# Conference opening

Dmitry Yankovoy (moderator), Olga Gutman (MKO Systems)

MOSCOW FORENSICS DAY ’25 · Day 1 — Thursday, 11 September 2025: digital forensics day · Scheduled 10:00–10:10 · In the recording 00:00:02–00:06:45

Talk summary · https://2025.moscow-forensics-day.workers.dev/en/summary/00-opening
Transcript: https://2025.moscow-forensics-day.workers.dev/en/transcript/00-opening · Watch from 00:00:02: https://youtu.be/4V7Wez3L_58?t=2

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## In brief

Yankovoy calls this the ninth conference (since 2016, the next one — an anniversary one), Gutman declares it open. The general partner's closed-door talk and the day 1 evening are not in the recording.

## What was said

- Yankovoy is the moderator; "Two announcements down, high time for the third" — the earlier ones are not in the recording.
- The ninth conference "since 2016"; what matters is not the talks but "one of the few places where forensic experts from all over the country can meet up".
- Gutman is invited to the stage: "without her, none of this would exist, 100 percent"; she says the "small, intimate event has grown into a large-scale conference".
- The program was put together "a whole year before the event", they "couldn't fit in all the presenters, all the speakers who wanted to present"; two days — "today… and tomorrow".
- "I declare Moscow Forensics Day 2025 open". The organizer — a "leading developer" of software for computer forensic examination (mobile devices, PCs, drones, clouds) and of training in "digital forensics". Booths (per the slide): ACE Lab, LAN PROJECT, ELETEK, Ester Solutions, SearchInform, STC.
- General partner Account-Best — "no booth"; "Igor Evgenyevich" is in the hall, he will be "giving a talk on UAVs". The format — "three big, packed blocks" and the "roast": questions for the speakers saved up over the year, complaints about Mobile Criminalist "straight to the CEO".

## Partners: the talk versus the program

There are eight partners in the program, from the stage — seven: six booths (above) and Account-Best without a booth; Zero eDiscovery is not named. What the general status confers — not said; "our general partners" — plural for a single company. Spellings in the program (in the Russian original): "LAN-PROJECT", "STC Group".

## Stance and tone

A place to network rather than a showcase of talks — and right there the talks are being sold: "real meat", "the cream of the crop". Yankovoy offers self-irony ("my name is still Dmitry Yankovoy"), Gutman offers thanks. There is no criticism of the industry or of the products; criticism is invited to the "roast", which is not in the recording.

## Quotes

- "…isn't even what you hear from the stage, it's the connection…".
- "We've prepared, as it's fashionable to say now, some real meat…".
- "The talks aren't some theory…".
- "…if you've built up something bad you'd like to say about Mobile Criminalist…" (the phrase is garbled in the recording).