The 2009 International Conference on Information Technology and Communications opened in central Da Nang city on July 14.

The conference has attracted many leading IT and telecommunications professors and researchers from 23 countries, including the US , Japan , France , the Republic of Korea , Australia , Canada and Italy .

Among those are Prof. Paul Bourgine from France ’s University of Technology , Prof. Lawrence Wong from the Singapore National University and Prof. Gary G. Yen from the US-based Oklahoma University .

Sixty-eight scientific reports will be presented at the event, eight of them conducted by scientists and research students from Da Nang University of Technology.

The conference, the largest of its kind to be held in the central region to date, offers an opportunity for local and foreign scientists, universities and businesses to strengthen links with their overseas counterparts, say the organising board.

The event, jointly held by the Vietnam & Francophone Informatics Research (RIVF), the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and Da Nang University of Technology, will last until July 17./.