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Monday, 21 November 2011

Monday 21.11, Tallinn, full of great presenters: Andreas Constantinou from VisionMobile; Saint-Petersburg ICT & mobile industry business representatives; AppCircus - the showcase of the most innovative and creative apps in the region.

Mobile Monday Estonia, with cooperation of Technopolis Ülemiste, ICT Export Cluster, The City of Tallinn and European Regional Development Fund is ready to host a number of great presenters on Monday 21th 2011 at Tehnopolis Ülemiste. The event is full of diverse presentation and showcases from from all over the world starting at 13:30 till around 20:30.

(Follow further for detailed schedule and registration details.)

Andreas Constantinou, VisionMobile
Mobile Monday Estonia event will be opened by one of the worlds leading market analysis and strategy company's Founder and Managing Director, Andreas Constantinou from VisionMobile. Andreas will be describing the ins and outs of mobile ecosystem at present state. As Founder and Managing Director, Andreas oversees the research and strategy projects at VisionMobile. He has ten years of experience in mobile having led strategy projects for brand-name clients across the industry, including Nokia, RIM, Telenor, Telefonica, Vodafone, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Gemalto and Tieto.

Andreas will be presenting extracts from VisionMobile's latest research on mobile platforms, OEMs, Google and HTML5.

Mobile Platforms: the Clash of Ecosystems
- Change of the OEM landscape, from oligopoly to DELLification.
- Platform economics: platform types and the three driving forces behind network effects. Comparing and contrasting the key platforms.
- The Google agenda and how Google uses Android to drive its core business
- HTML5: the state of affairs, the key players and why the web needs a new leader.

Use the chance to get the insights of the mobile industry ecosystem directly from the source itself! Follow further for full agenda and registration details.

If you're interested personally meeting Andreas, please contact one of our Mobile Monday Estonia representatives Sven Kirsimäe.

Delegation of Saint-Petersburg ICT & mobile industry business representatives
From 20.-22. of Nov 2011 a prominent delegation of Russian ICT delegates are visiting Tallinn, Estonia. During the three-day visit, the delegation will meet prominent Estonian ICT companies, organizations, representatives and the public presenting their business to the interested parties.

The main purpose of this visit is to have a chance to show how we work in mobile ecosystem. Number of our partners are lined up to meet the guests. Some to name are: Technopolis Ülemiste, Estonia ICT Demo Centre, Tehnopol, The Estonian Information Technology College, Garage48HUB, Association of Information Technology and Telecommunications / ITL, The City of Tallinn and many others.

Before the Russian companies present we have two excellent speakers to give you the view from the Estonian side of European Unions border of doing business in Russia.

Doing business in St. Petersburg and understanding the Russian business culture
Ivan Shapran (Project Manager, Strategic Development Centre, Elion Enterprises) and Toomas Kästik (Doing Business St. Petersburg, Enterprise Estonia Representative in Saint-Petersburg) will be giving their view on how to do business in Russia and then it is time to present the delegates.

Use the opportunity to meet the Russian ICT delegates interested in doing business in our region! Follow further for full agenda and registration details.

If you're interested in specific queries about the delegation, please contact one of our Mobile Monday Estonia representatives Indrek Petersoo.

AppCircus - let us send our best mobile app to Mobile World Congress 2012!
We were looking really hard to find the best mobile apps of the region to fit the AppCircus contest. We are proud to line up the creme de la creme of mobile applications competing for the honorary chance to be nominated for the Mobile Premier Awards 2012 held during the Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona. The winning application will be chosen by the jury:

Gerri Kodres, VP of Sales and Marketing, Fortumo
Pirko Konsa, Member of Board, Tehnopol / Board Member, ITL.
Henrik Roonemaa, Editor in Chief, Digi
Tõnis Pechter, Development Services Project Manager, Technopolis Ülemiste.

The mobile applications being presented to the jury are:

Ordimo Mobile Waitress by Ordimo
Mobile Backstage by Mobile Backstage
Rimfitters by Cannedapps
Navrec Lite & Navrec Tracker by Navrec LLC
Qminder by Qminder
PinMarks.Me by Mooncascade LLC
Gymwolf by Mooncascade LLC
Bear Care the winner of App Camp Lithuania

Come and experience the competition in finding out the best mobile app of the region to be presented for Mobile Premier Awards 2012 held during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona! As always, the event will be followed by refreshments and networking opportunities. Follow further for full agenda and registration details.

