This year, Mail.Ru Group will continue to support and participate in a number of conferences related in one way or another to information technology. These are mainly subject conferences for developers. Almost all of them, we somehow already supported in 2013, and we believe that it is worth telling about them in more detail to the general public. Perhaps one of you will find something new and useful for you among our review of Runet-2014 conferences.

OGIC

Exhibition of novelties in the field of computer games and electronic entertainment. Designed for a wide range of visitors: as for specialists in the development of computer games and 3D-technologies, and for all sympathizers.
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Dates and venue: March 15-16, St. Petersburg.
Website:
http://ogicon.ruMobilefest

Conference-festival for mobile application developers. The program provides reports of experts, discussion meetings, as well as entertainment events for all guests.
Dates and venue: March 21-22, Yakhroma (Moscow Region).
Website:
http://mobilefest.ruAgileDays

Specialized conference for developers. In two days, about 70 reports will be presented in five main topics:
- Agile Development (Agile / Lean)
- Product development
- Examples from developer experience
- Engineering practices
- Gamification
Dates and venue: March 21-22, Moscow.
Website:
http://agiledays.rueTarget

The conference is dedicated to internet marketing, advertising and SEO. Within the framework of the program, invited experts will read reports and hold round tables. Also, everyone will be able to visit the exhibition, which will be attended by various companies specializing in advertising and promotion on the Internet, you can familiarize yourself with their services and facilities.
Dates and venue: March 27-28, Moscow.
Website:
http://www.etarget.ruRussian Internet Technologies 2014

The largest Russian conference for web developers. This year it will be held for the seventh time and promises to be the largest in the history of its existence. Last year, the main topics of the conference were:
- Project management
- Server programming
- Client programming
- Database
- Development of large sites
- Web development business
- Quality control
- Technologies of the future
Dates and venue: April 14-15, Moscow; April 24-25, St. Petersburg.
Website:
http://ritconf.ruRussian Internet Forum (RIF + KIB 2014)

One of the largest and most popular in the country, this IT conference will be held for the 14th time. In general, it is devoted to the technological and legislative development of the Internet, e-commerce, advertising on the Internet, the development of network technologies, including search and cloud, Internet marketing, recruitment in IT. Typically, a two-thirds conference program consists of what visitors and participants offer ahead of time. Thus, each RIF + CIB reflects the trends and interests of the IT community characteristic of this year. On average, the exhibition is visited by about 10,000 people.
Dates and venue: April 23-25, Polyany Holiday Hotel, situated near Moscow.
Website:
http://2014.russianinternetforum.ru# MBLT14 (International Mobile Conference)

Conference for software developers for mobile platforms. The emphasis is on business applications of various mobile technologies. During one day, when the conference lasts, experts will share with the audience their experience and vision of the prospects for introducing mobile technologies in various business areas.
Dates and venue: May 23, Moscow.
Website:
http://mblt.ru/ruSPIK (St. Petersburg Internet Conference)

This conference is devoted to comprehensive aspects of the development of the Internet in Russia, online business, legislative issues and information security issues. At the moment, the conference program of this year has not yet been formed. Last year, the main topics were:
- Mobile technology in the modern world
- Integrated and marketing communications on the Web
- Social media and digital marketing
- Optimization: search, social media, etc.
- Business technology
- E-commerce
Dates and venue: May 27-28, St. Petersburg.
Website:
http://sp-ic.ruDevcon
This annual conference focuses on software development and testing for the entire Microsoft platform.
Dates and venue: May 28-29, Yakhonty, Moscow Region.
Website:
http://www.msdevcon.ru/Russian marketing week

Large-scale four-day event dedicated to advertising and marketing on the Internet. About 90 speakers, from freelance specialists to heads of large international companies, will address the audience.
Dates and venue: May 29 - June 1, Moscow.
Website:
http://rmweek.ruDevconf

