SLASSCOM to host SLASSCOM AI ASIA Summit 2019

The Sri Lanka Association for Software and Services Companies (SLASSCOM) will be hosting ‘SLASSCOM AI ASIA Summit 2019’ for the second consecutive year. The summit will be held on 6 November from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Shangri-La, Colombo. 

Following a highly successful summit last year, more than 400 participants are expected to take part in this year’s summit. This year’s keynote speakers hail from the field of AI and will cover emerging AI Applications and latest trends in AI targeting businesses, academics and practitioners.

The eminent speaker list includes Dr. Chrisantha Fernando, Senior Research Scientist  at Google DeepMind who will speak on ‘The Minimal Turin Test and Minimal Agency,’ Dr. Romesh Ranawana, CTO at TENGRI UAV Ltd. on ‘The Future of Aerial Unmanned Intelligent Systems,’ Dr. Inga Strümke, Manager AI and Machine Learning at PwC Norway on ‘Responsible use of AI,’ Dr. Srinath Perera, Vice President – Research at WSO2 on ‘AI in the Real World, Challenges and Risks,’ Samith Gunasekara, Head of AI and Machine Learning at Boeing Analytx on ‘Powerful AI Trends to Drive Digital Transformation,’ Tone Therese Paulsen, Product Lead, (Nordics and Europe) at Boost.ai on ‘Beyond Bots – Conversational AI and Reinventing the use of Virtual Agents,’ Dr. Rukshan Batuwita, former Lead Data Scientist at Woolworths Group, Australia on ‘Getting Data Science/Machine Learning Right for Your Business’ and Dr. Rajitha Nawarathna, former imagineer at Walt Disney Imagineering, Walt Disney Company, USA on ‘Reading Audience Mind Through Vision in Movies’.

With the vision of transforming Sri Lanka into a hub for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (AI), SLASSCOM has been engaging in similar initiatives and this summit will further augment the access to the realm of AI and Data Science. The key speeches will carry a wealth of knowledge educating the participants of the current trends of IT sector, particularly AI as a pillar which needs to be further nurtured in all domains. 

“Within the past few years, we witnessed the emergence of Artificial Intelligence as a technology trend that will shape the future. We see a marked rise in the adoption of AI in numerous platforms, across many industries from manufacturing, healthcare, banking, retail, logistics and transportation to agriculture. This year’s summit will bring together experts in the field to share knowledge and raise awareness across industries, government, universities and private businesses on the emerging trends in AI and its applications,” commented SLASSCOM Chairman Ranil Rajapakse.

The AI ASIA Summit will bode well for the future by raising awareness across industries, government, education bodies the opportunities ahead and showing the pathway to leading technology platforms which will revolutionise the world.

A number of organisations support the SLASSCOM AI ASIA Summit 2019 as sponsors and partners. Deutsche Gesellschaft Für Internationale joins as the Innovation Partner, Royal Norwegian Embassy and IKT NORGE as the Strategic Partners, IFS R&D International Ltd. as the Platinum Partner, IBM and South Asian Technologies Ltd as Gold Partner, Millennium IT ESP and WSO2 as the Information Partners. Corporate sponsorship by Dialog Enterprise, Hatch, and Horizon Campus, ReadMe as the Digital and Media Partner, Daily FT as the Official Newspaper and Shangri La Colombo as the Hospitality Partner.

SLASSCOM acts as the facilitator of growth for the Sri Lankan knowledge and innovation industry by empowering trade and business, circulating education and employment, encouraging research and innovation, and by supporting the creation of a progressive national policy framework for the knowledge solutions industry. 

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