If you're interested in specifics of AppCircus and the competition, please contact one of our Mobile Monday Estonia representatives Priit Salumaa.

Full Agenda and registration details
PART 1 @ Conference Room of Lõõtsa 2A Building, Tallinn, 1st Floor
13:30 – Registration
14:00 – Keynote speaker Andreas Constantinou, CEO, VisionMobile

15:30 – Coffee & refreshments break

15:45 – Ivan Shapran, Project Manager, Strategic Development Centre, Elion Enterprises
16:10 – Toomas Kästik, Doing Business St. Petersburg, Enterprise Estonia Representative in Saint-Petersburg
16:30 – The presentations by the members of the Saint-Petersburg ICT & mobile industry delegation

PART 2 @ CityPlatz Restaurant (Lõõtsa 6, Tallinn, 100m from the previous location)
18:00 – AppCircus Tallinn event
19:00 – Beer & networking
19:15 – Winner announcment

19:30 – Free time and networking

20:30 - End of the event


Pre-registration to the event is open. Event is for free - registration is required from here.

Venue Information
The venue is in the Tehnopolis Ülemiste smart business center, Tallinn. The event starts at Lõõtsa 2A


and will continue to Lõõtsa 6 (a walking 100m distance from the Lõõtsa 2A)


The event is powered by AppCircus, Technopolis Ülemiste and The City of Tallinn. Seminar is hosted in cooperation with ICT Export Cluster and is funded by European Regional Development Fund. For more info see www.e-estonia.com

World famous AppCircus comes to Estonia, Tallinn, Technopolis Ülemiste

Do you want to present your app at Mobile Premiere Awards during the Mobile World Congress 2012? Come and present your mobile application at AppCircus Tallinn! Deadline for app submission is 06.11.2011

AppCircus, the showcase of the most innovative and creative apps,  arrives to Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, on the 21st of November at the Technopolis Ülemiste.

AppCircus is open and free to developers, startups and any other organization with apps on any platform, giving a great chance to present live their applications on stage.

An international jury will select one winner, who will get an opportunity to be nominated for the Mobile Premier Awards 2012, which are held during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

The deadline to participate is the 11th of November 2011!

Rules for Participation:

  • Submissions and presentations to AppCircus are FREE and open to any developer, startup or company.

  • Applicants must send one representative to present the app live on stage.

  • The apps selected will have  three minutes to pitch on stage.

  • Apps are submitted through the AppCircus platform at appcircus.com.

  • Registration and membership for AppCircus are FREE!

  • appcircus.com members need to add the app to their profile before applying for an AppCircus.

  • Candidates can submit more than one app.

  • Each app can only be presented in one AppCircus, unless if it receives a Runner up Waiver.

  • One app in each AppCircus event will be nominated for the pool of apps from which the 20 finalists for the Mobile Premier Awards 2012 will be selected.

  • The app with the most votes, after the nomination winner, will receive a “Runner up Waiver”, which allows the app to reapply for selection for another AppCircus.
We encourage all the mobile app developers in the region to participate in the event. AppCircus gives the great opportunity to maximize the companie's visibility all over the mobile industry and the chance to win the presentation at the most prominent mobile event of the year - Mobile World Congress 2011.

Use the opportunity and register by submitting the app for the AppCircus in Tallinn. The submission deadline is 11th of November 2011!

The event will be preceded by Mobile Monday Estonia event opened by keynote speaker Andreas Constantinou from VisionMobile. Andreas is a Founder and Managing Director of Vision Mobile (a leading market analysis and strategy firm in the mobile industry). He oversees the research and strategy projects at the company and is an a world-famous speaker on the topic of trends and future outlooks of all things connected.

Agenda:
14:00 - Keynote speaker Andreas Constantinou, VisionMobile
15:30 - coffee break
16:00 - 17:30 - Mobile Monday Estonia event. The programme TBC.

