3-day INFOTEL to kick off on Nov 20
Long- running ICT exhibition INFOTEL will kick off its 14th edition on November 20, 2015, according to an announcement by organisers, the Federation of Information and Technology Industry Sri Lanka ( FITIS). Further, this year's event will be held over three days at Colombo's BMICH with the theme "Connecting Citizens".
In addition, it also emerged that, in conjunction with this exhibition, will be the “unveiling of the APICTA 2015 Awards in Colombo from November 1822. As the biggest IT-related awards ceremony in Asia, Sri Lanka will host the APICTA 2015 Awards and its related annual events. This will be a great opportunity for Sri Lanka to position the country’s talents, products and infrastructure to international delegates from the Asia Pacific".
The announcement also identified the key objective of this year’s event as being to "mobilise the resources available for the creation of a ' Knowledge Hub' and position Sri Lankan ICT products to showcase the country’s technological advancements and innovations".
Commenting further, FITIS Chairman Chinthaka Wijewickrama was quoted in the announcement as stating, "We anticipate a turnout of around 100,000 to view the exhibition… The APICTA 2015 Information Technology Awards, which will coincide with INFOTEL 2015 in Colombo, will witness the participation of a large contingent of foreign delegates from around 17 countries".
At the same time, the announcement also highlighted the following, main areas to be featured at the 2015 INFOTEL exhibition.
"For B2B connections, there will be 200 stalls in special pavilions covering nine sectors ( software, hardware and digital devices, telecommunications, cloud computing, computer gaming, mobile computing, emerging technologies, ICT education and training). For B2B transactions, there will be an INFOTEL shopping festival with best bargains for a year round supply and an Online Shopping Pavilion where one can click and pay for unbelievable deals”, according to the announcement.
Per the announcement, for future ICT leaders, there will be “career guidance programme awareness for 500 students and 800 ICT teachers in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training Authority of Sri Lanka. Student innovations pavilion, a showcase for university, technical and school innovators, Young Computer Scientists Awards ceremony and IT quiz awards. For young ICT enthusiasts, there will be 30 gaming booths in an exclusive area".
It was also revealed that exhibitors were “expected to showcase products and solutions ranging from computer hardware, business software, SAS, cloud computing, virtualisation, iDC, ICT security, hosted PBX, IP networking, telepresence, collaboration technologies, systems integration, ITES ( IT enabled services), business process outsourcing ( BPO), office automation to telecommunication equipment, mobile broadband, NGN ( next generation networks), ubiquity, 3G, 4G, WiMAX, LTE, IPTV, IP convergence, IPv6 technology, smartphone applications, navigations and LBS (location based services), ICT training, electronic media, computer gaming, medical electronics, e-Citizen services.
(JH)