DIGITAL WEEK SOUTH ASIA: BANGLADESH EVENT BRIEF
The developments happening in Bangladesh.
- Cashing on the growing need to store data, Bangladesh is witnessing a boom in data center business in order to boost the country’s data storage capacity. With both private and public sectors investing money. The government has also started a new organization for data center development named the Bangladesh Data Center Company.
- The financial sector is at the forefront of 4IR globally and Bangladesh is not an exception with many public and private banks involved in fintech activities, the cloud adoption in the country has raised up by 50%
- The Bangladeshi RMG and apparels have made shifts in the manufacturing process with the adoption of technology to improve labor conditions and environmental sustainability. Automation is revolutionizing the industry.
However although there are great developments happening in the tech space there are still challenges that enterprises are facing in Bangladesh including.
- Lack of Cyber tech know how shortage with cyber attacks increasing every day on the BFSI industry
- Lack of knowledge on cloud concepts and benefits vs trade offs
- Infrastructure & investment issues for development of Data centers and it’s modernization
As a tech enthusiast In order to make sure you are well versed with these updates & challenges W.media has created the largest platform for Bangladeshi tech enthusiasts to join together and get insights from the top experts from across the world.
Welcome to W.Media’s Digital Week South Asia – Bangladesh edition starting from the 30th of April.
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Agenda for South Asia Digital Week - Bangladesh Edition
| Time Slot (GMT+6:00) | Topic | |
| 10:00 AM | Gov of Bangladesh Keynote address
“Digital Bangladesh and Vision 2021” Bangladesh announced the “Digital Bangladesh” initiative/vision in 2016 to digitize their Citizen services & records and charted out a clear implementation plan for the same. BCC has already built the largest Tier IV Facility Certified Data Center near Dhaka which is going to support this Digital Bangladesh Vision. As of now there are 12 ongoing projects to support this vision and others will follow. |
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| 10:20 AM | Power Panel Session
Key Data Center Industry Challenges and how should the industry deal with it? What are the challenges being faced by Data Center Owners, Consumers and System Integrators and what are the required actions to deal with it? What are the trends and challenges in data center investment for Bangladesh, Is data localization a possibility? How do you keep your organization away from Data Center outages? Moderator: – Panelists: – Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, Managing Director, Bangladesh Data Center Company Limited (BDCCL) Asif Mahmood, Chairman, ADN Telecom Khairuzzaman A. S. M., Deputy MD & COO at Center Counterparty Bangladesh Limited |
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| 11:00 AM | Presentation Session
Building and Sustaining Data Center Reliability & Aligning IT & Facility for Best Data Center Efficiency What are the different aspects being considered while design-build and operating a data center which helps organizations sustain reliability? There is a disconnect between Facility and IT deployment and it is very necessary to properly align Facility & IT for best business results. Speaker: – Mani Kiran Kumar, AGM – Data center Life Cycle Services, Schneider Electric |
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| 11:10 AM | Power Panel Session
How is the Multi-tenant Data Center & Captive Data Center Footprint Changing in Bangladesh? & are Scalable Modular Data Center the answer for Driving Speed, Quality and cost? There is a slow shift from Captive Data Center to Multi-tenant Data Center which is driving the Multi-tenant Data center growth in this country. We also see growth of Captive Data Center in BFSI and Government sector which is driven by Digital Bangladesh initiative. Keeping in view the size of data center, is modular data center future of Bangladesh which drives speed, quality and cost at the same time. Moderation: – Sharful Alam, Director and Chief Strategy Officer, Dotlines Panelists: – Najmus Sakeb Jamil, Senior Vice President and Head of Technology Infrastructure, BRAC Bank Mani Kiran Kumar, AGM – Data center Life Cycle Services, Schneider Electric Md. Abdul Muktadir, Vice President and IT infrastructure, AB Bank Ltd |
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| 11:50 AM | Power Panel Session
How digital transformation of enterprises can make Bangladesh a standout economy in South Asia The current efforts by organizations whether public or private in Bangladesh have helped transform the economy for the country. Both public and private organizations recognize that digital transformation and inclusion are the only way to facilitate economic growth in the rural and urban sectors enterprises. This session will discuss the key trends and challenges to transform enterprises in Bangladesh and make them stand out in the South Asian economy. Moderation: – Sadik Noman, Head – Digital Transformation, Application development and Data Analytics, Chevron Bangladesh Panelist: – Solaiman Alam, Chief Digital & Strategy Officer, Grameenphone Sarzil Sarwar, Head of Information and Digital Technology, BAT Razidul Islam, Vice President, ICT Division, NRB Commercial Bank |
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| 12:30 PM | Power Panel Session
How Cyber attacks are becoming the new threat for Bangladesh’s BFSI & other sectors – Covering gaps and technical know how for workforce With digital adoption growing day by day in the public, private banking and other sectors, Cyber security has also played its role in damaging the digital infrastructure of the country’s enterprise sector. Although the technology to battle this challenge is available the major challenge is technical knowledge for the workforce. This session will discuss in detail on how organizations can overcome this challenge. Moderator: – Sabarinathan Sampath, Chief Strategy Officer, Drive 19 Syed Moinuddin Ahmed, Additional Managing Director & Company Secretary, Green Delta Insurance Company Limited Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Head of IT Security & Compliance, Eastern Bank Ltd |
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| 01:10 PM | Closing Remarks | |
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Featured Speakers
Ms. Sultana Afroz
Sadik Noman
