The Symposium is sponsored by BITKOM, German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media, and the Russian Ministry for Communications and Informatization. The Symposium is devoted to Russian-German cooperation in the information and communication technologies sector, a most dynamic sector in the world economy. The Symposium is expected to be a perfect opportunity for discussing the hottest business and technology topics and establishing new contacts at the highest level. Ravil Abitov, president of VIPNET Co., will deliver a report about a successful development of a new platform based - product, performed by Arcadia in partnership with a German software company.