18:00 - AppCircus Tallinn - Welcome and introductions
18:15 - First Act - Leading Platforms present
18:45 - 2nd Act - 10 Apps present with jury feedback
19:45 - Thanks and jury selection for Runnerup plus the winner. Exact jury members TBC.
19:50 - 20.30 - Networking and Winner announcement.

Venue Information:

The event location will be at the Technopolis Ülemiste, Lõõtsa 6, Tallinn, Estonia.



Pre-registration to the event is open. Event is for free - registration is required.

For any additional information or enquiries, please contact us team@momoestonia.com

The event is powered by AppCircus and Technopolis Ülemiste. Seminar is hosted in cooperation with ICT Export Cluster and is funded by European Regional Development Fund. For more info see www.e-estonia.com

Andreas Constantinou, VisionMobile speaks at Mobile Monday on 21.11. Tallinn at Technopolis Ülemiste

Andreas Constantinou, Founder and Managing Director of VisionMobile, a leading market analysis and strategy firm for all things connected, is visiting Estonia, Tallinn with a comprehensive presentation about the mobile market state to date. The presentation is given on 21st of November at the Technopolis Ülemiste.

As Founder and Managing Director, Andreas oversees the research and strategy projects at VisionMobile. He has ten years of experience in mobile having led strategy projects for brand-name clients across the industry, including Nokia, RIM, Telenor, Telefonica, Vodafone, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Gemalto and Tieto.

Andreas is also an Adjunct Professor at Lund University, Sweden and teaches Entrepreneurship at the Athens Economics University. He holds a Ph.D. in Image & Video Compression from the University of Bristol, UK.

Prior to founding VisionMobile, Andreas spent 3 years at Orange’s Research & Innovation division. His interests include uncovering under-the-radar industry trends and mapping the mobile industry. When not hopping on planes, Andreas spends his time in Athens, Greece.

VisionMobile is a leading market analysis and strategy firm, for all things connected. They offer competitive analysis, market due diligence, industry maps, executive training and strategy guidance, ranging from the industry's hottest trends to under-the-radar market sectors. VisionMobile team comprises of mobile industry insiders, each with 10+ years experience in the market.

If you haven't seen Andreases work before, we encourage you to take a peek at Developer Economics 2011 released on June this year. Developer Economics 2011 takes the reader across the entire developer journey, from the shift of mindshare and why "users can buy you love," to how money is made in mobile.

It covers the hottest issues in development, from app design and promotion to monetisation and user support. It is the "must read" material for every self-respectable member of the mobile industry ecosystem.

Use the chance to get the insights of the mobile industry ecosystem directly from the source itself!


Venue Information:
Andreas will be presenting at Mobile Monday Estonia and AppCircus event on the 21st of November at 14:00 at the Technopolis Ülemiste, Conference Room of Lõõtsa 2A Building, 1st Floor, Tallinn, Estonia.

For more exact agenda of the event and registration, please follow here.

For any additional information or enquiries, please contact us team@momoestonia.com

The event is powered by Technopolis Ülemiste. Seminar is hosted in cooperation with ICT Export Cluster and is funded by European Regional Development Fund. For more info see www.e-estonia.com

Friday, 11 November 2011

AppCamp the biggest mobiel app development boot camp in Baltics

Omnitel in Lithuania would like to invite you to App Camp - the biggest mobile application development event in Nordics and Baltics.


App Camp will take place on November 11th - 13th 2011. Quite similar to any other bootcamp like event - the participants will develop mobile applications for smartphones for all major operating systems.

The keynote speaker for the conference/workshop is - Rana June Sobhany. Rana is an author, mobile intrepreneur & an iPad DJ. She is a published author of the highly-anticipated book ”Mobilize” and founded ”Medialets” - one of the largest analytics and rich media advertising companies in the iPhone space.

This is an opportunity to make valuable business connections and share your ideas with mobile developers, creatives from Nordics and Baltics.

The event is free of charge. All participants must submit an application form prior to attending App Camp: http://www.appcamp.lt/en#registration

For more information about App Camp, please look at www.appcamp.lt

Join & follow App Camp:
https://www.facebook.com/AppCampLithuania
http://twitter.com/AppCampLT

Monday, 31 October 2011

Technopolis Business Breakfast 17.11: Coaching – Kuidas saavutada enamat? / Coaching The Individual – Optimising Your Executive Potential

Miks rakendavad edukad rahvusvahelised ettevõtted individuaalseid ja meeskondlikke coaching praktikaid? Kuidas aitab coaching Sul edukamalt äri teha?

