FROM DIGITAL WORLD, BICC: The inauguration of ‘Digital World-2015’ exposition has ushered the door to the congregation ground for both the Information Technology (IT) experts and young buffs from several countries.

A total of 85 IT experts from 25 countries are attending the 4-day festival, inaugurated by Premier Sheikh Hasina on Monday afternoon.

The exposition, jointly organized by Information Communication division and Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS), has brought the founders and high-ups of world famous brands including Google, Facebook, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and TiE Silicon Valley under single roof.

It was really a great opportunity for the young IT buffs to meet the eminent persons, including International Telecommunication Union secretary general Houlin Zhao, Tipsy & Tumbler founder Boydlee Pollentine, CloudCamp founder Dave Nielsen and TiE Silicon Valley president Venk Shukla, among others, at the fairground.

Besides, they also got the opportunity to meet Google south Asia emerging markets head of sales Ben King, Google head of agency development Bickey Russell, marketing specialist Katie Sanders, Google Speech software engineer Ravi Rajakumar, Google partner development manager Akshay Sonthalia, Google south Asia emerging market industry analyst Fazal Ashfaq and Google Translate software engineer Arne Mauser.

Among others, Facebook India director and also public policy head Ankhi Das, Accenture India chairman and GU managing director Avinash Vashistha, Augmedix cofounder and CEO Ian Shakil, NTF III Bangladesh project manager Martin Labbe and Bikroy.com chief Martin Malmstrom were also present at the congregation.

Moreover, the organizers have set to arrange 20 seminars and 11 conferences. Special sessions will also be organized during the festival.

The exposition will remain open for all from 10:00am to 8:00pm every day till February 12.

BDST: 2119 HRS, FEB 09, 2015