Country's largest digital expo - Digital World 2016 - will be held in the capital on October 19-21 showcasing the technology-based innovations and achievements and a single platform for sharing ICT knowledge and idea, reports BSS. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the flagship annual event of the country's ICT sector at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) in the city, Mohammad Enamul Kabir, Secretary of the Digital World-2016 Secretariat told the news agency. The ICT Division is organising the event with assistance of the Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC), Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) and A2I programme of the Prime Minister's office.
Kabir said the event would be the major focus for the government decision makers in the ICT sector, chief executives and high profile tech persons and thousands of spectators. Like previous years, the exposition would be based on the major targets of showcasing achievements of Bangladesh in ICT and offering a single platform for free-flow of ICT related ideas which would guide the country toward achieving Vision 2021, he said. Kabir, also Director (Training) of the Digital World, said the three-day mega event would include seminars, IT career fair, soft expo, e-Governance expo, mobile innovation expo, e-commerce and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) programme.
Over 5,00,000 visitors including corporate, institutional and individual buyers are expected during the three-day event, he added. Around 400 local and foreign exhibitors including policymakers and senior government officials, industry leaders, civil society spokespersons, investors and multinational software vendors would participate in the event, Kabir added. He said representatives of ICT companies, international ICT associations, international development agencies, local software development firms will be present alongside the multinational and local companies,
government departments and agencies implementing successful ICT and e-Governance projects. Kabir said representatives from renowned IT training institutes as well as university faculty members and students would also participate in the different events of the fair.