DEV Challenge

Friends Day

November 3

UNIT.City

Season XXI Final will gather participants, judges, partners, and the entire championship community for networking, discussion, and celebration of the Final.

number of tickets is limited

Inspiration
of the season

The passion for digital and technology unites our community.

Therefore, as well as our traditional activities, we have prepared special ones for Friends Day in order to bring back pleasant memories of your first steps in IT.

Gaming zone

Retro games on consoles, and mini-tournaments where you can win prizes that will evoke geek nostalgia.

DJ set,
talks & drinks

The Friends Day aura is +100 to the chance to meet and connect with like-minded professionals.

Retro tech exhibition

An exhibition showcasing the evolution of technology from old-school computers to modern-day devices.

Speeches

We don't cook much speeches. But it's extremely delicious, based on selected recipes from top experts in tech, design and business.

Nostalgic geek stuff

The location will be filled with things to make your inner geek shine: meeting a Pokémon, fixing a teleporter, or becoming a Sims avatar.

The award ceremony

The moment that we have been building up to for over two months. The moment that will finally reveal the winners of the XXI season.

Friends Day Timeline

Gates open / Registration
from 11:00
Gaming zone
from 11:00

Arcade gaming machines and iconic retro games on consoles straight from childhood

IoT lab
12:00-17:00

A place where you can build several devices based on Arduino

Judges feedback
12:00-14:00
Retro games tournaments
13:00-15:00

Use all your retro console skills to dominate your opponents and win nostalgic prizes

Speeches
14:00-15:50

Volodymyr Sveredyuk, The future of Ukrainian IT engineering or why we out of jobs right now

14:00-14:25

Georgiy Fomichev, Conway's Law in restructuring an organisation to improve the efficiency of a tech company

14:30-14:55

Yulia Zhukovska, Smooth Sailing to Employment: Key Details That Make All the Difference

15:00-15:20

Mike Samovarov, Design in the Age of AI: What’s Next?

15:25-15:50

Сeremony Part
16:00-17:00

Final words, announcement and awarding of winners

Talks & Drinks, DJ set
from 17:00

Speakers & moderator

Volodymyr Sveredyuk

CTO @ DEV Challenge

Volodya is DEV Challenge winner in Backend nomination. Currently, he is CTO at DEV Challenge and a Lead Judge in Backend nomination. Volodya is also the co-founder and developer of keruj.com, a service that optimizes business management.

Georgiy Fomichev

CEO @ TENTENS Tech by SKELAR

Leader of a team that creates solutions for the social discovery niche. TENTENS Tech develops platforms used by tens of millions of users. Prior to SKELAR, he interned at Microsoft and participated in international maths competitions.

Yulia Zhukovska

Senior UI/UX Designer @ Hillel IT School

A UX/UI Design Expert with extensive experience in creating standout web platforms. Specializes in complex product design for data analysis, focusing on CRM systems and Smart Customer Engagement tools. Delivers end-to-end solutions from problem identification to user testing.

Mike Samovarov

Co-Founder, Design Director @ League Design Agency

Founder and former CEO of League Design Agency, growing the team from 20 to 60 employees. He has worked in Ukrainian and U.S. agencies, judged design competitions, and spoken at major events. Named Best Instructor at Dan-IT, his team has won 60+ awards and has been featured in design books and Slanted magazine.

moderator

Anastasia Sylenok

Co-founder Digitizing.Space, HATA Hub, NGO Civic.Space

Ecosystem builder. WTECH ambassador. Startup mentor & advisor. Launched Ukrainian Hub USA, 1991 Civic Tech Center, 1991 Mariupol. In the past: COO Creative Quarter, CEO Kyiv IT Cluster, Executive Director 1991 Civic Tech Center, Event Producer UNIT.City, Community Lead Techosystem.

number of tickets is limited