Thanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine — among whom are our students, faculty, and alumni — we had the opportunity to organize and hold the event already in the status of a European Digital Innovation Hub WIN2EDIH.

Sincere congratulations to the winners of IDEAFEST-2025!
The winner's diploma and a monetary prize were awarded to the team of Serhii Makarevych and Tymur Barannik for their development "ALLTECH VTOL" — a hybrid drone with vertical take-off and horizontal flight capabilities.

Among the prize-winning innovative projects:

·         "Gas Analyzer. Smart Pen"— a device for automatic gas shut-off and room ventilation in case of a leak (by Viktoriia Lutsiuk, mentored by V. F. Hraniak)

·         Kopiyka Capital— a mobile application for micro-investments (by Viktoriia Lykhobaba, Artem Meshcheriakov, Yurii Holub, mentored by T. Chernytska)

·         Pulsario— a fitness app with synchronized motion tracking (by Oleksandr Patorzhytskyi, mentored by T. Chernytska) was among the finalists.

The high-level organization of the festival was made possible thanks to the joint efforts of many creative individuals, enabling all participants to enjoy the event and nurture hope for a better future.
Special thanks are extended to KNEU Rector, Professor Dmytro Lukyanenko, for supporting youth entrepreneurial initiatives and providing visionary leadership.
We are also grateful to our American partners — Prof. Gregory GardnerandProf. Jerrold Groshek.

We sincerely thank all the members of the IDEAFEST 2025 jury for their time, attention, professional evaluations, and valuable comments, which played an essential role in the development of each of the 19 student projects. The jury included:

·         Dmytro LUKYANENKO — Rector of KNEU, Doctor of Economics, Professor

·         Andrii HORBAN — Head of "Up To Future", academician of the Academy of Higher Education of Ukraine, Doctor of Medical Sciences

·         Savelii BONDARENKO — Director of LLC "NEO ACCOUNTING", member of the Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs

·         Oleksandr DYBA — CEO of "BADVASY"

·         Ihor POROKH — Venture investor

·         Yuliia TUR — Head of Retail Business at Sense Bank

Special thanks go to the Scientific Research Institute for the Development of Financial Business at KNEU, and personally to Serhii Khodakevych; to "Up To Future" Association for valuable prizes for finalists; and to LLC "BADVASY" for sponsorship — your support empowers young people and inspires new achievements. We are grateful to Sense Bank for participating in expert evaluations, for providing great prizes, and for the slogan: "Every business idea makes sense."

We are proud that our initiative was recognized by the British Association of Entrepreneurship Educators with the "Catalyst for Change in Entrepreneurship Education" award.

The WIN2EDIH project team (Prof. L. Antonyuk, Prof. D. Ilnytskyi, Prof. T. Maiorova, Prof. T. Chernytska, Assoc. Prof. O. Denysova, Assoc. Prof. Yu. Gurova, Senior Lecturer O. Tyrkun), the Institute of Higher Education, and the KNEU Entrepreneurship Center hope that the competition projects will find further development toward victory and the reconstruction of Ukraine!

Co-funded by the European Union. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be held responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein. The WIN2EDIH project has received funding under the Digital Europe Programme, Grant Agreement No. 101191647.

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