Sabur Khan chairs IC4IR session

Dr. Sabur Khan, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Daffodil International University and Daffodil Family conducted the first plenary session titled ‘Material for the Future’ as the session chair at International Conference on 4th Industrial Revolution (IC4IR 2021).

University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (UGC) organised the conference at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center on Friday, said a media release.

Nobel laureate physicist and professor of the National University of Singapore, Dr. Konstantin Novoselov was present at the seminar as the keynote speaker. Prof Mohammad Alamgir, member, UGC, Prof Shahadat and others were also present.

In his key note speech, Dr. Konstantin Novoselov said that the role of different materials in the Fourth Industrial Revolution was unique. In the future, a smart city will be created, healthcare will change, revolutionary changes will come in water and sanitation, and the use of robotics will increase unimaginably. And at the root of all this is physics and materials. He also predicted that an unprecedented revolution in the use of artificial intelligence and telecommunications will be held.

Praising Bangladesh at the time, the Nobel laureate physicist said that Bangladesh is making incredible progress in information technology.