Topic

Impact of Decentralization in Key Sectors of Ukraine’s Digital Economy

Bio

Sergii Grybniak – Presenter & Moderator Alex Bornyakov – Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Ramesh Ramadoss, PhD – Chair, IEEE Blockchain Technical Community Paul Brody – Principal & Global Blockchain Leader, Ernst & Young Hart Montgomery – CTO, Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust Dimitrios Psarrakis – Board Director, GBBC

Date

November 12, 2025

Time (Kyiv)

1500

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Account manager

Max Semenchuk

Tag

Policy / LegalIndustryResearchAcademiaEnergyID / ZK / PrivacyDigital Democracy

Key Ideas

Alex Bornyakov (Ukraine Gov't):

• Priority sectors: Energy (P2P trading, automated settlements), social payouts, e-Hryvnia (CBDC)
• Main blocker: Legal frameworks requiring centralized data storage
• Need sandbox environments to test decentralized models

Paul Brody (EY):

• Short-term: Capital raising (proven ROI in crypto)
• Medium-term: Resilient supply chains
• Long-term: Corruption-proof procurement
• Public Ethereum preferred over building new L1s

Hart Montgomery (Linux Foundation):

• Critical: Decentralized digital identity as backbone
• Open-source increases security (contrary to common belief)
• Existing codebases available - no need to rebuild from scratch

Dimitrios Psarrakis:

• Web3 enables community-powered infrastructure (vs centralized)
• Three pillars needed: state, market, community (often forgotten)
• Ukraine opportunity: Build new state model unburdened by legacy systems

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