{"id":26956,"date":"2022-08-31T14:47:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T14:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itcluster.lviv.ua\/it-arena-2022-lvivs-tech-event-that-braves-the-war\/"},"modified":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","slug":"it-arena-2022-lvivs-tech-event-that-braves-the-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itcluster.lviv.ua\/en\/it-arena-2022-lvivs-tech-event-that-braves-the-war\/","title":{"rendered":"IT Arena 2022: Lviv\u2019s Tech Event That Braves the War"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"single-content content\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IT Arena, one of Eastern Europe\u2019s largest professional tech conferences, is bringing together Ukraine\u2019s and international tech experts for a live event. The tech conference will be held in Lviv on September 30-October 1, 2022.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite unprecedented challenges around the country, Ukraine\u2019s tech community has continued to thrive in 2022. In an act of bravery against the war, tech professionals will gather in person for the annual <a href=\"http:\/\/itarena.ua\/\" rel=\"noopener\">IT Arena conference<\/a> that\u2019s scheduled at the end of September.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, the event, themed <\/span><b>\u2018Ukraine 3.0: Brave. Resilient. Digital\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, will be in-person (offline) to show the strength and resilience of Ukraine. The topics will focus largely on:<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how the tech industry can support the country in these turbulent times;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the future of military tech<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nology;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">insights on modern cyber tactics, and much more.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Political attendance at this year\u2019s IT Arena includes the Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine,<\/span><b> Alex Bornyakov<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as other top government officials. IT Arena will once again give tech professionals and journalists in Ukraine and around the globe the unique opportunity to come together in one place to network and learn about the latest in tech.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><b>Two days of insightful talks<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year\u2019s IT Arena hosts keynote speakers, including names such as <\/span><b>Haluk Bayraktar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, CEO of Turkey\u2019s premiere autonomous technology company Baykar, CEO of Dragonfly <\/span><b>Cameron Chell<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, CEO of Atlas Aerospace <\/span><b>Ivan Tolchynskyi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, CEO of Prytula Charity Fund <\/span><b>Serhiy Prytula<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, cybersecurity expert <\/span><b>Kim Zetter<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The popular Startup Competition is also back this year. The competition has become an excellent opportunity for new tech companies to showcase their projects and network with others in the industry. Members will compete for a $53,000 prize fund as they validate their business models. Note that <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/itarena.ua\/call-for-startups\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">registration for the IT Arena startup competition<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is open until September 11, 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Keeping you safe at our event<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IT Arena 2022 event organizers are working with local authorities to ensure the safety of all attendees, speakers, and guests. This year\u2019s event will be scaled down to facilitate increased security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019re committed to creating the safest environment we can,\u201d <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said <\/span><b>Stepan Veselovskyi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, CEO of IT Arena and Lviv IT Cluster. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDespite unprecedented challenges around the country, Ukraine\u2019s tech community has continued to thrive in 2022. At the moment, the overwhelming sentiment from our members, partners, speakers and attendees is that we should go forward with our event. So we will gather in person to show the whole world how brave and resilient Ukraine is where we say life can and should go on.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>About IT Arena<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 2014, IT Arena has annually brought members of the Ukrainian and Eastern European tech communities together for one special event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The conference typically attracts more than 5,000 tech professionals from over 40 countries. These professionals come to IT Arena from all areas of tech \u2013 from large companies like Google, F1, Spotify, Tesla to local startups like Liki24, Legal Nodes, AXDRAFT.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IT Arena provides a plethora of opportunities for attendees to learn, network, and share ideas about the future of tech.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The media accreditation for IT Arena 2022 is already open. Get your media pass <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/itcluster.typeform.com\/to\/lqEjYL5c\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>here<\/b><\/a><b>. <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IT Arena, one of Eastern Europe\u2019s largest professional tech conferences, is bringing together Ukraine\u2019s and international tech experts for a live event. The tech conference will be held in Lviv on September 30-October 1, 2022. Despite unprecedented challenges around the country, Ukraine\u2019s tech community has continued to thrive in 2022. 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