Speakers
IT Arena brings together top industry speakers – founders of global companies, investors, and tech leaders from around the world. Join the presentations, panel discussions, and Q&A sessions to gain unique insights that will inspire new achievements.
Mykhailo Fedorov
First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Minister of Digital Transformation
Oleksandr Komarov
CEO, Kyivstar
Jamala
Ukrainian singer, songwriter, winner of Eurovision 2016
Dr. Dennis Gyllensporre
Chairperson of the NATO DIANA Board of Directors
Viktoriya Tigipko
Founding Partner of TA Ventures
Mike Dee
CEO, Playstack
Laurent Dupuch
Chairman of the Management Board, UKRSIBBANK Paribas Group
Stepan Mitish
Vice President, Head of EPAM Ukraine
Christopher Miller
Chief Ukraine Correspondent, Financial Times
Terrell J. Starr
Independent journalist
William Dixon
Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute
Dr. William “Dollar” Young
Leading expert, Electronic Warfare
Laima Balciune
CEO, Sunrise Tech Park
Sevgil Musaieva
Editor-in-chief, Ukrainska Pravda
Justin Zeefe
Founding Partner, Green Flag Ventures
Arnaud Lumet
Investor, Kaanopi Ventures
Sviatoslav Kavetskyi
Director of Industry Affairs, N-iX; Chair of the Supervisory Board, Lviv IT Cluster
Tymofiy Mylovanov
President of the Kyiv School of Economics
Olha Vintonik
Product Manager & Growth PM Consultant
Soma Muthumanickam
CTO, Basemark
Anton Yeremenko
Head of the Front Office, Frontline; Board Member, NGO “Aerorozvidka”
Mariia Polianska
Head of Marketing, MobiDev
Igor Blystiv
Global Marketing and Innovation Officer, Kormotech
Natalia Kushnerska
Chief Operating Officer, Roboneers
Roman Zinchenko
Co-founder & Chairman, Greencubator; Climate Innovation Strategist; Energy Democracy Advocate
Andrii Hrytseniuk
CEO, Brave1
Viktor Lokotkov
CMO, Airlogix
Borys Drozhak
Co-founder, Rovertech; AI Influencer
James Lecher
Retired U.S. Army officer; journalist; correspondent, Newsmax
Danylo Tsvok
Chief AI Officer, Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine CEO, WINWIN AI Center of Excellence
Ieva Ilves
Cybersecurity and Digital Policy Advisor, Ukraine/Latvia
Denys Dmytriev
Founder, Sensez
Yuliia Buhlak
Founder, Fiskin
Valeriy Borovyk
Chairman of the Board, Alliance “New Energy of Ukraine”; Director and Shareholder, MB “Altus Technicus”
Oksana Ferchuk
Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformation and Digitalisation
Marcin Chruściel
Director, Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy, Poland
Thomas Macaulay
Journalist
Yuliia Yatseniuk
Senior Product Designer, Qubstudio
Sergiy Babich
Senior Frontend Engineer, DataRobot
Olha Kornyeva
Head of Marketing, WhiteBIT Ukraine
Yurii Paniv
Data Scientist, Nortal
Dmytro Gorlin
Director of Engineering, Quantum Systems Ukraine
Oleksandr Tsybort
Deputy Minister of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformations, and Digitalization
Dmytro Uvarov
Chief Technology Officer, Ukrsibbank
Maksym Iashchenko
Head of Information Security Service
Vitalii Yakushev
CEO, 10Guards
Anna Chernysh
Сo-founder & CEO, Lezo; ex-Head of Product, Projector
Daria Yaniieva
Investment Director, Sigma Software Labs
Yurii Myronenko
Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine
Paladiieva Yana
Team Lead, Head of Innovation Ecosystem Development at WIN2EDIH
Victor Vyshnevsky
Partner, Technology, Media & Telecommunications Industry Leader, PwC Ukraine
Pierre Heilbronn
France’s Special Envoy for Ukraine’s Relief and Reconstruction
Denys Gurak
Co-founder & COO/CIO, MITS Capital
Oleksandr Bornyakov
Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine for European Integration
Paweł Bochniarz
Managing Partner, Radix Ventures
Denys Sychkov
Principal, Horizon Capital
Hanna Shuvalova
Principal, Horizon Capital
David Herdenberg
Head of Strategy, Beetroot Academy
Nataliia Petrova
Lead at WINWIN Project Office
Luukas Ilves
Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine
Julien Schmitt
Director for the EU4Innovation East Project, Expertise France
Mstyslav Banik
