The Forum objectives are boosting software development and outsourcing services market, discussion of global trends in IT markets, and addressing current issues in the outsourcing area.

UOF ‘2007 Goals and Objectives

• Presentation of IT outsourcing services potential of Ukraine and other Central & Eastern European countries.
• Attraction of new customers for outsourcing services.
• Organization of B2B meetings between the Forum participants.
• Discussion of issues in development of IT industry and outsourcing.
• Presentation of «Ukrainian IT Outsourcing Research 2007»

The Forum Format

Conference
The conference will be structured by sections with dedicated subjects:
• Global marketing.
• Ukrainian regional Software Development centers.
• Embedded/Firmware programming and Hardware Design.
• IT professionals market. Search. Training. Education.
• The best outsourcing solutions.
• Software quality. QA and testing. Independent testing.
• BPO.

Exhibition
The Forum will offer an exhibition of the leading Eastern European IT outsourcing companies.

Ukrainian IT Matchmaking Event '2007 (B2B meetings)

Round-table Discussions
During the Forum well-known experts will lead the following round-table discussions:
• “UKRAINE, THE IT-FIRST NATION” programme development”. The subject of this round-table discussion is a programme of Ukrainian Software Development industry expansion.
• “Ecosystem of Software Development industry.” This round-table discussion will deal with the issues of training the Software industry personnel.

Recreational activities
Within the Forum the participants are invited for a sightseeing tour of Kiev including visits of the most famous city sights.

Forum participants
Among the Forum participants there will be noted experts in outsourcing, representatives of the leading companies from the Eastern Europe, the European Union and the USA and which are interested in developing their business in the Eastern European countries, as well as representatives of the national IT Associations and local state authorities.

Contacts
Additional information about the Forum programme and participation terms is available:
• on the Forum official web site WWW.OUTSOURCING-FORUM.COM.UA
• via telephones: +38 044 458-17-53

Please apply for participation in the Forum online http://www.outsourcing-forum.com.ua/en/registration/index.html 

Ukrainian Outsourcing Forum `2007 organizational committee