BCS show begins Jan 12

BCS Computer Show 2003, the country's biggest hardware and software fair, will begin at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the city on January 12.

Bangladesh Computer Samity is organising the annual event with the theme "Where technology meets people".

Apart from a good number of local enterprises, some foreign organisations will also participate in the weeklong exhibition that ends on January 18.

The Asian-Oceania Computing Industry Organisation (ASOCIO), member country of The World Information Technology and Service Alliance (WITSA) will take part in the fair, said a press release.

European Union will take a stall in the fair keeping its commitment to promote ICT industry of Bangladesh.

A representative team from American-Bangladesh Chamber (AmCham) is coming to this event that will help to discover new horizon in this sector.

As like the past, the organising committee will hold some seminars on ICT during the fair period.

The entrance fee of the fair is fixed at Tk 20. But students of schools and colleges will be offered free entry, which requires prior permission from the authority.

A decision has been taken at the EC meeting of BCS to help meritorious but poor students by forming "BCS ICT Scholarship" with fund from the entrance fee of the fair.

entrance fee of the fair.