| Outsourcing services gain more and more popularity | | | | • Personnel training: educational programes, IT |
| on the markets of developed countries. Only recently | | | | training centers. |
| outsourcing has caused apprehension and offshore | | | | • Regional specifics. |
| outsourcing services were utilized by either large | | | | Software quality. QA and testing. Independent testing. |
| companies or professionals in the area. Now this is a | | | | • Implementation of CMM standards for quality |
| common business practice. In 2007 IDC research | | | | assurance. |
| company is anticipating rapid growth of small and | | | | • CMM – alternative approaches to quality |
| medium business influence on expansion of existing IT | | | | assurance. |
| market segments and creation of new ones. Overall | | | | • Software Development methodology, instruments, |
| changes occurring on the global IT market require | | | | and technology. |
| corrections in business-models of outsourcing services | | | | • Independent testing as a service. |
| provision. | | | | BPO in Ukraine |
| The Forum objectives are boosting software | | | | • Call-centers – BPO segment leader. |
| development and outsourcing services market, | | | | • Job for Europe – data input and bills processing. |
| discussion of global trends in IT markets, and | | | | • Other types of outsourcing. |
| addressing current issues in the outsourcing area. | | | | The Forum Format |
| In 2006, more than 200 professionals from all over the | | | | Conference |
| world participated in the Forum. Ukrainian Outsourcing | | | | The conference will be structured by sections with |
| Forum `2006 welcomed representatives of Sony, | | | | dedicated subjects: |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers, GE Healthcare, ACD | | | | • Global marketing. |
| Systems International Inc, JSC "Vimpelcom", Infopulse | | | | • Ukrainian regional Software Development centers. |
| Ukraine, KM Soft/Kvazar-Micro Corp., Validio | | | | • Embedded/Firmware programming and Hardware |
| Software, Lohika, EPAM Systems, Luxsoft, Murano | | | | Design. |
| Software, StarSoft and other widely known | | | | • IT professionals market. Search. Training. |
| companies. Overall 148 organizations from the USA, | | | | Education. |
| England, Germany, Denmark, Israel, the Netherlands, | | | | • The best outsourcing solutions. |
| Norway, India, Switzerland, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and | | | | • Software quality. QA and testing. Independent |
| other countries participated in the Forum. | | | | testing. |
| UOF ‘2007 Goals and Objectives | | | | • BPO. |
| • Presentation of IT outsourcing services potential | | | | Exhibition |
| of Ukraine and other Central & Eastern European | | | | The Forum will offer an exhibition of the leading |
| countries. | | | | Eastern European IT outsourcing companies. |
| • Attraction of new customers for outsourcing | | | | Ukrainian IT Matchmaking Event '2007 (B2B meetings) |
| services. | | | | Within the Forum there will be held the «Ukrainian IT |
| • Organization of B2B meetings between the | | | | Matchmaking Event '2007» where participants will |
| Forum participants. | | | | have an opportunity to meet future partners, hold |
| • Discussion of issues in development of IT industry | | | | business meetings and present their companies. On-line |
| and outsourcing. | | | | scheduling system allows studying the Forum |
| • Presentation of «Ukrainian IT Outsourcing | | | | participants’ profiles in advance and organize |
| Research 2007» | | | | meetings preliminarily. |
| UOF ‘2007 Subjects | | | | Round-table Discussions |
| Global marketing | | | | During the Forum well-known experts will lead the |
| • Cultural specifics of marketing on different | | | | following round-table discussions: |
| markets. | | | | • “UKRAINE, THE IT-FIRST NATION” |
| • Peculiarities in collaboration with SMB (small and | | | | programme development”. The subject of this |
| medium-sized businesses). | | | | round-table discussion is a programme of Ukrainian |
| • How to turn cultural and geographical proximity to | | | | Software Development industry expansion. |
| the Europe into an advantage? | | | | • “Ecosystem of Software Development |
| Ukrainian regional Software Development centers. | | | | industry.” This round-table discussion will deal with |
| • Regional Software Development centers | | | | the issues of training the Software industry personnel. |
| presentation. | | | | Recreational activities |
| • Software Development business in Ukraine. | | | | Within the Forum the participants are invited for a |
| • Development potential of the regions. | | | | sightseeing tour of Kiev including visits of the most |
| Embedded/Firmware programming and Hardware | | | | famous city sights. |
| Design | | | | Forum participants |
| • Potential of Embedded/Firmware programming | | | | Among the Forum participants there will be noted |
| segment. | | | | experts in outsourcing, representatives of the leading |
| • Hardware Design – new rapidly growing | | | | companies from the Eastern Europe, the European |
| segment of IT outsourcing. | | | | Union and the USA and which are interested in |
| • Embedded/Firmware programming and Hardware | | | | developing their business in the Eastern European |
| Design - outsourcing projects specifics. | | | | countries, as well as representatives of the national IT |
| IT professionals market. Search. Training. Education. | | | | Associations and local state authorities. |
| • Current status and trends of the IT labor market. | | | | |