On November 24, the second day of Strategeast Digital for Freedom Forum took place in Warsaw. The last day of the forum was devoted to panel discussions. There were six panel discussions with speakers representing global tech companies, the Ukrainian IT community, the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, international financial institutions, and global development agencies.
This day’s main topics were: Ukraine as the Trusted Tech Destination, Digital for Freedom, IT Generation: New Education for New Economy, Ukrainian Tech Ecosystem, Now is the Time to Invest in Ukrainian Tech, and The Role of Global Developing Agencies in Ukrainian Tech.
More than 20 speakers from different countries shared insights on the use of technology and the development of the Ukrainian IT sector. Among the speaker were Natalia Denikeieva (Head of Diia City’s project office, Ukrainian Tech EcoSystem), Marcin Gajdziński (General Manager for Poland, Baltics and Ukraine, IBM), Yury Antaniuk (Vice President, EPAM Systems), 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), 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), 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), Piotr Matczuk (Country Officer, Poland, IFC), Nataliia Petrova (Project Manager, Office of Economic Growth, USAID), Nicole Kresse (Sr. Program Director, Chemonics International), Alexander Lazukin, SME F&D Ukraine, EBRD and others.
