Professor J R Choudhury, VC, BU attended the two-day workshop on Open Access organised in Kista, Stockholm 5-6 June 2003 by the IT-University and sponsored by SIDA (Swedish International Development Agency) and the UN ICT Task Force. He made a presentation titled "Recent Initiatives in ICT Development in Bangladesh". He also had a meeting with the President of IT University, Professor Gunnar Landgren and discussed areas of possible cooperation between IT University, Sweden and BU.