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

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