IT&Security Forum 2013 opens in Kazan

On June 13 Minister of information and communication Roman Shaikhutdinov and Director General of ICL KPO Viktor Dyachkov opened one of the biggest IT conferences IT&Security Forum 2013 in Kazan.

“I’m glad to welcome you at IT&Security Forum that is held for the 7th time. IT sector is a very important growing point of Russia’s economy. In 2012 the share of IT industry in Russian GDP made 1,2 per cent, in Tatarstan GRP – 3 per cent. I want participants of the event to pay attention to an interesting federal project “Innopolis”. Tatarstan makes considerable contribution to development of Russian IT industry. Special economic zone “Innopolis” and IT University under construction are the first in Russia,” Roman Shaikhutdinov said.

Roman Shaikhutdinov thanked Viktor Dyachkov for efforts taken on developing IT industry in Russia and Tatarstan and wished participants of the forum fruitful work.

This year 600 people will take part in the event. Among them are IT executives, directors of information security services, leading experts, chief engineers, top managers.