On October 10–11, 2025, the annual corporate innovation session “Industrial Hackathon” was held in the Column Hall of the Kyiv City State Administration. The event was organized with the support of the Department of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development of the Kyiv City State Administration within the framework of the Kyiv City Target Program for the Development of Industry, Entrepreneurship, and the Consumer Market for 2024–2025.
This year’s event brought together representatives of science, business, and government to find practical solutions for digital transformation, energy efficiency, and technological renewal of Kyiv enterprises.
The event was opened by Oleh Kuyavskyi, Deputy Head of the Kyiv City State Administration for self-governing powers, and Oleh Rafalskyi, Vice President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
With a welcoming speech, Volodymyr Kostikov, Director of the Department of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development of the Kyiv City State Administration, addressed the participants.
Oleksandra Antoniuk, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Deputy Director for Development and Innovation of the Kyiv Academic University (KAU), Head of the Scientific Committee of the National Council on Science and Technology Development, and initiator of Academ.City, presented the idea behind the creation of Academ.City.
During the Hackathon, participants worked on addressing pressing challenges in key areas:
Digital Transformation — production automation, IoT, AI, cybersecurity, data analytics, digital marketing, and green reporting;
Biotechnologies — bioactive components, biosensors for express quality control;
Energy and Resource Efficiency — consumption monitoring, energy saving, renewable energy, waste recycling, water purification;
Advanced Materials — composites, nanomaterials, shape-memory materials, 3D printing, additive technologies;
Production Technologies — innovative packaging, quality control, CNC systems;
Human Resources — digital solutions for training and HR process automation.
Teams from the Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics of the NAS of Ukraine actively participated in the hackathon, presenting innovative developments in the fields of artificial intelligence, data analytics, and digital automation of production.
 The first team presented the GuideAI project — a virtual tourist assistant powered by artificial intelligence (speaker: PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Senior Researcher, Olena Nikolaevska). During the event, the team found common ground with Electron Production Company and initiated a collaboration for the practical implementation of the project. |
 The second team — PhD (Mathematics and Statistics), Junior Research Fellow Volodymyr Zhydkov; Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor Petro Stetsiuk; PhD (Mathematics and Statistics), Senior Research Fellow Viktor Stovba; Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Senior Research Fellow Olha Khomiak; and Deputy Director of the “ROZA” Factory Dmytro Lapshyn — proposed the development of algorithmic and technical solutions for the textile industry project, namely Smart Control of Knitted Fabric Production at the “ROZA” Factory (presented by PhD (Mathematics and Statistics), Junior Research Fellow Volodymyr Zhydkov). |
Following the final presentations, two teams from the Institute were recognized among the winners of the event, receiving awards for the best technological solutions contributing to the modernization of Kyiv’s industrial enterprises.
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“We see how science and industry are gradually merging into a unified innovation ecosystem. For our researchers, participating in such initiatives is not only an opportunity to showcase their developments but also a path toward their real implementation in the economy,”noted representatives of the Institute of Cybernetics.
The Industrial Hackathon has become a platform where Kyiv enterprises gained new solutions to improve production efficiency, while scientific teams obtained opportunities for commercialization, partnerships with business, and participation in technology acceleration programs.
