‘Open Summit key to create industry-academy linkages’

ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Portugal to Pakistan Dr Joao Sabido Costa has said that events such as the Open Source Summit are excellent for spreading awareness and for creating industry-academia linkages and enhancement of the information technology.

He stated this while addressing a concluding ceremony of the two-day informative ‘Pakistan Open Source Summit 2018’ attended by large number of people from industry, academia, government and students. Former naval chief Admiral (R) Asif Sandila co-chaired the concluding session.

Dr Joao Sabido Costa said that the organisations should utilise open source platforms to build their IT infrastructures in future. To build open source culture in Pakistan, he recommended roadmap with future activities and timelines for spreading open source.

The event started with a welcome address by event’s chief organiser Sher Afzal Khan in which he said that by hosting this mega event reflects the commitment towards open source and digital systems. With the renowned speakers and trainers, the summit was influential platform to develop the entrepreneurial culture, bringing together leaders, entrepreneurs, and academicians.

The summit was comprised of various segments including panel discussions, case study presentation and other sessions on the library open source software to enhance the effectiveness of academic library activities, usability of library management system, open source software vs commercial software and others. Besides locals, keynote speakers were also from China and India.

In his closing remarks, Admiral Sandila congratulated the committee for organising successful event and to share and exchange expressions in fields of IT and library. He emphasised the book reading culture and use of technology. At the end, he distributed souvenirs and certificates among the participants and speakers. The conference combined high-quality plenary presentation, case studies, successful projects, major development and social events.