On the auspicious occasion of silver jubilee of His Majesty the King's accession to the throne, CAN is hosting South East Asia Regional Computer Confederation (SEARCC) Executive Committee Meeting in Kathmandu along with CAN's annual event of INFO-TECH, IT Show & Conference in a great vigour.
CAN Info-Tech is the only information technology specific exhibition & conference in Nepal. The event hopes to promote the Nepalese information technology industry in general. The exhibition will not only provide the channel for marketing computer products and services, but also create greater user awareness. CAN INFO-TECH '97 is expected to draw about 50 Nepalese and international exhibitors and attract 16,000 visitors in the course of 4 days.
As Nepal wants to gear itself to IT export market and is developing its Ninth Plan, CAN is organizing an interaction program among SEARCC delegates , HMG planners and policy makers,related public and private institutions, IT professionals and CAN officials in order to gain from the experience of SEARCC member countries for the development of proper IT plan and policy for Nepal.
A conference on IT related issues and topics will be held for the first time in Nepal during the show.International and national IT experts and professionals will be presenting papers on the occasion.The conference is expected to gather to create a forum for researchers and technologists to come up with new ideas and developments.