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Reaching US$ 5 billion ICT Export Earnings by 2025

  • Date

    26th Feb 2023, Sunday

  • Type

    Seminar

  • Speakers

    11 Speaker(s)

  • Total Attendance

    0

  • Time

    03:00pm - 05:00pm

  • Venue

    Seminar Hall-1 (1st floor: Central Hall)

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Details

Bangladesh aims to achieve exports worth $5 billion from its ICT industry by 2025. Zunaid Ahmed Palak, the state minister for information and communication technology (ICT), predicted that by 2025, the ICT sector will contribute five billion dollars in export revenue and a significant amount of new jobs for the nation. Software exporters anticipate that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's designation of ICT as the "Product of the Year" will encourage the country's ICT-accelerated growth and help it accomplish its US$5 billion export primary objective by 2025. To boost export revenues in the information and technology sector from the current $1 billion to $5 billion by 2025, the government is developing a strategy to encourage domestic manufacturing of digital products. In order to increase ICT export revenues to the forecasted level, BASIS leaders also pledge to collaborate closely with the government. In order to meet the $5 billion export goal by 2025, BASIS is focusing on market expansion, industry promotion, IT company capacity creation, and human resource development. Furthermore, BASIS will assist the government in formulating policies and stimulating an atmosphere that is welcoming to investments and businesses. The session will highlight that the ICT Division will develop a national portal with details of ICT products produced in the country.

Speakers

Special Guest

H.E. Mr. Charles Whiteley

EU Ambassador

Bangladesh

Chief Guest

Mr. Md. Shamsul Arefin

Secretary

Information & Communication Technology Division

Keynote Presenter

Dr. Mohammad Abdur Razzaque

Chairman

Research and Policy Integration for Development (RAPID)

Special Guest

Dr. Dewan Muhammad Humayun Kabir

Project Director

Aspire to Innovate (a2i)

Moderator

Mr. AKM Ahmedul Islam BABU

Director

Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services

Speaker

Mr. Nahid Hossain

Managing Director & CTO

BroTecs Technologies Limited

Speaker

Mr. Dexter Riley

Chief Executive Officer

United Independent Petroleum Marketing Company Limited (UNIPET)

Speaker

Mr. Nazim Farhan Choudhury

Member

President’s Advisory Committee

Speaker

Mr. Rashad Kabir

Director

Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services

Speaker

Mr. Eric Ku

Executive Director

iTrain Asia

Moderator

Mr. T I M Nurul Kabir

Managing Director & CEO

Spinnovation Ltd.