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Digital Week South Asia Sri Lanka edition

Thurs, 29th April 2021, 10am – 1.10pm (GMT +5.30)
Registration Closed 

The developments happening in Sri Lanka.

  • Research and Markets forecast that Sri Lanka’s IT market will be back to growth in 2021. In 2020 Sri Lanka telecom opened up the National Data Center a purpose built tier 3 data center with a capacity of 500 racks located near the capital city Colombo.
  • Sri Lanka Government has implemented the National Cloud and Data Centre infrastructure to accelerate the digital transformation, established Local Government Network (LGN) project which integrates all the government establishments in the country for effective communications.

Sri Lanka is located in an advanced strategic location compared to other countries and is also the gateway to communications and submarine networks for the Asia region. Sri Lankan enterprises are also going forward for adoption of best in break cloud technology for their business needs.

However although there are great developments happening in the tech space there are still challenges that enterprises are facing in Sri Lanka including

  •  Lack of Cyber tech Adaptation & tech know how shortage
  • Lack of knowledge on cloud concepts and benefits  vs trade offs
  • Infrastructure & investment issues for development, Sri Lanka is expected to receive significant investments of Data center and cloud security

As a tech enthusiast In order to make sure you are well versed with these updates & challenges W.media has created the largest platform for Sri Lanka’s tech enthusiasts to join together and get insights from the top experts from across the world.

Welcome to W.Media’s Digital Week South Asia – Sri Lanka edition starting from the 29th of April.

Our Conference Agenda:

Time(GMT+5.30)Topics
10.00 AMWelcome Address by W.Media
10:05 AMKeynote Address from the Gov of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka as the Asian Digital Tiger – Key cloud & data center trends

Learn about the new policies and initiatives for fast forwarding Digital Transformation and taking Sri Lanka to the forefront as we see growth in data center Government Digital initiatives and Digital Payments. We have seen an increase in demand for multi-tenant data centers and also with captive data data centers in the banking sector.
Speaker: –
Mahindra B Herath, CEO, ICTA
10:20 AMPower Panel Session
Making Data Center’s the focus for Sri Lanka – Key needs of the hour

Sri Lanka is strategically located and has the resources to be the leader in tech from Asia. However it’s not yet at the top and the million dollar question is how do we take Sri Lanka to the top of Cloud, Data Center and Cyber security market?
A) What does Sri Lanka need to leapfrog in the Digital Economy?
B) With such a strategic location why has it not already been at the forefront?
C) What is missing?
D) The type of Infra and Investment it needs to advance further?
E) Are modular data centers the need of the hour in Sri Lanka?
Moderator: –
Savithri Rodrigo, Founder, Stratyx Promotions & Media Concepts (Pvt) Limited & Stratyx Write (Pvt) Limited
Panelists: –
Rajendra Theagarajah, Non Executive Chairman, Digital Reality ( A Dialog Axiata & Orion Smart City JV)
Marco Brandstaetter, Regional Director Middle East and SHORTCODE ERROR: ThirstyAffiliates did not detect a valid link id, please check your short code!, DE-CIX
Navin Pieris Vice President – Enterprise Business and Large Enterprise Sales, Dialog Enterprise
11:05 AMPower Panel Session
How to overcome the absence of benchmarks and business need to go with green data centers in Sri Lanka

Green data centers is not just a buzzword in developing countries like Sri Lanka anymore. It’s a priority as Sri Lanka is located in a highly strategic area it already has the tolls but lacks the expertise, an example to follow and most importantly CEO’s still do not feel the business need for investing in green data centers while data center managers have been urging for this change since long.
Moderator: –
Lakmal Embuldeniya, Assistant General Manager, Tech One Global
Panelists: –
Hessam Saifi, Managing Director, DC PRO BV
Dinesh Wickremanayake, MD & Sri Lanka Location Head, WNS Global Services
Dr. Harshana Jayashantha De Silva, Manager – Data Center, KBSL information technologies ltd
Amal Kaluarachchi, Consultant – Data Center Services, Dialog Axiata PLC
11:50 AMPower Panel Session
Unbolting Sri Lanka’s Digital transformation opportunity

