A career talk was held on Saturday, 11 January, 2020 at Bangladesh Army International University of Science and Technology (BAIUST). It was jointly organized by BAIUST & Bangladesh Open Source Network (BDOSN) on The National Computer Festival of BAIUST.
The very first ever Ada Lovelace Celebration, organized by Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN), ended yesterday, 3rd January in Dhaka. Hosted by the University of Asia Pacific the Celebration was organized under the theme “Celebrating Digital Bangladesh with Women in Technology”. The festival was inaugurated on January 2 by Tagore Song "Ekla Chalo Re" and the recitation of the poem "Nari" of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam to encourage our female to lead their way.
A seminar titled ‘Designing Technologies for Social Good’ taken place today on 15 December,2019 at Dipanpur, located on Elephant Road, Dhaka. Sharifa Sultana Ela, PhD student, Information Science, Cornell University in the USA, conducted the seminar which was organized as a pre-event of Ada Lovelace Celebration by Bangladesh Open Source Network (BDOSN).
A career talk was held on 27 November, 2019 at the Banquet Hall of Daffodil International University with a view to thinking about young people's future careers and the opportunities and scope of the female students in ICT and Non ICT sector where they can explore their potential. It was jointly organized by Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) and Daffodil International University where 60 female participants from different departments of this university jointed together to attend to this event.
Ada Lovelace Celebration is set to be held on January 2 and 3, 2020, with the aim of connecting all the tech-women of the country in a same platform under the initiative of the Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN). At the birthday of Ada Lovelace, the promoter of computer programming, Ada Lovelace Celebration was inaugurated on December 10, 2019 at the BdOSN office in Dhaka.
Programming skills are useful not only for being a programmer, but also for solving any problem. Moreover, the volume of technology-based professions and work is increasing globally. For these two reasons students need to study computer programming from the beginning of their school life- Munir Hassan, general secretary of BDOSN said at the launching of ‘International Hour of Code Bangladesh Segment’ to attract students to programming under Computer Science and Education Week.
Aside from being an entrepreneur in the Idea phase, we need entrepreneurial supportive women-friendly environment- The participants expressed their hope tomorrow at the closing day of the three-day Girls' Innovation Bootcamp at Lalmatia, Dhaka on November 30. The camp was organized under BDOSN's ongoing project 'Enabling Sustainable Development Goals for Bangladesh' to increase participation in women's information technology based workplace.
Standing in the current socioeconomic context, women entrepreneurs are working to accelerate Bangladesh's economy. As an entrepreneur, women's access to the economy is creating employment for both female and male workers. Besides, the example of women empowerment is spreading. International Women's Entrepreneurship Day is celebrated worldwide on 19th November every year to honor all women entrepreneurs around the world and at the same time inspire new entrepreneurs.
In line with the whole world, “Chakri Khujbo na Chakri Debo”, an initiative of Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN), celebrate this day every year. In this year, celebration also held with the association of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Department of Daffodil International University on 19th November, 2019. Around 200 female entrepreneurs participated in this celebration with a festive mode.
In this celebration, Ms. Parveen Mahmud, Chairperson of Shasha Denims Ltd., and MIDAS (Micro Industries Development Assistance and Services) presented there to encourage all our female entrepreneur. She hope that women will come forward to become entrepreneurs in the future.
This year, Bangladesh Open Source Network (BDOSN) was assisted the event. Other partners were Shoily, Amber IT and Dhaka FM.
This year's logo board was ornamented by Adarsha, Afrajan, Akhi’s Collection, Baharica, Bangladesh University, BD Assistant, Begum, Bohu Bangladesh, Brianna, Creative IT Institute, Creative Soft Technology, Dhara, Digital Uddokta, Deshi Food, Doll’s House, e-Currier, Ella, EDC, Feminino, MM Plastic Industries Limited, Fusion Fashion House, Garner Stationery, Grihobodhu, Global Emerging Technology Limited, Grassroots, Jahan International School, Kid's Wheel, Kalparaj, Cory.com, Labanna Crafts, Friends, Moner Bondhu, Purfee, Panasia, Rockets Courier, Seasons Boutique, Shabbab Leather, Shajgoj, Shaon Crafts, Shop Queen, Suddho Krishi, Tori Axim, Trina’s Closet, Tripbuddies, University Of South Asia, V Book and Writu.
