18.11.2024, Warsaw
BelTech Going Global 2.0
The #BelTechGlobal, the largest offline conference for Belarusian technology companies abroad, was held on Saturday, November 16, at the Cambridge Innovation Center in Warsaw, Poland. The event brought together more than 300 Belarusians becoming a key platform for the revival of the Belarusian technology ecosystem, which has been fragmented due to mass migration.
The conference was held entirely in English, with one presentation in Belarusian.
The event was opened by Dmitry Danilchuk – head of ZPP Belarus Business Center and Kuba Binkowski – Board member and director of the Law and Legislation Department of the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers.
The conference included the following panels and discussions:
- Foster Revival and Growth: Promote the revival, formation, and establishment of a new Belarusian technological and innovation ecosystem.
- Strengthen Business Partnerships: Recreate and strengthen business partnerships among representatives of Belarusian tech businesses
- Facilitate International Integration: Support the integration of Belarusian companies into global ecosystems, helping them establish sustainable international connections.
- Panel discussion: IT outsourcing: transformation in times of global disruptions
- Panel discussion: Hardware companies: supplier management and the arrival of the AI era
- Panel discussion: B2B companies: navigating shaped needs of Global Belarusian IT firms
- Keynote speech: Building a unicorn: What successful founders do differently
- Keynote speech: How to sell a company with Belarusian roots: real-life cases
- Panel discussion: Investments during venture winter: surviving or thriving
- Pitch session: 7 raising Belarusian startups
- Panel discussion: CSR and impact tech – this discussion was attended by Agata Boutanos. Director Brussels Office Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers
- Speech: Belarus as a forge of high-tech businesses: Does the national high-tech sector have a future?
- Speech: Top – 10 Belarusian startups in 2024
General partners of the event were SMAR Global, Melnichek Investments, FBA (Freedom Business Area), EXANTE, Partners, ALMA Agency and a partner of the event was ALMA Agency.
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ZPP | Belarus Business Center is a premier initiative launched by the Polish Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers (ZPP). Our project delivers comprehensive informational support, expert consultations, and legal advisory services to Belarusian companies expanding or relocating to Poland. The mission of the Business Center is to empower the Belarusian business community in Poland, throughout Europe, and on the global stage.