PLENARY SPEAKERS
Foreign Participants
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| Prof Margareta Lutzhoft Deputy Director National Center of Ports and Shipping Australian Maritime College Australia |
Professor Ang Kok Keng Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering National University of Singapore Singapore |
Prof. Dev Ranmuthugala Head, Hydroacoustics Martitime Division Defence, Science and Technology Group Department of Defence Australia |
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| Dr. Rasika Jayasekara Senior Lecturer School of Nursing and Midwifery University of South Australia Australia |
Associate Prof. Marc McEntee Faculty of Health Sciences Cumberland Campus University of Sydney Australia |
Prof. Ramesh Rajan Department of Physiology Monash University Australia |
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| Prof. JR Rajsekara Vice President Graduate School of International Management International University of Japan Japan |
Dr Bandula Vijay Ambassador Science Technology and Innovation Sri Lanka Texas USA |
Dr Mary Ann Palma-Robles Senior research fellow at the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS) University of Wollongong |
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| Prof Martin Renilson President Royal Institution of Naval Architects Australian Division Launceston Australia |
Maj Gen A K M Abdur Rahman, ndc, psc Directorate General Bangladesh Institute of International & Strategic Studies (BIISS) Bangladesh |
Major General Dato’ Abdul Rahim bin Hj. Mohd Yusuff (Retird) Post Holder Leadership Chair Leadership Chair Office National Defence University Malaysia |
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| Rear Admiral William McQuilkin (Retd) Director U.S Navy Strategy and Policy Division U.S Navy USA |
Brigadier General Wais Waheed Commanding Officer Maldives National Defence Force Maldives |
Prof Feroze Hassan Khan BG (Retired) Lecturer Naval Postgraduate School USA |
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| Maj Gen Alok Deb (Retd) Deputy Director General Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) India |
Dr M Mayilvaganan Associate Professor National Institute of Advanced Studies India |
Associate Prof. Leane Wiseman Professor Leanne Wiseman Associate Professor in Law Griffith University Australia |
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| Prof. AHA Soons Director, Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS) Utrecht University The Netherlands |
Prof. Paul Tae-Woo Lee Professor, School of Business IT and Logistics, RMIT University Shipping, Port, and Maritime Logistics Australia |
Prof. Qinyun Du Professor of GIS and Cartography School of Resource and Environmental Science Wuhan University PR China |
Inauguration Session
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| Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe Director Buckingham Centre for Astrobiology University of Buckingham |
Dr. Bandula Wijey Ambassador Science Technology and Innovation Sri Lanka Texasa USA |
Engineering
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| Prof Margareta Lutzhoft Deputy Director National Center of Ports and Shipping Australian Maritime College Australia |
Professor Ang Kok Keng Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering National University of Singapore Singapore |
Prof. Dev Ranmuthugala Head, Hydroacoustics Martitime Division Defence, Science and Technology Group Department of Defence Australia |
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| Prof RA Athalage Deputy Vice Chancellor University of Moratuwa Katubedda Moratuwa |
Prof. RGN De S Munasinghe Professor Department of Materials Engineering University of Moratuwa Katubedda |
Allied Health Sciences
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| Associate Prof. Marc McEntee Faculty of Health Sciences Cumberland Campus University of Sydney Australia |
Dr. Rasika Jayasekara Senior Lecturer School of Nursing and Midwifery University of South Australia Australia |
Snr Prof. Narada Warnasuriya Senior Professor of Paediatrics, Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medcine, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Ratmalana |
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| Prof. Ranil Dassanayake Department of Chemistry University of Colombo Sri Lanka |
Dr. Lakshman Edirisinghe Director General Institute of Sports Medicine Ministry of Sports Colombo 07 |
Computing
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| Prof. JR Rajasekara Vice President Graduate School of International Management International University of Japan Japan |
Prof. Dileeka Dias Dean Faculty of Graduate Studies University of Moratuwa Katubedda |
Dr. Srinath Perera Vice president of reseach WSO2 Colombo 03 |
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| Dr. Lalith Liyanage Chief Executive Officer Lanka Logistics and Technologies Ltd Ministry of Defence |
