SEEITA 2018

MASIT Conference - DATA AS AN ASSET, 31.10.2019

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On 31.10.2019, the 16th conference of the Information and Communication Technologies Chamber of Commerce MASIT was held with the theme - DATA AS AN ASSET.

Driven by the aspirations of Macedonian ICT companies to become more competitive on the European and world markets, as well as the progressive export volumes of the ICT industry, the ICT Chamber MASIT focused the panels and discussions on one particularly important and crucial topic: data. According to the conclusions of the discussions, data must lie at the heart of all decision-making processes and be treated as an instrument of trust. Empirically, data-driven decision-making companies have proven to be more successful in their work and hence data is a major critical success factor.

The conference was opened by Ms. Aneta Antova Peseva, President of the Managing Board of MASIT who stated in her opening panel: “The ICT industry is the fastest growing, self-sufficient, without any subsidies and assistance, with young staff developing side by side with world trends. So I suggest that we listen to the experts in this broad field today who will be the future of the world. This will reaffirm that we are really not just a service to the economy, as they have treated us for years, but that we are the backbone of the economy and without us economic processes are impossible. When the economic policy makers in the country understand this, we will move forward. "

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Mr. Damjan Manchevski, Minister of Information Society and Administration in his address to the audience stated: “By launching the Population Register and very soon the National e-Services Portal, the state provides a higher level of access to citizens' data on the one hand and special protection of personal data on the other. The Population Register enables the collection of data on individuals and their use by the competent institutions for the purposes of their administrative procedures. The registry enables institutions that work with citizens' personal data to find the latest and most accurate data on citizens without the need for manual maintenance and updating. ”

Mr. Stefan Tomajan - Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Switzerland stated: “The Swiss Agency for Support and Development, through the project Increasing Market Employability - IME, will work with IT companies to overcome the challenges they face. , above all, the constant need for adequate staff and staff retention. To overcome these conditions, the sector will need to invest in: staff professionalization, development of a sector strategy, in particular identifying markets, offering new innovative products, conducting the digitization process and continuing dialogue with government institutions on adapting existing policies to market needs. “

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The presentations included topics such as Big Data & Analytics, Business Intelligence, Business Analysis, Business Development, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Smart Home, Internet of things. The conference was attended by nearly 300 representatives of domestic and foreign ICT companies and companies from other sectors, as well as representatives from state institutions and ministries, donor and international diplomatic community, ICT academic institutions, media and others.

The conference was organized by the Information and Communication Technologies Chamber of Commerce - MASIT, supported by the IME - Increasing Market Employability Prorgramme funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and implemented by Palladium. The conference was sponsored by Oracle, Asseco SEE & Payten, Datamasters, Neocom, Pixel, Endava, Semos, KB First Pension Company, ProCredit Bank, Poly and Brainster.

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CONFERENCE PHOTOS PART 1 PART 2

CONFERENCE AGENDA pdf

PRESENTATIONS

MEDIA COVERAGE

CONFERENCE AGENDA

09:00 – 09:30	Welcome coffee and registration Press statements
09:30 – 09:50	OPENING AND WELCOME SPEECHES Ms. Anita Nikova Bundovski, Executive Director, MASIT Ms. Aneta Antova Pesheva, President of the Managing Board, MASIT Mr. Damjan Manchevski, Minister, Ministry of Information Society and Administration Mr. Stéphane Tomagian, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Switzerland
09:50 – 11:00	KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS Mr. Jeroen Kloosterman, Product Strategy Manager, Oracle Digital EMEA at Oracle "Endless Possibilities with Your Data" (30’) Mr. Filip Petrovski, CEO and founder, DATA MASTERS & Ms. Joana Carvalho, Senior Executive Partner, DATA MASTERS “Macedonian Data Driven Future - Next steps towards transformation to a Data Driven company” (30’) Ms. Dina Karic, Team Leader, Increasing Market Employability Project "Increasing Market Employability - IME Project and award game for the participants" (10’)
11:00 – 11:30	Coffee & snack break
11:30 – 13:00	SESSION 1 Mr. Nestor Avramov, Director, Digital Business and IoT, DANFOSS HEATING “Digital Business and IOT, Danfoss case study” (20’) Dr. Vlatko Davidovski, Director at Cognizant Consulting, Digital Strategy, Switzerland and Digital Transformation Lead at DigitalLab@HSRDigitalLab@HSR “Decoding digital: Exponential innovation and growth in the digital age” (30’) Dr. Aleksander Pivk, Presales Manager, Analytics and Information Management, SAS Institute "Digital transformation through Machine Learning, Case studies for Telco and Banking" (20’) Dr. Gjorgji Madjarov, Co-founder and CTO, Elevate-Global and Associate professor, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering (Goran Stojanoski) “Streaming Data: Big Data at High Velocity - a use case for IT infrastructure management” (20’)
13:00 – 13:30	Coffee break
13:30 – 15:00	SESSION 2 Mr. Aleksandar Miloshevic, Chief Software Architect, Banking Software, ASSECO SEE “How AI and Machine Learning are Shaping the Future of Banking" (20’) Ms. Antonija Miloshevska, Senior Developer, ENDAVA “Robotic Process Automation: A Gateway to AI and Digital Transformation” (15’) Mr. Aleksandar Talev, R&D Manager, SEMOS & Mr. Goran Markovic, Sales Consultant, POSLOVNA INTELEGENCIJA - Croatia “GDPR operational challenges and how to solve them” (10’) Mr. Jane Antov, System Integration Executive Manager, neoCloud, neoDC “Managing Modern Colocation Datacenter" (10’) Mr. Goran Jankoski, National Bank of Republic of North Macedonia “Open banking, technologies and development of FinTech industry” (20’) Mr. Octavian Vlad, Business development manager, Poly "Poly corporate overview" (10’)
15:00 – 16:00	Lunch break
16:00 – 17:30	SESSION 3 – South East Europe (SEE) Outsourcing Cooperation Ms. Aleksandra Chavdarevska, Legal advisor, MASIT “First Outsourcing Report for North Macedonia” (20’) Mr. Ilia Krustev, Chairman of the Managing Board, Bulgarian Outsourcing Association “Bulgarian Outsourcing Report” (20’) “SEE Outsourcing Report” (20’) Open discussion and next steps for regional cooperation (30’)