Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT) and the University of Westminster in London (UoW) jointly organised WIUT-UoW Computing Conference 2022: Digitalisation and Digital Transformation over Silk Road.

The event brought together academics, students, professionals and digital business developers to discuss trends, achievements, challenges and solutions in digital transformation in various sectors over the Silk Road.

The conference was organised to broaden and strengthen university-research-industry links among organisations, businesses and individuals contributing to the expansion of digital economy.

The participants touched upon six main areas: digitalisation and digital transformation in industry, public services, healthcare, education and social life; present and future of business analytics, and AI; game design trends in development and management of business information systems; advances and challenges in the provision of cybersecurity; and prerequisites for development of distributed computing, cloud computing and big data in Central Asia.