About the Conference
Finnish-Ukrainian Tech Day is an exclusive conference about AI, software development, and scale-ups, where stakeholders of Finnish and Ukrainian tech come together to explore opportunities for collaboration, experience sharing, and facilitating bilateral innovation and trade.
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It is organized by Advicera OY in partnership with the City of Espoo.
For whom
Startups and scale-ups looking to launch MVP or scale tech capabilities
SMBs of all industries interested in Digitalisation and AI implementation
Businesses and Entrepreneurs looking for development help
Why to attend?
Save 30-40% on R&D
Save 30-40% on R&D costs by partnering with Ukrainian software developers.
Gain market insights
Gain market insights and contacts from Ukrainian ICT experts.
Learn best practices
Learn best practices in Digitalisation, Software development, and AI
Speakers
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Toni Pienonen
Partner
Crazy Town
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Jenni Selosmaa
Senior Specialist
Finnish AI Region
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Markku Rasanen
CEO and Co-Founder
ConfidentialMind
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Vadym Nekhai
Ex-Vice President Vista & Depositphotos
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Julia Bondareva
COO
Erbis
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Andriy Sambir
CEO and Founder
Linkup Studio
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Oleksa Stelmakh
CEO and Founder
Leobit
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Miska Hakala
Director of Growth
Enter Espoo
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Youssef Zad
Chief Economist
Finnish Startup Community
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Harri Ketamo
Founder & Chairman
Headai
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Max Pecherskyi
CEO and Co-Founder
PromoRepublic
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Anna Ivanchuk
Senior Business Development Manager
Mobilunity
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Denys Denysenko
COO
UKAD
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Veli-Matti Ojala
Data & AI Champion, Senior Solutions Architect
AWS Europe-North
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Rana Ersgard
Co-CEO
Beetroot
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Oleksandr Kroshyn
Lead Machine Learning Engineer
Anadea
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Andrii Yushchenko
COO
Solvve
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Vlad Sokol
CEO
Academy Smart
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Victor Pryshlyak
CEO and Co-founder
uSoftware
9:00 - 9:20 - Welcome words by H.E. Olga Dibrova, the Ambassador of Ukraine to Finland, and Jukka Mäkelä, the Mayor of Espoo.
9:20 - 9:35 - Keynote "Introduction to Espoo Innovation Ecosystem", Miska Hakala, Director of Growth Enter Espoo
9:35 - 9:50 - Keynote "Driving Transformation with AI: The Way of Anadea", Oleksandr Kroshyn Lead ML Engineer, Anadea
9:50 - 10:00 - Break
10:00 - 10:15 - Keynote "Transition from Software Development to Solution Development", Andrii Yushchenko, COO, Solvve
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10:15 - 10:50 - Panel discussion “EdTech and E-learning: combining the best from Finland and Ukraine”: Toni Pienonen, Vlad Sokol, Denys Denysenko, mod. by Yuri Kozik
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10:45 - 11:00 - Keynote “When Outsourcing Turns into Insourcing: A Paradox in Product Development?”
Andriy Sambir CEO & Founder, Linkup Studio
11:00 - 11:30 - Coffee Break
11:30 - 11:45 - Keynote “Tech teams formation: insights from technical interview challenges survey”
Anna Ivanchuk, Senior BD Manager, Mobilunity
11:45 - 12:15 - Panel discussion "How to grow from a startup into a scale-up?": Yousseff Zad, Anna Ivanchuk, Andriy Sambir, Vadym Nekhai
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12:15 - 12:30 - Keynote "Outsourcing vs. Build Operate Transfer: Alternative Collaboration Model Overview"
Victor Pryshlyak CEO & Co-founder, uSoftware
12:30 - 13:00 - Coffee Break
13:00 - 13:15 - Keynote "AI Transformation with Custom LLM"
Oleksa Stelmakh CEO and Founder Leobit
13:15 - 13:45 - Panel discussion "Future of AI in software development and SME digitalization": Julia Bondareva, Harri Ketamo, Andrii Yushchenko, Markku Rasanen, mod. by Jenni Selosmaa
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13:45 - 13:55 - Break
13:55 - 14:10 - Keynote "Making the world better with outsourcing - and meeting new legal requirements" Rana Ersgård Co-CEO Beetroot
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14:10 - 14:40 - Keynote "Unleash the hidden Business Value of all your data with GenAI and Analytics"
Veli-Matti Ojala, Data & AI Champion, Senior Solutions Architect AWS Europe-North
14:40 - 16:00 Networking
Sponsors of
Resilient Ukrainian
Tech
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Where?
Dipoli, Otakaari 24,
02150 Espoo, Finland
When?
May 30th, 2024
9:00 - 16:00
Format
One-day business event
by application only