City’s Premier IT event turns 20 this year
Karnataka’s two flagship events, BengaluruITE.biz and Bengaluru INDIA BIO for 2017 will be co-located at a single venue in India’s IT Capital of Bengaluru with the focal theme ‘Ideate, Innovate and Invent’. This year also marks 20 years of India’s premierevent dedicated to Information Technology and related sectors.
Speaking at the inauguration, Shri Gaurav Gupta, IAS, Principal Secretary, Department of IT, BT and S&T, Government of Karnatakasaid, “While celebrating 20 years of BengaluruITE.biz, we have many esteemed international leaders and global speakers gracing the event. The event offers wider opportunities to leverage and benefit from Information Technology and Biotechnology, display important linkages and synergies”.
Mr. ShailenderTyagi Director, STPI speaking on this occasion, he said“STPI is the proud co-host of Bengaluru ITE.biz since its inception. STPI IT export awards and STPI MSME pavilion will certainly be major highlights of the events”.
Ms.SalmaFahim, Director of IT & BT, said “Technology today is ever-evolving. Bengaluru, the IT capital of India is already home to the leaders in the technology industry. Bengaluru also boasts of incubating multiple start-ups addressing the needs of various verticals.
The objective of the joint event is to discover game-changing ideas and solutions in Information Technology and Bio-technology.The Curtain Raiser was attended by Industry Captains, Associations, Startups, Investors, Policy Makers, Academia, Research Institutes, MSMEs, Trade Commissioners and the Media.
The announcement included an overview of the activities being planned during the BengaluruITE.BIZ and Bengaluru INDIA BIO 2017 Conference & Exhibition.
This year the combined exhibition of BengaluruITE.BIZ and Bengaluru INDIA BIO 2017 will attract over 300 exhibitors showcasing products and technologies to over 10000 business visitors. The IT conference will cover topics like Cloud & Big Data, Aerospace & Defense, Telecom, Electronics, Cyber security, AVGC AR & VR, ESDM, GIS, Robotics & AI, Privacy & Piracy and newest fields like Blockchain and IoT and Bio techtech conference on Oncology, Rare Diseases & Orphan Drugs; Proteomics; Big Data & Analytics and IoT.
Another highlight of the conference would be BIO-IT covering spectrum of bio informatics genomics diagnostics and medical technologies and more.
The Bangalore Tech Exchange will witness India’s leading research institutions likeCSIR
ICMR,DBT, ICAR, DRDO, ISRO, DAE, IISC, JNCASR showcasing their innovate technologies that can be commercialized. The finals of Rural IT quiz and Bio quiz will be held concurrently with the event.
Along with prestigious STPI IT Export awards and Bio excellence awards, a new category of Business awards are being introduced.Over 100 young researchers will present their ideas in Bio Tech poster sessions and YESS for startup
Exhibitors will includeCorporates, STPI pavilion for MSMES , Startup pavilion, NSIC and AssociationPavilions.