The State University of Information and Communication Technologies (SUICT) held a trilateral online coordination meeting with representatives of the European Office of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the University of the Commission for National Education (UKEN, Poland) to discuss the organization of a high-level international conference on digital transformation and cybersecurity. The event is scheduled to take place in Poland, hosted by UKEN.

The meeting was held with the participation of SUICT Rector Volodymyr Shulha and follows the recent presentation of the Ukrainian-Polish university initiative at the ITU Headquarters in Geneva by the SUICT delegation.

Participants of the meeting included:

From SUICT (Ukraine):

• Volodymyr Shulha, Rector, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor
• Oleksandr Korchenko, First Vice-Rector, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor
• Serhii Kondratiuk, Assistant to the Rector, Professor at the Department of Public Management and Administration, Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, PhD in Political Science
• Anastasiia Petrovska, Head of the International Relations Department
• Taras Ilnytskyi, Lead Specialist, International Relations Department

From ITU (International Telecommunication Union):

• Jarosław Ponder, Head of the ITU European Office
• Valentina Stadnyk, Programme Coordinator, ITU European Office

From UKEN (Poland):

• Serhii Semenov, Rector’s Representative for the Development of Information Technology and Telecommunications, Habilitated Doctor, Professor

The meeting addressed several key aspects of the upcoming forum, including the timing, location, title, format, and the roadmap for its preparation.

“We sincerely appreciate the constructive collaboration with our international partners from ITU and UKEN. We are fully committed to ensuring that this conference becomes a landmark event for the European cybersecurity community,” emphasized SUICT Rector Volodymyr Shulha.