Pakistan Developer Conference 2005 (PDC05)
June 13th
– 15th, 2005
The IBA Center for Computer Studies (CCS) was a sponsor in the Microsoft
PDC conference held from June 13 – 15 at the Pearl Continental Hotel. Following
are the details of the conference.
The Third Pakistan Developer
Conference (PDC) was recently held in one of the local hotels (Pearl
Continental Hotel) from June 13 to 15 by Microsoft Pakistan.
Jawwad Rehman, Country
Manager Microsoft Pakistan
while addressing the conference said that it was one of the largest developer
conferences of the year in the region. He stated that the aim of the PDC is to
build the required IT momentum in the country and beyond Pakistan
by gathering, promoting and supporting various levels of players that
collectively form the local IT ecosystem.
He also highlighted a number of
achievements by Microsoft with respect to IT education in the country under the
Partners in Learning Program and in collaboration with National Commission for
Human Development (NCHD). A number of foreign delegates from USA,
UK, Turkey,
Kenya, Egypt,
Jordan and European countries participated in the conference as speakers and
developer evangelists. The conference was attended by more than one thousand
people (approximately 1200) and was also transmitted live to the LUMS campus in
Lahore.
A major feature of PDC was the
launching of Junior Developer Curriculum (JDC) at a daylong conference, which was
held on June 16, 2005. “JDC introduces a localized version of curriculum
developed by Microsoft Corporation for junior developers who are typically
Matriculate and Intermediate level students. This localization was achieved in
collaboration and partnership with the Institute
of Business Administration IBA
whose efforts were highly lauded. A stall of the Junior Developer Curriculum
(JDC) was setup in the community hall which was housed in the Hina Room at PC Hotel bearing the IBA’s
logo on the flyers dispatched to the visitors. The IBA logo was also
prominently placed on both sides of the stage in the main hall.