Chief Product Officer, Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
Roman Tkachenko
Co-Founder and Business Development Director, Tencore
Brooks Newmark
Co-founder and Chairman, Trypillian
Anton Avrynskyi
CEO & Co-Founder, Liki24.com
Yehor Pyvovarov
Policy Officer for Research and Innovation, EU Delegation to Ukraine
Oleksandr Krakovetskyi
Co-founder and CEO, DevRain
Inna Perepelytsya
Senior Advisor, Luxinnovation
Alex (Oleksii) Orap
Founder and Chief of Growth, YouScan
Oleksii Shaldenko
Ph.D., CEO and Co-Founder, Wantent
Viacheslav Drofa
CPO, Alty
Anna Bulakh
Government Affairs and Public Policy Lead, Google Ukraine
Vlad Patenko
Customer Engineering Manager, Google Cloud
Kateryna Kruk
Public Policy Lead at Meta
Michiel Scheffer
President of the European Innovation Council (EIC) Board
Nataliia Denikeieva
Deputy Minister for Digital Economy Development at the Ministry of Digital Transformation
Sanyu Karani
Co-founder & Co-CEO FundingBox
Lauma Muizniece
Director, Latvian Council of Science
Dominique Piotet
Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Ukraine Phoenix Tech Fund
Petr Sima
Partner, DEPO Ventures
Stanislav Khutor
CEO, FlashTech
Yulia Tkach
Editor-in-Сhief, Vector
Anna Baranenko
COO, Saint Javelin
The one who makes AI work for you
The One Who Catches the Wind
Petr Vitek
Co-Founder, Tilia Impact Ventures Ventures; co-founder, Impact Hub Czech Republic.
Ömer Hantal
Chief Innovation Optimizer, Fark Labs
Dan Herman
PhD, lecturer at the University of Toronto and global government advisor on innovation policy
Oleksandr Tsyvinskyi
Director, Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine
Oksana Berezhna
Director General of Innovation and Science Liaison with the Real Sector of Economy Directorate, Ministry of Education and Science
Richárd Ádám Vécsey
Data Scientist, Machine Learning & Deep Learning Developer
Matthew Scheepers
Founder, Get Prept
Yevhen Zymbalevskyi
Product Designer and Manager, Esper Bionics
Olia Stasiuk
CEO, Bonzai AI
Igor Paniuk
SVP of AI Strategy & Innovation, Trinetix
Olivia Kortas
Correspondent, Die Zeit
Iryna Zabolotna
Deputy director of the Innovation Development Fund
Tisho Jenkut
Partner, Presto Tech Horizons
Cristobal Alonso
MD, Wolver Ventures; GP, NewFrontier Fund
Alina Okhremenko
Chief People & Operations Officer, Trinetix
Kollen Post
Defense Industry Reporter, The Kyiv Independent
Sacha Michaud
Co-Founder of Glovo
João Annes
Member of the Security & Defense Observatory, SEDES
Aleksandar Stamboliev
CEO & Co-Founder, BAU Accelerator
Melanie Garson
Associate Professor in International Security in the Department of Political Science at University College London
The one who conquers the sky
The one who launches “the birds”
Oleksii Dorogan
CEO, Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO)
Vadym Vlasenko
AI Director, EPAM Ukraine
The one who ignites the fire
Kateryna Chernohorenko
Former Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformation and Digitalization
Mykyta Knysh
Co-Founder, Hack Control
Veiko-Vello Palm
COO, Frankenburg Technologies
Franziska Davies
Historian, Assistant Professor at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Pascal Rogiest
General Manager, Clarence
Oksana Vodonos
Associate, 500 Global
Olena Skyrta
Co-founder, INSCIENCE
Alex Kolomitsev
CEO, onPoint Studio
Yurii Holiuk
Lead Software Engineer, Mate academy
Veronika Lazarenko
Growth Creative Team Lead, Futurra Group
Illia Filipov
Co-Founder and CEO, EdEra
Hanna Mikulytska
Managing Director, SAP Ukraine
Maksym Palamarenko
Director of Software Development Office, N-iX
Antonina Iermeichuk
Co-founder & COO at Deus Robotics
Oleksandr Radchenko
CBDO, Markupus
Dmytro Kostaryev
CEO and founder, Flexsys LLC
Taras Zakharkiv
Head of Business Analysis Office, ELEKS
Andrii Laba
VP, Product Management & Ukraine Operations, Simulmedia
Anastasiia Kochubynska
Product Manager of the School Stream, Mriia
Nazar Zastavnyy
COO, Apprecode
Ivan Kohut
Entrepreneur, Private Investor
Volodymyr Pavlishevskyy
SVP of Group Finance, Avenga
