{"id":13468,"date":"2018-09-09T12:54:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T09:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/?p=13468"},"modified":"2018-09-09T12:56:23","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T09:56:23","slug":"emerging-europe-alliance-and-the-nordic-it-sourcing-association-bring-inaugural-summit-to-stockholm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/emerging-europe-alliance-and-the-nordic-it-sourcing-association-bring-inaugural-summit-to-stockholm\/","title":{"rendered":"Emerging Europe Alliance and the Nordic IT Sourcing Association Bring Inaugural Summit to Stockholm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13421 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Innotech-Summit-Nordics.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1003\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Innotech-Summit-Nordics.png 1003w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Innotech-Summit-Nordics-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Innotech-Summit-Nordics-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Innotech-Summit-Nordics-600x336.png 600w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Innotech-Summit-Nordics-260x146.png 260w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Innotech-Summit-Nordics-50x28.png 50w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Innotech-Summit-Nordics-134x75.png 134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1003px) 100vw, 1003px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As many local companies have expressed an interest in the Nordic markets, we are sharing an invitation to join the INNOTECH SUMMIT | DESTINATION NORDICS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Summit, which will be held 23-24 October in Stockholm, has been developed to create partnerships between emerging European regions, partners and vendors with Nordic IT leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With over 40 speakers\/thought leaders and over 200 decision-makers representing leading Nordic corporations, Emerging Europe experts, service providers, location representatives and associations, the Summit is targeted at Nordic CEOs, CIOs, CDOs, CTOs, CPOs, Heads of Strategic Sourcing &amp; other IT-enabled business services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Nordic IT Association boasts 2,700 members, 98% of them end users\/buyers, and together with the Alliance is gathering the very best stakeholders from their respective regions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amongst the confirmed speakers from the Nordic region are Peter Mikkelsen &#8211; VP &amp; Founder of the Nordic Blockchain Association, Alexander Reay &#8211; President, Nordic IT Sourcing Association, Anders Lagerqvist &#8211; Digital Strategist, Swedish Land Registry, Mika Hakosalo &#8211; from the Grow Smarter Project, City of Stockholm and Hans Christian Boos &#8211; Managing Director, Arago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contributors from Emerging Europe include organisations and businesses such as HfS Research, Bulgarian Outsourcing Association, Deloitte, Hungarian Outsourcing Association, German Outsourcing Association, Pro Progressio, BW Business Bridge, NIX Solutions, Invest Lithuania and the City of Poznan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bulgarian stakeholders joining the Summit include Sofia Investment Agency, Musala Soft, ICB and Droxic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With two specific time slots and dedicated matchmakers, delegates will also benefit from high value network opportunities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Leading Transformation in the Face of Globalisation\/ A New Era of IT Sourcing<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technology continues to enable and drive innovation within industries as Enterprises strive for new capabilities in this hyper competitive marketplace. In response, IT outsourcing continues to grow, with major organisations becoming completely dependent on the effective and predictable service delivery of third party partners and vendors. As this shift continues, from cost to value, companies are finding huge benefit from nearshore destinations, offering a wealth of expertise in areas such as IT &amp; engineering, with the added benefits of a close cultural connectivity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nordic InnoTech 2018 has been developed to create partnerships between emerging European regions, partners and vendors with Nordic IT leaders. The Summit has an exciting interactive agenda focused on learning, in-depth knowledge of the latest trends, opportunities and threats facing the business world and its leaders during this exciting phase of transformation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can find out more about the event and how to register <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ee-alliance.com\/innotech-stockholm-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use the code <\/span><b>SOFIA10<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to claim a 10% discount on any of the sponsorship and pass options.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As many local companies have expressed an interest in the Nordic markets, we are sharing an invitation to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":13422,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsletter-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}