| In accordance with the agreement between the | | | | IT First Nation" and "Ecosystem of Software |
| Forum organizers and "Infopark" leaders, all association | | | | development industry". |
| members will get special discounts for participation in | | | | The third day of the Forum will be dedicated to |
| any Forum events. In addition, Belarus participants will | | | | acquainting the Forum guests with the sights of Kiev, |
| be offered an opportunity to organize a discussion | | | | the capital of Ukraine and one of the oldest cities in |
| section dedicated to "IT Outsourcing in Belarus" and | | | | Europe. |
| featuring presentations of Belarus companies within | | | | About Ukrainian Hi-Tech Initiative: |
| the Forum. | | | | Ukrainian Hi-Tech Initiative ( is a leading alliance of |
| According to "Infopark" Chairman of the Board, | | | | Ukrainian software development companies involved |
| Vladimir Bas'ko, "by partnering the Ukrainian | | | | into outsourcing, offshore software development, IT |
| Outsourcing Forum '2007 we get an opportunity to | | | | projects development and deployment as well as BPO |
| present Belarus IT potential at the international arena | | | | services outsourcing. Ukrainian Hi-Tech Initiative is the |
| better. In 2006 such Belarus companies as EPAM | | | | organizer of the annual Ukrainian Outsourcing Forum ( - |
| Systems, IBA, Intetics Co., ScienceSoft participated in | | | | IT Business Forum aimed at covering and promotion of |
| the UOF 2006 and noted a due level of the event. This | | | | Ukrainian software development and outsourcing |
| year we hope to involve a larger number of | | | | services market. |
| participants form Belarus in order to give a better | | | | Ukrainian Hi-Tech Initiative objectives are: |
| presentation of Belarus IT Outsourcing and BPO | | | | • expansion of international contacts and relations |
| services market. | | | | for collaboration in the area of software development |
| Ukrainian Outsourcing Forum is a business-forum | | | | • formation of positive image of Ukrainian software |
| aimed at boosting software development and | | | | development on the global markets |
| outsourcing services market in Central and Eastern | | | | • search and selection of the partners, providing IT |
| Europe. | | | | outsourcing and BPO services in Ukraine |
| The Conference held within the Forum will include | | | | • organization of meetings between Ukrainian and |
| several sections dedicated to the following subjects: | | | | foreign companies |
| • Global marketing of outsourcing services; | | | | • formation of investment into Ukrainian software |
| • Regional software development centers in | | | | development industry |
| Ukraine; | | | | Infopark - Belarus association of softawre |
| • Embedded Firmware programming and Hardware | | | | development companies. |
| Design in Ukraine; | | | | Scientific technology association "Infopark", uniting |
| • IT professionals market. Search. Training. | | | | software development companies of Belarus Republic, |
| Education. | | | | was founded in December 2001 by the government |
| • The best outsourcing solutions, | | | | decision in order to improve organizational, economic, |
| • Software quality. QA and testing. Independent | | | | and social conditions for the Information Technology |
| testing; | | | | research, development and export. With these views |
| • Business Processes Outsourcing (BPO). | | | | the association members get a number of privileges. |
| The Forum will feature an exhibition of the services | | | | Currently the association unites 57 software |
| and solutions by the leading Eastern European IT | | | | development companies with different types of |
| outsourcing companies. | | | | ownership, employing more than 8 thousand of IT |
| Also, within the Forum there will be held the "Ukrainian | | | | professionals, which amounts to more than 70% of all |
| IT Matchmaking Event 2007" that will allow participants | | | | software developers in Belarus. |
| to organize business meetings, acquaintances, | | | | Among "Infopark" members there is an absolute |
| company presentations and find partners. On-line | | | | majority of well-known leaders in local IT industry: |
| meetings scheduler allows viewing the Forum | | | | Closed JSC "BelHard Group", Closed JSC "International |
| participants' profiles and set the meeting in advance. | | | | Business Alliance" (IBA), "EPAM Systems", Closed JSC |
| In addition, the Forum participants will be offered a floor | | | | "NauchSoft", JSC "System Technology" and others. |
| at the following Round-table Discussions: "Ukraine, The | | | | |