The Ukrainian female leadership summit — marketing · sales · business

One origin. Global impact.

One day in one deliberately small room. Ukrainian women who already lead teams, budgets and revenue — sitting with executives from the global brands they sell to, work for, and are about to run.

Miami · September 2027 Dubai · November 2027 New York · Warsaw — announcing soon
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She belongs in the room.

Not because she was let in. Because she is already the person this room was built for.

The room

100 women. Carefully selected.

One shared origin. Very different worlds. Every guest is selected for the perspective, experience, network or ambition she brings into the room.

01

Global leadersVP · EVP · CMO · CPO · Heads · Directors

Women leading marketing, innovation, product, strategy, commercial and growth functions at global companies.

  • Corporate
  • Global brands
  • Executive
02

FoundersBuilding companies globally

Ukrainian women building companies across the US, Europe, the Middle East and beyond.

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Scale
  • New markets
03

Capital & ecosystemVC · investors · strategic partners

Investors, venture leaders, advisors and strategic partners shaping the next generation of businesses.

  • Capital
  • Access

Alongside them: a small number of global guests, not only Ukrainian, invited personally by SVOYA — executives, investors and partners who bring access to markets, capital and partnerships, and selected influencers and media voices who carry the conversation beyond the room.

100Women per chapter
4Cities, one community
10Curated introductions per guest, at most
1Day, one room, no side tracks

Why SVOYA

We share an origin. We operate globally.

Ukrainian women run global functions, build companies on four continents and sit on the other side of the table as investors and partners. Most of them have never been in one room together.

SVOYA exists to change that — one room, at their level, deliberately selected.

Being Ukrainian is our origin, not our product. We don't gather to celebrate where we come from — we gather to build what comes next: companies, capital, markets, leadership.

No pity panels. No war as a personality. Access, connections and business.

svoya
svo·ya · adjective, Ukrainian
  1. Her own.Her own company, her own function, her own decision — not borrowed, not permitted.
  2. One of us.The woman you don't have to explain yourself to. She already knows the accent, the distance — and the stakes.
  3. A room.City by city, around the world — 100 women in each room, each deliberately selected, each able to open a door.
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The value

The value is not only who is on stage. It is who is in the room.

Intentionally limited to 100 guests · every guest selected

SVOYA Connections

Come for the conversation. Leave with the connections.

Before the event, every guest tells us what she is looking for — and what she can bring to the room. We curate the connections that matter.

  1. Who you want to meetA role, a company, an industry — or one specific person.
  2. What you are looking forPartnership, investment, clients, talent, market entry or your next career move.
  3. What you can offerExperience, access, capital, a market, a network, a team.
  4. Which markets matterThe US, Europe, the Middle East — wherever your next move is.

Business outcomes

What can happen in this room?

i.

Find your next strategic partner.

Co-founders, distributors, joint-venture partners — people who can move your plan faster.

ii.

Meet an investor.

VCs, angels and strategic investors who already understand where you come from.

iii.

Enter a new market.

Women already operating in the US, Europe and the Gulf — and the doors they know.

iv.

Find your next client.

Decision-makers from global companies — through a personal introduction, not a cold pitch.

v.

Meet a woman already doing what you're about to do.

Someone a few steps ahead on the path you are about to take.

vi.

Build a relationship that outlives the event.

The room is small on purpose — so what starts here keeps going.

The experience

One day. Built for business.

Draft program — sessions and timings will be confirmed closer to each event.

MorningPerspective & first connections
Arrival, coffee, first table

Seated by what you are building and where — not by who you came with.

Opening: one origin, global impact

A global executive, a founder and an investor on what it took — and what comes next.

Leaders in conversation

Executives from global brands on markets, leadership and where the next opportunities are.

SVOYA Connections · round one

Your first curated introductions, arranged before you arrive.

Lunch, seated

Rotating tables, so you don't spend the day with the women you already know.

Afternoon & eveningConversations & open doors
Round tables · groups of 12

Choose one table: market entry, raising capital, scaling across borders, leading at executive level, AI and the next business model. Each table is hosted by a speaker or a guest.

Capital & founders

Investors and founders on what gets funded, partnered with and acquired — and why.

SVOYA Connections · round two

The rest of your introductions — plus the ones the day itself created.

Closing: one next step

Each guest names one connection she will take further after the event.

Networking

Guests, speakers and partners stay in the room. No programme — just conversations.

Selected voices

Women who run it, not women who talk about it.

Speakers are not the product — they open the conversations. Each one is chosen for what she has actually built, and stays in the room for the whole day: on stage, at the tables and in SVOYA Connections.

i.

Global executives

VPs, EVPs, CMOs, CPOs and GMs from global brands — the people who set strategy and budget.

ii.

Founders

Ukrainian women who built companies across the US, Europe and the Middle East.

iii.

