This is the key software event in CEE region that last years attracted speakers from 15 countries, and regularly has over 500 attendees from all over the world. The list of keynote speakers from previous SECR conferences includes Ivar Jacobson, Erich Gamma, Michael Cusumano, Larry Constantine and other well-known software thought-leaders, technical fellows and VPs from major high-tech corporations.The conference is usually supported by Adobe, EMC, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, ORACLE, Siemens, Sun Microsystems, VMWare, etc. The event is endorsed by many local software/IT associations, this year we are also hoping to get ACM and IEEE aboard. Information about this year event is available here; about previous SECR events at archive.In 2009 the conference will be organized in Moscow on October 28-29.Its topics include, but are not limited to the following: * Experience reports and industry-specific solutions; * Platforms and Technology; * Human Aspects in Software Engineering; * Software Project Management; * Software Process; * Software Business.(source: www.russoft.org)