Bangalore ITE and biotech events to be colocated this year

07th August 2017
Bangalore ITE and biotech events to be colocated this year
PriyankKharge, Minister of State for IT, BT and Tourism, Government of Karnataka with Dr. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, CMD, Biocon Ltd announcing the 2017 ITE and Bio conferences.

Bangalore, August 7 2017:  Karnataka has  co-located its two flagship tech  events, BengaluruITE.biz and Bengaluru INDIA BIO for 2017.  The year also marks the 20th  anniversary of the annual IT event.
The two events will be held  between November 16 and 18  at the Palace grounds. Details here
Says PriyankKharge, Minister of State for IT, BT and Tourism, Government of Karnataka: “Karnataka has emerged as the leading tech-hub in the country. The focus last year was 'define next', and we were successful in driving engagement with various technology companies across domains. Discussions with various participants last year helped us understand that companies are looking to emerging technologies to drive innovation. We take our event a step further this year, with focus on "Ideate, Innovate, Invent". Our vision is to drive Karnataka as a thought leader in emerging technologies across verticals - from agriculture to aerospace and more.”

Adds Gaurav Gupta, Principal Secretary, Department of IT, BT and S&T:  “While celebrating 20 years of BengaluruITE.biz, we have many esteemed international leaders and global speakers gracing the event. The event offers wider opportunities to leverage and benefit from Information Technology and Biotechnology, display important linkages and synergies”.  This  year the combined event is expected   to attract over 300 exhibitors showcasing products and technologies to over 10000 business visitors.
The IT conference will cover topics like Cloud & Big Data, Aerospace & Defense, Telecom, Electronics, Cyber tech conference  will feature on Oncology, Rare Diseases & Orphan Drugs; Proteomics; Big Data & Analytics and IoT.
 Another highlight of the conference would be BIO-IT covering spectrum of bio informatics genomics diagnostics and medical technologies and more.