Speakers 2025
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
Jamala
Ukrainian singer, songwriter, winner of Eurovision 2016
Oleksandr Komarov
CEO, Kyivstar
Christopher Miller
Chief Ukraine Correspondent, Financial Times
Dr. Dennis Gyllensporre
Chairperson of the NATO DIANA Board of Directors
Laima Balciune
CEO, Sunrise Tech Park
Viktoriya Tigipko
Founding Partner of TA Ventures
Terrell J. Starr
Independent journalist
William Dixon
Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute
Dominique Piotet
Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Ukraine Phoenix Tech Fund
Mike Dee
CEO, Playstack
Laurent Dupuch
Chairman of the Management Board, UKRSIBBANK BNP Paribas Group
Dr. William “Dollar” Young
Leading expert, Electronic Warfare
Stepan Mitish
Vice President, Head of EPAM Ukraine
Stepan Veselovskyi
Founder, IT Arena
Yurii Ohonovskyi
CEO, IT Arena
Sevgil Musaieva
Editor-in-chief, Ukrainska Pravda
Justin Zeefe
Founding Partner, Green Flag Ventures
Stepan Veselovskyi
CEO, Lviv IT Cluster
Dmytro Uvarov
Chief Technology Officer, UKRSIBBANK BNP Paribas Group
Maksym Iashchenko
Head of Information Security Service, UKRSIBBANK BNP Paribas Group
João Annes
Member of the Security & Defense Observatory, SEDES
Vitalii Yakushev
CEO, 10Guards
Kollen Post
Defense Industry Reporter, The Kyiv Independent
Anna Chernysh
Co-founder & CEO, Lezo; ex-Head of Product, Projector
Melanie Garson
Associate Professor in International Security in the Department of Political Science at University College London
Vadym Voroshylov, «Karaya»
Lieutenant Colonel, Commander of the First Aviation Squadron, Hero of Ukraine
Victor Pavluchynskiy
Entrepreneur
Kyrylo Veres, «K-2»
Lieutenant Colonel, Commander of the 20th Separate Unmanned Systems Regiment “K-2,” Hero of Ukraine
Rostyslav Loza
co-founder, “Masternya Improv”
Oleksii Dorogan
CEO, Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO)
Maria Knodt
Co-founder, keywords.agency
Daria Yaniieva
Investment Director, Sigma Software Labs
Soma Muthumanickam
CTO, Basemark
Anna Bulakh
Government Affairs and Public Policy Lead, Google Ukraine
Vlad Patenko
Customer Engineering Manager, Google Cloud
Yulia Tkach
Editor-in-Chief, Vector
Borys Drozhak
Co-founder, Rovertech; AI Influencer
Anna Baranenko
COO, Saint Javelin
James Lecher
Retired U.S. Army officer; journalist; correspondent, Newsmax
The one who makes AI work for you
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
The one who catches the Wind
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”
Vadym Vlasenko
AI Director, EPAM Ukraine
Oksana Ferchuk
Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformation and Digitalisation
Dan Herman
PhD, lecturer at the University of Toronto and global government advisor on innovation policy
Oleksandr Tsyvinskyi
Director, Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine
Anton Yeremenko
Head of the Front Office, Frontline; Board Member, NGO “Aerorozvidka”
Richárd Ádám Vécsey
Data Scientist, Machine Learning & Deep Learning Developer
Marcin Chruściel
Director, Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy, Poland
Катерина Крук
Public Policy Lead at Meta
Sanyu Karani
Co-founder & Co-CEO FundingBox
Alina Okhremenko
Chief People & Operations Officer, Trinetix
Matthew Scheepers
Founder, Get Prept
Cristobal Alonso
MD, Wolver Ventures; GP, NewFrontier Fund
Mariia Polianska
Head of Marketing, MobiDev
Iryna Zabolotna
Deputy director of the Innovation Development Fund
Michiel Scheffer
President of the European Innovation Council (EIC) Board
Stanislav Khutor
CEO, FlashTech
Yevhen Zymbalevskyi
Product Designer and Manager, Esper Bionics
Yuliia Yatseniuk
Senior Product Designer, Qubstudio
Sergiy Babich
Senior Frontend Engineer, DataRobot
Igor Blystiv
Global Marketing and Innovation Officer, Kormotech
Olha Kornyeva
Head of Marketing, WhiteBIT Ukraine
Yurii Paniv
Data Scientist, Nortal
Natalia Kushnerska
Chief Operating Officer, Roboneers
Dmytro Gorlin
Director of Engineering, Quantum Systems Ukraine
Oleh Huit, «Khasan»
Lieutenant Colonel, Commander of the 427th Unmanned Systems Regiment “Rarog”
Nataliia Denikeieva
Deputy Minister for Digital Economy Development at the Ministry of Digital Transformation
Oleksandr Tsybort
Deputy Minister of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformations, and Digitalization
Lauma Muizniece
Director, Latvian Council of Science
Petr Sima
Partner, DEPO Ventures
Roman Zinchenko
Co-founder & Chairman, Greencubator; Climate Innovation Strategist; Energy Democracy Advocate
Sacha Michaud
Co-Founder of Glovo
Andrii Hrytseniuk
CEO, Brave1
