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AmBAR Newsletter, August 16, 2007

Wed, 08/15/2007 - 21:55 — admin

Dear AmBARians:

 

In today’s issue:

1. AmBAR has a new logo!

2. 4HomeMedia.com is hiring

3. ABRT Russian Venture fund intends to invest $5 mln. in Ukrainian technological projects

4. Invitation to the First Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) Outsourcing Summit

5. Invitation to the Russian Venture Forum

 

Please see details bellow.

Sincerely,

AmBAR Executive Team

American Business Association of Russian Professionals (AmBAR)

ambar@ambarclub.org

http://www.ambarclub.org/

 

1. AmBAR has new logo!

 

2.  4HomeMedia.com is hiring

4HomeMedia.com – is looking for:

Sales Engineer

Software Engineer

System Engineer

The details of these positions and contact information can be found at: http://www.ambarclub.org/forum/jobs

 

3. ABRT Russian Venture fund intends to invest $5 mil in Ukrainian technological projects

June 17, Kiev – ABRT Russian Venture Fund intends to invest $5 mil in several perspective Ukrainian technological projects in the next two years.  It was reported by the well-known Russian venture businessman and co-founder of ABRT fund Ratmir Timashev on master-class "Software enterprise creation experience with venture funding", which took place on July 12th in Kiev, organized by BayView Innovations consulting company and Yuri Boyko…

Read the full release at http://www.ambarclub.org/node/187

 

4. Invitation to the First Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) Outsourcing Summit

You are kindly invited to take part in the First Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) Outsourcing Summit, to be held September 12 – 14, 2007, in Kiev, Ukraine. It is organized by the “IT Ukraine” Association – leading professional entity of Ukrainian software developers - as well as by “IT Market Group”, its Marketing Agency.

Central & Eastern European Outsourcing Summit – 2007 (please see: www.cee-outsourcing.com) is a spectacular Event in the world of It outsourcing, getting together prominent experts, representatives of state power, industrial VIPs, in order to discuss challenges and prospects of a regional IT business, strengthen ties between professional IT Associations of the Central and Eastern Europe.

Why you should attend to CEE Outsourcing Summit 2007:

  • Software developers and IT services suppliers: the Summit is the best venue for establishing contacts, professional networking; it would help to exchange experience, discuss prospects search for new partners;

 

  • Companies seeking service suppliers in the region of Central & Eastern Europe: an excellent opportunity to find reliable partners, and:

 

-        compare proposals from leading IT outsourcing companies;

-        find efficient solutions for your company IT sector;

-        learn about the regional IT marketplace;

-        discuss modern trends in BP and IT outsourcing; development of product lines and offshore cooperation models.

 

Who will be attending the CEE Outsourcing Summit 2007:

The Summit is intended to host not less than 200 delegates, including prominent experts in outsourcing, research companies analysts, CEE leading outsourcing companies, companies from the US and Western Europe, searching for regional service suppliers, venture funds representatives, as well as regional IT Associations.

Topics for plenary sessions

u      Reviews of outsourcing markets in CEE region (will be represented by reports of representatives from analytical companies IDC, Gartner etc.); 

u      Experience in outsourcing to CEE (the largest IT companies will share the success stories of their experience in outsourcing with the audience);

u      Presentations of leading outsourcing companies.

u      Survey of CEE outsourcing marketplace (to be presented by reports from IDC, Gartner, Forrester analytical companies);

 

Topics for panel discussions (forums):

u      Outsourcing Forum. Contemporary trends in the world's BPO and outsourcing markets.

u      IT Associations Forum. Presentation of Associations from the region of Central & Eastern Europe.

u      Investment Forum. Investment Opportunities in Software Product Development Companies in CEE

u      Governmental Forum. Government policies to  stimulate the development of the ICT industry. Experience in setting up successful technological parks.

 

Register now! http://www.cee-outsourcing.com/en/registration_form/

Contact Information:

Organizing Committee

Tel.: +38 044 593 3301

Tel./fax: +38 044 593 3302

E-mail: info@itmg.com.ua

URL: www.cee-outsourcing.com

5. Invitation to the Russian Venture Forum

 

The Russian Venture Forum (October, 11-12, 2007) is the central event for the participants of venture capital and private equity market - the first-rate annual professional Forum in Russia devoted to the prospects of development of innovation sector of Russian economy and venture capital and private equity market.

 

Program of the Forum will include a wide spectrum of different actions focused on analysis of the experience accumulated by venture capitalists in Russia and abroad, perspectives of development of national venture capital and private equity industry, and transition of Russian economy to innovative path of development.

The primary topics to be discussed at the Forum include:

·  Investment environment: the opportunities for private equity and venture capital investments

Taxation and legal issues, having strong effect on the industry’s development; forming a legislative base for regulation of investment transactions; eligible structural/legal forms of venture capital funds; mechanisms of projects financing.

·  State-private partnership

Initiatives of the government authority; experience of the state-business interactions; prospects of co-operation; policy of private equity incentivation; view of experts on the recent economical and political events in Russia and their impact on investors.

·  Review of the venture capital and private equity in Russia

Activity analysis of the main subject of venture capital and private equity market, presentation of the theoretical evidence of the venture funds and primary equity funds activities in Russia for the last year, the main tendencies and prospects of industry development.

·  Investment sources for MidCap and SmallCap companies

Existing sources of financing for SmallCap and MidCap companies; comparative analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of different sources of financing for SMEs.

·  International co-operation in high-tech sphere

Forming of infrastructure of small and medium entrepreneurship support; analysis of current situation, dynamics and prospects of development; prospects of Russian-Finnish and Russian-American partnership.

Key event of the Forum is the VIII Russian Venture Fair, where will be produced practices more than 50 Russian companies, which are concerned with attracting of the venture capital for their businesses development. The projects, which will be produced on the exposition, can make up serious competition not only on Russian new technology market, but also on international market. And some of them have not analogues all over the world.

The list of regular participants of the Forum is evidence of the high-level of the Russian Venture Forum. Annually in autumn, the venture business leaders from Russia and abroad, experts of private equity funds, bankers, managers of major Russian financial corporations and industrial companies, heads of the regions of Russia, ministries and departments concerned, come to Saint-Petersburg.

This year in Russian Venture Forum&Fair work is supposed participation Jeff Milanette (Innovative Partners Inc, USA), Harry Fitzgibbons (The Russian Technology Fund), Maaret Heiskari (Sitra), Valery Doronin (Troika Capital Partners), Vladimir Burenkov (JSC «GOTEC-Invest»), Dmitry Kulish (Intel Capital), Michail Shkrumelyak (International Bridge Investments), Alexander Filatov (Associations of independent directors), Ivan Rodionov (Venture Investment Fund), Igor Makarov (PriceWaterhouseCoopers) and other representatives of the leading international and Russian organizations, taking active part in venture capital and private equity sphere.

THE RUSSIAN VENTURE FORUM

St.-Petersburg, October, 11-12, 2007

YOU SHOULD BE registered to COME TO THE FORUM

www.rvf.ru

 


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