Software Development Outsourcing Conference
Ignite is proud to invite you to the annual Software Development Outsourcing Conference, which will be held on October 17th, 9:00 - 16:00, at Avenue Conference Hall at Airport City.
This year’s conference is focused on the growing shortage of skilled personnel in the Israeli software industry, and the outsourcing alternatives that respond to this problem, namely offshoring and nearshoring.
The agenda for this conference includes:
- Offshoring to India - Arun K. Singh, Ambassador, Indian Embassy.
- Ukraine-Israel Overview - Ehud Gonen, Ministry of Industry and Trade.
- Silicon Valley or Silicon Vaddi, Yanki Margalit, Alladin. The future of the Israeli High-Tech industry
- Effective Outsourcing! Aviram Eisenberg, Ignite. Creating a cost effective global delivery model
- The shortage in skilled personnel - expert panel including leading Israeli software vendors, leading service providers, and experts from the national and academic arenas.
- My offshore case study - offshore case studies presented by senior software development managers who managed offshore activity
| Time | Subject | Lecturer |
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| 08:00-09:00 | Gathering and Registration | |
| 09:00-09:10 | Opening words | Aviram Eisenberg & Yehuda Konfortes |
| 09:10-09:20 | India’s Strength & potential in Software Development | H.E. Arun K. Singh, Indian Ambassador |
| 09:20-09:30 | Ukraine-Israel Overview | Ehud Gonen, Ministry of Industry & Trade |
| 09:30-09:50 | Silicon Valley or Silicon Vaddi | Yanki Margalit, Alladin |
| 09:50-10:10 | Ness Managed Labs for ISVs | Sefi Galezer, NESS |
| 10:10-10:30 | Optimizing the R&D organization | Gal Kimel, BMC |
| 10:30-10:50 | Effective Outsourcing! | Aviram Eisenberg, Ignite |
| 10:50-11:10 | Break | |
| 11:10-12:00 | Expert Panel - Q&A about the growing shortage in skilled personnel in the Israeli software industry - reasons for the problem and possible solutions namely offshoring and nearshoring | Yanki Margalit, CEO, Alladin Meir Raz & Motti Eichler, Marketing, Manpower Breshit Menachem Zuker, Co-founder, Nisha group Shlomo Waxe, head of the Israeli industry association Sefi Glaezer, NESS, offshore provider Moderator: Aviram Eisenberg |
| 12:20-12:20 | Israeli Offshoring from vision to reality | Nisan Yaari, Tadiad |
| 12:20-12:40 | India is here | Adam Back, Unit |
| 12:40-13:00 | Fixed Price Vs. T&M | Prof. Gadi Ariav, Tel Aviv University |
| 13:00-13:20 | Legal issues in Outsourcing Contracts | Gadi Openhiemer, Attorney |
| 13:20-14:00 | My Offshore Case Study - senior development managers present their experience and lessons in managing offshore R&D activity:
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| 14:30-15:30 | Lunch |