{"id":50707,"date":"2009-03-22T17:48:31","date_gmt":"2009-03-22T14:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/?p=50707"},"modified":"2024-09-26T05:26:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T02:26:36","slug":"altoros-speaks-at-inter-governmental-it-forum-in-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/altoros-speaks-at-inter-governmental-it-forum-in-sweden\/","title":{"rendered":"Altoros Speaks at Inter-Governmental IT Forum in Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_79_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/altoros-speaks-at-inter-governmental-it-forum-in-sweden\/#Seminar_highlights\" >Seminar highlights<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/altoros-speaks-at-inter-governmental-it-forum-in-sweden\/#Further_reading\" >Further reading<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Seminar_highlights\"><\/span>Seminar highlights<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Stockholm, Sweden<\/strong>\u2014During March 18\u201319, 2009, Altoros was a part of the official Belarusian delegation that discussed cooperation between Belarus and Sweden in the IT industry at the governmental level.<\/p>\n<p>On March 18, the \u201cDiscover IT Belarus\u201d seminar was held in the Royal Academy of Science in Stockholm, Sweden. The seminar aimed to provide Swedish companies with the possibility to learn about the IT industry and Hi-Tech Park, a government-supported initiative, in Belarus. The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Royal Institute of Technology, Belarus-Sweden Board of Trade, Ericsson, and other Swedish IT organizations were among the participants. The speakers discussed possible cooperation, including near-shoring to Belarus, inter-government support, high quality of Belarusian engineering staff and education, competitive prices in Eastern Europe, geographic\/cultural proximity, etc.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/andreiyurkevich\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Andrei Yurkevich<\/a>, the President of Altoros, spoke on major risks of distributed software product engineering and elaborated on how to efficiently mitigate them.<\/p>\n<p>On March 19, the participants visited KISTA Park, the leading technology center in Sweden. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mats-hedenstrom-b140a82\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mats Hedenstrom<\/a>, the Marketing Director of KISTA, highly appreciated the possibilities of Belarus\u2013Sweden cooperation in the IT industry and dwelled on the center\u2019s basic principles and strategy. At the end on the event, the participants had an opportunity to discuss joint projects face to face.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Further_reading\"><\/span>Further reading<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/altoros-was-invited-to-israeli-government-organizations\/\">Altoros Was Invited to Israeli Government Organizations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/using-open-source-tools-for-building-efficient-cloud-management-systems\/\">Altoros at the Largest Ruby Confs in Ukraine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/goto-copenhagen-2012-nosql-databases-cross-platform-tools-and-a-cloudcamp\/\">Altoros Speaks About NoSQL Databases and Cross-Platform Tools at GOTO Copenhagen 2012<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seminar highlights<\/p>\n<p>Stockholm, Sweden\u2014During March 18\u201319, 2009, Altoros was a part of the official Belarusian delegation that discussed cooperation between Belarus and Sweden in the IT industry at the governmental level.<\/p>\n<p>On March 18, the \u201cDiscover IT Belarus\u201d seminar was held in the Royal Academy of Science in Stockholm, Sweden. 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