07.10.2025
On September 16–17, 2025, Brave1 Defense Tech Valley 2025, the world’s largest investment summit dedicated to defense technologies, organized by the Ministry of Digital Transformation and the Brave1 initiative, took place in Lviv. The event brought together over 5,000 participants: venture funds and investors from Ukraine, Europe, and the US, end users of defense solutions, and leading companies and startups.
Representatives of the department and students joined discussions, networking, and presentations of solutions in the fields of unmanned systems, AI, and computer engineering—areas that shape the modern asymmetric doctrine of warfare.
As part of the summit, applications were opened for the Battle Proven competition for defense and dual-use startups in three categories: Trail Blazers, Gamechangers, and Power Players. The summit became a platform for investing in battlefield-tested solutions and scaling innovations that are already impacting global security.