National IT Conference-2018 (NITC-2018), under the theme ‘‘It Changes Everything” which was organized by Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL) for the 36th consecutive year was successfully concluded at Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo last week.
President Maithripala Sirisena was the Chief Guest while the Minister of Telecommunications, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment, Harin Fernando was the Guest of Honour at the NITC Conference. A highlight of the event was the CSSL ICT Awards, which were presented by President Maithripala Sirisena.
The Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL) which was established in 1976 is the apex body representing Information and Communications Technology (ICT) professionals in Sri Lanka. The CSSL organizes the National Information Technology Conference (NITC) annually, which is the flagship ICT event in Sri Lanka. NITC-2018 event involved key ICT decision makers in private and public sector together to share and discuss latest trends in Information and Communication Technology with over 30 foreign and local prominent speakers and 1600 plus ICT professionals.
The Minister of Telecommunications, Digital Infrastructure and Foreign Employment, Harin Fernando said, “CSSL-NITC has been a regular feature on the ICT calendar and has played a significant role in the world of IT. The theme this year, “It changes Everything” is very much in line with the current world trends and our digital plans for the country”.
The Minister was noted at the conference that IT has become such an important component of our lives at work place, at home that without IT we will not be able to survive. Today professionals from all sectors such as agriculture, logistics and transport, fisheries, health, education, telecommunication, power and energy, finance and banking, manufacturing and trading, tourism, engineering, architects, and law should have IT skills to excel in their Career. The conference deliberated how these changes can be used to improve the human life. The government objective according to the Minster Harin Fernando is to see this sector providing employment for over 300,000 people. The industry plans to earn export revenue of USD 5 billion by 2022.
Speaking at the ceremonial inauguration of NITC–2018, Yasas V. Abeywickrama President of CSSL said that it was pleasing to uplift NITC to its current level, with a great line of speakers, over 1600 participants across all parts of the conference. He also said that CSSL was able to organize Sri Lanka’s Biggest Ever International ICT event last year around the General Assembly of International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) together with NITC 2017, SEARCC Conference 2017 and International Schools Software Competition 2017.
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