StrategEast Digital for Freedom Forum in Warsaw is a platform that enables and strengthens international partnerships for Ukraine’s digital recovery and development. The Forum will bring together representatives of global tech companies and investors, the Ukrainian IT community, the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, international financial institutions, and global development agencies. It will provide an opportunity to discuss what needs to be done to improve the Ukrainian IT industry and to make it the primary economic booster for post-war Ukraine.
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Over 20 high-level speakers;
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Over 200 participants;
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Over 20 global and regional institutional partners;
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Networking with government officials and IT leaders.
PARTNERS
GOALS
- To identify opportunities and challenges in the Ukrainian IT sector;
- To attract international IT companies and venture funds to the potential of the IT industry in Ukraine;
- To develop common principles and goals for the digital recovery of Ukraine.
PARTICIPANTS
- Vice presidents of global Big Tech companies, VC funds, and investment banks;
- Senior representatives of the government of Ukraine;
- Heads of IT associations and leaders of the IT sector from Ukraine.
PANEL DISCUSSIONS
- Ukraine as the Trusted IT Destination
- Digital for Freedom
- IT Generation: New Education for New Economy
- Ukrainian Tech Ecosystem
- Now is the Time to Invest in Ukrainian IT
- The Global Role of Developing Ukrainian IT Ecosystem
PRELIMINARY AGENDA
Date: November 23-24, 2023
Location: Warsaw, Poland, Google for Startup Campus
1st Day
Forum Opening Ceremony
17:00 – 18:00 Registration of Forum participants and Coffee break
18:00 – 18:40 Opening remarks
- Anatoly Motkin, President, StrategEast
- USAID Representative
- Alex Bornyakov, Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine
- Agnieszka Hryniewicz-Bieniek, Director, Google for Startups
- Michael Mizrahi, Head of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Authority, Azrieli College of Engineering
18:40 – 19:30 Key speech
- Marvin Liao, Partner, Diaspora Ventures
19:30 – 22:00 Gala Dinner
2nd Day
09:00 – 10:00 Networking session and Coffee break
10:00 – 12:50 Morning Plenary sessions:
10:00 – 11:10 Ukraine as the Trusted Tech Destination
Moderator: Matthew Murray, Adjunct Professor, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, Harriman Institute
Speakers:
- Valery Krasovsky, CEO, Sigma Software Group
- Olga Shapoval, Executive Director, Kharkiv IT cluster
- Oksana Myronko, Head of Communications, European Business Association
- Katerina Snehirova, Marketing Manager, Exadel
11:10 – 12:30 Digital for Freedom
Moderator: Anatoly Motkin, President, StrategEast
Speakers:
- Alex Bornyakov, Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine
- Marcin Gajdziński, General Manager for Poland, Baltics and Ukraine, IBM
- Yury Antaniuk, Vice President, EPAM Systems
12:30 – 14:00 Dinner and networking session
14:00 – 18:00 Evening Plenary sessions:
14:00 – 15:00 IT Generation: New Education for New Economy
Moderator: Ivan Petrenko, Managing Partner, Angel One Venture Fund
Speakers:
- Diana Rakus, Project Lead for IT-Generation, Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine
- Evghenia Iarina, Government Partnerships Executive, Coursera
- Yaroslav Prytula, Senior Vice-Rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University
- Kateryna Kruk, Regional Public Policy Lead, Central and Eastern Europe, Meta
- Mike Rybachuk, Co-founder, Projector
15:00 – 15:50 Ukrainian Tech Ecosystem
Moderator: Rhonda Shrader, Executive Director, University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
- Pavlo Kartashov, Director, Ukrainian Startup Fund
- Victoria Strokan, Marketing Director, SET University
- Andrii Zaikin, Founder & CEO, YEP Startup Accelerator
- Andrew Zinchuk, Founder, Managing Partner, ZAS Ventures
15:50 – 16:10 Coffee brake
16:10 – 17:10 Now is the Time to Invest in Ukrainian Tech
Moderator: Michał Olszewski, Funding Box – the leading CEE
- Marvin Liao, Partner, Diaspora Ventures
- Ruslan Furtas, Principal, Horizon Capital
- Ivan Petrenko, Managing Partner, Angel One Venture Fund
- Ihor Markevych, Innovations & Tech Lead, Advantage Ukraine
- Boleslaw Michalski, CEO of GoIT Poland
17:10 – 18:00 The Role of Global Developing Agencies in Ukrainian Tech
Moderator: Deborah Fairlamb, Co-founder, Green Flag Ventures
- Piotr Matczuk, Country Officer, Poland, IFC
- MASHAV Program Representative
- Nicole Kresse, Sr. Program Director, Chemonics International
- Alexander Lazukin, SME F&D Ukraine, EBRD
StrategEast is a leading independent institution working to develop Eurasia’s digital economy in collaboration with international financial institutions, development agencies, global tech companies, and Eurasian governments. StrategEast is a non-profit organization with offices in the United States, Ukraine, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan.
CONTACTS
Head Office
1900 K Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20006
office@strategeast.org
Inna Hanushevych
Forum Coordinator
inna.hanushevych@strategeast.org