Efektiivsemaks juhtimiseks ja heade tulemuste saavutamiseks on vajalik olla teadlik oma tugevatest külgedest ning sisemistest mõjuritest.

Novembrikuu hommikusöögi programm ei koosne esitlustest, vaid sel korral kutsume teid vahetult leidma vastuseid teie ees seisvatele väljakutsetele – kuidas rakendada paremini neid oskuseid ja teadmisi, mis teil on juba olemas?

Seminari viib läbi praktik, koolitaja ja rahvusvaheliselt tunnustatud koolitusfirma Inside Out partner Iain Muir.

Olete oodatud osalema!

Aeg: Neljapäev, 17.11.2011, 9.00-11.00
Koht: Technopolis Ülemiste, Lõõtsa 6, II korrus, Zappi seminariruum
Registreerumine: Palun registreeru hiljemalt 14.11.2011 täites selleks ankeedi aadressil: http://ulemistecity.ee/registreerumine

Päevakava

9:00 Registreerimine, kohv ja võrgustumine
9:30 Miks edukad rahvusvahelised ettevõtted kasutavad individuaalseid ja meeskondlikke coaching praktikaid? Iain Muir, Inside Out, partner.

Vastame koos küsimustele, lähtudes teie praktilistest kogemustest.

Coaching ja küsimuste-vastuste voor, mille käigus selgub, kuidas edasi liikuda.

11:00 Seminari lõpp, võrgustumine

Üritus on kõigile registreerunutele tasuta! Ürituse töökeeleks on inglise keel.

Esinejatest

Iain Muir on tööalaselt olnud tegev juhtivatel positsioonidel erinevates rahvusvahelistes ettevõtetes spordivaldkonnast kuni personali juhtimiseni välja. Iain on juhtimiskoolitajana spetsialiseerunud coachingu rollile strateegilises juhtimises ja ettevõtte arengus. Iain on elanud ja töötanud Küprosel, Liibanonis, Saksamaal, Inglismaal ja Soomes.

Inside Out on rahvusvaheline praktilise coachingu koolitusfirma, mis on partneriks mitmetele maailma juhtivatele korporatsioonidele, ettevõtetele ja organisatsioonidele. Inside Out julgustab tegevjuhte ja nende meeskondi tegema eristuvaid, pikaajalisi ja sisulisi muudatusi parandamaks ettevõtete tegevustulemusi. Inside Out võtab koos firmadega käsile nende kõige keerulisemad teemad ja tõsiseimad väljakutsed. Inside Out teeb koostööd ettevõtetega, kes väärtustavad pikaajalist partnerlust panustades seeläbi otseselt ettevõtete arengusse. Inside Out on tegev üle Euroopa, Põhja- ja Lõuna-Ameerikas ning Aasias.
www.insideout.biz

Rohkem infot:
Tõnis Pechter
Arendusteenuste projektijuht
tonis@technopolis.ee




Why do successful global organizations adopt individual and team coaching practices? What is the added value of coaching to various business challenges? Who should or could get coached? Awareness of ourselves and our internal drivers and strengths is a key to a smarter way to perform and lead. World class leaders make world class organizations – world class thinking makes world class leaders.

This session is not a lecture on coaching but an interactive experience where you are invited to find answers to your acute business challenges – how to bring out more of the talent you’ve got.

Senior executive coach and part owner of world renowned coaching organization Inside Out®, Iain Muir, will lead this breakfast session. The session will be in English, but pair and group work can be in Estonian.

Welcome to Technopolis Business Breakfast in Ülemiste, Tallinn.

Time: Thursday, 17.11.2011, 9.00-11.00
Venue: Technopolis Ülemiste, Lõõtsa 6, II korrus, Zapp seminar room
Registration: Registration: http://ulemistecity.ee/registreerumine. Deadline: 14.11.2011


Program

9:00 Registration, coffee and networking
9:30 Why do successful global organisations adopt individual and team coaching practices? We will answer these questions together, linking to challenges in your own organization. Have you ever thought that there must be more to life and work? A coaching approach and a series of questions will be applied to find how to move forward.
11:00 End of the event, networking

Welcome to the Technopolis Business Breakfast in Tallinn! The event will be held in English and is free of charge.

