I represent KeepSoft (home accounting). I have been coming to ISDEF since as far back as 2005. It was quite difficult to take the first step, but since I really wanted to meet the people I knew online in person, I decided to go and didn't regret it. The best features of ISDEF are that you learn something new from the presentations, and you get an effect from chatting informally with people who have the same interests as you and are delighted to discuss different topics of interest.

I represent Avangate. I have come to the conference for the fourth, and definitely not the last, time. ISDEF is a fantastic opportunity to get to know both our existing and future clients, as well as to give interesting presentations. Thanks to ISDEF, last year I became the best salesperson in our company. I recommend this conference to people from companies that are beginning to do business on a global scale, to those who want to hear their most progressive, experienced peers and to people who are interested in current business trends.

I have been an active participant in IDSEF since 2002. As Managing Partner of femida.us, I believe ISDEF is worth attending for literally any leaders of software development organizations. In its 12 years of existence, IDSEF has become a good source of information about what is going on in the industry. A large amount of the information obtained here allows good work to be carried out in our field. And the people who participate in ISDEF are pleased to share with new participants their wide experience of doing business, including both the technical and legal aspects.

I believe the number of participants in ISDEF must be increasing on account of all the new faces. They are the ones that bring a breath of fresh air to ISDEF, which will allow long-term growth and development in accordance with current trends. But it does not mean that "old-timers" needs to be written off. I, myself, will be making every effort to come back next year.

I work as Sales Manager for MyCommerce. I first came to ISDEF with an honest aim: "To make the world a better place". But more seriously, the task I set myself was to talk to people (more precisely, the opportunity to understand their mood, desires and concerns). I handled this pretty well. My own personal conclusion, comparing ISDEF with other conferences, is that here the predominant audience has a deep-rooted passion. Whereas at other conferences everything ends with a quick buffet, here it is the opposite; it is in this informal setting that all key relationships are formed, and the socializing continues for longer than planned. It is exactly the kind of event that would attract a female audience.

Partner and CEO of Indigo Byte Systems. I first visited ISDEF in 2007, then I had a small break, now for the past three years I have not missed a single conference. When I went there for the first time, I felt embarrassed and inhibited. I was frightened by the thoughts of how the conversation would go between a beginner entrepreneur and established, well-respected businessmen who had gone through fire and water. Nowadays, ISDEF for me is a meeting with colleagues, a motivational recharge that lasts me at least six months. Particularly so when I see other successful people or people with the same problems as me and I understand that they can be solved. And the biggest plus is that with every trip, I bring more and more ideas that I try to realize. I recommend ISDEF to those who have an IT business focused on sales, to users and organizations from the B2B and B2C fields, to those for whom sales are top priority and simply to people starting their own projects. They can show them here in detail and hear healthy, constructive criticism or advice, not from investors, but from real people who have also developed their projects from scratch.

CEO of Alconost. I am at ISDEF for the fifth time now. The main aim of my trip was to get to know our existing clients. I feel a kind of magic when I read a name on a badge I have only ever seen in an email address, and now this real live person is standing next to me :) For me personally, ISDEF has helped a great deal in terms of psychological growth. During my first trips I could find key clients here; now ISDEF participants are not necessarily these, but traditionally they become my friends.

ISDEF is continuous growth and inspiration. Each time, I go away with the kind of mood that keeps me developing on every level for at least another six months. I recommend ISDEF to absolutely any entrepreneur or even students. Anybody who has decided to develop their own business or do their own project can hear a wealth of useful information about how to grow in business, from product development to advice on opening a company in America.

I work as Development Direct for Pina. I first came to ISDEF as both a guest and speaker. Most of all, I was interested in the professional format of the event. There are not too many people here, but they all work on software professionally. I really wanted to talk to them, and also tell them a little about myself and discuss relevant problems and questions. I want to add that I was won over by the lack of overt advertising in presentations and by the fact that everyone was talking about objective things, modern approaches, practices, issues and new trends. And this is something quite amazing. I think it is really worth attending ISDEF in order to draw a wealth of useful information, both for those who have a finished product and those who are still developing one or speculating about realizing ideas. Without a doubt, these and others will find useful answers to the questions that interest them.

I came to ISDEF from Tomsk and represent GlavSoft. This is my second time at the conference, and I put ISDEF in my schedule again for this year right after my first trip. I feel that ISDEF is a fantastic gathering of like-minded people in a "club"-type atmosphere. I was interested in talking to every single attendee as they are all such open people. Conversations took place in an informal, off-stage environment, which allowed you to feel much freer with people.

I would recommend ISDEF to people who have their own software business, especially before it gets really big and they have questions on how to develop it. Here, they will definitely find answers to all the questions that are bothering them.

I am the CEO of Fast Reports, Inc. and have taken an active part in ISDEF since the moment it began. I believe my visits are important to my business, which I have been running for quite a while now. Since the business is, in essence, me, the head of the company, its development should also start from me. If the head of a company has something wrong with their business processes, motivation system or creating sales channels, the business won't work. And all this knowledge is concentrated here. In the space of literally a few days, you get the opportunity to meet people who have not only had the same problems as you, but also have ready solutions to them. And also, people's contacts may be able to help. ISDEF helped me reevaluate the market potential of our country by a factor of tens of thousands. I had previously underestimated it, but now that I have the chance to see what direction the industry is developing in and where we need to get to tomorrow, everything is going to be much clearer. Thanks to ISDEF, we have become a large company, born out of a hobby.

Therefore, I sincerely recommend ISDEF both to managers or leaders of IT companies and to those who are just starting or considering entering the global market.

I have come to ISDEF for the first time and, to be honest, I had been doubting for a while whether it was worth spending $800 on something for pleasure. But in the end I was satisfied with the trip. Maybe the content was not exactly for me and I didn't learn much that was useful for my business, but I did discover some interesting things for general development. So I can't assess the conference objectively. Nevertheless, I'd rate the organization of the conference 8 out of 10, and networking with attendees even 9. Next year, I plan to come again, perhaps even with friends who, although they don't have the same kind of career, would most definitely enjoy chatting to people who don't work for anybody.

I am the CEO of TulaSoft, LLC and have been coming to ISDEF twice a year for 10 years now. For me, ISDEF is about networking with interesting people, a huge recharge of positivity and motivation to work better, harder and for greater quality. A whole lot of interesting and useful connections are made at this conference, so I would rate the effect of these connections very highly. Today, I know most of the regular attendees personally and with the new participants, we're already in the processes of getting to know one another. They are all very open to conversation and if what you do is directly related to software, then you have something to talk about.

I work for Alconost and it was my colleagues who convinced me to come to ISDEF. Honestly speaking, I doubted how effective it would be, and more precisely, the extent to which the expenses of the trip would pay off. But fortunately, we weren't disappointed. And even if our $2,000-2,500 for two people hasn't paid off financially, it most certainly has in terms of new ideas and new business trends.

I represent EuroCloud Russia. I've come to ISDEF for the first time, although I'd heard a lot about this event. I'm glad that the rumors it was some kind of get-together for shareware developers weren't confirmed! I really liked the conference and I've certainly not seen this format in Russia before. Very valuable for me was getting into an environment with people who had founded their own companies 20 years ago, as well as those who were starting now. They all share their mistakes, experience and opinions about how it works now and how it was before. In a nutshell, it made a very positive impression on me and I hope this trip won't be my last. As soon as I get home, I'll recommend it to my friends, as I now know for sure exactly whom this conference is addressed at.