D.Net Chairman Dr Taufic Ahmed Chowdhury will inaugurate the fair as the chief guest while Country Manager of Microsoft-Bangladesh Feroz Mahmud will attend the function as special guest.

Three seminars on ‘ICTs and Human Resource Development’, ‘ICTs and Localisation’, and ‘ICTs and Human Rights’ will be held during the fair.

D.Net in association with the Voluntary Association of Bangladesh (VAB), a non-profit organisation of the non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs), is working to bridge the digital divide among urban and rural children and youth in terms of computer skill. Currently, D.Net runs 20 Computer Literacy Centres (CLCs) across the country.

In 2006, D.Net will launch another 25 CLCs while its aim is to establish 1000 CLCs across the country.