Baltic IT Cruise. Program

Organizers

February 26, 2006 (Sunday)
15.00	Registration of the participants (Silja Line, Olympia Terminal)
17.00	Departure from Helsinki
17.30	Opening of the Cruise. Welcome cocktail and greeting speeches. (Atlantis Palace Hall)
18.00	Prescheduled B2B meetings (Atlantis Palace Hall)
20.00	Dinner
February 27, 2006 (Monday)
8.00	Breakfast
9.30	Arrival to Stockholm (Silija Line, Vartan Terminal)
10.30	Track 1. IT trends in the Baltic Sea region (Atlantis Palace Hall) "Russian IT Industry, emerging opportunities for cooperation" by Valentin Makarov, President of RUSSOFT Association "IT outsourcing in the Nordic Countries: trends and threats" by Per-Arne Sandegren, Senior Research Analyst of IDC Scandinavia ( pdf-version of presentation is available only for participants of the conference after request)
12.00	Coffee-break and B2B meetings (Atlantis Palace Hall)
13.30	Lunch
14.30	Track 2. Sourcing strategy and the best examples of IT co-operation in the Baltic Sea region (Atlantis Palace Hall) "Practical steps in creating a software outsourcing strategy" by Odd Ruud, Senior VP Business Development at Personec Group "Swedish eGovernment market - strategy to get closer" by Per Ake Andersson, eGovernment Manager at KERFI "Take advantage of Mobility" by Goran Marby, CEO of AppGate Network Security
16.00	Coffee-break and B2B meetings (Atlantis Palace Hall)
17.30	Track 3. Legal issues of IT co-operation (Atlantis Palace Hall) "Legal issues of IT outsourcing in Russia" by Alexander Strakh, MANNHEIMER SWARTLING
18.00	Prescheduled B2B meetings (Atlantis Palace Hall)
20.00	Dinner
February 28, 2006 (Tuesday)
8.00	Breakfast
9.30	Arrival to Helsinki