SLASSCOM is hosting a conference on emerging technologies on December 8 and 9, 2021, which is the first-ever conference on emerging technologies to be held in 
Sri Lanka.

The event boasts a vibrant panel of acclaimed keynote speakers from around the world, including R3’s Vivek Gupta, who will be speaking on a blockchain roadmap for Sri Lanka; Brandon Quittem, who will be focusing on cryptocurrency and bitcoin; Axiata Digital Labs’ Namal Jayathileke, who will be talking about digital and AI application in telecommunications; Dr. Kalana Withanage from Lockheed Martin, who is set to cover the topic of ‘Advance Computer Vision’; Global Wavenet’s Suren Pinto, whose topic is ‘Low Code, No Code application in telecommunications’; Vega Innovations’ Dr. Beshan Kulapala, whose key focus will be the future of the electric vehicle industry; Arvind Neelakantan, who represents Epic Games/Unreal Engine, will cover extended reality AR/VR in gaming; a representative from Huawei, who will be talking about 5G and IoT and Alchemy AI’s Jennie-Marie Larsen, who will be covering AI and sustainability. 

The vast and diverse panel of experts will not be all what the conference has to offer. There will be two panel discussions taking place on the exciting topics of gaming, featuring Thilina Premasiri, Arimac – Director and Head of Game Development, Raveen Wijayatilake, CEO – Ingame Entertainment and President of Sri Lanka eSports Association and an esteemed speaker from the Indonesian Gaming Association and the second panel on the space industry and technology, featuring Kavindi De Silva, Isi Casad del Valle, Sue Kaur and Abilasha Purawar, the likes of who are representing Space Hero and the International Space University.

The panel discussion on space industry and tech will be the highlight of the summit as it is the very first time Sri Lanka will be broaching this topic on such a large scale. Additionally, a key component of the conference will be the gaming industry, which is rapidly growing thanks to a plethora of new tech. The panel discussion on the gaming development industry and the e-sports community will be covering the possibilities of creating an ecosystem between the two.