Today, the Information Technology Forum has started for the second time in the exhibition pavilion of the regional Expocenter, bringing together IT industry specialists, leading experts from the country, representatives of almost all industries and authorities. The business program of the event includes about 1,5 thousands of participants from Omsk, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Ufa, Chelyabinsk, Perm, Kemerovo, Noyabrsk, Baku.
In 2017 This year, the Forum covers new relevant areas. Issues of robotics, electronic document management, information security, import substitution, the use of IT technologies in education, agriculture and online sales registers in trade will be discussed at thematic platforms and sections. The most spectacular event of the Forum promises to be II Robotics Festival «Robofest - Western Siberia 2017». This year, the festival has acquired the status of a district competition. The geography of its participants, representing their unique developments, has expanded, and the number of teams of the best representatives of scientific and technical creativity has increased one and a half times.
At the official opening ceremony II International «ИT-the forum» Victor Nazarov, Governor of the Omsk Region, addressed the participants and guests.
«Russia has always been famous for its physicists, mathematicians, inventors, and engineers. And in Omsk - one of the largest industrial centers in the country, technical specialists will always be in demand. To revive the prestige of such professions, to instill interest in them from school – our main task that we set for ourselves is», - said Governor Viktor Nazarov.
Over the past two years, schools in the region have opened more than 90 classes with advanced study of physics, they teach almost 10 thousands of guys. «Many of them will become engineers in the future and will come to our enterprises. Festivals such as «Robofest». Remember that you are creating the future. Good luck and new ideas!», - Viktor Nazarov wished the participants of the Forum.
In turn, German Klimenko, Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation on Internet Development, said that he had been getting acquainted with Omsk IT companies for the second day and had already noted their interest in the development of this industry.
«Obviously, we are moving to a new stage.: from the age of oil to the age of the Internet. The government takes information technology seriously. I am sure that there will be a breakthrough in this industry, as in cosmonautics, where we are leaders. I hope that Omsk residents will contribute to the technological progress.», - said German Klimenko
Governor and pochёforeign guests visited the demonstration sites II International AndT-the forum and competitions of the robotics festival, where they got acquainted with the presented developments, models and programs, interactive exhibits.