Almost, the Ukrainian president is appealing to global tech

No other country in the world will give you such an opportunity to use the most advanced technologies at the state levelassured President Zelensky, who was mostly present at VivaTech, but also at other events in Europe such as The Next Web Conference in Amsterdam.

Moreover, the main Parisian fair for new companies and technologies dedicated to innovation and digital technology welcomed 14 young Ukrainian companies. It runs until Saturday.

Ukraine is an opportunity for youtimes the Ukrainian president, wishing to benefit from a lend-lease method, on the model provided by the United States during World War II to assist European countries in the war.

We will be offering digital lend-lease in the coming weeks at a reconstruction conference in Lugano, Switzerlandhe said.

In a khaki outfit, Zelenski admitted that he was it is not uncommon for a president or head of government to speak through a hologram.

But “it’s not just the element of Star Wars we will live, we will also defeat the Empire, ”said the former actor, referring to Russia.

Ukraine often featured the advanced level of digitization of the state, which allowed it to better resist the Russian offensive.

This digitization allows, for example, to continue to issue payments to war zones, which would be impossible in a traditional organization, explained recently Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Mykhaïlo Fedorov.

Technological Ukraine in force

Moreover, fourteen Ukrainian initiatives are present at VivaTech.

These include ClinCaseQuest, a platform for studying clinical trials, aimed at medical students, and Miso, which offers a monitoring system that evaluates a person’s health using algorithm to prevent heart disease.

We want to show that Ukrainian technology, whatever the case, despite the war, the challenges in the country, it is strong and can offer interesting partnerships for French and European companies.Diana Sidko, head of the Ukraine kiosk at VivaTech, told AFP.

This is the first time Ukraine has a booth on this show. Many American and European global companies have their development teams based in Ukraine, it is actually thousands of people working today, about 130,000 in engineeringunderlined Diana Sidko.

Every young company is present at VivaTech is a seed of courage, who constantly works in relatively difficult conditions, but knows how to overcome them, whether based in Ukraine, Portugal or temporarily in France like Lookerz and Cardio AIdetails Diana Sidko.

Ukraine’s presence on the show was decided before the Russian invasion.

In the autumn, before the war broke out, there was already a desire for Ukraine to participate in VivaTech. It is a country which, in the technological scene in Europe, is increasingly dynamic, active and interesting.underlined the show’s director Julie Ranty.

Despite the conflict, discussions continued, with the aim that these young Ukrainian companies could continue to develop their activities and find visibility, customer, investments at Viva Tech.