Presenters

Iain Muir, executive coach and part owner, Inside Out®
Iain Muir has had a wide professional career before finally concentrating on coaching and facilitation. His working life has taken him through many management and directorship positions of organizations, initially within the field of sport and sport related areas and then into HR. Iain has been working in management consultancy for many years now, specializing in strategy and development with support coaching. Iain has lived and worked in Cyprus, Lebanon, Germany, UK and currently Finland.

Inside Out®
Inside Out is a global executive coaching firm. We are the trusted coaching company to the world's leading corporations, businesses and institutions. We coach exclusively at senior executive level, empowering business leaders and their teams to make distinctive, lasting, and substantial improvements to their performance. We tackle their most difficult issues and serious challenges. We work selectively with companies who value long term partnerships - positively and irrefutably impacting their business. We operate across Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia.

www.insideout.biz

More information:
Tõnis Pechter
Development Services Project Manager
tonis@technopolis.ee

Thursday, 20 October 2011

Sihtturuseminar "Soome äripartnerina - koostööst partnerluseni": 24.10.11, Talinn.

24. oktoobril korraldavad Soome suursaatkond, EAS Helsingi esindus ja Eesti Kaubandus-Tööstuskoda Nordic Hotel Forumis sihtturuseminari "Soome äripartnerina - koostööst partnerluseni". Seekordsel seminaril keskendutakse paneeldiskussioonidele, käsitledes kahe riigi koostöövõimalusi erinevatest aspektidest.


Päevakava
12.30-13.00Registreerimine, tervituskohv
13.00-13.30Seminari avamine
Aleksi Härkönen, Soome suursaadik *
Toomas Luman, Kaubandus-Tööstuskoda, juhatuse esimees *
13.30-14.00I paneel Estonia and Finland - Business beacons on stormy sea? *
Moderaator: Raimo Ala-Korpi, Tampere regiooni Majanduse-, Transpordi- ja Keskkonnaarengu Keskus
Andre Pung, Välisministeerium, välismajanduse ja arengukoostöö osakonna direktor
Indrek Tammeaid, Helsinki Business Hub, programmidirektor
Heikki Mäki, Soome-Eesti Kaubanduskoda, juhatuse esimees
14.00-14.30II paneel Start-up synergies *
Moderaator: Indrek Petersoo, Ericsson Eesti
Sami Heikkiniemi, TEKES, vanem ärikonsultant
Heidi Kakko, Eesti Arengufond, investeeringute divisjoni juht
Margus Uudam, Ambient Sound Investments, riskikapitali investeeringute juht
14.30-15.00Kohvipaus
15.00-15.20Miks ja kuidas tulla Soome turule?
Aurelia Lorents, EAS, ekspordikonsultant Soomes
15.20-15.45Juriidilisi näpunäiteid Soome turule sisenemiseks
Kalle Pedak, Advokaadibüroo Hedman Partners, partner
15.45-16.10Case study: Webmedia
Priit Alamäe, Webmedia, juhatuse esimees
16.10-16.40III paneel Koostöövõimalused naaberriikide vahel. Partnerluse suunised.
Moderaator: Valdar Liive, EAS Helsingi
Priit Raud, AMO Group, juhatuse esimees;
Andres Allikmäe, Harju Elekter, peadirektor
Bo Henriksson, ABB Balti riikide juht
16.40-17.00Kokkuvõtted ja seminari lõpetamine
17.05Transport Nordic Hotel Forumi eest
17.30-19.00Vastuvõtt Soome suursaatkonnas, Kohtu 4, Tallinn

* - esinemine inglise keeles
NB! Korraldajal on õigus teha programmis muudatusi

Aeg: 24.10.11 12.30-19.00
Koht: Nordic Hotel Forum, Tallinn,

Seminaril osalemise hind on 30.- eurot (hinnale lisandub käibemaks)
Registreerumise tähtaeg on 21. oktoober, registreeruda saate SIIN

Lisainfo:
Eva Maran
E-post: eva@koda.ee
Tel: 604 0083

Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Technopolis Business Breakfast 20.11: KOMMUNIKATSIOON RAHVUSVAHELISTUMISEL / GLOBAL COMMUNICATION WITH LOCAL LANGUAGE

Rahvusvahelistele turgudele laienemine eeldab, et arvestatakse kohalikku sihtturgu ja tavasid, et sõnum jõuaks pärale soovitud kujul ja midagi "tõlkes kaduma ei läheks".

