Communication
This is the day of the Championship that brings the entire community together in the comfortable atmosphere of the Final.
The award ceremony
An exciting moment that we have been building up to for over two months. The moment that will finally reveal the winners of the anniversary season.
Speeches
Top-level experts will talk about IT, innovation, design, and business. New trends in the market and really relevant questions from the pros.
Friends Day Timeline
Product design
12:00-12:20
UI design
12:20-12:40
Testing
12:40-13:00
Frontend
13:00-13:20
Backend
13:20-13:40
Vadim Ilchenko, Engineering Culture in Product Companies
13:50-14:10
Sergiy Medvedyev, Devs' Future in AI-driven World
14:10-14:30
Nik Page, Embracing User-Centric Innovation: The Key to Business Success
14:30-14:50
Yuri Ternytsky, The Innovation Journey: Designing Solutions in a Product World
14:50-15:10
Iana Mykhailenko, Career Aspirations: On the Path to CTO
15:10-15:30
Final words, announcement and awarding of winners
Who is invited?
We want to share the twentieth anniversary season of the Championship with all the friends of DEV Challenge:
> participants and finalists of the twentieth season
> judges of this and previous seasons
> partners of the Championship
> people who have become part of the community for 20 seasons
Speakers
Vadim Ilchenko
CTO @ Mate academy
Passionate advocate of modern website development with over 6 years of experience in the tech industry, he embarked on his career as a Frontend developer in 2017. Since 2020, he has held the role of Lead Software Engineer, concurrently serving as the CTO at EdTech startup Mate academy.
Sergiy Medvedyev
Chief IT Architect @ TemaBit Fozzy Group
Chief IT Architect with 20+ years of experience, currently building a dream architecture team at Temabit for Fozzy Group. He started his career as an engineer for embedded solutions and IoT devices, then moved to software development as an Enterprise Architect, developing projects for leading global companies: Samsung, Ford, VW, Mercedes, OMNICOM, etc.
Nik Page
Product & Account Manager @ Salsita Software
Experience & Product guy who launched his first tech startup in 1979. He is an active speaker and participated in more than 25 conferences around the world.
Yuri Ternytsky
Co-Founder @ Practical Product Design
Product Design leader with a problem-solving mindset and graphic design, user research, workshop facilitation, and program management expertise. Co-authored the first edition of a product design course.
Iana Mykhailenko
Director of Engineering @ Turnitin
Judge and mentor of international competitions and hackathons, and moderator of the “How to Become a Great CTO” meetup series. She works as Director Of Engineering at Turnitin – the most famous anti-plagiarism program in the world.