The past Tamil Internet conferences
focused mainly on academic and technical deliberations, given the urgent
need to arrive at some international standards and codes. Even as this
urgency continues unabated, however, with the increasing need for the spread
of the Internet usage among the lay public, a special effort has to be
made to use the conference as a promotional vehicle. To that end, this
conference has provided for a Community Hub. Similarly, the "dot.com"ing
of all businesses, regardless of size or shape, is rapidly pushing the
private sector into e-commerce and this conference has developed an E-Business
Hub to cater to their needs. Thus, Tamil Internet 2000 conference now has
three distinct components:
The Conference Hub,
the eBusiness Hub and
the Community Hub.
The Conference Hub
will feature the presentation of academic and technical papers as well
as panel discussions and poster displays. It will focus on arriving at
some international codes, standards and agreements to advance the development
of Tamil Internet and Information Technology (IT) in general. In addition,
there will be a number of papers that will address issues at the cutting
edge of technology that will critically affect the future. The conference
will also pave the way for the setting up of a global Tamil technology
community called the International Forum for Information Technology in
Tamil (INFITT).
A detailed listing of technical
presentations to be made during the TI2000 conference is now available
in the Conference Hub.
For more information, please
contact: Dr K Kalyanasundaram, Chair, Conference Hub Subcommittee. Email:kalyan@softhome.net
The eBusiness Hub has
been designed to attract private sector participants who are interested
in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) related business opportunities
as well as Tamil Internet. The conference will cater to a considerable
number of business leaders from India and other parts of the world who
wish to explore mutual interests during the Singapore meeting. To facilitate
this process, there will be a Trade Fair which will exhibit hardware
and software in different aspects of ICT. There will also be exclusive
arrangements for networking among business participants and designated
booths for quiet business discussions.
A special feature of the eBusiness
Hub is the Job Fair which will bring together hundreds of potential
employees and employers from around the world, first through the web and
then in person at the conference. To facilitate this, an on-line job registry
has been set up. (Please click Job Fair button on the left to register).
At the conference venue, there will be special areas for registered participants'
personal meetings and consultations. Singapore alone has about 20,000 Indian
ICT professionals and both the government and private sector employers
are seeking thousands more of foreign experts.
For more information, please
contact: Mr Mohan Das, Chair, E-Business Hub Subcommittee. Email:
vatsala@pacific.net.sg or arun_mahizhnan@ips.org.sg
The Community Hub has
been incorporated into this conference to allow thousands of ordinary members
of the public to see and appreciate the marvels of ICT. Displays of ICT-related
hardware and software will showcase some of the latest in technological
developments. Technologies that use Tamil and many other languages will
be on display for the public to get a hands-on feel of these innovations.
Many Indian civic organisations, which have been providing computer and
Internet training for the community, will set up demonstration and registration
counters to sign up would-be participants for their programmes. There will
also be specially created infotainment programmes to spread the message
of the new ICT era.
For more information, please
contact: Major S Thanaseelan, Chair, Community Hub Subcommittee. Email:
puay_khim_YONG@pa.gov.sg |
