Shri. B.S Yeddyurappa to inaugurate the 11th Edition of Bangalore IT.biz. Shri Narendra Modi to inaugurate the exhibition.
Bangalore, Karnataka, India, November 6, 2008 (PRESSbooth.ORG) -- The eleventh edition of India's flagship ICT event ‘BangaloreIT.biz’ organized by Dept. of IT, BT and Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka, STPI - Bangalore and MM Activ, will be inaugurated Thursday 06th Nov , ’08. The event will be inaugurated by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Karnataka Shri. B.S.Yeddyurappa and the Exhibition will be inaugurated by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri. Narendra Modi.
The three day long event will be held at the Palace Ground, Bangalore.
BangaloreIT.biz will focus on creating a meaningful B2B platform for the industry to promote partnerships and forge alliances with leading players in domestic and international markets. This year the partner country will be Mexico and the partner state will be Gujarat. A fifty member delegation from Mexico, including the Minister of Economy, government officials and industry representatives and a similar delegation from Gujarat will take-part in BangaloreIT.biz 2008. Delegations from other countries like Germany, Japan, Bavaria, Denmark and UK will be participating in the event.
Dedicated Business Hour @ BangaloreIT.biz
Thursday, 06 Nov, 2008 – 10am to 07pm
Friday, 07 Nov, 2008: 10am to 03pm
Friday, 08 Nov, 2008: 10am to 1pm
For Public
Friday, 07 Nov, 2008: 03pm onwards
Saturday, 08 Nov, 2008: 02pm onwards
***Some of the key sessions at the BangaloreIT.biz:
Day 1 will be Highlight lecture on ‘Computing for Socio Economic Development’ by Mr. Kentaro Toyama, Assistant Managing Director - Microsoft Research India; ‘ICT and National Security – with Special focus on Cyber Security’ chaired by Mr. Naavi Vijayashankar - Director, Cyber Law College; ‘Cutting Edge Technology for Intelligent Applications in ICT’ chaired by Mr. D. Muralidhar - President, FKCCI; IT and Automation for Electricity Distribution Utilities chaired by Shri. K Jairaj, IAS, Principal Secretary, Dept of Energy, GOK.
Day 2 of BangaloreIT.biz will have key session on IT Manufacturing – Designed and Made in India chaired by Mr. Venkat Kedlaya, Chairman (SR), MAIT; Delivering Large Scale Change in Healthcare Through ICT chaired by Ms. Sujitha Karnad - Head, Healthcare Business, Siemens; ICT in Education – Revolutionizing the Classroom chaired by Mr. Deepak Shikarpur - IT Evangelist and e Activist; YESSS chaired by Mr. Samir Kumar, MD – Inventus Capital Partners
Day 3 of BangaloreIT.biz will have key session on GIS - The Emerging Business Opportunities in Spatial Infrastructure - Impetus to ICT chaired by Dr. Mukund Rao Chief Operating Officer, NIIT GIS Ltd. (ESRI India); Round Table on Rural IT Policy.
*** Young Entrepreneurs’ Start ups in Soaring Spirits (YESSS)
YESSS [Young Entrepreneurs’ Start ups in Soaring Spirits], an initiative for the young entrepreneurs, researchers, investors and industry community concerned with Information & Communications’ Technology to conduct business meetings. YESSS will be held on the sidelines of Bangalore IT.biz on November 7 from 09.30 am to 05.00 pm
BangaloreIT.biz has attracted over hundred companies with confirmed participation from global companies like Infosys, Wipro, Microsoft, Cisco, Intel, AMD, Siemens, Nokia, BSNL, Airtel, HP, IBM, Dell, Oracle, Texas Instruments, TCS, Supervalue...etc., The exhibition has been segregated into various pavilions like Infocom & Hardware, Software & STPI, IT Parks & SEZs, Country & States pavilion and the Govt. of Karnataka infrastructure initiatives pavilion. The conference tracks will feature over sixty five high profile speakers across various verticals.
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