Be the first to comment!Gozo may have its own Silicon Valley – ICT Gozo Malta
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Just the moment you start reading this article, a new technology has been invented, produced, tested or used. Technologies took over the way we communicate, think, travel or learn and it has infiltrated human lives in a manner that no one would have thought of 40 years ago when the Defense Advance Research Project Agency (DARPA) was developing its first data gram network which later evolved into what is known today as the internet.
The past four decades have led information and communication technologies (ICT) to evolve to such an extent that infrastructure is no longer on top of the business agenda. As long as one is provided with the essentials one can really run multinational companies from anywhere. Today, we are living in extremely exciting times and this is what essentially made the ICT Gozo Malta (ICTGM) project team believe that ICT is an ideal opportunity for Gozo and its economy.
As part of the number of initiatives to explain the scope behind the ICT Gozo Malta project, a seminar was held recently at the Calypso Hotel in Marsalforn, Gozo. This seminar was well attended and it mainly targeted ICT students, graduates, professionals, university and similar ICT educators businessmen and people with an interest in ICT.
Mr. David Pace, the ICTGM project manager, gave an overview of the ICTGM project objectives. He explained what has been achieved so far and plans for building up a local platform for International participation in a Cluster of Excellence in ICT.
Mr. Pace strongly emphasized the importance of participation as he explained how only people can help create this vision, i.e. Maltese and Gozitan residents.
During the seminar, Mr. Pace also launched the Malta ICT Skills register and encouraged ICT professionals graduates and students to register their ICT skills through the ICTGM portal to demonstrate, to both local and International potential participants, that Malta has a huge pool of talent and resources across ICT disciplines, and therefore is well positioned to build and contribute to Malta becoming an ICT location of excellence.
