US Embassy led Fulbright workshop today:

Insight into academic exchange programs

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US State Department, in coordination with the United States-Sri Lanka Fulbright Commission and the US Embassy in Sri Lanka, will host a regional Fulbright Program workshop in Colombo. The workshop will bring together staff from Fulbright Commissions and US embassies in the South and Central Asia region to share best practices and information about Fulbright and other academic exchange programs in the region.

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Academic Programs Alina Romanowski and Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy to Sri Lanka and the Maldives Valerie Fowler will provide opening remarks, followed by key note address on US Sri Lanka relations from former Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States Dr Jayantha Dhanapala and the Under Secretary General for Disarmament Affairs at the Untied Nations. James R Moore Public Diplomacy Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs will also give remarks.

Journalists are invited to cover the plenary session of the workshop from 0900 to 1000 on January 26.

When: Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Where: Ballroom 2 at the Colombo Hilton