SofExpo begins Feb 1
The biggest ICT exposition of the country 'BASIS SoftExpo 2011' will begin on February 1 at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital, says a press release. The five-day-long SoftExpo has been organised by Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS), the apex body of the software industry and ITES based services. Organisers are expecting participation of over 50,000 visitors in the gala ICT event that has over 100 exhibitors including software and ITES (IT Enabled Services) companies, e-Governance solution providers, mobile content and application developers, communication solution providers, e-commerce portals, IT training institutes and outsourcing companies. Expressing his satisfaction with the arrangement of the exhibition, BASIS President Mahbub Zaman said that this year's exposition will outshine all the previous expositions. Moreover foreign investors will get fair scopes to consider various business aspects for bilateral contract with the local ICT based companies, he also added. 15 IT companies from Europe are expected to visit the exposition to invest in Bangladesh's software sector. Convener of the fair AKM Fahim Mashroor said the exposition will focus on youths. There will be 'IT Job Fair' in this year's exposition. Renowned companies are expected to offer jobs for the youths. The expo has been categorised in seven zones- Business Software zone, e-Commerce zone, e-Governance zone, Communication zone, Mobile Application zone, Multimedia & Animation zone and Outsourcing zone. Beside these, there will be showcase of prospective projects of IT enabled service companies. During the five-day expo seminars and business sessions participated by key decision makers of the country and renowned experts from home and abroad will be held. Technical sessions on emerging technology trends will also take place during the five-day exhibition. The sessions will be on Application Development in mobile platform (Android and iPhone) on February 1; Application Development in Apple's mobile platform on 2nd February; Application Development in Andriod on 3rd February; Agile and Kanban on February 4; Unit testing in PHP and Web Security on February 4; Designing user experience and Developing application on the cloud on February 5th. The five-day-long BASIS SoftExpo 2011 will remain open from 11:00am to 8:00pm. The entry fee has been set at Tk 20.
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