Investors

VC partners, angels and strategic investors on what they fund — and why.

iv.

Invited guests

Leaders from global companies and funds, plus selected influencers and media voices — not only Ukrainian — invited personally by SVOYA.

v.

First names: announcing soon

Invited guests hear the names first.

vi.

Speak at SVOYA

Guests can apply to speak on stage or host a round table. Tell us in your request.

SVOYA Global

Four cities. One community.

South Beach, Miami — turquoise water and beach umbrellas Chapter I

Miami

  • Date17 September 2027
  • VenueAnnounced with your invitation
  • GatewayThe Americas
  • Room100 guests · by invitation

Where Ukrainian ambition meets the Americas. Leaders, founders and investors from New York to Toronto to LA — and everyone whose next market, partner or investor is American.

Request for Miami
The Dubai skyline with the Burj Khalifa Chapter II

Dubai

  • Date5 November 2027
  • VenueAnnounced with your invitation
  • GatewayMiddle East & global capital
  • Room100 guests · by invitation

Where Ukrainian ambition meets the Middle East and global capital. For leaders and founders in the Gulf — and for everyone in Europe looking for a second base, a partner or capital there.

Request for Dubai
Liliia Shchepkiv, founder of SVOYA
Founder & host

A note from the founder

I kept leaving conferences with a lanyard, a tote bag and no one who understood the second half of my life.

I have sat in beautiful rooms in five countries. The content was good. But none of them brought together the Ukrainian women I kept meeting one by one — women running global functions, building companies and investing, in a language they learned as adults, in markets they chose themselves.

SVOYA is that room. Sharp, warm and deliberately small. Come as you are — leave with the connections that shape your next decision.

Liliia Shchepkiv Founder, SVOYA

Invitation

Not a ticket. An invitation.

Early bird $190 until 31 March 2027
Standard $240 from 1 April 2027
Late bird $290 from 1 August 2027

One ticket, same access for everyone — the only thing that changes is when you book. An invitation is required, and the ticket is paid: you receive an invoice with your invitation, and your place is confirmed once it is settled.

Miami & Dubai 2027 · requests open

How it works

  1. Request an invitation
  2. Short application
  3. Curation — every request read by a person
  4. Personal invitation
  5. Invoice — your place is confirmed once the ticket is paid
Request an invitation

No payment is taken on this page — but the ticket is paid. If your request is accepted we send an invitation with an invoice.

What an invitation includes

  • The full day in a room of 100 selected guests
  • 5–10 SVOYA Connections, matched and arranged before you arrive
  • Round tables in groups of twelve
  • Hands-on workshops in small groups — topics announced closer to the date
  • Evening networking with guests, speakers and partners
  • The opportunity to speak on stage or host a round table (by application)
  • First invitation to the next chapter

No tiers, no better seat than yours — the room is small enough that everyone meets everyone. 10% of every ticket sold goes to the Armed Forces of Ukraine — supporting Ukraine now, during the war.

Questions

Before you ask.

100 Ukrainian women at senior level: corporate leaders (VP, EVP, CMO, CPO, heads and directors at global companies), founders building companies internationally, and investors and ecosystem leaders — plus a small number of guests invited personally by SVOYA: global executives, investors, partners, and selected influencers and media voices.

You send a short request — no payment is taken on this page. We read every request ourselves and reply within three working days. If the room is right for you, you receive a personal invitation with an invoice. The ticket is paid: $190 early bird, $240 standard, $290 late bird, same access either way. Your place is confirmed once the invoice is settled.

Before the event, you tell us who you want to meet, what you are looking for, what you can offer and which markets matter to you. We match you with 5–10 guests and arrange the introductions before you arrive.

SVOYA is built for Ukrainian women — including those born abroad and those who arrived recently. A small number of guests who are not Ukrainian — executives, investors, partners, influencers and media voices — are invited personally by SVOYA.

Yes. Once you are invited, the invoice can be issued to your company with a PO number and VAT details. We also send a one-page memo you can forward internally for approval.

The main stage runs in Ukrainian and English, with live translation both ways. Round tables run in the language of the group — you choose it in your request.

Not included — but every invited guest gets a negotiated room rate at the venue hotel and a shared travel channel to coordinate flights.

Full refund up to 60 days before the event. After that, you can move your place to another city at no cost until 14 days before the event. Invitations are personal — a transfer to another person goes through curation.

Yes. Supervised childcare runs all day, and infants under one are welcome in the room. Just tell us in your request.

Request an invitation

Request an invitation to the room.

Tell us who you are, what you are building and what you are looking for. We read every request and reply within three working days.

Thank you — your request is in. We read every one and reply within three working days. If your email app opened, press send to complete it.

We reply within three working days. This is a request, not a purchase — the ticket is paid by invoice after your invitation. Prefer to write directly? lilyachepkiv@ukr.net