Life in 2020

How would it feel to touch your newborn from thousands of miles away? Or how convenient would it be if you can attend a seminar in Japan while physically being located in USA?

"Life in 2020" is a story telling contest where the participants design a story about how life will be in 2020. The stories focus on creating value for people and society, fantasy, application of key skills and techniques, and of course plausibility. For the very first time LM Ericsson Bangladesh Limited launched a competition focusing on the student of technology universities who will play a pivotal role in realizing the dream of a smarter, and a more technologically advanced Bangladesh.

Hasanul Haq Inu, MP, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry Post and Telecommunications

All the renowned technology universities in Bangladesh were invited to participate in the competition. Among the participating universities six were chosen to play the second round on August 9, based on their pre-submitted stories. The teams were representatives from East West University, United International University (UIU), Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), South East University and Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET). The teams were ranked by the internal panel of judges, and the top three teams participated in the final round on August 10.

Mr. Hasanul Haq Inu, MP, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry Post and Telecommunications addressed the audience as the chief guest. He expressed his confidence in the creativity of the country's young generation and said; "Our vision for the year 2020 should be to see Bangladesh as a self-reliant country, completely free from poverty".

The winning team was students from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology who presented a vision of conveying the senses of touch and smell via mobile communications and received a cheque of BDT 50,000. The first runner-up, the Islamic University of Technology and the second runner-up South East University, received a cheque of BDT 30,000 and BDT 20,000 respectively. The trophies, cheques and certificates were handed out by the media personality Rubaba Dowla.