Kuidas olla kindel, et edastatavad sõnumid on kommunikeeritud õigesti võttes arvesse sihtturu keelt ja kultuuriruumi? Millistele küsimustele tasub keskenduda? Millised on tüüpilised vead ja suurimad väljakutsed?

Nendele küsimustele keskendutakse oktoobrikuu hommikusöögil Technopolis Ülemistes. Olete oodatud osalema!

Aeg: Neljapäeval, 20.10.2011 9.00-11.00
Koht: Technopolis Ülemiste, Lõõtsa 6, II korrus, Zappi seminariruum
Registreerumine: Palun registreerutäites selleks ankeedi siin: http://ulemistecity.ee/registreerumine

Päevakava
9.00
Registreerimine, kohv ja võrgustumine
9.30 Avasõnad: Tõnis Pechter, Technopolis Ülemiste arendusteenuste projektijuht
9.35 Keel ja kultuur – rahvusvahelistumise võtmesõnad Risto Kuosmanen, Translatum Ltd, CEO
10.15 MarkIT kogemus Anneli Aljas, MarkIT Holding AS, CFO / Partner
11.00 Võrgustumine ja vaba suhtlus

Üritus on kõigile registreerunutele tasuta! Translatumi esitlus on inglise keeles, MarkIT teeb ettekande eesti keeles!

Esinejatest
Risto Kuosmanen, Translatum Ltd.

Risto Kuosmanen on lõpetanud Helsinki Turundusinstituudi 1994. aastal rahvusvahelise kaubandustehnikuna. 1996. aastal lõpetas ta rahvusvahe kaubanduse eriala Tampere rakendusülikoolis ning on läbinud MBA kursuse Sheffield Hallam ülikoolis Inglismaal.

Täna on Risto Kuosmanen tõlkebüroo Translatum Ltd tegevjuht ja omanik. 2004. aastal asutas Kuosmanen ettevõtte Translatum Baltic OÜ, mis on Translatum Ltd. tütarettevõte Tallinnas ning ta on kokku seitsme Soome ja kaheksa Eesti ettevõtte osanik ja juhatuse liige.

Alates 2009. aastast on Kuosmanen ka Pirkanmaa rahvusvaheliste suhete komitee liige.

Translatum Ltd.

Translatum Ltd. Pakub tõlke ja keelelise korrektuuri teenust ning keelekursusi ettevõtete töötajatele.
Translatum Ltd peakorter asub Tamperes ning harukontorid Helsingis ja Tallinnas.
Oma rohkem kui 15 aastase tõlketeenuste pakkumise kogemusega on Translatum Ltd suurimate tõlkebüroode hulgas Soomes. Tänu ettevõttes töötavatele kogenud tõlkidele ja laialdasele koostööpartnerite võrgustikule saame pakkuda kõrgkvaliteetset tõlget mitmetes valdkondades ning praktiliselt kõikidest keeltest.

www.translatum.fi

Anneli Aljas, MarkIT Holding AS

Anneli Aljas õppis aastatel 1990-1991Tallinna Tehnikaülikooli majandusteaduskonnas ning asus seejärel õppima finantsjuhtimist Soomes Tampere Ülikoolis, mille lõpetas 2000 ärijuhtimise magistrina. Aastail 2000-2002 õppis ta Eraakadeemia Nord õigusteaduskonnas. Lisaks on ta läbinud mitmeid täienduskoolitusi nii Eestis kui ka välismaal.

Anneli Aljasel on väga pikaajaline kogemus rahvusvahelise ettevõtte finantsjuhina. 1995-2000 oli ta finantsdirektor rahvusvahelise gaasifirma AGA Eesti tütarettevõttes, suundudes seejärel tegevjuhiks ASi Helmes. Alatest 2003.aastast on Anneli Aljas olnud Markit Grupi finantsjuht ja partner.

