Autumn Lviv has traditionally become a meeting place for technology companies and their representatives: IT Arena — 2025 at the end of September brought together over 6,000 participants from 40 countries, 100 speakers and 300 companies. This year, discussions focused on what is shaping the IT future: artificial intelligence, defense developments, attracting investments, cybersecurity.
Autumn Lviv has traditionally become a meeting place for technology companies and their representatives: IT Arena — 2025 at the end of September brought together over 6,000 participants from 40 countries, 100 speakers and 300 companies. This year, discussions focused on what is shaping the IT future: artificial intelligence, defense developments, attracting investments, cybersecurity.
One of the participants and official partners of this year’s event was SharksCode, a Ukrainian licensed IT company that creates high-tech software solutions for B2B, in particular for the iGaming sector.
«This year’s IT Arena outlined key trends — from AI-first state, AI agents to defense innovations. At SharksCode, we systematically analyze trends to understand where the technological world is heading and create solutions that will be relevant tomorrow. An important insight from the conference was that today the ability to adapt quickly is becoming more important than the ability to scale,» emphasizes Anton Aseev, CEO of SharksCode.
For the SharksCode team, this was the first experience of partnership in an international conference, but it turned out to be inspiring, as it opened the door to new acquaintances and contacts. Many of the participants were interested in current vacancies in the company: SharksCode is growing dynamically, and currently has more than 20 new positions (you can view them at the link). At the same time, the company believes that successful teams are built around people, so if a specialist has solid experience and potential, SharksCode can open a position specifically for him.
According to team representatives, the main result of participation was a broad dialogue with the market: dozens of new business contacts, requests for partnership and cooperation from potential candidates.
«For us, IT Arena is not only a showcase of innovations, but also a platform for a lively exchange of energy and ideas. We set ourselves the goal of not just demonstrating the brand, but creating a connection. People who came to our stand saw SharksCode not only as an IT company, but as a close-knit team and values. And when event participants showed a sincere desire to partner with us after just a short acquaintance, it confirmed the value of our strategy of working with people,» says Oksana Petrenko, HR Director of SharksCode.
IT Arena 2025 showed that Ukraine remains an active player on the world’s technological map. Moreover, Ukrainian technologies today are not just adapting, but shaping its new dynamics. Thus, IT Arena has become for SharksCode, first of all, a platform for dialogue with the market and another step towards expanding its own ecosystem, the focus of which is building long-term partnerships.
