Resilience is Ukraine

Breakfast for participants staying at the hotel venue

OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE: speeches from the organisers, partners, and General sponsor

Discussion: "THE HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF THE INTERNET: FROM THE BEGINNING TO TODAY"

The Internet began as an experiment. In Ukraine, it has become a symbol of resilience.
Topics for discussion:
- The origins of the Internet in the world
- The main principles underlying the global Internet
- Distribution of numbering resources in the world and in selected regions
- The first steps of the Ukrainian Internet
- Achievements of the Ukrainian digital space
- Trends and prospects for digitalisation

Moderators:
• Oleksandr Savchuk, Chairman of the Board of the Internet Association of Ukraine
• Tetiana Popova, Chair of the Association Council "Telecommunications Chamber of Ukraine"

Speakers:
• Oleksandr Olshanskyi, President at Internet Invest LLC (Imena.UA)
• Wolfgang Kleinwaechter, Professor Emeritus, University of Aarhus, former ICANN Board Member
• Daniel Karrenberg, Founder RIPE NCC, оne of the pioneers of the Internet in Europe

Discussion: "BEST PRACTICES FOR ENSURING THE RESILIENCE OF UKRAINIAN NETWORKS. COMMUNICATIONS IN FRONT-LINE TERRITORIES. ENERGY INDEPENDENCE"

How Ukrainian operators maintain communications in the most challenging conditions — under fire and with constant energy problems.
Participants will share real-life cases from frontline territories, practices for building resilient networks (ECP), experience in ensuring energy independence, and their vision of what to prepare for in 2025–2026.
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Topics for discussion:
- Deterioration of the security situation in frontline regions (Kherson, Zaporizhzhia)
- What was planned for 2022 — theoretical models of reserve capacity and security
- What really worked in the first months of the war, and what did not
- Models for building resilient networks- Energy independence of frontline networks
- Future risks and preparation for the 2025–2026 winter season

Moderator: Oleksandr Savchuk, Chairman of the Board of the Internet Association of Ukraine

Speakers:
• Oleksandr Kovalenko, Co-owner of Private Enterprise “LF Status” (Kherson)
• Oleksandr Melnykov, Owner of KVADRO.NET (Nikopol)
• Mykola Kucheruk, Director at Elit Line (Kramatorsk)
• Serhii Ostapenko, Owner of Sim-Telecom LLC (Sumy)

Coffee break from TELECON, visit to the exhibition in the lobby

"IMPLEMENTATION OF 10GPON"

Moderator: Oleg Zinkov, Information and communication systems engineer, Co-owner of KyivLink ISP
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Speaker: Oleksandr Melnyk, Co-owner of Vizit Net ISP

"OVERVIEW OF CLOUD SOLUTIONS"

Speaker: Serhii Kolesnychenko, СОО Ucloud

"ECOSYSTEM OF PROVIDER SUPPORT: HOW A MANUFACTURER BECOMES PART OF AN ANTIFRAGILE NETWORK"

Speaker: Evheniy Shevchuk, Technical Director Deepnet Group

Lunch at the hotel restaurant

"TELECOM IN THE BANI WORLD: HOW TO BUILD RESILIENCE IN AN ERA OF FRAGILE SYSTEMS"
The experience of international backbone operator RETN

The world has become fragile, uncertain and unpredictable.
How can we remain resilient when systems collapse instantly and stability is a myth?
Using RETN's experience as an example, we will look at how telecom companies build anti-fragile networks — from geographic diversification and zero-trust models to cyber resilience, hybrid clouds and human leadership.

In the BANI world, it is not those who avoid chaos who win, but those who know how to turn it into innovation.

Speaker: Olena Lutsenko, Business Development Director at RETN Group

Discussion: "NETWORK MANAGEMENT: INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE IN WAR CONDITIONS"

The resilience of Ukrainian communications at the level of backbone networks, data centres, traffic exchange points, cloud services and local ISPs during the war.
During the discussion, we will discuss critical infrastructure management practices, interaction between industry segments, and technological solutions that ensured continuity of communications even during periods of large-scale power outages and shelling.

Topics for discussion:
- Preparedness for 24 February 2022
- Components of network resilience
- Energy independence
- Technical protection
- Advice for foreign colleagues

Moderator: Tetiana Popova, Chair of the Association Council "Telecommunications Chamber of Ukraine"

Speakers:
• Oleksandr Olshanskyi, Ukrainian Backbone Networks LLC (Giganet.UA)
• Olena Lutsenko, Business Development Director at RETN Group
• Oleh Bludov, Chief Operating Officer at Homenet LLC
• Serhii Kolesnychenko, Chief Operating Officer at Ucloud
• Maksym Smilianets, Co-owner at Viner Telecom

"CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS REGULATION (CPR).
PECULIARITIES AND CHALLENGES OF IMPLEMENTING EUROPEAN STANDARDS IN THE CURRENT UKRAINIAN REALITIES."

