IT and Society: Conference “IT in public sector: new development program” in Moscow

March 31, 2011 CNews Conferences and CNews Analytics are holding a conference “IT in public sector: new development program” in Moscow.

The year 2010 saw a series of major events in the area of public sector informatization. In November 2010 was signed an instruction on approval of the “Information society” state program for 2011-2020. The result of implementation of the “Information society” will be obvious for every citizen of the country, the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media promise. In December 2010 the Prime Minister approved a plan of transition of government agencies and employees of federal budgetary-funded institutions to free software. According to the document, introduction of Linux in public sector is due in the second quarter of 2012 and stipulates a complete transition of federal authorities and employees of federal budgetary-funded institutions to free software.

The conference “IT in public sector: new development program” will bring into focus the following questions:

- What way will the programs announced by the government affect the development of IT market in Russia?

- To what extent can Russian IT community affect the state informatization policy?

- Will “Information society” follow the way of the “Electronic Russia”?

- Is Russia’s IT business ready to assist and develop “electronic government”?