MarkIT Holding AS

MarkIT on veebipõhine IT e-hankekeskkond, mille eesmärgiks on hoida kokku nii kohalike kui rahvusvaheliste IT-ostjate raha ja aega 23 Euroopa riigis.

MarkIT ühendab 150 juhtivat IT kaupade hulgimüüjat ühte veebikeskkonda pakkudes reaalajas infot toodete, hindade ja saadavuse kohta ning kohest tellimisvõimalust läbi ostukkeskonna. Meie ärimudel võimaldab kliendil osta kaupu otse hulgimüüjatelt, jättes vahele jaekaubandusettevõtted.

www.markit.eu

Technopolis Business Breakfast ürituste sari on mõeldud juhtidele, spetsialistidele ja ettevõtjatele ning ettevõtlushuvilistele, kes soovivad õppida teiste kogemustest ning saada uusi ideid ja teadmisi oma äri edendamiseks ja enda arendamiseks.

Lisainfo
Karin Tamm, Technopolis Ülemiste suhtekorraldaja
Tel. +372 51 388 62, karin@technopolis.ee

Welcome to the Technopolis Business Breakfast™ in Tallinn!

Come to hear about the meaning and relevance of correct localization. Learn how to make sure your message is being communicated correctly to the target culture and target audience? Find out what is the impact of language, culture and translations in an internationalization
process? Which issues should be taken into account, where are the pitfalls and challenges? These topics and more are dealt by experts in the October event in Tallinn.

Time: Thursday 20.10.2011, 9.00 – 11.00
Venue: Technopolis Ülemiste, Lõõtsa 6, 2nd floor, Zappi seminar room
Registration: Please register by Tõnis Pechter by email: tonis.pechter@technopolis.ee


Päevakava
9.00
Registration, coffee and networking
9.30 Welcome Tõnis Pechter, development Services Project Manager
9.35 Language and culture – the keywords in internationalisation Risto Kuosmanen, Translatum Ltd, CEO
10.15 Case MarkIT Anneli Aljas, MarkIT Eesti, CFO/Partner
11.00 End of the event, networking

The event is free of charge. Translatum presentation will be held in English, MarkIT presentation in Estonian.

Presenters

Risto Kuosmanen, Translatum Ltd.

Risto Kuosmanen graduated as Trade Technician in International Business from the Institute of Marketing in Helsinki in 1994. In 1996 he completed the advanced line in international commerce in Tampere University of Applied Sciences. Kuosmanen has also studied intensive MBA courses in Sheffield Hallam University. At present, Kuosmanen is the CEO and owner of Translatum Ltd., a translation agency he founded in 1996. Since 2004 Kuosmanen has also been the CEO and owner of Translatum Baltic OÜ, an affiliate translation agency of Translatum located in Tallinn. He is also a shareholder in altogether seven Finnish and Estonian companies and a board member in eight companies, associations and organisations. Kuosmanen has been a member of the Pirkanmaa Committee of International Affairs since 2009.

Translatum Ltd.

Translatum Ltd. provides translation and proofreading services as well as language training and DTP for small and large companies alike. Our head office is located in Tampere, Finland, and we have offices also in Helsinki and Tallinn. With 15 years of experience in the field of translation, we are one of the largest language service providers in Finland. Thanks to our in-house translators and an extensive network of co-operation partners, we are able to provide high-quality translations in several different fields and in almost every language.

www.translatum.fi

Anneli Aljas, MarkIT Holding AS

Anneli Aljas studied 1990-1991 in Tallinn University of Technology, faculty of Economics and after that in University of Tampere. She graduated from the university in 2000 with Master degree in Business Administration and studied law in 2000-2002 in private university Nord.

Anneli Aljas has a broad experience as financial manager in international companies.
She was in 1995-2000 financial director in AGA Estonia subcompany and after that CEO in AS Helmes. Starting from 2003 she is CFO and partner of MarkIT Group.

MarkIT Holding AS

MarkIT is an online IT purchasing system for companies. MarkIT is saving time and money of international and local IT buyers in 23 European countries.

MarkIT integrates 150 leading IT distributors in Europe into a single web-service offering realtime comparative prices, availability and direct ordering.

www.markit.eu

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