About 500 participants of Math Olympiad visited the SoftExpo 2008, organized by BASIS, at the Bangladesh China Friendship Conference Centre yesterday (16 February 2008). Being invited by BASIS, about 500 participants of math Olympiad, from across the country, along with their parents acknowledged the latest update of the software industry of Bangladesh, visiting the exhibition. At that time, T I M Nurul Kabir, convener of BASIS SoftExpo 2008, and all the members of the executive council of BASIS along with the General Secretary of Math Olympiad were also present.

The participants of math Olympiad made queries about different software products, visiting the stalls of the exhibition.

Get, Gain and Grow- on the basis of this theme, more than 150 local software companies and a few companies from Denmark, Grate Britain, Japan, Germany and France are taking part in the exposition. These softwares and IT enabled service organizations are showcasing the products related to business software, outsourcing, multimedia/animation and games, mobile and wireless application, e-commerce, e-governance, hardware technology solution, telecommunication and networking, IT education, financial institution and ICT development. It is worth to mention that ICT outsourcing has become the center of attention to all in Bangladesh recently. Besides showing the software products and services, seminars and workshops on different issues, and business match making is being held at the exhibition.

The sponsors of BASIS SoftExpo 2008 are Microsoft Bangladesh Ltd. and the Business Promotion Council of the ministry of commerce. Denmark is the Theme Country. The international partners are Danish Federation of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry, UK Trade and Investment and Jettro. Daily Star and Radio Today are the media partners.

(Information: Courtesy of BASIS SoftExpo 2008 Media Center)

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