Bangladesh Business Innovation Summit 2019 on Saturday in Dhaka
Bangladesh Innovation Conclave (BIC) is going to arrange Bangladesh Business Innovation Summit & Award 2019 in Dhaka on Saturday.
The event, powered by Mastercard and organised by Bangladesh Brand Forum will take place at Hotel Le Méridien, according to a press release issued in this regard.
The key focus of the summit is to drive innovation within different sectors & harness the skillset to drive innovation, adding value to the lives of people and helping them pursue inclusive growth.
The summit will be comprised of three keynote sessions, three panel discussions, four insight sessions, a case study and a start-up story, the press release adds. Regarding the initiative, Shariful Islam, founder of BIC stressed, “For Bangladesh, innovation is the only way to achieve our country’s vision and pursue inclusive growth. Every institution need to embrace innovation at its core to survive and thrive in the age of 4th industrial Revolution.”
The keynote speakers of the summit will be Kin Wai Michael Siu, Eric C Yim Professor in Inclusive Design & Chair Professor of Public Design, School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Amer Farid, Director Corporate Partnership & Innovation of Unicef Norway, and Dr. Newton Howard, Professor of Neurocomputation, Neurosurgery and Mathematics at University of Oxford, Professor of Brain Sciences at Georgetown University in Washington, DC and Chairman of the Brain Sciences Foundation.
Topics for the three panel discussions will be - How to Transform Your Company's Innovation Culture, Driving Process Innovation in Your Organisaiton, and Exploring a Collaborative Model to Build Bangladesh Innovation Eco- System.
The summit will be followed by Bangladesh Business Innovation Award 2019
All the nominated campaigns that have been selected through rigorous jury sessions will be awarded across 10 categories and in two ranks – Winner & Honorable Mention.
Bangladesh Business Innovation Summit & Award 2019 are the initiatives of Bangladesh Innovation Conclave which are organised by Bangladesh Brand Forum (BBF). The event is powered by Mastercard. Also, it is organised in partnership with Access to Information - a2i and in association with Shwapno; supported by – Guardian Life Insurance, Dhaka Bank & Genex; Strategic Partners- BASIS & MCCI; Event Partner- Le Méridien Dhaka; Technology Partner- Aamra; Digital Media Partner- Geeky Social; Media Partner- Dhaka Tribune, and PR Partner- Backpage PR.