Integrity Vision presented the possibilities of Ukrainian IT at the Road Show in London
Since November 30 till December 2, 2022, Integrity Vison had the opportunity to participate in several large-scale technological conferences: FinTech Connect and TechEx Global in London. The participation of Ukrainian companies in the events was organized in the format of a Road Show thanks to the IT Ukraine Association together with the Office for the Development of Entrepreneurship and Export, the national project Diia.Business, with the support of the USAID Program "Competitive Economy of Ukraine" and the Embassy of Ukraine in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the Ukrainian technological business to enter new international markets.
Integrity Vision was presented by CEO & Founder Inna Solovyova at Europe's largest fintech conference FinTech Connect and another world exhibition TechEx. Together with other Ukrainian companies, we presented the possibilities and services of Ukrainian IT at a joint national stand. We held individual B2B meetings with potential clients, met interesting partners and received a lot of valuable industry information. The Ministry of Economy of Ukraine supported the Ukrainian Road Show at TechEx Global, where advanced technological innovations were demonstrated. Deputy Minister Oleksandr Hryban spoke on the main stage of the IOT EXPO with a report on Ukraine's investment opportunities and economic reconstruction.
"Participation of the Ukrainian IT business in such technology industry events as TechEx Global and Fintech Connect allows companies to meet directly with potential customers and inform them about the continuity of business of Ukrainian companies, despite the challenges of war. Therefore, at USAID CEP, we make every effort to support the missions of the Ukrainian IT business, which represent themselves there, and demonstrate by our own example that the Ukrainian IT sector is stable and works without interruption during the war",
- says Valeriy Dobrovolskyi, Head of the Development Team IT, engineering and creative industries, USAID Program "Competitive Economy of Ukraine".
Fintech Connect is the largest local conference, which has been held in London for the ninth year in a row. More than 3000 visitors, according to the statistics of 2021, 35% are counted by Fintech companies, 25% by financial institutions, 11% by corporates, 5% by service providers.
This year there were more than 150 speakers, including representatives from Bank of America, SWIFT, Deutsche Bank, Vodafone, Booking.com, DNB Bank group, Spotify and more. At the event, DNB Bank's Head of Strategic Partnerships, Petter Lee-Johannessen, and Atom Bank's Deputy Chief Technical Officer, Paul Trotter, spoke on the topic: "FinTech and Traditional Banks: Competitors or Partners?". Fintech Connect speakers covered the following topics: the impact of the metaverse and web3, challenges and successes of artificial intelligence, open banking, CBDCs, DeFi, embedded finance, Fraud, AML and digital transformation, and more. It was a real FinTech revolution, because everyone who drives the global industry of financial technologies met in one place.
TechEx Global is the world's leading enterprise technology exhibition and conference. It consists of six streams held together, covering IoT (5G Co-location), Artificial Intelligence and Big Data, Cybersecurity and Cloud, Blockchain, Edge Computing and Digital Transformation Week.
Speakers from such companies as: NHS England, Mastercard, Lloyds Banking Group, British Computer Society, Zoom, etc. Mastercard Senior Vice President, Head of Digital Business Transformation Tom Harris gave a presentation on the topic "Why employees are your most important customer". During it, he spoke about the recognition and use of technology as a means of changing behavior and culture.
Ukrainian IT people are actively conquering the technological market of Great Britain, where 110 Ukrainian companies currently work, up to 3% of technical specialists have moved here since the beginning of the war. According to a study by the IT Ukraine Association, Great Britain is among the top ten most popular countries for Ukrainian companies to open new offices.
"We continue to look for opportunities and partners to expand business horizons and implement international projects! The UK market is growing quite intensively, and we see many relevant directions for cooperation with local business and IT companies. It was a great honor and pleasure to represent the interests of Ukraine together with such professional colleagues from the industry",
- says CEO & Founder of Integrity Vision Inna Solovyova.
The results of the Road Show will be held on December 9, 2022 in an online format, where media, business and state representatives are invited.
