MINSK, 1 June (BelTA) - TIBO is an event for everybody, Belarusian Communications and Informatization Minister Konstantin Shulgan said at the opening of the 27th installment of the international information and communication technology forum TIBO 2021, BelTA has learned.
TIBO 2021 is an event for everybody: IT professionals, managers, businessmen, ordinary citizens. The exhibition is for those who want to know how an ID card works, what public services can be obtained on the internet, to discuss how quickly technologies will be assimilated and what they will look like tomorrow," Konstantin Shulgan said.
According to him, visitors to the exhibition will have an opportunity to see and test digital innovations, get acquainted with the technologies of smart cities, smart technologies of doing business, education of the future.
The minister noted that today's event will provide an opportunity to take stock of the work done and to have a look into the future. "This is why the international forum traditionally draws not only citizens of our country but also foreign guests. I am sure that the exhibition will showcase a new potential of the IT industry in all areas," he said.
The TIBO forum is runnin fin Minsk from 1 to 4 June at Minsk Arena. The forum traditionally brings together major domestic and foreign manufacturers of telecommunications equipment, hardware and software, mobile and fixed-line operators, developers and suppliers of high-tech products, security systems, smart solutions and services for the mass and corporate segments. This year the forum will draw more than 100 organizations from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, the United Arab Emirates, the Russian Federation, Uzbekistan and others.
The exposition "Belarus - the country of digital opportunities” will occupy the central place at the international forum. The central exposition will feature innovative ICT developments of government agencies and Belarusian IT companies and the areas of their application in various fields of activity. The exhibition includes thematic zones such as "Digital Opportunities for the State and the Citizen," "Digital Opportunities for Living in a Modern City (Smart City)," "Digital Business Opportunities," and "Digital Opportunities for Everyone."
In addition to individual stands of companies, the exhibition will showcase collective stands of the ministries of education and industry, the State Committee on Science and Technology, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk City Technology Park, St. Petersburg Export Support Center, and special sections “Educational Alley”, “The Arena of Innovations”, “100 Ideas for Belarus”.
The TIBO 2021 business program comprises 30 thematic events, including the 3rd Eurasian Digital Forum, the 4th Belarusian ICT Summit, the Digital Economy Forum, the International Telecommunication Union workshop “5G (IMT-2020) networks launch and operation experience”, and others.
The organizers will also announce the results of TIBO 2021 Internet Award and Belarus ICT Startup Award and hold the national round of the 5th international Scratch Creative Programming Olympiad for school students on the sidelines of TIBO 2021.
TIBO 2021 forum has been organized by the Communications and Informatization Ministry with the participation of representatives of the government, business, professional and scientific community, international experts.
Photos by Andrei Pokumeiko
