Thursday 7 October at 14:00, the conference of a global scale IT Arena starts in Lviv, with the theme «Beyond Virtual.» This would be the eighth time it takes place in our city, gathering entrepreneurs, start-uppers, and representatives of the leading tech companies.

Follow Lviv Now’s Wealth and Democracy page for reports on the panels and discussions. Topics include «Think Quick: Architecture for Real Decision-Making,» «User Obsession,» «Transforming Your Business with Machine Learning,» and «Ten Things We Learned from Running Production Infrastructure at Google.»

This year, the event will be held in a hybrid format. During the first two days, October 7-8, there will be exclusively online lectures within four categories: Business, Product, Technology and Startup.

On Friday, the exclusive meeting with Maye Musk a nutritionist, model, and mother of SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk will be streamed on the IT Arena web platform.

The last day of the conference, Saturday 9 October, is devoted to in-person networking, so the meetups will take place offline in fourteen locations in the city centre, such as Mad’s Bar House and the Leopolis Hotel. The price of the tickets starts from $59 for a Standard, $199 for Senior, and $399 for Executive. Note, that only last two provide participants with access to the Afterparty taking place in Venue MAD bar’s house on Friday, 8 pm. Additionally there is a special networking session for executive ticket holders at the same place and time.

You can buy tickets and learn more at the IT Arena website.

By Vitalii Holich

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