Mass Technology Leadership Council

One Exeter Plaza, Boston, MA 02116

617-437-0600, www.masstlc.org

China, India and Russia –

Our Partners in the New Global Economy”

April 17, 2008 - Sheraton Boston Hotel

Corporate Sponsors: IBM, PTC, Kronos

An unprecedented presentation of three of the leading country markets in the new global economy, featuring public policy perspectives from high-level government leaders, operating insight from international company executives, and practical advice for companies interested in entering these markets. The conference will include networking opportunities with company representatives from China, India and Russia.

Agenda

Morning Keynote: Lawrence Summers, World-Class Economist and Expert on Globalization, who has served as US Secretary of the Treasury, Chief Economist of the World Bank, President of Harvard University

Plenary Session: International Government Executives from each of the three countries will give an overview of economic and investment policies.

Dr Shanqing Qiu , Head of China Software and Integrated Circuit Promotion Center,  Ministry of Information Industry  of the People's Republic of China

Dr Abhishek Singhvi, Member of Parliament and National Spokesperson for the Congress Party, India

Vladimir Mikhailovich Vasilyev, Director of the Department of Strategic Planning for an Information Society, Russian Ministry of Information Technology and Communications and/or Ilya Vladimirovich Ponomarev, Deputy in the Russian State Duma and Vice-chairman of the ICT Committee of the Duma.

Plenary Session: International Technology Executives developing and/or running company operations will provide Insights, advice and success stories.

Aron Ain, CEO of Kronos , Kronos China

Shankar Jagannathan, Senior Director of Global Operations & Strategic Business Management for the Information Management Software Group, EMC Corporation.

Vijay Lund, VP of Operations Systems & Technology Group, IBM Russia

Luncheon Keynote: Meredith Attwell Baker, (Acting) Assistant Secretary of Communications and Information, US Department of Commerce

Breakout Panel Workshop Sessions: Each partner association will host an interactive, country-focused, break-out to describe the market opportunities, highlight the benefits of doing business in each country, and provide best practices for companies considering global expansion and distributed development opportunities.

Closing Remarks: Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (invited)

Networking Reception and International Company Expo to Follow

Program developed and organized in cooperation with

New England-Chinese Information and Networking Association (NECINA)

The Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE) – Boston Chapter

US-Russia Chamber of Commerce of New England (USRCCNE)

New England-Chinese Information and Networking Association (NECINA)

The Indus Entrepreneurs

(TIE) – Boston Chapter

US-Russia Chamber of Commerce of New England (USRCCNE)

With Assistance from: Russoft and the US-India Business Alliance

Country Breakout Sessions (Concurrent)

I. China

MODERATOR - Ian Hayes, President, Clarity Consulting, Global Trends and Opportunities

in IT Services

PANEL:

· Launching Business Operations in China – David Mitchell, Director of International Business Operations, Kronos

· Legal Considerations – Lara McKenna, Senior Associate, K&L Gates

· Chinese Vendor’s View on the Present & Future of Chinese Outsourcing Industry

o Sizing the China Opportunities – Walter Fang, VP, Global Marketing & Business Development, Neusoft Co. Ltd

o Evolving Software Services Industry in China – Sophia Wang, VP of Marketing and Corporate Business Development, BeyondSoft Group

Bob Kramich, Executive Vice President, Business Development and

Corporate Marketing, Dextrys

II. India

MODERATOR - Vanita Shastri, Ph.D. Executive Director, TIE- Boston

PANEL:

· Launching Business Operations in India: Shan Nair, President & Co-Founder, Nair & Company 

· Legal Issues and Risks in India: Gaytri Kachroo, Esq, Burns & Levinson LLP

· Indian Vendor’s View on the Present & Future of Outsourcing to India: Russell Boekenkroeger, EVP and Head of US Operations, Patni Computer Systems Ltd.

III. Russia

MODERATOR - Dan Satinsky, President, US Russia Chamber of Commerce of New England, Overview of Russian Information and Communications Market (Frost & Sullivan)

PANEL:

· Foreign Vendor Perspective on Sales of Software into the Russian Market – Natalya Romanova, Symantec/Altiris Russia

· Russian Systems Integrator/Reseller Perspective on Sales of Imported Software – Boris Konovalov, CEO of Energy Consulting/Integration

· Practical Advantages of Cooperation with Russian Companies for Software Development - Richard Golub, CEO of GGA Software Services

· Russian Human Resources in Science and Mathematics – Alexis Sukharev, President, Auriga

International Companies Participating

I. China

· Beyondsoft (Beijing) – is a leading IT outsourcing company with Global Delivery Centers. It offers IT consulting, application development and maintenance, ERP, and business process services.

· China Sourcing Alliance – is a nation-wide non-profit organization with 63 enterprise members. It was initiated by the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry Software and Integrated Circuit Promotion Center (CSIP) together with 31 other enterprises and organizations on June 15, 2007.

· CleNet Technologies (Beijing) – established in 2000, is a leading technical service provider in the area of globally sourced consulting, full life-cycle software developmnte, including architecture design through system integration and testing.

· Hundsun Global Services (Hangzhou) – established in 1995, is one of the leading software service providers in China

· Neusoft Group (Shenyang) – is a leading IT solutions and services provider in China. Based on core competence in software technology, it offers a rich portfolio of businesses, including software products and platforms, industry solutions, product engineering solutions, and services.

II. India (TBD)

III. Russia

· Artezio (www.artezio.com) is an ISO 9001 certified custom software development and consulting company with production offices in Moscow, Saratov, Minsk and Vitebsk.

· Auriga (www.auriga.com), the pioneer of Russian outsourcing and a CMMI Level 4 company, is focusing on software R&D and product engineering; it is one of the 44 companies worldwide that have made both the Global Services 100 and the Global Outsourcing 100 lists this year.

· EPAM (www.epam.com) is independently recognized as #1 IT Services Provider in Eastern Europe in terms of customer satisfaction, service quality, capabilities and expertise. With over 4000 engineers worldwide, EPAM provides services to such global leaders as Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Reuters, Schlumberger, Colgate Palmolive and London Stock Exchange.

· Exigen® Services (www.exigenservices.com) is the leader in Outsourcing 2.0, providing world class skills, expertise in development methodologies, industry experience and commercial terms to optimize financial alignment.

· GGA Software Services LLC (www.ggasoftware.com), a 300-person software outsourcing company with its headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and its development facility in St. Petersburg, Russia, provides scientific software engineering, algorithm development, and data curation services, especially for life science and instrumentation companies.

· Luxoft (www.luxoft.com), headquartered in Moscow, is an emerging global leader in application and product engineering services, whose culture of innovation and engineering excellence helps enterprise IT organizations and software vendors build powerful, flexible and future-ready solutions.

Price: Council member $250, Non member $350, NECINA member/guest pay $250 for whole day event. To get the discounted rate, please register as NECINA member for the “Additional Registrants”.

Register: http://function.masstlc.org/programs_new/event_single.cfm?eventid=818