Silver jubilee edition of Bengaluru Tech Summit from November 16-18
Karnataka Chief
Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said the silver jubilee edition of 'Bengaluru Tech
Summit-2022 (BTS-22)'- State government's flagship technological event - would
be organised at an international-level.
The summit would be held from November 16-18.
The Chief Minister today chaired a meeting over breakfast with a
number of CEOs and leaders from the fields of electronics, IT, biotech and
startups here.
"In November, we are holding the Bengaluru Tech
Summit. In this regard, I have met industry leaders and they have given various
suggestions concerning their respective sectors. This year's Tech Summit will
be its 25th year and we want to make it special and of
international-level," Bommai said.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting, the Chief Minister said
he has received various suggestions regarding technology, policy,
infrastructure and eco system, among others, and most of which have been taken
positively by the government and would be implemented at the earliest.
"This summit will give a new dimension...we want to make Bengaluru number-one
silicon city. The government will give importance to all these sectors in the
days to come ," he said, adding that discussions happened on improving
infrastructure in Bengaluru, especially where the IT sector is located and
efforts are on to have similar facilities outside the city, aimed at
decongesting it.
The event with the tagline 'Tech for Next Generation' would be
held in physical format on the Bengaluru Palace premises and for the first time
pre-events of BTS would be held in foreign countries including USA, the UK, and
Japan.
Minister for Electronics and IT/BT C N Ashwath Narayan attended
the meeting, too. While speaking to reporters, he said the government would
promote Web 3.0 and Metaverse technologies and aims to take the benefits of
these developments to remote villages by framing suitable policies.
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