Launch of the Java World & Exhibition Congress-2010
Launch of the Java World Congress & Exhibition is scheduled for 13th July 2010 at 2.00 p.m at the Auditorium of the Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management (www.slithm.edu.lk) Colombo, Sri Lanka (No 78, Galle Road, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka) attached to the Ministry of Economic Development. Hon Basil Rajapakse, Minister of Economic Development and Senior Presidential Advisor will be the Chief Guest of this event. At this Congress a Global dialogue will be taking place on integrating Open Source Java Technologies to build and strengthen Social Capital in achieving United Nations Development Goals. Subjects such as Education, Employment & Livelihoods, Food & Nutrition, Health, Sustainable Environment, Arts & Culture, Information & Communication, Housing & Basic Infrastructure, Science & Technologies will be discussed with special focus on SME & Micro Enterprise Development and Youth Entrepreneurship. The official Web Site for the Java World Congress & Exhibition www.javaworldcongress.org will also be launched at this function. A number of Government Officials, UN Officials, Media, University Academics, Cooperate leaders, Chamber Heads, Community and Civil Society Leaders are invited for this event. Java World Congress & Exhibition will be the World's largest event on United Nations on Millennium Development Goals where more than 100,000 participants are expected to visit the Congress Exhibition - Java Sri Lanka 2010 Exhibition.
What is Java World Congress & Exhibition - Transforming Theories into Practice?
Although we live in the ICT era, there is a lacuna in the attempts to synchronize and integrate ICT with the development challenges of our living world. We experts and practitioners belong to diverse fields with an interest in sustainable development and are involved in work on United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), World Summit on Information Society (WSIS), e-Society , ICT4D, Open Source & Java Technologies and Social Capital . With our wide and varied backgrounds we have agreed to partner with Chamber of Chartered Java Professionals International - the professional body that control and standardize professional training in Java software development worldwide - to give leadership to organize an annual event. This event will meet Open Source ICT Technologists and social developers in order to pursue common goal in achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) through building and strengthening social capital. ICT for Economic Development while emphasizing the development of the SME Sector and Micro Enterprises focusing entrepreneurship development of youth will be one of the main interests of the Java World Congress & Exhibition.
