The e-Days E-Commerce Conference is Russia's first internationally-oriented e-commerce event which is holding on 6th of June 2014.It focuses on the most important trends and developments in local online retail, cross-border trade and other aspects.

Bas Godska was asked to join the event and be one of the main speakers through the day. He will be a moderator of the panel discussion "Russian e-commerce specifics" and will be a panelist in "Marketing for e-commerce" panel.

If you would like to attend the panels or the entire conference, you can register on the main page of the conference: http://edays-russia.com/.

On the 4^th of April Ukrainian E-commerce Awards ceremony held in Kiev. The event is exclusive in e-commerce in Ukraine. The aim of the event is to unite e-commerce companies and to create the e-commerce industry. Before the main ceremony BAS GODSKA (myThings Russia, Acrobator.com), MAXIM KRASNYKH (Intel Capital), VASILE TOFAN (Horizon Capital), IGOR ZUBOV (specialist of remote sales, cross-border and business development) and EVGENY TIKHOMIROV (eBay Inc. in Russia) attended a penal discussion where the experts shared their experience with the audience about “Multichannel retail. Ukrainian expansion by western companies. Venture investments in e-commerce”.

After the panel discussion, the best companies were awarded in six categories. Here the list of the winners.

“The best start” nomination for the company which started working in 2012 and reached great results. The winner in “The best start” nomination is Shopart.

“The break of the year” nomination for the company, which made incredible result in e-commerce. The winner is modnaKasta.

“The innovative solution” nomination for the best solution in e-commerce. A partner of the nomination is 1C-Bitrix. The winner is Zakaz.ua.

“The client service” nomination for the best service (delivery, contact-call and other elements). The winner is Rozetka.ua.

“The consumers’ choice” nomination. The recognition from the 2 millions consumer who buy thing from internet. The winner is Rozetka.ua.

On the 12^th of April E-Commerce Director at Enter.ru Bas Godska will participate in the seminar in Russian Internet Retail Conference, which is aimed at online stores and retailers with e-commerce department.

The topic of the seminar is “Personification of retail supply: how to draw right conclusions on consumer behavior?”. Bas and other speakers will share their working experience with new platforms and tell about the best ways to receive more personal information from buyers. They will also raise the problem of excessive personal advertising during the seminar.

On the 11-12 October Bas Godska attended one of the largest e-commerce events in Russia and CIS states. E-commerce Russia & CIS - 2012 Conference produced by Oborot.ru - Russia`s most popular website for e-retailers brought together over 800 top-managers of leading e-commerce companies. Bas was invited to participate in the panel discussion about the current trends in internet marketing together with Jean-No?l Rivasseau (Kameleoon), Katrin Buckenmaier (Travelmenu), Leonid Dovladbegyan (220 Volt), Alexey Buhanov (Ozon.ru) and Vitaliy Panarin (Otto Group Russia). 

In Moscow, on October 4th, Russia's first and biggest conference “Russian Affiliate Days” was held. As myThings MD Russia & CIS, Bas Godska delivered the conference's opening keynote speech, followed later in the day by a myThings case presentation about the future of retargeting and tactical campaigning. There were about 200 advertisers and agencies among the attendants, as well as all leading Russian affiliate networks and publishers. All in all -- a great event!

On the 24th of July East West Digital News published its international research study on Russian e-commerce. The 316-page research is based on interviews with 80 Russian and international market players, from eBay and DHL to local retailers Ozon.ru and KupiVip.ru.For the first time, international audiences are provided with reliable and precise data on the Russian market, which amounted to just $10.5 billion last year, but could reach some $50 billion before the end of the decade. Bas Godska as a founder of Acrobator.com and an e-commerce expert was one of the main contributors to the study. You are welcome to order the full version of the report on report@ewdn.com

One of the most memorable conferences of the year called "The Internet. Izmeni Soznanie." ("Change your consciousness.”) took place on Sicily during the first weekend of June. Leading experts of the Internet sector came together at the hot Italian island to share their ideas on the current situation in the digital advertising industry and its development prospects. The marketing guru Bas Godska was among the speakers. He presented his business formula C.A.S.H.C.O.W. B.O.M.B.E.R. on behalf of Gogolmedia.com and Acrobator.com and shared his experience of working at KupiVIP.ru.

On the 23rd of May Bas took part at the LINT conference held at Digital October. LINT (Life In Technology) is an international event that brings together the leading minds in finance, industry, science, art, politics and social organization for a discussion of how various aspects of modern life are affected by technology.Bas was invited to participate in the panel discussion devoted to Tough eCommerce: Infrastructure together with Kirill Makharinsky, Denis Alaev, Esther Dyson.

17 апреля в Киеве прошла ежегодная самая крупная украинская IT-конференция iForum 2012, которую посетили более пяти тысяч человек.Уже второй год подряд Бас принимал участие в мероприятиив качестве приглашенного спикера. В этот раз Бас поделился сучастниками советами о том, как рационально использовать свой бюджет,развивая все каналы маркетинга (на примере его знаменитой формулыC.A.S.H.C.O.W. B.O.M.B.E.R.). На своем опыте работы в крупнейшихРоссийских и западных компаниях он объяснил распространенныеошибки, допускаемые молодыми предпринимателями, а также рассказалоб инструментах, повышающих эффективность рекламы. В заключениивыступления Бас уделил время основным тенденциям в области интернет-маркетинга и электронной коммерции – теме, которая никогда не теряетсвою актуальность.

On the 30^th of March Bas was invited as a speaker to the conference Marketing Today presented by the youth organization AIESEC at Plekhanov Academy of Moscow. On behalf of Gogolmedia team Bas explained his famous business formula C.A.S.H.C.O.W. B.O.M.B.E.R. The audience which consisted mainly of students was anxious to ask questions about internet marketing on the whole and get some valuable advice from the guru.