Attended the U-Nation Startup and Innovation Conference, Odesa: new ideas and opportunities for business development
Our team had the honor to take part in the U-Nation Startup & Innovation Conference held in Odessa. This event has become an important event for entrepreneurs, innovators and startups who want to develop their business and implement new technologies.
What we saw and learned:
Innovative solutions: The conference brought together leading experts and startups presenting their unique developments and ideas that can fundamentally change various industries.
Valuable contacts: We had the opportunity to communicate with leading entrepreneurs, investors and potential partners. These new acquaintances open up new horizons of cooperation for us.
Inspiration for development: U-Nation inspired us to new approaches to our work, helped us find fresh ideas to improve our services and development strategy.
Why it’s important to us:
Participation in such events allows you to stay abreast of the latest trends and technological innovations. It is also an opportunity to improve our services and approaches to better meet the needs of our customers.
We came back from U-Nation with new ideas, plans and ambitions that we are already starting to put into practice. This conference became an important milestone on our path to innovative development.
Forum program:
15.45 Registration of participants
16.10 Opening of the conference.
The role of innovations and startups for the economic recovery of Ukraine by modern standards.
Mike Richardson, Germany (Quantum Security, Photon Hub), Jan Shapiro (Founder/CEO U-Nation)
16.35 Launch of the first international startup accelerator in the South of Ukraine – mission and opportunities.
Yan Shapiro (Founder/CEO U-Nation), Serhiy Kononenko (Director, Regional Development Agency of Odesa Region), – Kateryna Solovei (Director of Odesa IT Family)
16.50 Investments in startups, how to attract financing for project development.
Wesley Jordan, USA (Vision Fund International), Dmytro Kuzmenko, Kyiv (Ukrainian Venture Capital Association), Anna Aliyeva, Kyiv (Director of Vacuum Deep Tech Acceleration), Vadym Petrunin, Kyiv (Director of iHUB, Head of Acceleration Programs, Venture Partner N1 Ventures)
17.30 Break, coffee break
17.45 Implementation of innovations and integration of startups into corporations, technologies for business development.
Yuriy Kudlyk, Kyiv (Director of Online Sales Department, Epicenter), Boris Goldenshtein, Odesa (Founder and Head of Zezman Holding), Olga Sorochenko (Deputy Director, Regional Development Agency of Odesa Region)
18.20 Technological trends of 2025.
Oleksandr Yefremov, Kyiv (CEO Kitsoft), Vlad Shimov, Odesa (Managing Director & Vice President at Capgemini Engineering/board member Odesa IT Family)
19.00 Startups Pitch Show – presentation of startups on stage in front of a large audience, the top 10 will take part in the U-Nation Startup Accelerator!
