Priyank Kharge (proper), Karnataka Minister for Information Technology & Biotechnology and Rural Development & Panchayat Raj, on November 25, 2023 addresses the media on the Bengaluru Tech Summit. Photo: Special Arrangement
One of the highlights of this yr’s version of Karnataka’s annual tech exposition, Bengaluru Tech Summit (BTS), scheduled to start on November 29, would be the Chandrayaan-3 ISRO-Industry Pavilion, symbolising India’s important presence in area exploration.
The pavilion is not going to solely showcase ISRO’s achievements however may also emphasise the essential contributions of SMEs, start-ups, and personal industries in making certain the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission. For the primary time, a 1:1 scale mannequin of Chandrayaan-3 lander might be on show. Also, in a specifically erected geodesic dome, utilizing AR/VR expertise, an immersive expertise will created to find out about lunar missions, area science, and expertise behind Chandrayaan, mentioned Priyank Kharge, Minister for Information Technology & Biotechnology and Rural Development & Panchayat Raj in a media briefing on Saturday.
The four-day tech extravaganza, between November 29 and December 1, beneath the theme ‘Breaking Boundaries’, will entice tech leaders, start-ups, traders, and analysis students, and authorities representatives from over 30 international locations.
The expo might be inaugurated by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, within the presence of Deputy Chief Minister D.Ok. Shivakumar; Minister for Large & Medium Industries M.B. Patil; Minister of Science & Technology, Minor Irrigation N.S. Boseraju, and Chief Secretary Vandita Sharma.
The inaugural session will function Bagdat Mussin, Minister of Digital Development, Innovations, and Aerospace Industry of Kazakhstan; Mark Papermaster, EVP & CTO of AMD, and recorded messages from Sari Multala, Minister of Science and Culture of Finland and Volker Wissing, Minister of Digital Affairs and Transport of Germany.
Captains of the native trade, Rishad Premji, Executive Chairman of Wipro Limited; Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairperson, Vision Group on Biotechnology; Kris Gopalakrishnan, Chairman, Vision Group on IT; B.V. Naidu, Chairman, Karnataka Digital Economy Mission, and Arvind Kumar, Director General of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) might be current.
Some of the important thing dignitaries and audio system embrace R.A. Mashelkar, former Director-General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR); Nobel Laureate and American biologist H. Robert Horvitz, amongst others.
The GIA observe within the convention can have round 17 participating periods curated by the accomplice nations and areas, together with Australia, Finland, the Netherlands, South Korea, Denmark, Sweden, the United Kingdom, France, Israel, Poland, Austria, Germany and NRW, Japan, Switzerland, Lithuania and EU.
Senator Franziska Giffey, Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises, Berlin; Stephan Keller, Mayor of Düsseldorf, Germany; Victor Fedeli, Minister of Economy, Job Creation and Trade, Ontario, Canada might be talking within the GIA periods.
BTS in all probability is the one occasion within the nation that has been introduced collectively by all main cross-sectoral trade apex our bodies comparable to NASSCOM, IESA, ABAI, ABLE, TiE, USIBC and so on.
Steps taken to carry it inexperienced
This version has taken a important stride by committing to attain web zero carbon emissions within the upcoming years. This purpose entails integrating eco-conscious practices in procurement to minimise waste era and establishing a sustainability advisory for numerous stakeholders, the organisers defined.
The concentrate on key pillars comparable to carbon, water, vitality, waste, meals, and expertise underscores BTS’s dedication to sustainability—a pioneering initiative and the primary of its type occasion in India, they claimed.
