Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI) jointly with the veterans of the semiconductor industry from Silicon Valley, California, USA organized a seminar on hi-tech opportunities in Bangladesh on Thursday.
MCCI has been seriously working to develop an ecosystem for setting up the semiconductor industry in Bangladesh, reads a press release.
The country being one of the fastest growing economies in the world with rapid business expansion and development, it is now essential to critically consider diversifying the manufacturing base with high-tech and high-value-added production capturing future potentials of global businesses.
The primary objectives of the seminar were: i) know and further explore existing and potential knowledge sources on the semiconductor industry, ii) learn how to overcome the challenges of developing an ecosystem, iii) gain knowledge of the best practices of other countries and how effectively those practices can be adopted in Bangladesh and iv) how best the Bangladeshi diaspora can be effectively involved in the journey.
Dr Mashiur Rahman, economic affairs adviser to the prime minister attended as the chief guest and NM Zeaul Alam, senior secretary of the Information and Communication Technology Division was present as the special guest.
Habibullah N Karim, vice-president of MCCI acted as moderator and Farooq Ahmed, secretary general and CEO of MCCI was the facilitator.
Panel discussants from MCCI were: Md Saiful Islam, president of MCCI, Dr Arif Dowla, convener of the Committee on Semiconductor, MCCI, Mohammed E Rahman, CEO & president, ULKASEMI, MA Jabbar, managing director, DBL Group, Dr M Rokonuzzaman, professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, North South University.
Panel discussants from Silicon Valley were: Dr Yusuf Haque, chief technology officer and co founder of Exo Imaging, CEO of SliceX Inc, managing director of Maxim Integrated Products; Dr Khandker Nazrul Quader, chief technical officer and EVP of Sunrise Memory, president & CEO of SK Hynix Memory Solutions, senior vice president of Memory R&D; Global Memory Organization, SanDisk Corp; Mustafiz Choudhury, chief technical officer of MIPS & Wave Computing, partner at multiple Venture Capital Funds, founder & VP engineering, Silicon Spice, founder & COO InSilica Inc, co-led development of two generations of Intel's flagship processors.
Also in the panel discussion were: Dr Syed Hossainy, director, Applied Bioengg at University of California, Berkeley Corporate Science Officer/Distinguished Science & Technology Fellow at Start Up & Public Co, director and sr research fellow Abbott; Dr Khalid Azim, vice president, ASIC Engineering, Sigma Sense, director of Design Engineering, Unipixel, senior director touch controller, Elo Touch Solutions; Dr Sayeef Salahuddin, TSMC distinguished professor of Electrical Engr & Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley co-director of Berkeley Device Modeling Center, chair of IEEE Electron Device Society, 2014-2016.
