SET University at Lviv IT Arena: How It Was

Sharing experience is important to us even beyond SET University. Our team actively participates in conferences, panel discussions, and interviews related to our fields of study. One such experience took place in September at the Lviv IT Arena.

Together with Nick Giscinto, founder of Hilltop Technologies and SET Cyber Labs, professor and CISO at William Jewell College, and lecturer at SET University; Daniela Tavo, founder of Bold Text Strategies; and Pablo Breuer, president of Orthogonal Insights, we held a panel discussion titled “Cyberthreats: Protecting Businesses and People,” which was moderated by the university president, Iryna Volnytska.

During the discussion, the speakers compared the cybersecurity landscapes of Ukraine and the USA:

→ Nick Giscinto emphasized the necessity of collaboration between businesses and educational institutions to strengthen cyber resilience, drawing from his own experience.

→ Daniela Tavo highlighted that effective communication is critically important for maintaining cybersecurity, especially under limited resources. The panel was interrupted by an air raid siren, as if reminding us of the importance of the topic discussed.

As part of IT Arena 2024, there were also scheduled side events and meetups in which members of the SET team participated: Rector Maksym Pochebut at the meetup “Why Doesn’t Your Corporate Education System Work?”, and Director of Partnerships and Innovations Yevheniia Klepa at a meetup about community building by Sigma Software.

Special thanks to the USAID Competitive Economy Program in Ukraine for organizing the meetup on the crucial topic “Tech Solutions for Upskilling Workforce in Ukraine,” where Iryna Volnytska had the opportunity to raise the issue of the importance of lifelong learning. During this event, participants discussed the urgent need for upskilling and reskilling the workforce. One of the insights from the event was that over a lifetime, a person changes more than 10 professions—8 of which do not yet exist—highlighting the critical importance of our ability to learn.