President Hamid to inaugurate Bangladesh ICT-Expo-2015

President Abdul Hamid will inaugurate the Bangladesh ICT-Expo-2015 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) today (Monday). The Bangladesh ICT-Expo-2015 will promote local hardware industry in an effort to transform the country into a leading manufacturing one. A total of 20 seminars and sessions will be held during the three-day Bangladesh ICT-Expo-2015, where nearly 150 IT experts and top officials of different foreign companies will participate. As many as 15 speakers from foreign countries will also speak at different sessions and workshops. Over 100 stalls and 35 pavilions will be set up at the ICT-Expo. State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak said the Bangladesh ICT-Expo is the largest hardware exposition in the country. "We are organising the mega hardware based show as part of our successful continuation of last year’s Digital World to give a further boost to the vision to build a technology advanced country." ICT Division and Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS) in cooperation with different local and international ICT companies are jointly organising the ICT-Expo aiming to popularise local hardware brands at both local and international levels. The Bangladesh ICT-Expo-2015 will remain open from 10am to 8pm every day, according to a news agency.