HTP Invites Ladies to Participate in ICT Competition of Ideas and Innovative Projects

3 April 2012

HTP invites ladies to participate in ICT Competition of Women's Projects ”IT-Girl“. The competition will be run within the frames of the 19th International Congress and Exhibition TIBO-2012 held on April 25-28, 2012 in Minsk at the Football Arena.

All women and girls engaged in IT field are welcome to take part in IT-Girl competition. 

Relevance and novelty are the main criteria for evaluation of submitted projects.

To apply for participation fill in the form here and send it to WomenInICT@bsuir.by before April 14, 2012.

The idea of running such competition among women of  ICT industry did not appear all of a sudden. The theme of the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) 2012 is ”Women and Girls in ICT“ and aims at rising public awareness of women’s achievements in ICT sector.

Initiated by Hamadun Ture, International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Secretary General, a number of events, devoted to the national celebration of the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day and international ”Girls in ICT Day“ are scheduled for April 25-26, 2012

INFORMATION

TIBO Exhibition and Forum on Telecommunications, Information and Banking Technologies have been annually held in Minsk since 1994 and are the biggest event in Belarus making an important contribution to the informatization of the country. Every year more than 30,000 specialists visit the event which is justly considered to be the mirror of ICT market.