On July 18, an International Conference "Humanitarian Demining in Ukraine. Problems and Solutions" was held in Kyiv. The event took place for the first time in this format.

All interested parties were present: representatives of the government, relevant departments, agribusiness, private companies that produce equipment for demining and conduct corresponding work, certification bodies, Ukrainian startups, engineers, inventors, civil activists, and international organizations, including the OSCE.

The event was supported by the main partner company MILITECH, MGO MPF, the project AIDER, NGO "CRIMEAUA", Charity Fund "+380", Charity Fund Format 20, Human Rights Federation, SIC Global, NGO UCPM, and Dobrobat. Among the speakers and participants were:

• Dmytro Fedorenko – commander of the sapper company of the 241st brigade of the TRO


• Volodymyr Koval – director of SE "UkrOboronService"


• Ruslan Berehulya – head of the Department of Environmental Safety and Mine Action of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine


• Roman Konovalov – advisor to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine


• Yevhenia Pugachevska – president of LLC "Active Alliance Company"


• Vakhtarch Milyenko – technical advisor of the OSCE Ukraine Support Project


• Pavlo Kosenko – executive director of LLC "International Certification Bureau"


• Mary Akopyan – former deputy minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, expert on law enforcement issues, coordinator of humanitarian demining issues


• Oleksandr Zarytsky – head of the Department of Geoinformation Systems of the Humanitarian Demining Center


• Yevhen Mykhailichenko – author of the demining project using autonomous automated systems and technologies based on artificial intelligence, neural networks, and robotics (Canada)


• Roman Palchikov – head of the Charity Fund "First Fund for the Renewal of Ukraine"


• Volodymyr Lavryk – head of the Interregional Center for Humanitarian Demining and Rapid Response of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine


• Mykola Didyk – deputy head of the Department of Pyrotechnic Works Management of the Department of Organization of Pyrotechnic and Other Special Works


• Vitaliy Lopushansky – founder of UADAMAGE


• Olesya Vasylets – deputy of the Bucha City Council


• Mykhailo Zykov – chief geophysicist of the company VITAVA d.o.o. (Slovenia)