Opening ceremony of “ICT Week Uzbekistan 2022”

Today, on October 24, one of the most significant and large-scale IT events of the country, the week of information and communication technologies “ICT Week Uzbekistan 2022”, started in Uzbekistan.

The large-scale event takes place in the new international tourist center “Silk Road Samarqand”. It is here that large foreign companies will hold meetings and the participants will present their new technological solutions.

The opening ceremony was attended by the Minister for Development of Information Technologies and Communications Sherzod Shermatov, the Director of IT Park Farhod Ibragimov, representatives of IT Park resident-companies, foreign guests and others.

As Minister of ICT Sherzod Shermatov noted, the IT-industry of Uzbekistan has undergone a huge transformation.  He outlined the high role and prospects of IT Park, and also added that the ICT Week will become the basis for further expanding the IT-network of Uzbekistan and discussing priority issues as part of the industryʼs digitalization strategy and the development of New Uzbekistan for the next five years.

The director of IT Park Uzbekistan Farhod Ibragimov spoke about the export potential of Uzbekistan during the event. Thus, it was noted that the volume of IT services provided by resident-companies over the last 9 months of this year amounted to 3,600 billion soums, which is 7 times more than in 2019, and the volume of exports of residents increased 13 times and exceeded $82 million.

ICT Week Uzbekistan is organized in order to further stimulate the development of information and communication technologies, the information security and software market, turn Uzbekistan into a regional IT-hub, demonstrate the achievements, opportunities and benefits achieved as a result of the introduction of the digital economy and the “E-government system in the republic, as well as discussion of practical results and development trends in the field.

Recall that ICT Week has been held annually since 2004.  Over the past 18 years, this event has traditionally combined a number of specialized events into a single format.

As part of the ICT week, the following events will take place:

  • Summit “ICTWEEK Uzbekistan” – an event aimed at discussing the results achieved and reforms in the field of IT in Uzbekistan;
  • Forum “Digital Eurasia”, aimed at discussing key issues and reforms in the field of information technology; 
  • Exhibition “ICTEXPO” – a demonstration of national and international developments and achievements in the field of ICT;
  • “BPO Summit” – where leading international IT companies will share their experience in business process outsourcing.
  • “IT-Education Summit” – where participants will discuss the implementation of world experience in the field of IT-education;
  • “CIO SUMMIT” – a meeting of government organizations and NGOs in the field of ICT.

More than 100 foreign and local companies are expected to participate in the ICTEXPO exhibition, which will be held on a total area of ​​4000 sq.

More than 60 large foreign companies will take part in the event, such as: Meta, Plug and Play, Nokia, ZTE, Huawei, IT Park, Innotech, Yandex, Uzcard, Payme, Uztelecom, Uzinfocom, Unicon, Astana hub and residents of the High Technology Park and IT Park of the Republic Belarus, as well as local large companies.  

Main electronic resources:

Website: https://www.ictweek.uz/uz

Instagram: https://instagram.com/ictweek_uzbekistan_2022?igshid=Y2ZmNzg0YzQ=

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ictweekuzb2022

 

2022-10-24