IBA to participate as knowledge partner

RECORDER REPORT

KARACHI: Institute of Business Administration (IBA) has signed an agreement to participate as knowledge partner in the 18th ITCN Asia IT & Telecom Show scheduled for next month.

Ecommerce Gateway Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd is organizing ITCN Asia since 2001 and is being organized for last 17 years consecutively.

In this regard IBA-Center for Information and Communication technology (IBA-CICT) and Ecommerce Gateway Pakistan, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding the participation of IBA as a knowledge partner for 18th ITCN Asia IT & Telecom Show.

The MoU was signed by Imran Batada, Director ICT & CICT, IBA and Umair Nizam, Vice President, Ecommerce Gateway Pakistan. The 18th ITCN Asia IT & Telecom Show will be held from September 25 to 27, 2018 at Karachi Expo Center, Pakistan.

The event has grown up as the biggest IT & Telecom extravaganza of Pakistan. Most powerful brands of the world will showcase their state-of-the-art products and services which will allow the user community to get exposure to a wide range of technology and solutions under one roof.

Most importantly, it would provide an opportunity for business-to-business alliances, leveraging their mutual strengths.

ITCN Asia Exhibitions & Conferences have been playing a pivotal role in land marking the image of Pakistan on the world IT Map, bringing in huge foreign and local investments in the Country.

The 18th ITCN Asia IT & Telecom Show's scope is expected to be greater than all its previous annual events, with numerous new features added to it.

It expects more than 600 international & domestic brands with over 150 foreign delegates and participants from more than 25 countries.

Over 50 startup companies and experts along with over 100,000 visitors are expected to attend the event. It is designed to create major opportunities for business-to-business alliances, leveraging their mutual strengths for capacity-building in this fast-evolving industry.

Commenting on participation, Imran Batada, Director ICT & CICT, IBA, congratulates the whole team of ITCN Asia and said, "This is the third consecutive year that we are participating as knowledge partner and co organizes conferences in ITCN Asia 2018. Keeping the impact of the 18th ITCN Asia IT & Telecom Show in focus, IBA-CICT will take advantage of this platform to showcase its startups of Sindh Research Incubation."

He further explained the role of IBA-CICT that it will also facilitate team 18th ITCN Asia IT & Telecom Show to co-organize two conferences on ICT sector taking on board the keynote speakers, panelist and guest for the conferences.

Umair Nizam, Vice President & Project Director- ITCN Asia, Ecommerce Gateway Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd said, "This is the third year of our collaboration with organization such as IBA, a leader in the education sector."