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9th SEEITA & 8th MASIT Open Days Conference, 18.10.2011, Skopje, Hotel Aleksandar Palace
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On the 18th of October 2011, Skopje was centre of one of the biggest ICT Conferences in the region - 9th SEEITA & 8th MASIT Open Days Conference (www.seeita.org). In organization of MASIT - the ICT Chamber of commerce, this conference gathered on one place the most powerful and most respected ICT Companies and association in region of Southeast Europe.
MASIT - Macedonian ICT Chamber of Commerce is traditionally organizing this conference, through successful gathering of all ICT players in the region, from the private sector, but with strong intention to establish an efficient dialog with all national regulatory bodies from every country participant as well. Every year the Conference has over 180 participants from over 15 SE Europe countries. This event was place where the participants can gain access to information of the highest rank from the ICT leaders in the region.
The topic of this year conference was “Innovation in ICT and Cloud services”. The conference programme was divided on four sessions:
- Cloud services
- Export of software and IT services in the region of South East Europe.
- Regional round table for innovation in ICT: Creation of Innovation centers
- SEE ICT Forum meeting
Following the 9 year tradition this eminent event was great opportunity for networking and straightening the regional business connection between the ICT companies in the SEE region, as well as getting unique information for the regional business trends, socio – economic and current world topics from the most relevant people in the ICT industry. The participants had the opportunity to gain first hand information for the current issues and problems in the ICT industry. |
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Below you can find the list of participants, conference photos as well as the conferecne agenda an presentations. |
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Conference Photos |
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Conference Agenda and Presentations
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Tuesday, 18.10.2011 Congress hall 2 |
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08:30 – 09:00 |
Registration |
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09:00 – 10:00 |
CONFERENCE OPENING - Key Note Speakers
- Mr. Igor Bimbiloski, MASIT President
- H.E. Ivo Ivanovski, Minister of Information Society
- H.E. Pance Kralev, Minister of education and science
- PhD Dimitar Trajanov, Dean, Faculty for Information Sciences and Computer Engineering
- Mr. Peter A. Bruck, Chairman, World Summit Award
- Mr. Daniel Szasz, Chief Executive Officer, Makedonski Telekom |
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10:00 – 11:30 |
Cloud driven services
Moderator: Mr. Rupert March, Microsoft CEE MC Developer and Platform lead and business resource group manager
Presentations:
- Mr. Miroslav Jovanovic, Chief IT Officer of T-Mobile Macedonia and the Chief Technical Director of Makedonski Telekom – “Telecom cloud services”
- Mr. Ljubomir Hristov, CTO, Ultra doo, Skopje – “Cloud-enable your data center”
- Mr. Dejan Ivanovski, ASSECO SEE - "ASSECO SEE Cloud Case Study"
- Mr. Rupert March, Microsoft CEE MC Developer and Platform lead and business resource group manager – “Microsoft Cloud Story”
- Mr. Sergej Pocuca, NSN - “Cloud business models in Telekom" |
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11:30 – 12:00 |
Coffee Break |
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12:00 – 13:30 |
SEE Export of Software and IT services - Capability and Knowledge
Moderator: Mr. Slagjan Mihajlovski, MASIT Software and IT Services Committee
Presentations:
- Mr. Predrag Radojicic, MASIT – “Export Promotion Strategy for the Macedonian Software and IT services Industry – IT Barometer”
- Dr. George Sharkov, Vice President, BASSCOM - "BASSCOM and Buglarian ICT industry role model for export of software and IT services"
- Mr. Dritan Mezini, AITA President - "Albanian IT Association"
- Ms. Dragana Spasovska, E-government Sales Manager - "Nextsense Case Study"
- Prof. Betim Cico, Albanian Software Cluster - “ASC - important collaboration factor for software solutions with the value in the region” |
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13:30 – 15:00 |
Lunch (Congress hall 3) |
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15:00 – 17:00 |
Regional Round table for ICT Innovations: Creation of centers of excellence
Moderator: Mr. Filip Stojanovic, Director, USAID Regional Competitiveness Initiative - RCI
Disscussion Questions
Participants:
- Albania: Mr. Dritan Mezini, AITA; Mr. Victor Luboyeski, USAID CED; Mr. Betim Cico, Albanian Software Cluster; Enkeleida Goxhaj, GIZ Albania
- Armenia: Ms. Yeva Hyusyan, Microsoft Innovation Center
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: BAIT Representative (TBC)
- Bulgaria: Mr. George Sharkov and Mr. Ivaylo Gueorguiev, ESI Center Bulgaria
- Croatia: Mr. Tomislav Bronzin, USAID RCI/CITUS
- Georgia: Mr. Malkhaz Nikolashvili and Mr. Giorgi Akhalaia, USAID Georgia Economic Prosperity Initiative
- Kosovo: Mr. Enver Doko, Mr. Driton Hapçiu and Ms. Vjollca Cavolli, STIKK; Mr. Rhedon Begolli, USAID KPEP, Mr. Reinhard Trenkle and Mr. Ilir Rexha, GIZ Kosovo;
- Macedonia: Mr. Toni Petreski, SEE ICT Forum Board Chairman; Tedi Conevski, MASIT; Mr. Johannsmeier Jan, GIZ Macedonia
- Moldova: Ms. Ana Chirita, Moldovan Association of Private ICT Companies
- Serbia: Mr. Svetislav Pantic, Nis Chamber of Commerce; Mr. Goran Bijelic, TECNALIA, International Development |
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17:00 – 17:30 |
Coffee Break |
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17:30 – 18:30 |
SEE ICT Forum Board Meeting
Moderator: Mr. Toni Petreski, SEE ICT Forum Board Chairman
- Mr. Toni Petreski, SEE ICT Forum Chairman - “4th SEE ICT Forum Board Minutes of the Meeting adoption” -
- Mr. Toni Petreski, SEE ICT Forum Chairman and other SEE ICT Forum Members – “SEE ICT Forum activities between the two meetings (October 2010 – October 2011)”
- Mr. Filip Stojanovic, USAID / RCI project “Conclusions from the Regional Round Table for ICT Innovations”
- Mr. Toni Petreski, SEE ICT Forum Chairman – “SEE ICT Forum Board and next steps“
- Mr. Peter A. Bruck, Chairman, World Summit Award and Mr. George Sharkov, ESI Center Bulgaria – “Initiative for development of regional network for participation in World Summit Award contest”
- Other |
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22:00 |
Social gathering and networking
Cuban Cocktail Bar & Music Restaurant - La Bodigita del Medio
Kej 13 Noemvri 180, Skopje | | |
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