Joachim Enegaard
Investor, Rockaway Ventures
Kateřina Rundová
Director of Startup Incubation, CzechInvest
Roksolana Dryndak
Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic
Radoslav Čuha
Investor, PurposeTech
Lola Onipko
Co-Founder, Invest in Bravery
David Nichols
CEO, Qore Technologies; Founder, Invest In Bravery
Kyrylo Hrinchak
Head of Partner & Product Portfolio, Sigma Software Labs; Banking & FinTech Lead, Sigma Software Group
Mariia Krasnoshchok
MESU Consultant for the Development of Innovation Ecosystem and International Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) Cooperation from the World Bank
Viktoriia Prydatko
Founder & CEO, vpteam.io
Ihor Herasko
Head of Sales, Payoneer UA
Taras Shevchenko
Head of Government Relations for Eastern Europe and Central Asia at Glovo
Nazarii Drushchak
Data Scientist, SoftServe
Iryna Batiuk
Gen AI Lab Program Manager, SoftServe
Dmytro Zikrach
AI Competence Manager, SoftServe
Olha Shapoval
Executive Director, Kharkiv IT Cluster, Lead of EEN Ukraine local contact point, Implementation Coordinator of Eastern Ukraine EDIH
Andy Hunder
President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine
Solomiia Pikh
Investment Director, Horizon Capital
Polina Omelianenko
Project Lead of WIN2EDIH at Ukrainian Startup Fund, Lead of Support to find investments track at WIN2EDIH
Diana Khasanova
Freelance Virtual Fashion Designer
Petro Pyvovar
Head of the Educational and Scientific Center of Space and GIS Technologies, Polissia National University
Serhii Khariuk
Founder & CEO, AmonSul
Stanislav Kukhtyk
Pro-rector for International Relations and Development, ISTU
Olena Fesenko
Head of the EEN-Ukraine, Coordinator of the Central Ukrainian EDIH
Igor Blinov
National Coordinator, GIZ Ukraine
Maryna Pavliuk
General Manager of Glovo Ukraine
Rita Alieksieichenko
Founder & CEO of A+F Agency, Co-founder of the communications community Piarity
Aliona Guseva
Founder of guss & goose boutique PR agency, Сo-founder of the communications union Piarity, PR Consultant, Startup Advisor
Oleksandr Smychnikov
Partner, Director of Business Consulting, 10Guards
Illia Kabachynskyi
Editor-in-Chief of Scroll.media
Line Rindvig
CEO of Defence Builder
Maxim Pochebut
CEO, Sigma Software University
Serhii Evdokymov
Head of Sigma Software Unity Fund
Vasyl Kruten
Software Engineer, ЕРАМ
Dmytro Ivanenko
Application Security Engineer, ЕРАМ
Vitalii Lubinets
Serial entrepreneur and investor
Nataliia Mykolska
Executive Director, Diia.City United
Maksym Balanyuk
Director of Innovation & Growth, Metinvest Digital
Artem Skrypnyk
СЕО, FAVBET TECH
Iryna Savytska
CEO, Bank of Memories
Anastasiia Kravchenko-Uhrekhelidze
Team Lead, Seeds of Bravery, Ukrainian Startup Fund
Maksym Los
Product Manager, Ukrsibbank BNP Paribas Group
Orest Furhala
Head of Alliances and Partnerships Unit, N-iX
Anastasiia Rostalna
Enterprise Country Lead for Ukraine, Amazon Web Services
Yuliia Malich
Public Policy Head at Bolt
Svitlana Tiugaieva
Head of Transformation, UKRSIBBANK BNP Paribas Group
Dmytro Vasyliev
Lead Specialist in IBM Power Servers, IBM
Valentyn Shapoval
Architecture Solutions Specialist, IBM
Andrii Kuzmenko
Lead Cybersecurity Specialist, IBM
Oleksandra Marchenko
Head of Nadiyno.org
Denys Rudenko
CEO, Yalantis; Business Strategy Advisor, Wiseboard
Arthur Fedorénko
Founder & CEO, Wiseboard
Christian Kumar
Founder and CEO, Capital Kinetics
Anastasiia Diakova
Founder of the Dignity Online NGO
Anton Hapieiev
CEO, Protagonist
Dmytro Kravchuk
CTO, Protagonist
Evgen Bukhalskyi
Chief Data & Analytics Officer, UKRSIBBANK BNP Paribas Group
Petro Vavulin
Head of Cloud Products and Services Department NBS, Kyivstar
Ellina Bronnikova
CMO, Simply Contact
Mariia Nevzorova
Head of Customer Support, Ajax Systems
Iryna Shevelova
Head of Enablement in Customer Care, Grammarly & Advisory Board Member, Simply Contact
Anna Bielikova
COO, Simply Contact
Daniil Verkhutin
DevOps Lead, Teamvoy
Yaryna Voznyak
Research Lead, Lviv IT Cluster
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