III International Conference "Synergy: IT education and IT industry"

December 17^th, 2015 with the participation of Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Serhiy Kvit was hold the Third International Conference "Synergy: IT education and IT industry."

The event took place at the address. Vladimir str., 55, Big Conference Hall of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Organizer — Association "IT of Ukraine".

The aim of the conference was to create an efficient platform for dialogue and strategic cooperation between the heads of state agencies, domestic and foreign educational universities and leading IT companies.

Among the objectives of the conference — the creation of mechanisms for identifying and solving problems recruiting industry, in particular to determine the appropriate level of skills of graduates needs of industry, increasing youth interest to IT professions and improve the process of education in the IT sector.

The event will promote the best international experience in IT development and education of its components, consolidation offers all market participants and promote better relations in this sphere and joint efforts between all participants of the educational process.

The conference program consisted of the following units:

1) IT education in the context of the reform of the education system: Achievements and challenges;

2) IT education begins at school;

3) The content of IT education: new trends;

4) Improving the efficiency of IT education: university or IT courses, cooperation with IT companies;

5) IT and science;

The event were attended by around 200 representatives of governmental, educational and business community, including representatives of educational institutions from Georgia, Estonia, Lithuania and Poland.

Participating in today's event was the heads of leading IT universities from all over Ukraine, managers and owners of the largest in Ukraine and Eastern Europe IT - companies took part management authorities of Ukraine and recognized national and international experts in the field of IT education.

Author: Rabchun Dmytro