| It will be inaugurated here by deputy chief minister Siddaramaiah on September 25. Chief minister Dharam Singh will deliver the valedictory address and Union minister of state for planning M V Rajasekharan will be the chief guest on September 26. |
| The experts comprise Intel's Chetan Krishnaswamy, HP's emerging market director Anand Thacker, Infosys founder director Dinesh, Edurite's Srikant and ITC's Chowpal. |
| The other invited speakers will be from corporates and institutions which have implemented ICT for the masses and shown that it is scaleable and economically viable. |
| Invited zilla panchayat members will be among those who will share a live demonstration of technology that has been adopted to reach the masses, particularly the rural masses. |
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