On November 17th USBA co-organized a web conference dedicated to Ukrainian-Swiss cooperation in the informational technologies (IT) field.

High-ranking officials and leaders of the IT industry from both sides gathered to exchange experiences and to discuss new cooperation opportunities.

The forum covered e-solutions, digital transformation in the regions, SMART-cities and SMART-villages, IT startups, new investment conditions for foreign partners and other topics.

For those who were unable to join, we are happy to share current a couple of insights from the speakers:

Dmytro Senik, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, responsible for Digital Development, Digital Transformations and Digitalization: “Combining our capabilities in the fields of digitalization and innovation can lead to breakthrough results. Such results can significantly contribute to the economic development of both countries”.

Artem Rybchenko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Switzerland: “What’s most important is business trust and stability. Today, both parties can provide such conditions to private business. Ukraine is filled with opportunities now”.

Claud Wild, Ambassador of Switzerland to Ukraine: “As an ambassador to Ukraine, I had an opportunity to witness the dynamics of Ukrainian IT sector in person. In the recent years it has developed exponentially. Ukraine has also become an attractive place for big multinational companies to receive high-quality competitive IT services”.

Dmytro Sidenko, President of the Ukrainian-Swiss Business Association: “With the support of the Ukrainian Government, we can provide more IT services, especially to Swiss small and medium-sized enterprises. Today we see that IT link between the countries is already well established but it continues to constantly evolve. We trust that strengthening of ties between our countries will help us achieve our political and economic goals”.

We thank all the speakers and participants for a fruitful discussion! We are also grateful to GMS, our technology partner.

We invite everyone to become a member at USBA and to take IT evolution to the next level together.