Synergy. IT Business & IT Education

10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

December 11-12

ОFFLINE & ONLINE

We invite you to join the largest annual event in the field of IT education in Ukraine, which is organised by the IT Ukraine Association jointly with partners. This year's tenth anniversary event will be a special one to be remembered.

Synergy. IT Business & IT Education will bring together IT companies and EdTech startups, representatives of the government, science, state, private and corporate education.

Mainstream Synergy. IT Business & IT Education — the relentless dynamics of the EdTech market of Ukraine, which is scaling, changing, incorporating the latest technologies, introducing AI into education, developing talents and no longer having borders.

During the two days of the event, you will be listening to heads of IT companies and startups, leaders of well-known IT products and projects, innovators, experts, and those who create the educational policy of Ukraine.

UNIQUENESS

The largest educational conference in Ukraine, which for 10 years in a row brings together IT business leaders, representatives of corporate, private, state education and international specialists

DIALOGUE WITH GOVERNMENT

The state annually supports Synergy. IT Business & IT Education. Guests of the event will hear the hottest insights and plans for state support of IT education from representatives of the authorities

SYNERGY

Two days of networking and brainstorming: finding partners, donors, investors and like-minded people to implement creative educational ideas and exchange ideas on scaling existing successful initiatives

200+

OFFLINE PARTICIPANTS

30+

SPEAKERS

HOURS OF EVENT

DAYS

PROGRAM OF THE EVENT

11 December

FIRST DAY OF THE EVENT (OFFLINE - KYIV & ONLINE)

8:30-9:30

Registration and welcome coffee

9:30-10:00

Opening ceremony

Maria Shevchuk

Acting Executive Director IT Ukraine Association

Denys Grynov

Vice President on Educational issues, Head of EРАМ University in Ukraine

Andrii Kashperuk

Deputy Chairman of the Management Board on Retail Banking of UKRSIBBANK BNP Paribas Group

10:00-10:45

Looking into the future: What awaits IT education in Ukraine?

Discussion panel

Moderator

Maria Shevchuk

Acting Executive Director IT Ukraine Association

Mykhailo Fedorov

Vice Prime Minister for Innovations, Development of Education, Science and Technologies –Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine

Vynnytskyi Mykhailo

Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine

Anton Chornyi

CEO GoIT

Taras Kytsmey

Co-Founder and Board Member, SoftServe

Stepan Mitish

VP, Country Head EPAM Systems

10:45-11:30

Quality strategies of Ukrainian educational business: investments, international markets, brand building

Discussion panel

Moderator

Kseniia Stolbova

CEO DAN.IT education

Iryna Biliaieva

Partner, СEO Juscutum

Volodymyr Bugrov

Rector of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Sviatoslav Kavetskyi

Director of Industry Affairs Department, N-iX

Marta Semenova-Babych

EMEA L&D Specialist, GlobalLogic

11:30-12:00

Coffee break

12:00-12:30

Soft-Skills. Evolution of Professional

Yurii Yurchenko

Leader of Global People Development, DataArt

12:30-13:00

Education as part of the ecosystem: the case of UNIT.City & DEV Challenge

Ievgeniia Bespalova

Head of Ecosystem, UNIT.City

13:00-13:30

New Way of Partnership in digital world

Natalia Halunko

Head of Human Resources Department, UKRSIBBANK BNP Paribas Group

13:30-14:30

Lunch

14:30-15:00

New opportunities for academic programs: the path from non-formal to formal education

Olha Kudoiarova

Academic head of Master’s programs at EPAM School of Digital Engineering

15:00-15:30

Social Projects as a Platform for Talent Development: Learning, Growth, and Innovation

Lesya Klakovych

SoftServe Academy Associate Director

15:30-16:00

Startup culture as the DNA of the tech university: SET University case

Jane Klepa

Director of Partnerships and Innovation SET University

16:00-16:30

Coffee break

16:30-17:15

EdTech startups: How technologies are changing the future of education

Discussion panel

Moderator

Olena Samborska

President of the IT Ukraine Association, Managing Director/HR Operations Director Ukraine, Luxoft

Anna Apostol

Co-founder & COO, Mate academy

Nataliia Lymonova

Founder & CEO, GIOS

Volodymyr Strashko

CEO Unicorn School, Edmaps

Eugene Suslov

Co-founder & CEO, Softbook

17:15-18:00

Leadership, Soft Skills, Lifelong Learning and other trends in the job market

Discussion panel

Moderator

Olha Oseredchuk

Head of External Learning & Development, Sigma Software

Eugene Bondarets

Executive Director of Long Life Learning, American University Kyiv

Anastasiia Khyzhniak

Talent Enablement Director, Jooble

Natalia Halunko

Head of Human Resources Department, UKRSIBBANK BNP Paribas Group

Stanislav Kutsenko

Advisor to director of Institute of education content modernization of Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine

18:00-20:00

Networking

12 December

SECOND DAY OF THE EVENT (ONLINE)

12:00-12:45

Creation of a Comprehensive Up-to-Date Knowledge Base in All Directions of IT Education Based on ITVDN and CodeUA

Dmytro Okhrimenko

CEO & Co-founder of CyberBionic Systematics

12:45-13:30

Artificial Intelligence in Education: The Era of AI Mentorship and Automation in the Learning Process

Volodymyr Melnyk

GoIT LMS Project Manager

13:30-14:15

From Small to Large: Educating Students with Prototypes (PoC)

Viktoriia Taraniuk

Associate Engineering manager, GlobalLogic

14:15-15:00

The perfect storm on the labor market in IT and how to adapt to it for educational institutions?

