10:15 – 10:45
Arrival, registration, welcome coffee

10:45 – 11:00
Welcome Notes

• Sebastian Schwenke, Managing Partner, ua.ventures / Managing Partner, BACB
• Dmytro Kuzmenko, CEO, UVCA Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association
• Alexander Soroka, Managing Partner, Network.VC
• Kateryna Kyslenko, Service Desk Ukraine, Ost-Ausschuss der Deutschen Wirtschaft e.V.
• David Hampel, Head of Unit Manufacturing Industries, Berlin Partner

11:00 – 12:00
Panel 1: Digital Infrastructure & GovTech
Capital deployment, market dynamics & investor perspectives

Why this matters:

The recent German–Ukrainian strategic partnership explicitly prioritizes cooperation in digital infrastructure, GovTech and AI, including joint projects, interoperable systems and sovereign AI development.

As bilateral programmes move from political alignment into operational deployment, concrete pathways for cross-border investment, infrastructure partnerships and scalable system integration are emerging.

Combined with Ukraine’s proven ability to deploy digital public services at scale, this creates a unique momentum for investors, operators and technology partners across the EU–Ukraine corridor.

Panelists:

• Oleksandr Iefremov, CEO, Kitsoft (Ukraine)
• Jakob Albrecht, CEO, polyteia GmbH (Germany)
• Dr. Max Hilgers, Entrepreneur and investor (Germany)
• Dr. Moritz Heuberger, MdB, Member of the Committee for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation, German Bundestag
• Moderation: Max Schwindt, ua.ventures (Germany)

12:00 – 12:30
Investment Cases (Ukraine) - Part 1
Pre-screened startups & selected opportunities

12:30 – 13:30
Lunch

13:30 – 14:30
Panel 2: Infrastructure, Energy & Dual Use
Capital deployment, market dynamics & investor perspectives

Why this matters:

The €90bn EU support package, combined with the German–Ukrainian strategic partnership, is accelerating capital deployment across defense, dual-use technologies, energy systems and critical infrastructure.

In practice, these sectors are increasingly interconnected: energy resilience, industrial capacity, logistics, digital infrastructure and defense-related technologies are becoming part of a broader European resilience and security architecture.

As procurement-driven markets, co-production models and cross-border industrial partnerships move into execution, new investment opportunities are emerging across the EU–Ukraine corridor.

Panelists:

• Maksym Riznychenko, Chief Growth Officer, ECOFACTOR (Ukraine)
• Connor Rehn, Director Defense & Security, TUM Venture Labs Aerospace & Defense (Germany)
• Roman Sulzhyk, Founding Partner and Head of the Investment Committee at Resist.UA Fund (Ukraine)
• Volodymyr Khmurych, Investment Advisor, Defence Builder Ecosystem & Fund (Ukraine)
• Benjamin Wilkening, Vision Lab Partner, earlybird (Germany) 
• Dr. Martin Vogelsang, Founder & Managing Director, Social Synergy Deutschland e.V. (Germany)
• Moderation: Stefan Schandera, ua.ventures

14:30 – 15:00
Investment Cases (Ukraine) - Part 2
Pre-screened startups & selected opportunities

15:00 – 15:30
Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00
Network VC Defense Demo Day

Ukrainian defense startups & scaleups

Hosted and organized by Network.VC Defense

Presented by Unicorn Events

For more details, visit Demo Day website

17:00 – 18:00 (optional)
Co-Investment & Structuring Workshop
Legal, operational & deal frameworks

Christoph Raethke, Founder, Angels of Deutschland
Market Access & Investment Reality in Ukraine

Maria Orlyk, Partner, CMS Ukraine
Cross-Border Investment Structures & Deal Mechanics

Stefan Schandera, Managing Partner, ua.ventures (Germany)
Risk, Compliance & Investment Frameworks

17:00 – 19:00
Investor exchange

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