ROSS 2005: Newsletter 4

Facts:
Dates – June 15-17, 2005
Place – Hotel Pulkovskaya, St Petersburg
Participating countries – over 20.
Participants – 600 (over 300 already registered).
Exhibitors – 30 (29 already sold out).
Registration – www.soft-outsourcing.com



Mr.Harris Miller – president of WITSA (World IT&Service Alliance) – will greet participants of ROSS 2005 on June 15 at the Plenary Session. WITSA is consortium of 67 information technology (IT) industry associations from economies around the World. WITSA members represent over 90 percent of the world IT market, it is the organizer of bi-annual World Congress on IT (WCIT) which are the biggest IT Forums in the World.

IBA will be a silver sponsor of the Summit
IBA, the largest IT provider in Eastern Europe and a top offshore global service provider in Central and Eatern Europe, is Silver Sponsor of the Summit. A ROSS participant since 2002, IBA will showcase its services and solutions at a section entitled "Best Practices of IT Outsourcing" and present Belarus at the Country Reception.

The program of the Swedish-Russian IT Outsourcing seminar that will take place on June 15th in frames of ROSS-2005 has been updated.
During the seminar organized jointly by the Swedish Trade Council, "Fort Ross" Ltd and RUSSOFT Association, participants will learn about the cooperation in the IT sphere in the Baltic sea region, will meet with Swedish companies interested in doing software development business with Russia. Delegation from Sweden is expected to be formed by 30-40 high rank managers from IT business. Russian IT companies that are currently working on software development projects with Scandinavian businesses will share their experience. The seminar will be followed next day by intensive match-making.

The special tutorial about legal aspects of IPR protection in outsourcing projects by Maxim Voltchenko, Duane Morris LLP will take place on the second day of the Summit.
As a dual-qualified U.S. and Russian lawyer, Max Voltchenko specializes in trademark law, copyrights, trade secrets, software development outsourcing, and transfer of technology. Please find the copy of his article - "Protecting Intellectual Property in Software Development Outsourcing. Nondisclosure Agreements as a Means to Go Beyond Intellectual Property Laws: But How Far Can You Go?!" that was submitted for publication in the Computer Law Association Bulletin at http://www.soft-outsourcing.com/program.php

Over 50 executives both from the leading telecom operators , as well as software providers for telecommunication area and telecom experts will visit SoftTelCo session during ROSS-2005. SoftTelCo is a specialized conference with the program which will be devoted to Innovation projects of software development for telecommunication sector (both in mobile and stationary communications), to Outsourcing of software development for telecommunication (overview of the completed projects in Russia) and to Present-Day billing systems.

Hewitt Associates - a global outsourcing and consulting firm - will take part and speak at the Summit.
Sushant Upadhyay will share a lot of their learning from the India market around Developing the Workforce for the Outsourcing Industry. Hewitt Associates delivers a complete range of human capital management services to companies including: HR and Benefits Outsourcing, HR Strategy and Technology, Organizational Change, Retirement and Financial Management, and Talent and Reward Strategies. The firm provides services from 89 offices in 37 countries.

Luxoft – one of the Top 100 outsourcing service providers - will sponsor the Panel devoted to the creating and managing of successful offshore engagements.

ITCI – one of the leading Russian providers of software development outsourcing services in financial sector – will sponsor the Panel devoted to growth of outsourcing businesses. Mergers and acquisitions are the main topics of the Panel where EPAM Systems’s president Arcady Dobkin will speak, among others, about company’s experience of an acquisition in Hungary.