Speaker: Eduard Herzhyk, Deputy Head of Sales Department of Information Cables ODESCABEL PJSC

"GPON/XGSPON ONU - UNDER THE HOOD FROM EQUIPMENT VENDOR PERSPECTIVE"

Speaker: Marcin Kuczera, Spiritus Movens at LeoLabs.pl (Poland)

"INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION CHECKLIST: SIMPLE RULES THAT SAVE NETWORKS"

How to build a secure infrastructure — not only with firewalls, but with the right architecture logic.
A practical checklist of basic but critically important levels of protection: from addresses and routes to DNS, certificates, and naming policies.
Concise, structured, with comments.

Speaker: Oleksiy Semenyaka, Senior Community Development Officer, Technical Advisor of RIPE NCC

"BCOP RIPE Task Force: DOCUMENTED EXPERIENCE BASED ON NOGUA AND RIPE NCC"

Presentation of documented experience in maintaining the stability of Ukrainian networks during the war.

The BCOP (Best Current Operational Practices) Task Force was formed at RIPE 67 in October 2013 to initiate and coordinate the process of documenting important common operational practices in the field of Internet networks. Since the start of the full-scale invasion, RIPE has been carefully studying the unique experience of Ukrainian operators and, based on NOGUA, already has good practices that form the basis of documented network resilience recommendations for the entire global community.

Moderator: Maksym Smilianets, Сo-owner of the Viner Telecom ISP, Chairman of the NOGUA Programme Committee

Speakers:
• Eliza Rohotska, Privacy Associate at Axon.Partners
• Solomiia Yaremenko, Lawyer at Task Force BCOP RIPE NCC

Free time

Transfer from the hotel venue to the evening social event location

Evening Social Event with a buffet and modern Ukrainian flavor accompanied by musical sets from Dj Voron

Dress code: casual

Transfer from the evening social event location to the hotel venue

Unlimited networking at the hotel lobby

Breakfast for participants staying at the hotel venue

RIPE BREAKFAST
Hotel restaurant

Informal breakfast meeting with representatives of RIPE NCC, dedicated to practical issues of IP address space management, LIR registration and current Internet resource policies

Discussion: "CYBERSECURITY AND CYBER DEFENCE OF INTERNET NETWORKS. ARE UKRAINE AND THE EU READY FOR GLOBAL CYBERWAR?"

Ukrainian telecom has become the target of thousands of cyberattacks — from massive DDoS to multi-level penetrations into critical infrastructure nodes. The years 2024–2025 have brought us new challenges, but also formed new practices — mandatory for implementation for every telecommunications operator, data center or cloud service. Among us are operators, providers, representatives of IXPs, government agencies and the international community. Each of you is an important link in joint cyber defense.

Questions for discussion:
- What are the new threats to cyberspace?
- How are Ukrainian operators adapting to them?
- Are we forming a single cyberspace with the EU and what can we learn from each other?
- How to build resilience through cooperation?

Moderator: Iryna Kabala, Director IMC LLC (ISP)

Speakers:
• Frederic Taes,  Information Security Officer, active member of the Internet community and ICANN/EURALO (Belgium)
• Yevgeniia Nakonechna, Head of the State Cyber Protection Centre, Stae Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine
• Mykola Koval, Analyst at CERT-UA
• Oleksandr Fedienko, People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Chairperson of the Sub-committee on Cyberspace Security, Government Communications, Cryptographic Protection of Information of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on National Security, Defence and Intelligence
• Nataliia Tkachuk, Head of the Information and Cybersecurity Service of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Secretary of the National Coordination Center for Cybersecurity

"CYBER THREAT LANDSCAPE. PRACTICAL CASES OF CYBER ATTACKS ON OPERATORS/PROVIDERS. INTERACTION BETWEEN CERT-UA AND TELECOM"

Theses for approval

Moderator: Iryna Kabala, Director IMC LLC (ISP)

Speaker: Mykola Koval, Specialist CERT-UA

"DOMAIN RESOURCES. THE .UA DOMAIN AS THE COUNTRY'S DIGITAL IDENTITY AND A CYBER SECURITY TOOL"

The .UA domain is not just an address space, but a digital calling card for the state and an element of Ukraine's cyber resilience.
How the national domain supports critical services even during wartime, what role DNS infrastructure plays in security, and what challenges domain administrators will face in 2025.

International recognition of .UA as an example of a resilient digital ecosystem.

Moderator: Tetiana Popova, Chair of the Association Council "Telecommunications Chamber of Ukraine"

Speakers:
• Oleksandr Olshanskyi, President at Internet Invest LLC (Imena.UA)
• Svitlana Tkachenko, Director of Hostmaster LLC

"MODERN DATA CENTRES THROUGH THE PRISM OF TIME REQUIREMENTS AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES"

The presentation will focus on modern data centers in the context of the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies. We will explore the evolution and current capabilities of AI, the challenges of implementing high-load AI clusters, and the engineering infrastructure required for their efficient operation.

