St. Petersburg club of Chief information officers of SPb CIO Club

The St. Petersburg club of Chief information officers "SPb CIO Club" – consolidation of the professionals who are responsible for development of IT in the organizations.

Purposes of activity of club:

• creation of the platform for exchange of views on current problems of use of IT;
• creation of informal groups on industry or other principle which could put on behalf of club into practice policy of influence on suppliers, developers of solutions and consultants;
• the organization of anonymous accounting of quality of work of suppliers, consultants and developers of solutions for the purpose of formation of independent ratings;
• development of uniform rules of interaction with major companies suppliers, consultants and developers and also other standards in the field of IT;
• creation of independent advice center for owners and heads of the companies where they could receive the weighed approaches and solutions of the problems existing at them of professionals in the field of IT.

The main thing about club:

In club two categories of membership are provided: associated (free) and valid (paid). The associated clubmen do not pay an annual membership fee and have the right to visit of monthly Traditional meetings of club (every fourth Thursday), receiving mailings and limited access to the website. Possibilities of full members of club much more widely also assume payment of an annual membership fee: free visit of all actions and meetings of club, the publication in trade publications (IT Manager, Intelligent Enterprise, Rational Enterprise Management, the Director of information service, CIO) and portals (SPbIT, IT world, globalciо.ru), receiving discounts at IT providers and discounts for visit and participation in paid actions of the partner companies, unlimited access to the presentations and other materials of actions with a possibility of downloading and also library of club, an opportunity to make the report (presentation) at meetings and so forth. The community "CIO Junior" is the project for the beginning CIO started by the St. Petersburg club of Chief information officers in 2009. The purpose of "CIO Junior" - consolidation and communication of young IT specialists, creation of conditions for implementation of their professional and personal potential, increase in level of those competences which will allow them to become further a part of IT community and successful Chief information officers.

• the club gives the chance not only to increase professional efficiency and to expand a circle of useful business contacts, to study and address experience of colleagues, but also it is interesting to spend time in a circle of supporters;
• events which are held by club differ on regularity and a format of carrying out. Invariable are a relaxed atmosphere, hot topics for discussion and boundless opportunities for communication. The traditional meeting takes place in a format of reports and the presentations, the meeting "Without Ties" is held in the Open space format. International CIO Congress 'White Nights' is the largest event of the IT industry of the northwest and annually integrates hundreds of participants, and, the birthday of club celebrated in a big way, became 'SPb CIO Club' loved holidays of members long ago. We are glad to offer those who leads active lifestyle joint sports: skis and snowboard in the winter, rollers in the summer;
• the head of IT service at the enterprise with experience and having not less than 3 people in subordination can become not less than a year the clubman.

Having become the clubman, you receive:

• new contacts, real-life communication, exchange of experience with professionals of the IT industry;
• participation in discussions, round tables, trainings and seminars on actions of club;
• professional growth and increase in "the personal cost" in labor market;
• an opportunity to be aware of the most important actions in the field of IT;
• special conditions of participation in the actions organized with assistance of 'SPb CIO Club';
• possibility of direct vendor interaction of IT solutions, receiving discounts at partners of club;
• access to extensive methodological base (library, materials on all actions of club, methodical developments of clubmen);
• active holiday and communication in a circle of colleagues on regular actions of club.

Today the club integrates more than 366 directors of the IT industry. In 2010 8 covers of the magazine IT Manager ß clubmen of Chief information officers are released, in the leading industry media more than 80 articles of authorship of participants of SPb CIO Club are published. Since 2005, in the first of June, the Club carries traditionally out CIO Congress "White Nights" which is the main independent platform for exchange of experience and identification of trends of development of IT market of the Northwest of Russia. The congress within 5 years is supported by CIO clubs, the Union of the Russian Chief information officers (SODIT), the best professionals of the industry and elite of IT-Business.

History

• July, 2005 - Partnership agreements from media: 'Intelligent Enterprise', 'FineStreet', www.SPbIT.ru
• October, 2005 - The agreement on cooperation with Microsoft company. Russian CIO Summit – 20 participants from "SPb CIO Club"
• January, 2006 - The CIO magazine becomes publication of the club movement. The asset of club is included into editorial council.
• February, 2006 - Creation of Expert Advice of club. The chairman is Kirill Soloveychik.