Infotel 2010, Sept 30 - Oct 04

Infotel 2010 Sri Lanka's ICT Expo event themed 'IT's about growth' will be held from September 30 to October 4 at BMICH. The event is organised by the Federation of Information Technology Industry (FITIS).

A series of programs will also be organised parallel to Infotel 2010 during national ICT week. Chairman of Infotel Lanka Dr. Ruwan Weerasinghe said that this year's Infotel will be unique. There will be many new aspects introduced to stimulate and encourage participation while enhancing the opportunity for sharing and transferring related to use of ICT in growth and development of the economy. "The ICTer 2010 international ICT conference will be held in conjunction with Infotel from September 29 to October 01. The National Best Quality Software Award organised by British Computer Society Sri Lanka (BCS) will also be held parallel to Infotel 2010, he said.

Dr.Weerasinghe said that Sri Lanka needs a truly national IT workforce like Sri Lanka's cricket team. He pointed out that the Sri Lankan cricket team was limited to cricketers coming from leading Colombo schools prior to winning the world cup. However, after that victory the situation changed and today there is a truly national team. The ICT industry too needs talent, and talented Sri Lankans are spread all over the country. Some IT companies tapped the talented. Infotel, will provide opportunities to promote ICT islandwide.

The Sri Lankan IT industry has a big target of US$2 billion exports by 2012. We need more IT workers as well as IT writers to boost the industry as planned, Dr. Weerasinghe said.

"As Sri Lanka is poised for a new chapter of accelerated economic growth, this year's Infotel theme 'IT's about growth' epitomises the vital role of IT in building Sri Lanka's new economy", said FITIS Chairman, Govind Nangrani.

Participants at Infotel 2010 will include high profile ICT decision makers, CEOs, business and professional leaders, academia and tech savvy individuals to high school and university students, ICT seekers and early adopters of technology. Over 100 companies will participate at the event and organisers expect a large number of visitors.

Exhibitors and sponsors in products and solutions ranging from computer hardware, business software, SAS, cloud computing, virtualisation, IDC,ICT security, Hosted PBX, IP networking, tele presence, collaboration technologies, system integration,ITES, BPO, office automation, telecommunication equipment, mobile broadband, NGN, Ubiquity, 3G,4G, Wimax, LTE, IPTV, IP convergence, IPv6 technology, smartphone applications and navigation and LBS. GW