Dr. Chamath Keppetiyagama Senior Lecturer University of Colombo School of Computing Colombo 04 |
Basic and Applied Sciences
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| Professor Ramesh Ranjan Department of Physiology Monash University Australia |
Prof. Ajit M. Abeysekera Emeritus Professor, Department of Chemistry University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka |
Professor Chandrani Wijeratne Emeritus Professor of Botany Department of Botany University of Sri Jayewardenapura, Sri Lanka |
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| Professor Mirani Weerasooriya Senior Professor of Parasitology Head of the Department, Department of Parasitology Faculty of Medicine University of Ruhuna |
Prof. DB Mahinda Wickramarathne Dean Faculty of Allied Health Sciences University of Peradeniya |
Medicine
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| Dr Bandula Vijay Ambassador Science Technology and Innovation Sri Lanka Texas USA |
Senior Prof. MH Rezvi Sheriff Department of Clinical Sciences Faculty of Medicine General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University Ratmalana |
Senior Prof. TR Weerasooriya Head of the Department Department of Anatomy Faculty of Medicine General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University Ratmalana |
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| Prof. Sarath Kotagama Professor Emeritus Department of Zoology and Environment Sciences University of Colombo Colombo 03 |
Defence
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| Dr Mary Ann Palma-Robles Senior research fellow at the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS) University of Wollongong |
Prof Martin Renilson President Royal Institution of Naval Architects Australian Division Launceston Australia |
Prof Margareta Lutzhoft Deputy Director National Center of Ports and Shipping Australian Maritime College Australia |
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| Maj Gen A K M Abdur Rahman, ndc, psc Directorate General Bangladesh Institute of International & Strategic Studies (BIISS) Bangladesh |
Major General Dato’ Abdul Rahim bin Hj. Mohd Yusuff (Retird) Post Holder Leadership Chair Leadership Chair Office National Defence University Malaysia |
Rear Admiral William McQuilkin (Retd) Director U.S Navy Strategy and Policy Division U.S Navy USA |
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| Brigadier General Wais Waheed Commanding Officer Maldives National Defence Force Maldives |
Prof Feroze Hassan Khan BG (Retired) Lecturer Naval Postgraduate School USA |
Maj Gen Alok Deb (Retd) Deputy Director General Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) India |
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| Dr M Mayilvaganan Associate Professor National Institute of Advanced Studies India |
Law
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| Associate Prof. Leane Wiseman Associate Professor in Law Griffith University Australia |
Prof. AHA Soons Director, Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS) Utrecht University The Netherlands |
Prof. Camena Gunaratne Senior Lecturer Department of Legal Studies Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Open University of Sri Lanka Nawala |
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| Mrs. Wasantha Seneviratne Head of the Department Public & International Law Faculty of Law University of Colombo Colombo 07 |
Dr. Kalana Senaratne Visiting Lecturer Faculty of Graduate Studies University of Colombo Department of Law University of Peradeniya |
Management, Social Sciences & Humanities
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| Prof. Paul Tae-Woo Lee Professor School of Business IT and Logistics, RMIT University Shipping, Port, and Maritime Logistics Australia |
Professor P.S.M. Gunaratne Vice Chairman University Grants Commission (UGC) Sri Lanka |
Senior Professor Danny Atapattu Faculty of H & SS University of Ruhuna Sri Lanka |
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| Dr. Asantha Attanayake Senior Lecturer English Language Teaching Unit University of Colombo Sri Lanka |
Dr. WA Wijewardena Doctor of Civil Law (Hon) at Northumbria University Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Sri Lanka |
Built Environment and Spatial Sciences
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| Prof. Qinyun Du Professor of GIS and Cartography School of Resource and Environmental Science Wuhan University PR China |
Archt. Prof. Chitra Weddikkara Institute of Architects Department of Building Econmoics University of Moratuwa Katubedda |
Dr. AGHJ Edirisinghe Senior Lecturer Department of Civil Engineering University of Peradeniya Peradeniya |
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| Mr. SDPJ Dampegama Senior Lecturer Institute of Surveying and Mapping Sri Lanka |
Prof. Lalith de Silva Dean Faculty of Architecture University of Moratuwa Katubedda |