Tech fair kicks off on Ukulhas
It is the first event of the kind hosted in the Maldives.
26 Aug 2019, 9:00 AM
A tech fair and an international science conference kicked off on Monday on the island of Ukulhas in Alif Alif atoll, marking the first time an event of its kind is hosted in the Maldives.
The fair was organised by the Ugail Foundation of Maldivian Professor Hassan Ugail, director of the visual computing centre at the University of Bradford in the UK. The exhibitors include government ministries and local companies as well as For Loop Coding Academy and the Maldives Open Source Society.
Telecom company Ooredoo Maldives is the local sponsor of the event.
Taking place in conjunction with the fair, the Software, Knowledge, Information Management and Applications (SKIMA) conference brings together 75 researchers and experts from 48 countries. Launched as a collaboration between research professionals in Western and Asian countries, previous editions took place in Thailand, Nepal, Morocco, Bhutan, Italy, China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Cambodia.
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