Registration begins for e-Asia 2009

Registration for e-Asia 2009 has now commenced, a press release from the Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) said.

The e-Asia 2009 conference and exhibition will take place at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall from 2 to 4 December.

Representatives from 24 countries are scheduled to participate in the conference. ICTA Chairman and Senior Advisor to the President Professor P. W. Epasinghe said that by now more than 200 papers from all over the world relating to new models in the information and communication technology sector have been lined up to be presented at the conference.

The e-Asia 2009 conference will be held under five thematic sectors such as e-Government, Digital Learning, e-Health, Telecentre Forum and Emerging Technologies.

e-Asia 2009 Technical Committee Chairman Professor Wijeya Kumar said that a large number of persons would participate at the conference and technical committee meetings. Several pioneers in information technology in the world are scheduled to participate in the Colombo conference.

e-Asia 2009 Co-Chairman and Additional Secretary to the President Dr. I. H. K. Mahanama said that now Sri Lankans too have an opportunity to participate in e-Asia 2009.

In particular, personnel in the public sector who are interested in Information Technology could participate in e-Asia 2009 paying a subsidized fee. A similar policy will be followed with regard to university students, he said.