Sri Lanka’s PickMe Engineering supports local technological innovations
Technology-driven mobility solutions provider PickMe’s engineering arm ‘PickMe Engineering’ was the Platinum sponsor for the GDG DevFest Sri Lanka 2019 organised by Google Developers Group (GDG) and GDG Cloud Sri Lanka’s, held at the SLIIT and Stein Studio, the local media has reported.
According to reports, ‘DevFest’ is a platform renowned for bringing experts in Android, Web, Cloud and other Google technologies under one roof including full day of sessions, workshops, showcases, introducing and revealing groundbreaking developer innovations.
The event had also facilitates networking with IT professionals from across the world.
This year’s DevFest had reportedly been attended by over 850 visitors, with over 35 series of informative technical sessions. Described by many as ‘the most sought after tech community event’, DevFest is the best place for experience sharing in a phenomenal atmosphere.
Google Developers Group (GDG) is an open and volunteer tech savvy community that creates exciting projects and shares experiences about Google technologies with a passion, the local media has reported.
“It is a great honour to have partnered with the highly anticipated GDG DevFest Sri Lanka 2019 as a Platinum sponsor. We are more than happy to be able to impart everlasting cutting-edge technological knowledge among the youth of Sri Lanka, as we at PickMe always strive to seek and expose budding talent in the tech space of our island nation. With the presence of the PickMe Engineering at this internationally recognized event, we’re sure to prove that PickMe is more than just a ride-hailing app,” PickMe CEO Jiffry Zulfer has been quoted as saying.
PickMe Engineering’s expert team had successfully conducted a full day lab sessions on Go Zero to Hero (Golang), which saw the presence of IT professionals from the industry and university students.
OSL take:
The government of Sri Lanka is committed to developing the country’s ICT sector and is heavily engaged in developing digital infrastructure. The Sri Lankan government has introduced many incentives to promote the sector. All this have expanded the business/investment opportunities in Sri Lanka’s ICT and digital infrastructure development sectors.
| Article Code : | VBS/AT/20122019/Z_3 |