Ministers Namal Rajapaksa and Rama Rao to address Daily FT-SLID-ICCSL webinar today

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Minister Namal Rajapaksa

Indian Minister Rama Rao

The SLID- ICCSL-Daily FT CEO Forum in partnership with SLASSCOM and University of Greenwich titled ‘Making Sri Lanka a Technology Hub’ will be held via the Facebook pages of ICCSL, Daily FT and SLID from 4:00 p.m. onwards at https://www.facebook.com/events/965633577689792/

The keynotes will be delivered by the Indian Minister of Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Industries and Commerce, and Information Technology of Telangana Rama Rao, and the Sri Lanka Minister of Youth and Sports, Development Coordination and Monitoring and State Minister of Digital Technology and Enterprise Development Namal Rajapaksa.

The webinar will be followed by a panel discussion featuring several international subject matter experts. The panel will include Axiata Group Executive Vice President/CEO – Telecommunications Business Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya; University of Greenwhich – United Kingdom Professor – Computational Science and Engineering/Director – Partnerships and Internationalisation Prof. Mayur K. Patel; University of Buckingham – United Kingdom Dean of Computing, Law and Psychology Prof. Harin Sellahewa; HCL Corporate Vice President and the Program Director for New Vistas Srimathi Shivashankar; New Zealand Amazon Web Services (AWS) Head of Territory Dr. Haren Sam; Kiu Global Founder/CEO Steve Landman; ICTA Chairman/Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka Director-General Oshada Senanayake; and Huawei Chief Digital Officer/Executive Consultant Michael McDonald.

The session will be moderated by Nisthar Cassim, Dinesh Weerakkody and Jeevan Gnanam.