Vyacheslav Koldovskyy

SoftServe Academy Competence Manager, ph.d., assoc. prof.

15:00-15:45

Interactive content that effectively teaches

Ivan Mikhieiev

Manager of educational programs, EPAM University

15:45-16:30

Weblium Website Builder: From Acquaintance to Project for $150 in 30 minutes

Dmytro Ilienkov

Head of Customer Care, Weblium

16:30-17:15

How to effectively manage your own emotions and "persist" even in a stressful situation

Kateryna Zybina

Junior L&D Specialist, Sigma Software

17:15-18:00

How IT companies can build effective education and professional growth systems for their employees. A Growth Mindset case from Intellias

Dariia Riznyk

Growth and Development Manager, Intellias

REGISTRATION FOR DECEMBER 11

OFFLINE

Donation from 200 ₴

∙ Possibility to attend the event offline (Kyiv)
∙ Access to the exhibition area of partners and EdTech startups
∙ Quality networking with colleagues and potential partners
∙ Access to materials and videos
For security purposes, you will get the information about the venue when the payment is processed

Buy ticket for donation

ONLINE

If you wish, you can send a donation during registration

∙ Access to the live broadcast of the event
∙ Access to materials and videos
A link to the broadcast will be sent after registration

Registration

By buying a ticket, you help to hand over 100 cars for defenders of Ukraine as part of the "Tempered Hundred" project, which is being implemented by the Public Organization "Tempered Hearts"

You determine the size of the donation yourself:
∙ participation in the "OFFLINE" format is possible for a donation of 200 ₴
∙ participation in the "ONLINE" format is free

REGISTRATION FOR DECEMBER 12

Register for the workshop in two steps:

Step 1. Choose the workshop you are interested in and click on it.
The number of visits to workshops is unlimited - choose either one, or all six at once. But remember that you need to register for each workshop separately.

Step 2. Fill out the short registration form (up to 30 seconds) and wait for the confirmation of registration by mail.

Creation of a Comprehensive Up-to-Date Knowledge Base in All Directions of IT Education Based on ITVDN and CodeUA

Dmytro Okhrimenko, CEO & Co-founder CyberBionic Systematics

Artificial Intelligence in Education: The Era of AI Mentorship and Automation in the Learning Process

Volodymyr Melnyk, GoIT LMS Project Manager

From Small to Large: Educating Students with Prototypes (PoC)

Viktoriia Taraniuk, Associate Engineering manager GlobalLogic

The perfect storm on the labor market in IT and how to adapt to it for educational institutions?

Vyacheslav Koldovskyy, SoftServe Academy Competence Manager, ph.d., assoc. prof.

Interactive content that effectively teaches

Ivan Mikhieiev, Manager of educational programs EPAM University

Weblium Website Builder: From Acquaintance to Project for $150 in 30 minutes

Dmytro Ilienkov, Head of Customer Care, Weblium

How to effectively manage your own emotions and "persist" even in a stressful situation

Kateryna Zybina, Junior L&D Specialist, Sigma Software

How IT companies can build effective education and professional growth systems for their employees. A Growth Mindset case from Intellias

Dariia Riznyk, Growth and Development Manager, Intellias

TOPICAL ISSUES

The largest event in Ukraine, where the strategy of Ukrainian IT education and the labour market is publicly discussed: challenges, trends and prospects

HYBRID FORMAT

The first day of the conference will be held in two formats: online and offline. The second day of the conference (partner workshops) will be held exclusively online

QUALITY NETWORKING

Synergy. IT Business & IT Education: 10th anniversary edition is live communication in a circle of like-minded people, acquaintance with speakers and participants, incredible energy of ideas and initiatives, which provides all the opportunities for professional growth

TOP SPEAKERS

Representatives from the government, business, startups and headliners of Ukrainian and international education from private, corporate and state universities will take the stage

BUSINESS AND STRATEGY

All insights gained during Synergy. IT Business & IT Education each participant will be able to implement in the HR strategy of the company, use it in strategic planning of personnel development or to implement their own professional plans

PUBLIC DIALOGUE WITH THE AUTHORITIES

Representatives of the IT business, universities and authorities will share their expectations in an open discussion and jointly determine the ways for the further development of Ukrainian IT education

ORGANIZER

SUPPORTED BY

BANK PARTNER

GOLD PARTNERS

SILVER PARTNERS

EDUCATION PARTNER

ACADEMIC PARTNER

WATER PARTNER

INFORMATION PARTNERS

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Synergy. IT Business & IT Education

Victoria Fedorenko

СОО IT Ukraine Association

fedorenko@itukraine.org.ua

Synergy. IT Business & IT Education 2023