The Forum consisted of three parts: Robofest Omsk Robotics Festival, IT in Education conference and business program.
Over two days, the business program of the IT forum was attended by more than 1,000 people. There were 100 speakers in twelve sections." The International IT Forum was held in the Omsk region for the fourth time.
The robotics festival that opened the event consisted of the district robotics competitions Robofest – Western Siberia with an exhibition of creative robot models, the engineering professions fair Technar-2019 and interactive platforms. This year, 204 teams from all over Russia participated in competitions in 13 areas, from Crimea to Irkutsk. New areas of competition this year are: WeDo 2.0 Draftsman, Cuboro SoftSkills, "Battle of the Titans", "Engineering Projects. Mechanical Engineering", NTSI-SkAPT.
According to the results of the selection, 10 Omsk teams reached the finals: 3 teams will go to Perm for the Russian Open Championship and 7 to Moscow for the All–Russian Technological Festival PROFEST-2019.
The organizers noted that this year all Omsk technical universities – OmSTU, SibADI and OmGUPS - were represented at the Robofest site. Together with them, enterprises and companies closely associated with these universities, such as Automatika–Service, NIITKD, and 1C, presented themselves.
Interactive platforms have traditionally represented the centers of additional education and schools in Omsk. Festival visitors could participate in two science shows prepared by OmGPU and Joule Park, drive along the roads of different countries and test their knowledge of traffic regulations using virtual reality glasses, participate in the creation of a cartoon and much more. In total, over a thousand people visited Robofest Omsk.
The international conference "IT in Education", which was held within the framework of the forum, brought together 1,200 teachers from 16 regions of Russia and 3 neighboring countries. The rich program allowed participants to share their experiences, learn about new techniques and educational tools, receive answers from leading experts and gain new skills.
The business program of the forum allowed the forum participants to discuss issues of digitalization in various industries. The organizers note the importance of the participation of distinguished guests in the event - German Klimenko, Pavel Khilov, Vladimir Maslov, Nikolai Komlev, Alexey Galyuzhin and Shavkat Sabirov.
"It is very important for the IT community in the region that the authorities are interested in what we need for development," said Alexander Timofeechev, president of the IT Cluster Siberia non-profit partnership.
The IV International IT Forum was organized by NP IT Cluster of Siberia, the regional Government, the Omsk Region Development and Investment Agency and the Entrepreneurship Support Fund.