BASIS SoftExpo 2009, the biggest ICT extravaganza of the country kicked off on Tuesday, 27 January 2009 upholding the theme “Linking People with Technology and Branding Bangladesh as the Country with Immense Possibilities”.  Mr. A M A Muhith, Honorable Minister, Ministry of Finance, inaugurated the five-day event at the launching ceremony in the morning at the Harmony Hall, Bangladesh China Friendship Conference Center, Agargaon. Bangladesh Association of Software & Information Services (BASIS) organized the expo as its regular annual event.

BASIS signed sponsorship agreement with Grameenphone Ltd. at Surma, Pan Pacific Sonargoan Hotel, on December 6, 2008. GrameenPhone signed as the Main Sponsor of the upcoming BASIS SOFTEXP0 2009.

A vibrant number of participants of Math Olympiad visited the BASIS SoftExpo 2008 at the Bangladesh China Friendship Conference Centre on 16th February 2008. 

In a roundtable organized on the fourth day of BASIS SoftExpo 2008, IT sector leaders and politicians called for an integrated roadmap to build up the information technology sector in the short, medium and long term as a 'lifeline of the economy'.