mumbai an exhibition highlighting the role of the indian air force iaf and an airship project will form part of the fifth annual technology festival techfest 2002the threeday show is organised at the indian institute of technology iit powai from friday to sundayaccording to iit officials the airship is being jointly developed by scientists of the institute and those of the bangalorebased aeronautical development agency if the project succeeds it will used for transporting men and material in those regions where conventional means are not availablethe exhibition will put on display some of the latest items relating to air warfare and mock ups of a mig fighter surfacetoair missiles and laser guided bombsthe festival will consist of competitions workshops and lectures the workshops will relate to the areas of artificial intelligence ham radio and robotics speakers include apj abdul kalam managing director of mckinsey and company rajat gupta and vice president of daimlerchrysler ag bharat balasubramaniamsome of the documentaries to be shown are the atom bomb movie carrier fortress at sea which deals with life on board the american aircraft carrier uss carl vinson and international space stationthe technology event will showcase different types of research and development that is going on at the institute for example on display will be an indigenously developed software which makes computer calculations easy using the first indian supercomputer paramfutureal will expose visitors to the type of technology which could usher in a new era in ones style of living it will concentrate on areas such as bioinformatics nanotechnology and dna computing