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Program
November 21, Sunday
14.00 - 16.20
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Registration of conference guests (participants boarding in Helsinki)
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17.30
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Departure from Helsinki to Stockholm
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18.00
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Opening of the Cruise
Introduction of participants, announcement of the Program, welcoming cocktail
Greetings from Administration of St Petersburg City. Sergey Zhdanov,
Chairman of IT Committee, City Administration
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18.30
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B2B meetings
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| 20.30 |
Dinner, Viking Buffet |
November 22, Monday
| 8.00 |
Breakfast, Viking Buffet |
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9.30
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Arrival to Stockholm
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10.00
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Registration of conference guests (embarking in Stockholm)
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11.00
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Plenary Session
Sergey Zhdanov, Chairman of IT Committee, City Administration 
"IT outsourcing in the Nordic Countries: trends and threats". Mr.Nils Molin, IDC Scandinavia
"Outsourcing from strategic point of view for Nordic companies". Jan Book, Informatics
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12.30
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Coffee break
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12.45
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Top Executives from Nordic Countries present prospects and challenges of outsourcing in the region
"From control and command to trusted partnership". Ulf Baggstrom, Managing Director, CSC Sweden
"From Outsourcing Investigation to Offshore Development Center". Per-Ake Andersson, VINNOVA
Hakan Amnas, Managing Director, Syncron
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13.45
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Lunch, Viking Buffet
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14.45
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To succeed with new products
"Building a distributed company: MySQL". David Axmark, MySQL
"Software Product Development Opportunities in Russia - business, communication, legal, and culture issues". Alexander Andreyev, SJ Labs, CTO and founder
"Russian IT Revolution. Based on the results of the new market survey on software development market in Russia". Valentin Makarov, President, RUSSOFT Association.
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16.30
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Break and meetings
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17.00
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Best practices of outsourcing to Baltic States and Russia.
"SW-CMM implementation - mandatory or best practice?". Guntis Urtans, Exigen Group (Latvia)
"Benefits from Outsourcing to Russia: Case studies in Scandinavia". Kirill Vronsky, Reksoft
Andrey Terekhov, Lanit Tercom
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(16.50)
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(The ferry departures to Helsinki)
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18.00
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B2B meetings meetings
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20.30
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Dinner, Viking Buffet
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November 23, Tuesday
| 8.00 |
Breakfast , Viking Buffet |
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9.15
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Arrival to Helsinki
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09.30
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Plenary Session.
Greetings from the Center of Software Expertise, Innopoli. Marja-Reetta Paaso.
IT co-operation in the Baltic Sea region: governmental programs and business trends
Jari Angesleva, IFC/ ICT Connector
Matti Maki, Finpro
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10.00
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Top Executives present prospects and challenges of investments and establishing offices in the Baltic Sea region.
"Acquisition Integration - TE Way". Jaakko Parkkinen, VP TietoEnator Banking and Insurance
"To set up operations in Baltic States - real experience, challenges, legal issues". Harry Piela, Sybase Baltic.
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11.00
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Closing speech. City of Helsinki. Tuomo Karakorpi, IT Director of City of Helsinki.
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| 12.00 |
Lunch and meetings, Viking Buffet |
14.00
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Participants from Helsinki are leaving the ferry
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17.30
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Departure to Stockholm (for the participants going back to Stockholm)
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20.30
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Dinner, Viking Buffet
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