The first ever Regional Conference of Social Marketing Company’s Blue Star Providers was held in Sylhet on 26 May 2011. This day-long conference was attended by almost 300 Blue Star Providers of the Sylhet region. The districts from which the providers came include Sylhet, Sunamganj, Habiganj, Moulavibazar and Brahman Baria.

The Conference was divided into two sessions – the inaugural session and the working session. The Chief Guest of the inaugural session was the Honourable Mayor of Sylhet City Corporation Mr. Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran, while it was chaired by SMC Managing Director Mr. Ashfaq Rahman. Divisional Director-Health of Sylhet Division Dr. Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury and Divisional Director-Family Planning of Sylhet Division Mr. Md. Kutub Uddin were the special guests in the conference. SMC Deputy Managing Director Mr. Md. Ali Reza Khan gave the address of welcome and SMC General Manager-Programme, Mr. Toslim Uddin Khan gave a brief overview about the Blue Star programme in the inaugural session of the seminar. Best Performance Awards were presented to ten of the best performing Blue Star providers (two from each of the five districts) in the seminar. In addition to the Blue Star providers, government and NGO officials of Sylhet also attended the seminar.

The working session of the conference consisted of a presentation delivered by Dr. Sanjib Chakraborty on the recent information relating to public health issues, while SMC’s Manager-Blue Star Programme Dr. Salah Uddin Ahmed gave a presentation on the various rules and regulations relating to family planning. The session also consisted of experience-sharing by the award-winning Blue Star providers. Sales Manager-Sylhet Mr. Akhtar Habib delivered the vote of thanks at the conclusion of the conference.