Press release

XI All-Russian Conference "IT Education in the Russian Federation" invites speakers and participants

15/02/2013

This spring flowering Voronezh takes The Open All-Russian conference "IT Education in the Russian Federation". The conference will discuss current problems of training new IT staff, the development of qualifications and competences of employees of the IT industry, the development of pupils’ and students’ algorithmic thinking, teaching computer science and vocational guidance of pupils and students in the field of information technology.

The conference "IT Education in the Russian Federation" is organized by Information & Computer Technologies Industry Association (AP KIT) and is held in different regions of the country in order to cover a wider range of participants. This year's conference will be held on May 15-17 on the basis of the largest university in South West Russia - Voronezh State University (VSU), with the assistance of the Voronezh region Government and the Association of Information and Communication Technologies of the Voronezh region. On the part of the IT industry in the conference will be attended by leading national and international companies in the industry.

The conference will be organized in parallel sessions, "round tables", workshops and presentations of the latest innovations for IT education. The leading suppliers of products and services in the IT sector will report their latest achievements. The plenary reports will provide an overview of the current situation in the IT industry and scenarios. A number of exciting excursions are also planned for the conference participants.

Abstracts should be submitted before March 24, and registration for the conference is open until May 11. Details, registration and forums are online at http://it-education.ru.

Previous Tenth Conference "IT Education in Russia" was held in 2012 in Moscow with the support of The Moscow State University, the Russian Union of Rectors, and attracted about 500 participants from different regions of the country.

Organizing Committee: edu@apkit.ru.