Welcome to the Russian IT Season 2003!
Dear colleagues,
Consortium Fort-Ross, Finpro and Russia ICT Connector Project invite you to
participate in the road show of Russian software development companies in Helsinki.
The seminar - presentation of successful co-operation between Finnish customers
and Russian software developers will take place in Finpro Building (Porkkalankatu
1, in Ruoholahti area), on November 10, 2003.
Russia ICT Connector Project has started in spring 2003 and runs with 12
Finnish companies joining it. All of them have their own targets and demands,
but all of them work in the field of information technologies and have needs to
strengthen their abilities to operate in Russia.
The project is jointly managed by International Finance Corporation (IFC) and
FINPRO. It is organised under the Private Enterprise Partnership (PEP) program,
which provides Technical Assistance (TA) to the private sector in the former
Soviet Union. The project has its office in Saint Petersburg, Rusia. It co-operates
with local software business community and has gathered practical information
and contacts among them.
In the seminar in Finpro building there are several Russian companies present
with the intension to discuss with Finnish companies and create active
co-operation with them. This event is one public part of the programme and aims
to create bridges on company and individual levels.
A few hours by car from Helsinki, on the other side of the border, you will
find the great resource of the best software developers in the world and can
benefit both from the extremely talented human resource and low cost structure
of software development. Several large Finnish and Scandinavian companies began
to outsource their software development and develop new products and technologies
using the Russian resource. Follow their successful examples which you hear more
about at the seminar!
Registration starts at 9.30.
You will have an opportunity to choose the best potential partners, study
their profiles and book meetings with them at our web site.
You are very welcome to our seminar!
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