The welcoming speech to the participants were presented by the Minister of Transport of the Czech Republic Martin Kupka, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Jan Marian, Commissioner of the Czech Government for the reconstruction of Ukraine Tomasz Kopechny, Temporary Commissioner of Ukraine in the Czech Republic Vitaliy Usaty, US Ambassador to the Czech Republic Bizhan Sabet and Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Czech Republic Matt Field.

The conference was initiated by “N1 Ventures”, which selected 11 leading Ukrainian startups for their presentation in order to engage foreign investment in the implementation of joint projects, including. h. within the framework of the rebuilding of Ukraine. Promising Ukrainian startups in the fields of aviation, healthcare, artificial intelligence were presented to foreign investors.

Vitaliy Usatiy expressed gratitude to the Czech government and business circles for solidarity and extensive military-technical and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, which is extremely important in conditions of the ongoing Russian aggression. Vitaly Usaty noted that “IT sphere is well developed in Ukraine and Ukrainian specialists are appreciated worldwide. Further cooperation in the field of innovation technologies is promising and mutually beneficial.