Bengaluru: IT, BT and tourism minister Priyank Kharge on Monday said that the state’s two major technology events, Bengaluru ITE.biz and Bengaluru India Bio for 2017 will be held together for the first time on from November 16 to 18 at the Bengaluru Palace.
The 20th edition of this mega event is aimed at focusing on the theme, “Ideate, innovate, and invent.”
“From the last year’s ITE.biz event, I realised that there was a huge void in skill sets for emerging technologies. The government of Karnataka has setup various center of excellence in the past 7 months to ensure that skills are developed much faster than any other state,” said Mr Kharge.
Having built the centre of excellence for Inte-rnet of Things (IoT), the Karnataka government now plans to build centres for Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning and big data.
Kiran Mazumadar Shaw, Biocon CMD and the chairperson of Karnataka’s Vision Group on Biotechnology, said, “Karnataka has taken the lead in creating this mega event, which is a combination of IT and biotechnology.
The time has come for us to recognize the convergence of technology. She said the summit will be showcasing many aspects of the technology sector.
