Discussions
RVC Roundtable: Technological startups — success stories
Moderator: Nikolai Puntikov
Successful software-based startups on one side, their investors on the other side, and independent experts will analyze how venture capital and technology-based business can work hand by hand to enable innovative technologies in the global market…
Technical Writers Section
Moderator: Inna Yakimenko
During the session, a couple of short-time presentations will be given to cover a range of vital problems in nowadays technical communication industry in Russia…
Measuring usability of software products
Moderator: Yaroslav Tabakov
Experts in the field of usability and UX will share there experience in using various methods of measuring software usability, discuss the best ways to apply these methods…
Russian software companies and the global IT market trends
Moderator: Valentin Makarov
Leading exporters’ view on global market’s technology trends during the crisis. How well the Russian companies are prepared for the time’s challenges in technology?…
Optimization tools for software source code
Moderator: Dr. Alexander Lipanov
Issues related to the use of software tools for analysis, improvement, optimization, and refactoring of software source code will be main topics of the discussion. Theoretical basis of source code analysis, approaches to the formation of recommendations for improving and optimizing source code, interpretation and further application of recommendations how to improve source code will be presented…
Peopleware: what skills and qualifications we need to build a dream team of software engineers
Moderator: Dr. George Sharkov
Software/IT business is the best illustration of “the whole is more than the sum of the parts”. The art of “peopleware” is how to make the best of our people…
Will the programmer profession survive?
Moderators: Vyacheslav Nesterov, Nick Puntikov
At the Round table we will discuss evolution of the programmer profession over the past few decades. We will try to have look to the future, and see what changes are waiting for us in the next 10-20 years. Professionals from different areas are expected to gather at the Round table. The different point of views will help us to come closer to the truth. We will invite programmers, advanced software users, entrepreneurs, representatives of science and education…
eCommerce Round Table
Moderator: Adrien Henni
After a presentation of the main figures and trends of the Russian e-commerce market, the discussion will focus on the technical side of online retail: CMS for eCommerce websites: Bitrix, Drupal, Magento or in-house solution…