Chief Guest: Mr Nalaka Kaluwewe, Secretary to the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Tertiary Education
Guest of Honour: His Excellencey Badil Hisham Adam, High Commissioner of Malaysia to Sri Lanka
Special Guests and Dignitaries:
- Ms Hamzi Haniff, Education Programmes Manager, British Council, Colombo
- Ms Himali Jinadasa (former Director General, EDB and UNESCO Country Co-ordinator for SriLanka)
- Professor Seun Kolade, Sheffield Hallam University
- Dr Asitha Bandaranayake, Head, Computer Engineering, University of Peradeniya
- Dr Tianchong Wang, Flinders University
- Professor Nuwan Kodagoda, Faculty of Computing, SLIIT
- Mr Suriya Bibile (Regional Manager – South Asia, Pearson)
- Dr Vishaka Nanayakkara (CSE, University of Moratuwa)
Program Highlights:
- Keynote Speech 1: Human-Centric AI in Higher Education
- Session on AI Technologies and Future Educational Models
- Keynote Speech 2: Guiding the Ethical and Inclusive Use of AI in Education
- Session on Teaching, Learning and Assessment with AI Case Studies and Success Stories
- Panel Discussion on AI in Higher Education: Promises, Risk and Policy
- Student Debate: AI in Education; Erosion of Academic Rigour vs Effective Learning for the Future
Participants:
- State and Non-State Universities and Higher Education Institutions
- University Grants Commission and Ministry of Higher Education
- Quality Assurance Agencies
- International Partner Universities and Academics
