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techUK is delighted to be partnering with IT Ukraine Association and Deloitte to deliver 'Ukraine Tech Day: Recovery, Reconstruction, and Opportunities'.
The Ukrainian tech sector remains incredibly dynamic, resilient, and competitive. Ukraine’s tech sector was growing at an average of 30% per year before the conflict, and, remarkably, has continued to grow in 2022, despite the pressures resulting from the war. It remains an extremely high-tech, skilled, and cost-competitive tech economy, with many leading-edge companies.
Ukraine Tech Day is a showcase of Ukrainian technology and talent. The objective of the day is to raise awareness of Ukraine as a viable destination for commercial and pro-bono opportunities, as well as to highlight the areas for further collaboration and cooperation between the UK tech sector, the UK Government, and their counterparts in Ukraine in certain key verticals.
The key verticals are as follows:
- Defence Tech
- Opportunities in the Ukrainian start-up and software sectors
- Cybersecurity
- EdTech and Skills
Following the day's sessions, there will be a networking drinks reception.
Agenda:
1.30pm – 1.55pm – Welcome Speeches
- Julian David, CEO, techUK
- Jonathan Pell, Partner, Major Programmes, International Affairs and Development, Deloitte
- Maximillian Hess, Author - Economic War: Ukraine and the Global Conflict Between Russia and the West, Journalist, Fellow at the Institute of International Strategic Studies
2.00pm – 2.45pm – Fireside chat about Ukraine’s Tech Sector
- Chair: Sabina Ciofu, Associate Director, International, techUK
- Alexander Bornyakov, Deputy Minister for Digital Transformation, Government of Ukraine [Online]
- Louis Mosley, Executive Vice President UK & Europe
- Maria Shevchuk, Executive Director, IT Ukraine [Online]
- Odd Khalifi, Director of Global Business Development, Itera
- Mykhaylo Hnatyev, Co-Founder, Computools UK
2.45pm – 3.05pm – Coffee break
3.05pm – 3.55pm – Panel: Defence-Tech in Ukraine: Areas for Collaboration and Investment
Defence-tech will be crucial in Ukraine winning the war, but also a key sector of growth for the Ukrainian economy post-war, with many innovative start-ups being scaled at pace. This section will focus on the key areas of defence tech needed in Ukraine at the minute, as well as some of the promising start-ups.
- Chair: Fred Sugden, Associate Director of Defence, techUK
- Kateryna Chernohorenko, Deputy Defence Minister, the head of the Army of Drones project, Government of Ukraine [Online]
- Nataliia Kushnerska, Project Lead at Ukrainian defence tech cluster Brave1 [Online]
- Alexander Stepura, Founder and CEO, Skyeton (Drones and UAVs)
- John Ridge, Director of Defence Innovation, UK Ministry of Defence
- Ned Baker, Director of Programmes & Head of Ukraine, Helsing.ai
- Hugo Jammes, Managing Partner, National Strategic Security Investment Fund (NSSIF)
3.55pm – 4.15pm – Start-Up Showcase: Defence-Tech
- Companies:
- Roman Milishchuk, CTO, Fox Four
- Vitalii Lopushanskyi, CEO & Founder, UADAMAGE and GeoGraphics
- Andriy Marin, CEO, DroneOperations.ai
- Anton Skrypnyk, CEO, Roboneers
4.15pm – 4.30pm – Refreshments break
4.30pm – 5:10pm - Panel: Cybersecurity collaboration between the UK and Ukraine
This section will be relatively high-level due to the sensitive nature of the technology and will focus on protecting infrastructure, successful partnerships with Ukraine and more.
- Chair: Matthew Evans, Director, Markets, techUK
- Oleh Derevianko, Co-Founder, cyber/nnov8, Chairman, ISSP [Online]
- Dr. Daniel Clarke, Director of Applied Technology, Gallos Technologies (Venture Studio)
- Valeria Kennedy, Director of Investigations, Chainalysis
- Joseph Jarnecki, Research Fellow, Cyber Threats and Cybersecurity, RUSI [Online]
- Yevgen Kotukh, Chief Application Security Engineer, Jevera Software [Online]
5.10pm – 5.35pm - Ukraine’s Start-Up and Software Showcase
- Companies:
- Vit Nuzhnyi, CEO, Softblues
- Margarita Sivakova, CEO, Legal Nodes
- Alexander Radchenko, CEO of Intellectsoft
- Anton Vaisburd, CEO and Co-Founder, Datrics.ai
- Alex Solovei, CEO and Co-Founder, Finmap
5.35pm – 6.15pm – EdTech and Skills: Reskilling and Upskilling for the Reconstruction and Recovery
This panel will focus on companies’ work reskilling and upskilling the circa 5 million refugees in the rest of Europe, as well as those still in Ukraine, in order to ensure Ukraine has the right skills to continue to thrive in tech after the war.
- Chair: Uliana Avtonomova, Secretary General, Fund of the President's Office for Science, Education, and Sport
- Szymon Niemczura, International Growth Advisor, Beetroot Academy AB
- Oleksandr Vorona, COO, Headway
- Oleg Osipenko, Venture Partner, Flashpoint VC
- Beth Havinga, Managing Director, European Edtech Alliance [Online]
6.15pm – 6.20pm – Closing Speech
6.20pm onwards – Drinks Reception
Sabina Ciofu
Sabina Ciofu is Associate Director – International, running the International Policy and Trade Programme at techUK.
Daniel Clarke
Dan joined techUK as a Policy Manager for International Policy and Trade in March 2023.
Oliver Alderson
Oliver is the team assistant for the Policy and Public Affairs teams, joining techUK in November of 2023. He assists the teams admistrative support, communication, and event production.