Sunday, October 13, 2019

Digital Device and Innovation Expo 2019 | Made in Bangladesh


For the first time the 'Digital Device and Innovation Expo-2019' under the title “Made in Bangladesh” is being organized in the country. The three days expo will begin on Monday (October 14th 2019) at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center in the capital city Dhaka. The organizers of the event announced and highlighted the latest preparations for the event on 13th October. Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy will inaugurate the exhibition.


More than two hundred stalls and pavilions have been organized in eight different zones under the title of 'Made in Bangladesh'. Around 200 exhibitors will participate in this event. Exhibitions will be open from 10.00 am to 8.00 pm daily for everyone. Registration is free for everyone. Various seminars and exhibitions for visitors will be organized on the fair.
  1. Made in Bangladesh Zone
  2. Innovation Zone
  3. Startup Zone:
  4. Robotic Zone
  5. Registration for Mars
  6. BCS Expo Zone
  7. B2B Zone
  8. Media corner 

The program will be jointly organized by the Department of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Bangladesh High Tech Park Authority, Idea Project, Access to Information (A2I) and Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS). Other partners are Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS), e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (E-CAB), Bangladesh Association of Call Centers and Outsourcing (BACCO), Internet Service Providers Association of Bangladesh (ISPAB), Bangladesh Woman In Technology (BWIT) and Bangladesh ICT Journalist Forum (BIJF).


This is going be one of the mega digital events of this year. The ICT Minister Junaid Ahmed Palak was present as a chief guest at the announcement. He said the background of the expo was created at the second meeting of the Digital Taskforce held on August. The Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina spoke of a dream. That was - digital devices will be made in our country and those products will be export abroad by the 'Made in Bangladesh' tag line.

The minister said 'We took that challenge. Since then I have been working on this expo, led by the Prime Minister's ICT Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy and this is going to be real.’


Referring to the government's various initiatives in the preparation of digital devices, the Minister said that to innovate digital devices, we have to pay high import tariff on different types of raw material. The government has reduced the tariffs on the import of such raw materials. Some of which dropped down to zero.

As a result, digital device manufacturers have grown in the country in recent years. Many of them have already begun production and export. Through this, a large number of jobs are going to be created for our younger generation.

Hosne Ara Begum, chairman of the Expo co-organizer, Bangladesh High Tech Park Authority, said, ‘For the first time we are organizing together with BASIS. We are now much more capable in ICT. That's what we want the world to know. At the same time I want to make the younger generation more involved with ICT.’ The BCS president Shahid-Ul Munir, said ‘We are proud to be a partner with the event. We believe some great initiatives will come up through this 'Digital Device and Innovation Expo-2019.

Among others, the BASIS President Syed Almas Kabir, E-CAB President Shami Kaiser, ICT Secretary NM Ziaul Alam, Project Director of a2i Abdul Mannan also spoke on the occasion.

Entry is free but visitors need to be register first. Visit the official website of the 'Digital Device and Innovation Expo-2019 for registration.

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