COLOMBO: Eight Sri Lankan ICT companies are exhibiting their software products and services at 2017 Japan IT Week, the largest IT trade show in Japan next week. Japan IT Week, organized by Reed Exhibitions Japan Ltd, will be held from May 10 to 12, 2017 at Tokyo Big Sight, an International Exhibition Center in Tokyo, Japan. The exhibition is a single location solution offering latest IT technologies and solutions and will see the gathering of a large number of IT professionals of various disciplines. The expo will provide a large number of opportunities for professionals, vendors, service providers and customers to meet the exhibitors from across the world in person and develop profitable business relations, making it an ideal platform to showcase technological innovations which Japan is synonymous with.
The Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) with the collaboration of the Sri Lanka Embassy in Japan is organizing Sri Lanka pavilion at the Japan IT week at the Booth number E10-17, East Hall at the 26th Software and App Development Expo area. In addition, the EDB in partnership with the Japan Information Technology Services Industry Association [JISA] and JETRO – Japan, will hold a seminar on 9th May at the TJK Plaza, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. The seminar, followed by a B2B meeting session, is designed to enhance the awareness about Sri Lankan IT sector in Japan. More than 20 Japanese companies have already obtained registrations for the Sri Lanka IT seminar and registrations are catching up according to services of JISA and JETRO. Currently Sri Lankan ICT sector innovates business solutions using RPA technology and has achieved great progress. Sri Lankan ICT sector is confident how a well-defined automation journey driven by RPA enhances Customer Service while maximizing the returns on automation investments.
Sri Lankan IT Industry Solution providers are no strangers to the Japanese IT sector with many companies providing software, mobile, big data solutions for leading Japanese companies such as Hitachi, FUJITSU, Cannon IT Solutions Inc. Those lines of businesses have generated considerable contribution for the export earnings of Sri Lankan ICT sector and expected to inject more revenue to the country. Sri Lankan ICT exports are now close to one billion rupees and targeted to reach 5 billion rupees in 2022 with 200,000 ICT professionals.
