Ukraine is an active participant in the international dialogue not only as a country demanding support, but as an environment where new approaches to security architecture, recovery, and technological cooperation are shaped. This experience, shaped under challenging conditions, has been transformed into practical tools to protect critical systems, rebuild, and enhance infrastructure resilience.
In this context, on April 19, 2026, a panel discussion will take place as part of the Ukraine Action Summit 2026 in Washington, D.C. — an event that twice a year brings together more than 700 representatives of civil society, the expert community, and U.S. political institutions to build long-term support for Ukraine and a shared cooperation agenda.
The summit, organized by the American Coalition for Ukraine (ACU), serves as a platform for coordinated advocacy efforts, combining participant preparation, the formation of shared positions, and direct engagement with members of the U.S. Congress. In this process, civic, expert, and business experience is transformed into concrete initiatives that influence political decisions regarding support for Ukraine.
As part of the summit’s conference program, which combines strategic discussions and cross-sector dialogue, a vision of Ukraine’s role in addressing today’s global challenges will be presented. During the panel discussion, Valerii Iakovenko, co-founder and managing partner of DroneUA/Futurology, will focus on the practical dimension of Ukrainian innovation — from the development of unmanned systems and security technologies to solutions in healthcare, emergency response, and infrastructure recovery.
These are systemic approaches that are already shaping a new operational reality across industries.
Within this framework, DroneUA and Futurology have built 12 years of practical expertise as technology integrators operating at the intersection of unmanned systems, automation, and infrastructure resilience. The companies focus not only on implementing individual tools, but on developing comprehensive models for their application — from field-level scenarios to integration into broader operational processes.
Valerii Iakovenko’s participation will ensure that this experience is presented within the broader context of technological cooperation between Ukraine and the United States — at the level of solutions, integration, and joint development.
DroneUA thanks the American Coalition for Ukraine for its consistent work to strengthen support for Ukraine in the United States — by uniting the efforts of civil society, the expert community, and direct engagement with Congress. It is exactly this kind of systematic work that turns public and professional voices into political-level decisions.
