OREANDA-NEWS. On 14 August 2008 was announced, that the First Ukrainian Forum for IT- directors of leading retail networks "Innovations for the Future" was organized by SystemGroup and Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH. The Forum for IT- directors presented a research entitled "IT tendency in the field of Ukrainian retail", which has been held by one of the largest international companies in marketing research - GfK. The Forum held in a good atmosphere in the bay "Radost" (Koncha-Zaspa), where all participants have been taken by boat. IT-Forum’ participants not only been able to discuss pressing problems in IT-management of Ukrainian companies, but they could also share ideas on perspectives of development and have fun and interesting way to spend time in the circle of adherents.