The Independent Software Developers Forum (ISDEF) announces the 8th annual fall conference, ISDEF’2009. The event will take place on October 1-4, 2009 at the Izmailovo-Alpha hotel. Traditionally, the conference will be devoted to analyzing the current situation on the international software market and discussing the problems IT companies currently face. The conference will be attended by company owners and managers, leading specialists of IT and Internet companies, representatives of western and Russian investment funds, marketing experts, representatives of PR services and journalists.

The main topics to be covered at the conference are:

• Marketing and software sales techniques
• Legal aspects of the work of software companies
• Financial investments on the IT market
• HR management and staffing
• PR services in IT companies
• Business development and growth

This will be the second conference to include an investment section. At the last year’s conference, the section was actively attended both by investors and software developers. It will allow its participants to obtain first-hand information and present their project directly to potential investors.

The conference registration fee is $200. ISDEF members are admitted free of charge.