War in Ukraine: in the form of a hologram, Zelensky calls for global tech
Sylvie Claire / June 17, 2022
In the form of a hologram present in several locations in Europe, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on global technology companies to come and help him rebuild Ukraine.
No other country in the world will offer you such a chance to use the most advanced technologies at the state level, assured President Zelensky, virtually present at VivaTech, the major Parisian trade fair for start-ups and technology.
Ukraine is an opportunity for you, repeated the Ukrainian president, who wants to benefit from a form of lend-lease, on the model of that provided by the United States during the Second World War to help European countries at war.
We will be proposing digital leasing in the coming weeks at a rebuilding conference in Lugano, Switzerland, he said.
But that's not the only part of +Star Wars+ that we'll be putting into practice, we'll be beating the Empire too, the former actor said, referring to Russia.
Ukraine often highlights its advanced level of state digitization, which has enabled it to better resist Russia's offensive.
This digitization allows it, for example, to continue to issue payments in war zones, which would be impossible with a traditional organization, explained Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Mykhaïlo Fedorov recently.
VivaTech brings together for four days, until Saturday, in Paris, start-ups and large groups, for a large exhibition at the Porte de Versailles dedicated to innovation and digital.