POBNEWS24, Desk report, Dec 10, 2021: Prominent people have urged to prepare human resources to face the technological changes of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. They made the call at a conference on the Fourth Industrial Revolution at the Radisson Blu Chittagong Bay View Hotel in Chittagong on Friday.
The conference was organized by The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh or ICMAB Chittagong Branch Council.
The speakers said that the fourth industrial revolution has started with the combination of artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, robotics, machine learning, biology based technology and automated technology.
Former President of ICMAB Arif Khan presented the keynote address at the day-long conference. Chittagong Divisional Commissioner was present as the chief guest. Kamrul Hasan. MA Malek, Editor of Dainik Azadi, Ahmed Jamal, Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank, AKM Delwar Hossain, President of South Asian Federation of Accountants or SAFA and Abu Bakar Siddique, President of ICMAB addressed the conference. Chairman of ICMAB Chittagong Branch Council Mohammad Arif presided over the function.
The speakers said that the success of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Bangladesh depends to a large extent on the spontaneous participation of professionals including professional accountants.
Two papers were presented at two technical sessions at the conference. In the morning, Selim Raihan, Executive Director of Sanem, presented an article titled ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution: Transforming Limitations into Opportunities’, directed by Imtiaz Alam, Chairman, Infinity Group. In the afternoon, Bidyut Kumar Saha, Senior Investment Officer, Asian Development Bank, presented an article titled ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution: Preparation for Banking Sector’, directed by AHM Shafiquzzaman, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Commerce.
Selim Uddin, Chairman, Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation, Syed A. Mamun, CEO, BDRL (Dun & Broadstreet), Mamunur Rashid, Deputy Managing Director, Index Group and Kauser Alam, Chief Financial Officer, Sun Singh Group participated in the discussion.
