BASL's Lawasia conference in Colombo

Sarath Malalasekera

The Lawasia Information and Communications Technology Conference 2008 of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) will be inaugurated on January 21 at the Trans Asia Hotel, Colombo. The technical sessions will be held on January 22 and January 23, 2008.

The Lawasia Information and Communication Technology Law Conference Organised by the ICT and Emerging Laws Committees of the BASL will focus on a range of issues affecting the legal fraternity as well as other professionals in relation to the use of information technology, said Javed Mansoor, Chairman of the Information Technology Emerging Laws Committee at a conference held recently at the OPA, Colombo.

Main speakers include Professor Ian Waldon from UK, Dr. Gordon Hughes from Australia and Malathi Das from Singapore. They will join eminent Judges, lawyers and academics from Sri Lanka.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa will address the conference participants by satellite. The topics of discussions include - E-Commerce, recent legislation concerning IT, E-Banking, Intellectual Property and IT Law, Forensic issues related to IT and telecommunications in the internet era.

The Lawasia IT Law Conference which was initially to be held in India, was brought to Sri Lanka on representation made by BASL Secretary Sunil D.B. Abeyratne. The President of the Lawasia will also grace the occasion. Shyamali Rajapakse, Himali Urugodawatta, Deputy Solicitor General S. Thurairajah and Kamal Gunasinghe also, participated at the conference held at the OPA recently.