There are real growth opportunities for organizations in Sri Lanka who are ready to follow a digital transformation process. Despite the blistering pace of global technological change, many emerging economies such as Sri Lanka and it’s enterprises have not yet started their digital revolution. If this continues then it will ramp up competition, disrupt industries and will force companies out of business. So in order to fast track the digital transformation process enterprises in Sri Lanka will have to look at the opportunities, challenges and technological resources available to save their business.
Moderator: –
Rohan Mahakelam, Associate Manager – Delivery (Project and Program Management), Virtusa
Panelists: –
Eranga Perera, Head of IT, Jubilant food works Lanka Pvt Ltd
Zaheer Meeran, Head of Information Technology, Habib Bank Limited
Dr. Samila Fernando, Managing Director, Fastrupee Pvt Ltd
12:30 PMPower Panel Session
Why the importance of Enterprise cybersecurity should never be misjudged in Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka 53% tech leaders say it is likely their enterprise will experience a cyberattack in the next 12 months and 62% say their cybersecurity teams are understaffed. In the midst of COVID-19—in which 92 percent of IT audit and security professionals say cybercrime is increasing—data and information are critical, including data about cybersecurity performance: This panel session will help you learn on what does and does not work, how and where improvements can be made, and what peers are doing in their enterprises.
Moderator: –
Sujit Christy, Group CISO, John Keells Holdings PLC, Sri Lanka
Panelists: –
Roshan Razik, Head of Technology Ops and IT Security, Pearson Lanka
Commander (Rtd.) WASN Ananda, Chief Information Security Engineer, CERT – Sri Lanka
Sunari Dandeniya, Chief Information Security Officer, Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC
01:10 PM Closing Remarks

Our Speakers:

Zaheer Meeran Head Of Information Technology Habib Bank Limited
Zaheer Meeran
Head Of Information Technology
Habib Bank Limited
Sunari Dandeniya Chief Information Security Officer Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC
Sunari Dandeniya
Chief Information Security Officer
Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC
Sujit Christy Group CISO John Keells Holdings PLC, Sri Lanka
Sujit Christy
Group CISO
John Keells Holdings PLC, Sri Lanka
Savithri Rodrigo Founder Stratyx Promotions & Media Concepts (Pvt) Limited and Stratyx Write (Pvt) Limited
Savithri Rodrigo
Founder
Stratyx Promotions & Media Concepts (Pvt) Limited and Stratyx Write (Pvt) Limited
Roshan Razik Head Of Technology Operations & Information Security Pearson Lanka
Roshan Razik
Head Of Technology Operations & Information Security
Pearson Lanka
Rohan Mahalekam Associate Manager - Delivery (Project and Program Management) Virtusa
Rohan Mahalekam
Associate Manager - Delivery (Project and Program Management)
Virtusa
Rajendra Theagarajah Independent Non Executive Chairman Digital Reality Pvt Ltd (Dialog Axiata & Orion City)
Rajendra Theagarajah
Independent Non Executive Chairman
Digital Reality Pvt Ltd (Dialog Axiata & Orion City)
Navin Pieris Vice President - Enterprise Business and Large Enterprise Sales Dialog Enterprise
Navin Pieris
Vice President - Enterprise Business and Large Enterprise Sales
Dialog Enterprise
Marco Brandstaetter Regional Director Middle East and South Asia DE-CIX
Marco Brandstaetter
Regional Director Middle East and South Asia
DE-CIX
Mahinda B Herath CEO ICTA
Mahinda B Herath
CEO
ICTA
Lakmal Embuldeniya Assistant General Manager Tech One Global
Lakmal Embuldeniya
Assistant General Manager
Tech One Global
Hessam Seifi Managing Director DC PRO BV
Hessam Seifi
Managing Director
DC PRO BV
Eranga Perera Head of IT Jubilant Food Works Lanka (Pvt) Ltd.
Eranga Perera
Head of IT
Jubilant Food Works Lanka (Pvt) Ltd.
Dr. Samila Fernando Managing Director Fastrupee PVT Ltd
Dr. Samila Fernando
Managing Director
Fastrupee PVT Ltd
Dr. Harshana Jayashantha De Silva Manager - Data Center Technologies KBSL Information Technologies Limited
Dr. Harshana Jayashantha De Silva
Manager - Data Center Technologies
KBSL Information Technologies Limited
Dinesh Wickremanayake Managing Director and Sri Lanka Location Head WNS Global Services
Dinesh Wickremanayake
Managing Director and Sri Lanka Location Head
WNS Global Services
Commander (Rtd.) WASN Ananda Chief Information Security Engineer Sri Lanka CERT
Commander (Rtd.) WASN Ananda
Chief Information Security Engineer
Sri Lanka CERT
Amal Kaluarachchi Consultant - Data Center Services Dialog Axiata PLC
Amal Kaluarachchi
Consultant - Data Center Services
Dialog Axiata PLC

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