On 22-28, October the 111th FAI General Conference took place in Lausanne, Switzerland. During its Awarding Ceremony Max Polyakov, managing partner of Noosphere Ventures was nominated by FAI President, Frits Brink, and accepted by the body of the conference as the FAI Companion of Honour.

On September 16-17, 27 teams joined “volley battle” at the Noosphere Volley Beach IT Cup 2017. This was the second annual beach volleyball tournament for Ukrainian IT specialists, organized with support from Association Noosphere and Max Polyakov. Participants competed on the volleyball grounds of the Monastic Island on river Dnipro.