Hyderabad-based International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) will host its annual Research & Development Showcase on March 12 in a hybrid model – on campus for students and in the metaverse, for the first time, for visitors.
The event will be hosted on the metaverse by NextMeetLive, one of the start-ups under the Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship’s (CIE) Avishkar initiative.
The showcase this year is themed ‘Tech-away Accelerating the Future’, based on the silver lining of technology orbit shifts triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. During the event, faculty and students will share their work with the public in keeping with its endeavour to promote applied research that benefits society.
This line-up includes roundtable discussions on quantum science and technology and cyber-physical convergence. There will also be pitches on research product possibilities, research connected start-up demos, 600 research demos from IIIT Hyderabad's 28 research centres and a summary showcase.
Vinod K Nandicoori, the director of the Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, will deliver the inaugural keynote on how research is integral to the world today and tomorrow.