Ukrainian Business Day: Chicago 2025 From Ideas to Scale

A bridge between Ukrainian innovation and American opportunity.

About Ukrainian Business Day: Chicago 2025

Organized by Trident Business Club, Ukrainian Business Day: Chicago 2025 – From Ideas to Scale is the premier annual business event connecting Ukrainian and American entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators.

Taking place on Saturday, November 8, 2025, at Eventus Hall in Chicago’s historic Ukrainian Village, the forum offers a full day of inspiration, practical insights, and meaningful networking.

This year’s edition focuses on scaling ideas into sustainable success — through collaboration, innovation, and cross-border partnerships.

Participants will take part in:

  • Expert-led panels on business law, finance, innovation, and leadership;
  • Interactive networking sessions with entrepreneurs and investors;
  • Sponsor and partner showcases featuring key organizations;
  • And an exclusive VIP dinner experience, featuring a signature culinary presentation by world-renowned Ukrainian chef Yevhen Klopotenko.

Ukrainian Business Day 2025 continues the mission of empowering Ukrainian entrepreneurs, fostering collaboration, and strengthening U.S.–Ukraine business ties for a global future.

Meet the Speakers of Ukrainian Business Day: Chicago 2025 – From Ideas to Scale

Stepan Fayfurka

Stepan Fayfurka

Founder and CEO STEPI

Taras Skavinskyy

Taras Skavinskyy

Senior Director of Analytics at CBRE

Kyrylo Kupin

Kyrylo Kupin

Co-founder and Chief Manufacturing Officer at SIZL

Vitaliy Ivanyshyn

Vitaliy Ivanyshyn

Founder Trident Business Club, Hubmee

Yevhen Kasyanenko

Yevhen Kasyanenko

CEO CryptoBee

Kateryna Cherkas

Kateryna Cherkas

DBA, Marketing Director, HRM

Yevhenii Khodakovskyi

Yevhenii Khodakovskyi

Media Producer at Khodakovska Production

Alex Nadtochiy

Alex Nadtochiy

President General Assembly & Manufacturing Corp.

Peter Ilnyckyj

Peter Ilnyckyj

Chief Operating Officer, Selfreliance FCU

Igor Lis

Igor Lis

Founder and CEO GrandEx Inc

Roman Slobodian

Roman Slobodian

Founder & CEO, Logistics Hub and SLON Logistics Inc.

Mila Ugryn

Mila Ugryn

Art Director at Ogilvy

Svitlana Ugryn

Svitlana Ugryn

CEO Trident Business Club, attorney

Julia Skuibida (Winter)

Julia Skuibida (Winter)

Owner Risk Managers/Insurance Broker Julia Skuibida Agency Inc

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Serge Guzenko

CEO&Founder WEZOM GROUP

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Ihor Bauman

Founder & CEO at Workee | Speaker | Investor | TechStars Mentor | Forbes Business Council

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Ruslan Falkov

Co-founder “Ruta Ukrainian Restaurants”

Nazar Mykytyn1

Nazar Mykytyn

CEO & Founder at Redtag

Klopotenko

Yevhen Klopotenko

Ukrainian chef, restaurateur and social activist

Nazar Nalyvayko

Nazar Nalyvayko

Vice President Commercial Business, Eleks

Partners of Ukrainian Business Day: Chicago 2025 – From Ideas to Scale

SIZL

GrandEx Inc

Selfreliance FCU

CryptoBee

Eventus Hall

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Membership is more than access — it’s participation in a network that creates opportunities, builds partnerships, and celebrates success.

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