The first plenary session of an international seminar on “Material and Future” was held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center in Dhaka on Friday.
Dr. Md. Sabur Khan, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Daffodil International University and Daffodil Family, conducted the plenary session.
Nobel laureate physicist and professor of the National University of Singapore, Dr. Konstantin Novoselov was present at the seminar as the keynote speaker. Prof. Mohammad Alamgir, Member, University Grants Commission, and Prof. Shahadat were also present at the seminar.
Presenting the keynote paper Dr. Konstantin Novoselov said that the role of different materials in the Fourth Industrial Revolution was unique. In the future, a smart city will be created, healthcare will change, revolutionary changes will come in water and sanitation, and the use of robotics will increase.
Bangladesh is making progress in information technology. There is no doubt that this country will also improve in the basic branches of science, he said.
In his presidential address Dr. Md. Sabur Khan said that the next world will be the world of materials. As time goes on, the use of artificial intelligence will increase, the use of robotics will increase and the use of telecommunication will also increase. So from now on we have to increase our skills in these sectors. Otherwise, as a country, we will lag behind the rest of the world. Daffodil family is trying its best to build Bangladesh as a digital country from its own capacity, he added.
The conference was organized as part of the celebrations of the 100th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s independence.
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