This conference is intended for web developers. This year, the conference will feature presentations on 5 topics: PHP, Python, Ruby, Javascript, and mobile platforms. On the second day there will be master classes.
Dates and venue: June 14-15, Moscow.
Website:
http://devconf.ruYAPC :: Russia 2014
A highly specialized international conference for Perl developers. To date, 39 speakers from 7 countries are scheduled to speak.
Dates and venue: June 14, Kiev.
Website:
http://event.yapcrussia.org/yr2014/RuSSIR (Russian Summer School in Information Retrieval)
The eighth international conference dedicated to search technologies. It covers issues of information retrieval techniques, research on this issue, discusses ways to solve the related problems.
Dates and venue: August 18-22, Nizhny Novgorod.
Website:
http://romip.ru/russir2014/highload ++

Conference developers of high-loaded systems. Last year, highload ++ lasted 4 days, visited by over 1,500 people. Invited experts will give reports at the conference, I will give lectures and master classes on a wide range of issues and problems facing the developers.
Dates and venue: April, Minsk; May, Kiev; October, Moscow.
Website:
http://www.highload.ru/i-COMference
The conference program covers a huge layer of topics dedicated to social and consumer communications. Within two days, there will be discussions, workshops and lectures on mobile technology, online advertising, online video, media consumption, social networks and communities, crowdfunding and much more.
Dates and venue: spring (dates will be announced later), Moscow.
Website:
http://i-comference.ruApplied linguistics and artificial intelligence
As is clear from self-explanatory titles, the conference is devoted to the development of artificial intelligence, the development of search technologies and the related issues of applied linguistics. At the moment, the conference program is in the process of being filled.
Dates and venue: spring (dates will be announced later), Yakhroma (Moscow region).
Website:
http://www.ai-conf.ruInfoSecurity Russia / InfoSecurity
At this exhibition and conference you will have the opportunity not only to get acquainted with the latest equipment and software for ensuring information security, but also to take part in master classes and discussions.
Dates and venue: September 24-26, Crocus Expo, Moscow.
Website:
http://www.infosecurityrussia.ru/infosecurity-russiaWhaleRider
Annual conference on Internet entrepreneurship and project management. The event raises a wide range of issues within the framework of the two general themes, in connection with which the conference will be of interest to very many specialists, managers and businessmen.
Dates and venue: September 30-October 1, Moscow.
Website:
http://whalerider.ru/CNewsForum

The main theme of the conference this year is the introduction of information technology in the economy in the coming years. The event is attended by representatives of IT companies, businesses, government agencies and independent experts, a total of about 1,500 people. This year around 100 speakers will speak at the conference.
Dates and venue: November 12, Moscow.
Website:
http://forum.cnews.ru/iMetrics
Professional web analytics conference. Russian and foreign experts in this field will speak at the event, various discussions and master classes will be held.
Dates and venue: November 14-15, Moscow.
Website:
http://imetrics.ru/Mobile VAS & Applications
The main topics of this conference are mobile distribution, mobile platforms and interfaces, investments in the mobile market, payment solutions and NFC, digital content. Specialists from more than 20 countries take part in the conference.
Dates and venue: November 20-21, St. Petersburg.
Website:
http://vasforum.ru/Apps4all
International Conference for Mobile Application Developers. The main directions of the reports are the development of mobile applications, advertising and promotion through mobile technologies, especially the legislation.
Dates and venue: spring (dates will be announced later), Moscow.
Website:
www.forum.apps4all.ruWrite your opinion about the listed conferences, if you have already been to them in previous years: what did you like, what would you recommend to pay attention to, what disadvantages did you see for yourself during attending these conferences?
Russian Internet Week

This event is intended for a very wide range of specialists. This year the seventh RIW will take place. Traditionally, Russian business leaders, telecommunications experts, government officials and Internet users participate in the conference. Last year, over 15,000 people visited the exhibition.
Dates and venue: autumn, Moscow.
Website:
http://2014.russianinternetweek.ru/ZeroNights

The conference is dedicated to information security. The main audience is administrators, managers, information security officers, programmers, technical specialists and all those who are interested in the issue of information security.
Dates and venue: November, Moscow.
Website:
http://2014.zeronights.ru/Enrich the list of interesting conferences in the comments!