BOC partners with FITIS as Platinum Sponsor for ‘Sri Lanka Internet Day’

Bank of Ceylon Chairman Kanchana Ratwatte handing the sponsorship cheque to FITIS Digital Services Chapter President Jiffery Zulfer (centre). From left: BOC Chief Marketing Officer, BOC Chief Information Officer R. Bakmedeniya and BOC General Manager D.P.K Gunasekera, FITIS Vice President Digital Services Chapter Channa De Silva and FITIS CEO Aruna Alwis 

As the Federation of Information Technology Industry Sri Lanka (FITIS) is geared to unveil ‘Sri Lanka Internet Day 2021,’ a first-time occurrence in the country, the Bank of Ceylon is collaborating as the Platinum Sponsor for the event. 

The event will span two full days and bring IT industry experts, startup entrepreneurs, top delegates, and business decision makers from across the globe together. The bank’s Chairman Kanchana Ratwatte handed over the sponsorship at a recent event which took place at the bank’s Head Office to FITIS CEO Aruna Alwis for ‘Sri Lanka Internet Day 2021’.

To be held across 6 and 7 April, the inaugural virtual event themed ‘Digital Inclusion’, an initiative driven by the Digital Services Chapter of FITIS, will present critical digital topics to participants including citizen engagement in a digital society; Sri Lanka’s overall digital strategy and current public plus private sector digitisation efforts in key areas; and the national vision for improving the island’s digital infrastructure in supporting a digitally-driven ecosystem and economy. 

Further, the engaging content presented across both days will carry strong emphasis on Sri Lanka’s re-energised prioritisation of strengthening its digital economy, to boldly face and overcome future economic and social challenges experienced. Towards this end, a series of sessions will be conducted during the event on areas such as digital ID implementation and digital payment adoption by the public sector, as well as FinTech, IoT use in agriculture, plus digital adoption by conglomerates with a private sector focus. 

BOC’s continued support of novel digital initiatives such as FITIS-led ‘Sri Lankan Internet Day 2021’, parallel to the bank’s strong digital focus in streamlining internal processes as well as enhancing services and experience for customers, reinforces their standing as a digital pacesetter in banking with particular emphasis on strengthening the national economy through wider digital adoption.