As regarded as words of wisdom, the significance of the ‘younger lot’ to a society is subjected to the availability of a communication medium. After all, it wouldn’t be possible for a society to cash on its youth unless and until, there is a proper channel for the younger lot to interact with the resourceful senior lot for a win-win result to both and hence, a larger gain for the society. Pakistan is no exception to the rule. Housing a population of 70 million youngsters, that are approximately half of the total population, the loss can be surmountable if the particular demographic under study, is left out ofthe ‘economic growth map’.
As information and communication play a significant role in success of a business, an event titled the ‘ICT- INDUSTRY – ACADEMIA EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE 2012’ is taking place on 28-29 November 2012 at Karachi Expo Centre. This will be a twofold event. It will provide a platform not only to youngsters to convey their ideas and show their talent with relevance to ICT applications, but will encourage the various ICT companies, SMEs and Large Scale both, to register their patents. The event is expected to foster an integration of fresh ideas with expertise of the experienced people from the industry. Where the industrialist, or the non-IT business, would get the chance of seeing new and effective ICT applications, the event will also encourage the ICT companies to address these industrial concerns for manufacturing the innovations commercially, in the long term.
Keeping the dichotomy alive, where the event will allow the youngsters to exhibit their ideas, thoughts, innovations, and concerns in front of the industrialists, it will also give an opportunity to experts and intellects from business community to share their knowledge. The aim of this conference is to encourage the technical experts, businessmen, and government dignitaries to talk about the opportunities that exist in applying and using IT applications. This event will provide an equal opportunity to people form different industries to discuss the role of ICT in various sectors. The intellects from textile industry will talk about fiber manufacturing technology, textile printing technology, and will also discuss how ICT application in particular and technology in general is helping the sector in saving energy and reducing emissions. The experts from the banking sector will shed light on innovations taking place in the sector. Specialists of Telecom Sector will speak about 3G networks, cloud computing, which has been the most in topic for few years, and open source. Hacking that has become common all around the world and is disrupting the security of the information will also be discussed. The management practitioners will shed light on how ICT can play a role in enhancing human capital in the country. They will also talk about how ICT can advance the skills and training development.
Furthermore, the economists and engineers will talk about how ICT can impact the economic development and aid in innovative research in engineering and technology. Last, but not the least, professionals will also speak on business intelligence, different mobile platforms, what should be the mobile strategy for a business, and mobile publishing.
The special feature of this event is to onboard the various Chambers of Commerce of Pakistan and concerned Associations. In addition to the Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry, relevant ministries will be on-boarded, which include Pakistan Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (PCSIR), Ministry of Health, Government of Sindh, Pakistan Software House Association, Ministry of Education, Government of Sindh, Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB), Pakistan Information Security Association, Ministry of Information Technology, Government of Sindh, Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority (PSQCA), Ministry of Science and Technology (PSQCA).
To make the event more effervescent, different sectors will also be invited which include financial institutions, ICT, Banking & Insurance Sectors, and Telecom sector.
To encourage fresh talent, HEC recognized universities will be invited and given separate stalls to display their ideas and innovations, which will make the event more pulsating. To support and guide the universities and students, Higher Education Commission (HEC) has also been invited. This is going to be a symbiotic event where the two bodies will be gaining something from each other. Where the industrialists and experts would be guiding the students, the students will provide innovative ideas and application/solution to them so that they may use in improving their R&D, quality production, and services. The 10 top projects will receive scholarship. This mega event where talent will be meeting the experts will generate job opportunities and employment chances. The projects and performance of the students will be evaluated by a jury consisting of subject matter experts, leading industrialists, Chamber of Commerce of Pakistan, and analyst from Higher Education Commission. The speakers will include University Vice Chancellors, CEOs of IT industry, renowned organizations, Energy Sector, IT associations, and professionals.
Anyone can become part of this event through available sponsorship opportunities such as prime sponsorship, lead sponsorship, supporting sponsorship, and associate sponsorship. Log on to www.l-hitech.com to check out branding opportunities and sponsorship amount.
