 1991. Nowadays Lviv is a beautiful city with population about one million and a hub of science, higher education, and IT industry. It is a perfectly safe place in today's turbulent times that is certified by the large expat community and growing numbers of tourists flocking to this ancient center of the so-called Ukrainian Piedmont.