City Desk :
Bangladesh is going to host a five-day international conference which will begin from March 7 comprising the representatives from 30 countries who work in education and research sectors. The representatives will share the experiences of their respective countries. More than 300 representatives of those countries would attend the hybrid conference in person while around 700 will join virtually, Dr. Dil Afroza Begum, member of the University Grant Commission (UGC) said at a press conference held on Saturday at UGC Auditorium. Dil Afroza, also vice chairperson of Bangladesh Research and Education Network (BdREN) said the interested participants will join in working groups, committees, plenary sessions, and other meetings to review progress, demonstrate advances in technology and applications, and make plans for the future activities in the sectors. The inaugural session of Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN53) conference will be held on March 8 at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban in Dhaka University and will be continued till March 11. With the support of Bangladesh Open University, BdREN, a project under the UGC, will organize the event. Dr. Afroza said that six keynote speeches will be delivered in the conference to address the burning issues like outcome based education, smart agriculture, climate change, blended learning, financial technology and digital earth technology.
Besides, these keynote speeches, the event will hold around 11 trainings or workshops and 42 workgroup meetings covering tele-medicine, agriculture, disaster mitigation, identity management, open science, IoT and security issues. World renowned Geologist and vice chancellor of Bangladesh Open University professor Dr syed Humayun Akter told that this program is to overcome the future education crisis such as covid-19 pandemic. He informed, Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni will join the event as the chief guest while Deputy minister for Education Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury as special guest and Dhaka University vice-chancellor Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman will join as guest of honor. UGC Chairman Prof. Kazi Shahidullah will preside over the inaugural session.
