Hyderabad to host global tech from Sept 15
16 May, Hydeerabad
CIM Global along with Telangana Government will host ‘Campus Party’, the world’s greatest technological festival of innovation, creativity, science, digital entertainment and entrepreneurship in the city from September 15 to 19.
Talking to newspersons here today, Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary, Information Technology, Electronics and Communications (ITE&C) Department, Government of Telangana, expressed his happiness for choosing India and Hyderabad to host Campus Party. For the first time,happeing in Asia will help the star-ups in the city, as well as India, in general.
Ranjan said the city has benefitted enormously. About 5000 people are participating in the five-day event and also it will be 24/7 .It will be useful to interact with each other at the venue.
Mr Ranja said, “Telangana Government recognises the importance of innovation and creativity in creating next generation products and solutions, it is our aim to become the hub that attracts the best organisations and talent. Campus Party will attract huge interest not just in India, but from tech practitioners across the globe and put India on the map.”
Eduardo Lorea, Director, Business Development at Campus Party, said, “We are delighted to bring our greatest tech fest to India, home to some exceptional talent and creativity. We are sure that a combination of peoplehere and the concept of Campus Party will be a potent mix to accelerate, showcase and even implement ideas that can become reality. The very missionof Campus Party is to provide a platform, where like-minded enterprising individuals can come together, exchange ideas and be inspired by innovators and speakers, who are some of the most successful people in the world. We promise an extravaganza that has not been experienced before and we are very excited to be here.”
About 300 prominent speakers from around the world, including Bas van Abel- CEO and Founder Fairphone, Camille Francois-Cyber War, Harvard, Dan Shechtman-Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, Matthijis Pontier- Artificial Intelligence, Samir Patel- Big Data & Data Science, among others participating in India.
Prasant Saha, CEO, CIMGLOBAL, said, “It is a historical moment, as we bring this grand event to Asia. Technology and innovation are the lifeline of humankind and events like Campus Party strengthens every society, nation and the human race at large.”