1st Smart Bangladesh Summit and Young Entrepreneur Awards will be held on 9-10 June
Junior Chamber International (JCI) Bangladesh will organize the ‘Smart Bangladesh Summit and Young Entrepreneurs Awards – 2023’ at the International Convention City of Dhaka on June 9 to 10. There are 6 special sessions over two days. Local and international speakers will highlight every possible aspect of Smart Bangladesh in the sessions. Apart from this, the Smart Expo has all the amazing technology displays for the visitors. Futuristic expo will be displayed based on how the smart Bangladesh of the future will be. The JCI Creative Young Entrepreneur (CYE) Award will be launched from the Expo. This award will be given to 10 innovative and technology-friendly entrepreneurs.
JCI Bangladesh conveyed this information in a press conference held at BCC conference room of ICT Tower on Sunday (May 7). The project director (Joint Secretary) of Aspire to Innovate (a2i) Dr. Dewan Muhammad Humayun Kabir was present as the chief guest while the JCI Bangladesh National President Ziaul Haque Bhuiyan contributed as the keynote speaker.
JCI Bangladesh Deputy National President Imran Qadir and a2i Program Human Development Media Manager Purabi Mateen were also present at this time.
The main sponsor of the Expo, JCI Bangladesh National Officer Tahsin Azim Sejan, Muhammad Altamish Nabil, Ariz Afsar Khan, Md. Ejazul Hasan Khan, Rezwan Ul Haque, Steve Benedict D'Silva, Shan Shahed, Shakhawat Hossain, Fahim Ahmed and Md. Fazle Munim were also present.
Organized by JCI Bangladesh and in collaboration with Aspire to Innovate (a2i), more than a thousand entrepreneurs will get an opportunity to submit their business ideas at this expo. Out of which there is a grant of 3 lakh 50 thousand taka for the winners. There will also be mentoring and support to get bigger venture capital. In this phase, well-known investors and venture capital providers from home and abroad will be present. The winners of this round will also compete against the winners of the next JCI Asia Pacific region on the international stage.
