Bengaluru Tech Summit records 1 lakh footfall, crores of virtual visitors
The Hindu
BTS2023 saw 1 lakh visitors, 3.13 cr reach, 5.9 cr impressions, 2,43,455 unique clicks & 5,88,475 engagements. 2,500 B2B meetings, incl. 1,981 virtual, took place. Zero waste to landfill & 95% plastic reduction achieved. Smart Bio Awards conferred. USIBC & KITS partnership formed.
The 2023 edition of Bengaluru Technology Summit (BTS), Karnataka’s annual exposition, saw a footfall of around 1 lakh people (comprising common visitors, business visitors, delegates, speakers, and exhibitors). Besides this, the trade show also had a whopping virtual audience on various official social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.
BTS saw a reach of 3.13 crore people, 5.9 crore impressions, 2,43,455 unique clicks and 5,88,475 engagements, making it a hybrid event of global importance, said IT and BT Minister Priyank Kharge. The three-day state event concluded here on Friday.
The Minister said around 2,500 business-to-business meetings took place at the expo, of which 1,981 were virtual. “This is the highest ever B2B engagement we are reporting since the inception of this event,’‘ he noted.
According to Mr. Kharge, the event, which kicked off with the tag #Green BTS, successfully ended with zero waste to landfill while making significant strides across environmental parameters like carbon, waste, water, food & resources.
“Our sustainability partner played a pivotal role in helping us set a precedent for large-scale events to turn green and minimize environmental footprint,’‘ he said.
As a result, all the 6400 kg of waste generated at the event could be segregated for recycling and for generating 90 kg of biogas from food waste. It also succeeded in bringing the plastic consumption down by 95%. The per capita carbon footprint was recorded at 0.65 kg and the water footprint at 3.4 litres per person. “We aim to achieve “Net Zero” in the coming years,” said the Minister.
Smart Bio Awards were conferred to companies and organisations in different categories such as Innovator of the Year (ImmunitasBio), Start-up of the Year (Cambrian Bioworks), Woman Entrepreneur of the Year (AAARNA Therapeutics), Start-up of the Year-Beyond Bengaluru (COSMOS BIO), Start of the Year - Campus (Papersens) and Best Social Enterprise (Foundation for Neglected Disease Research).
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