On March 5, 2009, starting at 10 a.m., numerous participants from the IT industry, associations, organisations and of course also representatives of IT-SMEs are expected in the Convention Centre of the CeBIT in Hannover. The experts are expanding the horizons from the perspective of European politics to real empirical values and beyond that, also present concrete recommended courses of action. On location, topics to be thoroughly discussed will include possible hurdles on the way to a new consciousness as well as the changed needs of IT enterprises in Europe.
After the topics have been introduced by Johann Steszgal, PIN-SME President, the Secretary General Sebastiano Toffaletti will illustrate the relationship between economic and political activity with his presentation “Between European IT Politics and Operative Association Work”. Following this, Frank Früh will be introduced, project director of the European Information Technology Observatory (EITO). He will comment on the development of IT markets and IT SMEs, especially during the current prevailing financial crisis. Another expert to be expected is Rüdiger Gunther, Director Midrange EMEA of Azlan Tech Europe. He will give account of his experience as a partner with respect to improving potential strategies, dialogue and performance.
In close collaboration with CeBIT (www.cebit.com), the 3rd European PIN-SME Expert Forum is developing concrete rudiments that assist IT-SMEs to more accurately meet both the changing requirements of the IT industry and the increasingly more complex demands of business clients.
The Forum agenda, with all other speakers and content, can be requested from the organisation responsible for the event. In order to participate in this Expert Forum, a pre-registration is requested by 25 February 2009 at the latest.
