It was a Jam-packed Youth Tech Carnival
The first Youth Tech Summit in Bangladesh was held on Wednesday at KIB center auditorium in Dhaka. The Tech Summit was organized to consolidate the position of Bangladeshi youth in the reign of artificial intelligence during the fourth industrial revolution. In this spring of youth, there was a crowd of participants to hear the stories of entrepreneurs. There was no room vacant in the auditorium. Additional chairs were placed for the speakers. Even sitting on the floor, they started dreaming of building a future career. But there was no commotion. Everyone heard it spellbound. 45 percent of the attendees were below 25 years of age.
Fahad Ahmed, the co-founder of WindApp, told the story in the program moderated by motivational speaker Golam Samdani Don, and said, "Our generation is unstable in behavior." But to be successful, it is wise to score one-two runs staying in the crease instead of hitting 4’s and 6’s.
On behalf of the organizers, Iqbal Bahar, the founder of the Nijer Bolar Moto Golpo, urged people to choose a work you love to do and be with good people. He highlighted his initiative to create entrepreneurs by providing free training for the country.
After that Pran RFL Group Chief Executive Ahsan Khan Chowdhury got up on the stage and said, I learned from you today. Today I am a student. I am now starting a business in Kunming, China. Pran is spread over 180 countries in the world.
BdJobs CEO Fahim Mashroor urged Pran to invest in startups. In response, Ahsan Khan said that there is no shortage of investment in Pran, there is a shortage of talent. We want to keep up with startups.
Kishwar Hashemi, Co-Founder and CEO of Mitra Fintech Limited, knows how to do fintech when there is a ride share frenzy in the country. He said, one day an entrepreneur may work with several AI tools.
Sayem Farooq, the founder and CEO of Airwork, believes that startups of the country will be able to bring bigger investments from the IMF's conditional loans if they get a little more support.
Dismissing the fear of job loss due to AI, Sourav Barua, co-founder of Edtech Ustad, said that dopamine is the biggest challenge in e-learning. But AI will create jobs that will have higher value.
20 budding entrepreneurs and 12 speakers from the AI and ICT sector introduced each other to career opportunities story by story. Discussions went on about entrepreneur-friendly approach and policies.
Exceptional Initiatives Home Health Testing Startup Aamar Lab Co-Founder CEO Tahreem Shah, Innovation Tech CEO Md Monirul Alam, FinTech Mitra CEO Kishwar Hashmi, Interactive Cares Founder Rayer Al Sameer, Programming Hero COO Abdur Rakib and others presented their initiatives.
Devs Core CEO Ashraful Islam (24), the youngest entrepreneur at the event, said that while graduating with AI in the United States, he had to hear negative attitudes about whether Bangladesh has internet. He called upon the youth to have self-talk, networking, communication and collaborative mindset.
Dreamjoy Lab founder and CEO Tanvir Hossain Khan, Backspace founder Saiful Rahman, Sigmind CEO Abu Anas Shovan, Marcopolo CEO Tasfia Tasbeen, Sikhor founder and CEO Shahir Chowdhury, Eyefarm CEO Fahad Ifaz, Dr. Medina Ali, Founder and CEO of Chashi, Sumit Saha, Founder and CEO of Learn with Sumit also addressed the seminar.
These entrepreneurs under the age of 35 have already established themselves with successful innovative ventures in key sectors such as agriculture, health and education using new technologies, especially artificial intelligence.
