• 29.08.2024

  • Start at 16:00

  • Odesa, Ukraine, Гагарінське Плато 5

We know you’ve been waiting – but we’ve prepared something special for you.
At the conference, we launch the first international startup accelerator in the South of Ukraine and announce other innovative projects that U-Nation and our partners and friends from all over the country are working on!

Registration for the event is free by the link below; the only condition is a subscription to @u-nation

Audience

🔸Startups
🔸 IT entrepreneurs and developers
🔸Entrepreneurs, because innovations increase the competitiveness of business
🔸And everyone who is interested in technologies and the future!

Conference topics

  • The role of innovations and startups for the economic recovery of Ukraine by modern standards:
    – Mike Richardson, Germany (Quantum Security, Photon Hub)
    – Yan Shapiro(Founder/CEO U-Nation)

  • Investments in startups, raising funds for the project development:
    – Wesley Jordan, USA (Chief Operating and Technology Officer, Vision Fund International)
    – Dmytro Kuzmenko, Kyiv (CEO, Ukrainian Venture Capital Association)
    – Anna Aliieva,Kyiv (Director,Vacuum Deep Tech Accelation)
    – Vadym Petrunin, Kyiv (Director iHUB, Manager Venture Partner N1 Ventures in Ukraine)

  • Integration of innovations and startups to corporations, technologies for business development:
    – Vitalii Skrypchenko (Omnichannel director, Epicenter),
    – Boris Goldenstein , Odesa (Founder & CEO, Zezman Holding)
    -Olga Sorochenko (deputy director, Regional Development Agency of Odesa region)

  • Technological trends of 2025:
    – Oleksandr Iefremov, Kyiv (CEO Kitsoft)
    – Vlad Shymov, Odesa (Managing Director & Vice President at Capgemini Engineering/board member Odesa IT Family)

  • The launch of the first international startup accelerator in the South of Ukraine – mission and opportunities:
    – Yan Shapiro (Founder/CEO U-Nation)
    – Sergiy Kononenko (Director,Regional Development Agency of Odesa region)
    – Catherine Solovey(head, Odesa IT Family)

Startups Pitch Show

Presentation of startups on stage in front of a large audience, the top 10 will participate in the U-Nation Startup Accelerator!
Deadline is August 28, 23.59

The publication was prepared within the framework of the «U-Nation Startup Accelerator», project, which is a part of Ukraine Confidence Building Initiative (UCBI), implemented with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).