Innovation Xtreme, a largest start-up event in Bangladesh, is scheduled to be held in the capital on March 19 this year for fostering creativity among the Bangladeshi youths.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and founder of SD ASIA Mustafizur Rahman Khan came up with the disclosure at a press conference held at Dhanmondi in the city yesterday.
SD ASIA, an event and content making platform for Bangladeshi start-up, is going to organise the event for second time.
Sonia Bashir Kabir, managing director of Microsoft Bangladesh, Fayaz Taher, chief executive officer of Fortuna Bangladesh and Samad Miraly, executive director of Olympic Industries Limited also addressed the press conference.
SD ASIA is bringing back Innovation Xtreme (IX) this year again for the second time.
With the theme of ‘Bangladesh: The Next Tech Frontier’, Innovation Xtreme will be held at the Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel.
Mustafizur Rahman said: “Innovation Xtreme is bringing more than 25 renowned speakers and investors to meet 22 local start-ups.
Apart from getting extensive opportunity for networking, all the participants in the event will receive Microsoft’s BizSpark/YouthSpark packages worth US$10,000.
The organisers informed the press conference that local and international speakers will share their experiences at the main event.
The speakers will include Muhammed Aziz Khan, chairman of Summit Group, Rajeev Sethi, chief executive officer of Grameenphone, Anis Uzzaman from Fenox Venture, Sonia Bashir Kabir, managing director of Microsoft Bangladesh and other industry experts.
Local start-ups are able to showcase their ideas or products in front of renowned investors and speakers.
Grameenphone, country’s largest telecom operator, is the main sponsor for this year’s event. Microsoft, Facebook, Tech In Asia, IPDC, Top-of-Mind are also participating as the event partners.
Sonia Bashir Kabir said: “We believe that more and more Bangladeshi people are going to get involved in online businesses.”
“The tech start-ups are going to play a major role in building Bangladesh’s future,” Microsoft Bangladesh MD added.