Azerbaijan to be represented at CeBIT Bilisim Eurasia with separate pavilion

29 Sentyabr 2010 02:29 (UTC+04:00)

Azerbaijani delegation consisting of representatives of public and private sectors, led by Minister of Communications and Information Technologies Ali Abbasov will participate in the annual international exhibition and conference on information technologies CeBIT Bilisim Eurasia 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey on October 6-10. As SIA reports according to the information given from press-service of Minister of Communications and Information Technologies this year Azerbaijan will be represented at CeBIT Bilisim Eurasia with a separate National pavilion, which will reflect recent accomplishments and ongoing large-scale projects in the republic in the sphere of information and communication technologies. The pavilion will also reflect the project Trans-Eurasian Super Information Highway (TASIM), initiated by the Government of Azerbaijan, combining over 20 countries in the region with high-speed information network.
The draft of the Regional Innovation Zone and launch of Azerbaijan’s first national telecommunications satellite into orbit will be displayed at the exhibition as well. Besides the public sector, the pavilion will reflect the progress achieved in private ICT companies in the country. Azerbaijan at the exhibition will be represented by more than 10 ICT companies.
Various forums and conferences are expected to be held within the exhibition.
CeBIT Bilisim Eurasia is the largest regional ICT exhibition in Eurasian region and Azerbaijan have been closely interested in the exhibition for several years. Thus, this year’s exhibition will enable the country to be represented with a separate pavilion, which will demonstrate the existing potential of Azerbaijan in the field of ICT, and will create opportunity to attract the latest technology to the country.
More than 950 participants and nearly 150,000 visitors from around the world partook at last year’s exhibition.