Independent Software Developers Forum announces ISDEF Spring 2010, the sixth spring conference, will take place 23-25 April in "Palmira-Palace", a hotel in Yalta / Ukraine.
Traditionally, the conference will be devoted to analyzing the current situation on the international software market and discussing the problems IT companies currently face. The conference will be attended by company owners and managers, leading specialists of IT and Internet companies, representatives of western and Russian investment funds, marketing experts, representatives of PR services and journalists.
The format of this year’s ISDEF Spring conference will be a series of round tables that will cover virtually every aspect of end-user software development business — from legal issues and human resource management to PR and marketing. The conference is expected to be visited by over 200 participants.
The primary goal of the organizers of ISDEF Spring is to create an atmosphere that will encourage participants’ face-to-face communication, sharing of experience and establishing personal contacts.
The main topics to be covered at the conference are:
- Marketing and software sales techniques
- Legal aspects of the work of software companies
- Financial investments on the IT market
- HR management and staffing
- PR services in IT companies
- Business development and growth
This will be the second conference to include an investment section. At the last year’s conference, the section was actively attended both by investors and software developers. It will allow its participants to obtain first-hand information and present their project directly to potential investors.
The conference registration fee is $100. ISDEF members are admitted free of charge.