This year the UOF was participated by the representatives from over 150 companiesfrom twenty countries. And the visitors were far more than that. But since lastconducting, the Forum has considerably grown not only in scale, it has significantlywidened the subjects tackled.
The conference was divided into six section. Along with the  obligatory ITOutsourcing aspects  global trends, situation in Ukraine, etc.  the  brand-new topics were elucidated. For the first time the separate sections were dedicated tooutsourcing of soft-, embedded ware development and testing services.
B2B meeting were held concurrently with the conference. The meetings amount dependedon each participant choice, but in the majority of cases the meeting schedules weretough.
How It was?
On the first day of Forum the Kiev weather was cool, but at the Forum itself therewas hot: the reports were delivered at three topical sections simultaneously and atmatch-making there were almost no spare room. Even lunch and coffee breaks were usedfor business discussion.
Perhaps, UOF has a share of influence not only in the Ukrainian IT Outsourcingclimate, but also on the natural one. As an evidence, the second day was warm andsunny, and work went on in a steady-state rich schedule. The conference then washeld already in four sections. On that day the report was also presented by VictorLoskutov, president of Mirasoft Group, it was dedicated to the technology toolsdevelopment in outsourcing. As a representative of a leading Ukrainian IT company aswell he was invited as an expert in round table discussions, dealing withconsolidation of Ukrainian IT industry for solving common problems. The discussionswere held for two days, but the acme was on the second one  the participantsexpressed many interesting thoughts and suggestions.
The UOF was a valuable experience. It brought not only new potential cooperation, itgave a very detailed picture of the today Ukrainian IT Outsourcing. On the basis ofwhat was seen and heard, two distinct trends can be figured out: one  for the Forumitself and the second  for situation at Ukrainian IT Outsourcing market. The Forummore and more tends to outline the multifaceted aspects of IT Outsourcingseparately, more specifically. And the second - not only Ukrainian IT Outsourcers goout to find customers, potential customers come in Ukraine to find outsourcers aswell. And itÂ's already an additional development stage of the field.
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