ITBridge Connect 2026: EU-Ukraine Digital Collaboration Forum & Matchmaking

Connect. Collaborate. Create new digital opportunities.

Are you looking for trusted technology partners, innovative SMEs, or potential consortium members from Ukraine and across Europe? 

Join TBridge Connect 2026 — an international online brokerage event connecting Ukrainian and European digital ecosystems to foster new business partnerships, innovation collaborations and joint projects.

The event will bring together:

• IT companies, startups and scaleups
• Digital and innovation clusters
• European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIHs)
• Research organisations and universities
• Innovation agencies and business support organisations
• Organisations interested in international cooperation and EU-funded programmes

What to expect?

During the event, participants will:

🎤 Explore future opportunities in EU–Ukraine digital cooperation through expert insights and discussions.

🤝 Discover successful partnership models during a panel with companies, clusters and innovation ecosystem representatives from the EU and Ukraine.

💡 Learn about new collaboration opportunities in technology, innovation and international market expansion.

🚀 Present solutions and partnership ideas during pitch sessions focused on:

• commercial cooperation
• technology partnerships
• future consortium building

🌍 Learn how Enterprise Europe Network can support your international growth and help you find suitable partners.

Expand your network beyond the event

The matchmaking platform will remain open for 4 weeks after the live event, giving participants additional time to:

• schedule one-to-one B2B meetings
• identify technology and business partners
• explore market expansion opportunities
• find suppliers and clients
• build partnerships for future EU-funded projects

Why participate?

By joining ITBridge Connect 2026, you will have the opportunity to:

✓ Meet potential partners from Ukraine and the EU

✓ Discover new business and innovation opportunities

✓ Explore collaboration in digital technologies

✓ Connect with organisations interested in international projects

About ITBridge

The brokerage event is organised within the ITBridge project — an initiative strengthening digital collaboration between Ukraine and the European Union.

The project is delivered by a consortium of three leading Ukrainian IT clusters — Kharkiv IT Cluster, Dnipro IT Community and Odesa IT Family — together with two European partners: Transilvania IT Cluster (Romania) and Cluster Digital of Catalunya (Spain), with the support of the European Union's Single Market Programme.

The ITBridge project is funded by the European Union through the Single Market Programme under the grant agreement №101196018. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.