Viktor Lokotkov
CMO, Airlogix
Olia Stasiuk
CEO, Bonzai AI
Yana Paladiieva
Team Lead, Head of Innovation Ecosystem Development at WIN2EDIH
Kateryna Chernohorenko
Former Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformation and Digitalization
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
Nicolas Dufourcq
Chief Executive Officer, Bpifrance
Igor Paniuk
SVP of AI Strategy & Innovation, Trinetix
Paweł Bochniarz
Managing Partner, Radix Ventures
Oleksandr Bornyakov
Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine for European Integration
Denys Sychkov
Principal, Horizon Capital
Roman Marinsky
Lead SDET, Communities leader
Hanna Shuvalova
Principal, Horizon Capital
Artem Bykovets
CEO, Organizational & Agile Coach, Simplesense
David Herdenberg
Head of Strategy, Beetroot Academy
Nataliia Petrova
Lead at WINWIN Project Office
Franziska Davies
Historian
Olivia Kortas
Correspondent, Die Zeit
Luukas Ilves
Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine
Arnaud Lumet
Investor, Kaanopi Ventures
Julien Schmitt
Director for the EU4Innovation East Project, Expertise France
Sviatoslav Kavetskyi
Director of Industry Affairs, N-iX; Chair of the Supervisory Board, Lviv IT Cluster
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
Tisho Jenkut
Partner, Presto Tech Horizons
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
Tymofiy Mylovanov
President of the Kyiv School of Economics
Alex (Oleksii) Orap
Founder and Chief of Growth, YouScan
Oleksii Shaldenko
Ph.D., CEO and Co-Founder, Wantent
Olha Vintonik
Product Manager & Growth PM Consultant
Viacheslav Drofa
CPO, Alty
Oksana Berezhna
Director General of Innovation and Science Liaison with the Real Sector of Economy Directorate, Ministry of Education and Science
Oksana Vodonos
Associate, 500 Global
Pascal Rogiest
General Manager, Clarence
Mykyta Knysh
Co-Founder, Hack Control
Veiko-Vello Palm
COO, Frankenburg Technologies
Vincent Pearson
Owner, Pearson Consulting
Oleksandr Kosovan
Founder and CEO, MacPaw
Philippe Parage
Co-founder, Obsidiancorps
Roman Sologub
Co-founder and CEO, ISSP
Oleksandr Valius
Lead Product designer, Simulmedia
Konstantin Nosaliuk
Illia Neizvestny
Partner, M&S Law Firm; Luxembourg–Ukraine Chamber of Commerce
Paolo Cervino
Global Programmes Adviser, LuxDev
Inna Perepelytsya
Luxinnovation, Seeds of Bravery, EIC Scaling Club
Arnaud Lumet
Kaanopi Ventures
Evgenia Paliy
Luxembourg–Ukraine Chamber of Commerce
Marian Mota
Product design director, JustAnswer
Serhii Kulyk
Head of the Ukrainian Office, iIT Distribution
Oleksii Uros
Partner of the CyberTech Committee, Business Development Director at Asters
Oleksii Mudrytskyi
Commercial Director, Oberig IT
Taras Loboda
CISO, Board Member Universal Bank
Oleh Polihenko
Founder CISO Club Ukraine, CISO Nova Digital
Pavlo Zhuk
Senior technology executive and digital transformation expert, UAF officer
Olha Zhytar
Lead for international partnerships in Knowledge Management Area at NGO Aerorozvidka
Oleksa Boyko
Project Manager, Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
Vadym Synzheretskyi
CEO and co-founder of BUKI
Volodymyr Nerubenko
Co-founder of TerraLab and Nasnaga
Nazar Podolchak
Director of Science Park of Lviv Polytechnic National University - SID City
Pavlo Savchenko
RedDot Winner, Lead UI/UX Designer, LinkupST
Igor Nakonechnyy
B2B Growth Director, LinkupST
Svitlana Myrylenko
Head of Product "DOT-Chain" at the State Operator for Non-Lethal Acquisition (DOT)
Volodymyr Khalaburskyi
Head of the Product Management, Defense Procurement Agency
Alona Zhuzha
Director of the Digitalization Department at the Defense Procurement Agency
Artem Romaniukov
Military officer, Major of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Director of the Digital Transformation Directorate at the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
Marta Hudz
Senior UX Designer, ELEKS
Tomohiro YODEN
Deputy Director General, JETRO Warsaw
Oleksandr Sharko
Principal and Venture Partner, Toloka.vc syndicate; Head of AI, Promodo
Taras Hnot
Principal AI Consultant and AI Consultancy Team Lead, SoftServe
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
Thomas Macaulay
Journalist
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, Co-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, EPAM
Dmytro Ivanenko
Application Security Engineer, EPAM
Vitalii Lubinets
Serial entrepreneur and investor
Nataliia Mykolska
Executive Director, Diia.City United
Maksym Balanyuk
Director of Innovation & Growth, Metinvest Digital
Artem Skrypnyk
CEO, 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