Tech Summit today, Aus & Israel PMs to attend virtually

Bengaluru: Vice President Venkaiah  Naidu on Wednesday will  inaugurate Bengaluru  Tech Summit 2021, Karnataka government’s flagship  three- days long technology  event.

Naftali Bennett, the  Prime Minister of Israel  and Scott Morrison, the  Prime Minister of Australia, will attend the event  virtually.

Karnataka Governor  Thaawarchand Gehlot,  Union Minister of Railways, Communications and  Electronics & IT Ashwini  Vaishnaw and state Chief  Minister Basavaraj Bommai will also be attending  the event.

Minister for IT & BT, Science & Technology, who  visited the event venue on  Tuesday said the 24th edition of the summit, which  is being conducted in hybrid  format, will witness participation of over 30 countries.

For the first time South  Africa, Vietnam, and UAE  will be participating in the  Bengaluru Tech Summit  (BTS).“It is also for the  first time mutual participation of Karnataka and  Australia through BTS and  Sydney Dialogue is being  arranged. As part of this,  The Sydney Dialogue sessions which also will be on  the same days (Nov 17-19)  wherein Prime Minister  Narendra Modi’s virtual  address on Nov 18 will be  streamed on the BTS platform. Likewise streaming  of BTS on The Sydney Dialogue will provide an opportunity to show content  from our participants,” Narayan was quoted as saying  by his office in a release.

He further said, India  Innovative Alliance’ and  India US Tech Conclave  initiatives have been introduced for the first time.

The Minister noted that  BTS-2021 will bring together global leaders, Indian Corporate, R&D, and  Start-Ups from electronics,  IT, Deeptech & Biotech and  policymakers driving the  next wave of innovation  into one platform.

The event, having 75+  Conference Sessions, is  expected to see the participation of 300+ speakers,  5,000+ Start-Up Attendees,  300+ Exhibitors, 20,000+  Business attendees, and  will have an overall digital  reach of half a million tech  enthusiasts.

BTS-2021 event spectrum  includes Multi-Track conferences, International Exhibition & Global Innovation Alliance (GIA). -(PTI)