
27
Feb, 2021
Inaugural Ceremony of International Conference on ‘ICT For Sustainable Development’ Held at BUP
The inaugural ceremony of
a two-day long international conference titled ‘Information
and Communication Technology For Sustainable Development’ organized by the
Department of Information and Communication Engineering of Bangladesh
University of Professionals (BUP) was held virtually on 27 February 2021. In
order to fulfil the aspiration of Bangladesh Government of achieving
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the theme of the conference is ‘Shaping a
Sustainable Future through Advancement in Information and Communication
Technology’. This conference will be a platform for creating and sharing ideas
among scientists, engineers, researchers, government officials, industry
executives, and policymakers from both Bangladesh and rest of the world will
build a strong foundation of networking and collaboration.
In the virtual inaugural ceremony, Hon’ble
Minister for Education Dr. Dipu Moni, MP, Government of the People’s Republic
of Bangladesh, Ministry of Education attended as the chief guest while Hon’ble State
Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Mr. Zunaid Ahmed
Palak, MP, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh attended the
programme as the special guest. Moreover, BUP VC Major General Md Moshfequr
Rahman, SGP, SUP, ndc, psc attended the programme as the chief patron and BUP
Pro-VC Professor M Abul Kashem Mozumder, PhD. attended the programme as the patron.
On
the other hand, Prof. Mike Hinchey,
Software Engineering, University of Limerick, Ireland and Prof. SP Majumder, Vice
Chancellor, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
attended the virtual conference as the keynote speakers.
The
conference attracted 310 research papers from 11 different countries in the
field of scope of ICT in Healthcare, Education, Business, Agriculture, Industry,
and Smart City, among which a total of 97 papers are selected through blind
review for oral presentation in the conference and subsequently publication in
the IEEE Xplore Digital Library.
The
chief guest said in his speech that in order to meet the challenges of the
Fourth Industrial Revolution, we need to build our young generation as skilled
manpower. So that Bangladesh can benefit the most from this fourth industrial
revolution. He also said that this government is working relentlessly to build
a digital Bangladesh. At the same time, he mentioned that such a conference is
time viable which will play a role in the ICT sector of Bangladesh.
Among
others, BUP high officials, faculty members, students and invited guests from
home and abroad also attended the conference.