Key Points:
- AI Evolution and Impact: From early research stages to modern solutions that automate processes and significantly increase operational efficiency.
- Data Center Challenges: Rapid growth of GPU performance, rising hardware density, and increasing power consumption demands.
- Advanced Cooling Technologies: Transition from air-based cooling to liquid cooling, immersion cooling systems, and direct-to-chip cooling approaches.
- Schneider Electric Integrated Solutions: Modular data centers, power distribution architectures, and advanced cooling systems designed specifically for AI cluster infrastructure.

Speaker: Oleh Kravets, Head of Information Technology Market Development Group, Schneider Electric Ukraine

Coffee break from TELECON, visit to the exhibition

Discussion: "GENERAL ISSUES IN THE UKRAINIAN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY. NEW RULES. RESERVATIONS"

2025 was a turning point for the Ukrainian electronic communications industry — from changes in tax policy to changes in access to the CCE and employee booking mechanisms.
The panel will discuss the main achievements and challenges of the year, as well as what changes to expect in 2026.

Topics for discussion:
- Access to the CCE — what changes has the industry undergone?
- Tax environment: 2025 achievements in protecting the simplified taxation system
- New rules for providing electronic communications services
- Employee booking: current status and expected changes

Moderator: Oleksandr Savchuk, Chairman of the Board of the Internet Association of Ukraine

Speakers:
• Yuriy Matsyk, Director of the Directorate for Broadband Internet Access Infrastructure Development, Ministry of Digital Transformation
• Oleksandr Fedienko, People's Deputy at the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Chairperson of the Sub-committee on Cyberspace Security, Government Communications, Cryptographic Protection of Information of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on National Security, Defence and Intelligence
• Viktoriia Troshchenko, Member of the National Commission for State Regulation in the Spheres of Electronic Communications, Radio Frequency Spectrum and Postal Services
• Tetiana Popova, Chair of the Association Council "Telecommunications Chamber of Ukraine"
• Nataliia Klitna, Chair of the Board of the Association of Copyright Owners and Content Providers

Lunch at the hotel restaurant

"WHAT IS IPv4 NOT ABLE TO DO?"

IPv6 is not just an ‘updated IPv4’, but a fundamentally different approach to network architecture.
It is often described as ‘IPv4 on steroids,’ but in reality, IPv6 opens up possibilities that the old protocol will never have — from multicast and autonomous device operation to flexible next-generation routing mechanisms.
Practical examples of where IPv4 limits development and how IPv6 solves these problems.

Speaker: Oleksiy Semenyaka, Senior Community Development Officer, Technical Advisor of RIPE NCC

Discussion: "UKRAINIAN AND EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE IN THE USE AND REGULATION OF AI"

Artificial intelligence has already become a key tool for the development of the digital economy, but at the same time, it poses new challenges for security, ethics, and regulation.
During the international panel, participants from Ukraine, Finland, Germany, and Belgium will discuss the practical application of AI in the public and private sectors, security testing standards, cyber security challenges, and issues of state regulation of AI use.

Topics for discussion:
- European experience: balancing innovation and security
- Ukrainian context: implementation of AI in the public sector
- Telecom and AI: practical cases of customer service management
- Cybersecurity and regulation

Moderator: Oleksandra Krovyakova, СЕО & Partner ISP "Undernet"

Speakers:
• Elina Ussa, Executive Director of FiCom and President of EuroISPA (Finland)
• Frederic Taes, Information Security Officer, active member of the Internet community and ICANN/EURALO (Belgium)
• Ramutė Varnelytė, CEO IPXO (Lithuania)
• Yurii Kozlov, Deputy Director General for Technical Affairs, State Enterprise “Diia”
• Tetiana Honchar, Director of Strategy, VoIPTime

"LLM IN YOUR OWN DATA CENTRE: AI SOLUTIONS FOR OPERATORS DEPLOYING ON THEIR OWN NETWORKS"

Artificial intelligence is no longer the prerogative of large corporations.
Operators can deploy their own LLM solutions in their data centres — with full control over data, customisation, security, and independence from external clouds.
The presentation will cover practical aspects: from model and framework selection to GPU resource optimisation and distributed deployment via Kubernetes.

Moderator: Oleksandra Krovyakova, СЕО & Partner ISP "Undernet"

Speakers:
• Roman Pridybailo, Lead Computer Systems Engineer of Infrastructure Systems Administration at Division  Infrastructure Solutions Department, Private Enterprise Diia
• Oleg Zinkov, Information and communication systems engineer, Co-owner of KyivLink ISP

CONCLUSION SESSION: summarising results, awarding grants, raffling gifts

Free time

Gala Dinner by WEB PRO with a performance by military defender and violinist Moisei Bondarenko, a charity auction in support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a concert program by the DREVO band

Dress code: casual

Unlimited networking at the hotel lobby

Breakfast for participants staying at the hotel venue

Check out from the hotel