Speakers 2026
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.
Oleksandr Kolb
Co-founder and General Partner at Toloka.VC
Alexandra Balkova
General Partner at Startup Wise Guys; Founder of Ethix
Hugh Simpson
Co-founder at VitalSpec, Investor/Advisor at Oggin Holdings
Axel Tillmann
CEO, Pitch Global Group | Founder, Alpha Consult
Katherine Hill Ritchie
Senior Director, TEDCO
Maggie McDonough
Chief Innovation Officer and Senior Vice President at BDC, ETC
Oleksandr Yakovenko
Founder of TAF Industries
Mark Lennon
Founder, Polar Spark | Turning Commercial Innovation into Civic and Mission Impact
Eric Maroyan
Managing Director at RSM US LLP
Przemyslaw Zielinski
Technical University of Munich
Dan Herman
Executive Advisor, Innovation Policy & Global Ecosystems with Northguide Inc.
Dan Tyre
Founder and CEO, Tyre Angel
Ieva Ilves
Cybersecurity and Digital Policy Advisor, Ukraine/Latvia
Jonas Malmgren
CEO, Front Ventures AB
Isabel Pereira
Founder, Karyon Partners
Yonathan Levin
CTO & Co-Founder @ Stealth Startup
Shelby Wilder
Correspondent, NewsMax
Cristobal Alonso
Managing Director at Wolver Ventures
Anne Lebreton-Wolf
Founder of ALW Finance & Innovation
Dave Morgan
Chief Executive Officer, Simulmedia
Laura Morgan
Director, The Product Pathway
Lana Malikova
Ex-Grammarly, Vendor Business Development Manager at Amazic
Hans Braunfisch
Founder, Pravo Ventures
Arnaud Castaignet
Senior Vice President of Strategic Affairs and Investor Relations, Skeleton Technologies
Martin Bailey
Head of Unit, AI for Societal Good
Dominique Piotet
Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Ukraine Phoenix Tech Fund
Niko Kharchilava
Managing Partner, ICLUB
Victoriia ‘Tori’ Honcharuk
Executive Director, AB3.Tech
Volodymyr Gorodnychyi
Chief of CIMIC (Civil Military Cooperation) in the 412th Unmanned Systems Brigade ‘Nemesis’, Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Vitalii ‘Hryva’ Mamets
Ukrainian officer, Commander of the Artillery Reconnaissance Battery of the 1st Separate Assault Regiment named after Dmytro Kotsiubailo
Viacheslav Kotsiuba
Squad commander and intelligence analyst of the 1st Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine "Azov"
Natalia Denikeieva
Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine
Mikko-Pekka Hanski
Founder, Idean
Petr Sima
Partner, DEPO Ventures
Dmytro Gorlin
Director of Engineering, Quantum Systems Ukraine
Ömer Hantal
Chief Innovation Optimizer, Fark Labs
Aleksandar Stamboliev
CEO & Co-Founder, BAU Accelerator
Fedir Grechaninov
Investor and Director of International Development, NUMO Robotics
Christian Schnedler
CEO and Co-Founder, Rilian
Viktor Lokotkov
CMO, Airlogix