South Asian Mobile Confab :

Pivotal in regional empowerment - ICTA

The South Asian Mobile Conference will be held in Sri Lanka for the second consecutive year.

Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya will attend the inauguration of the conference as the chief guest at Hotel Galadari, Colombo at 9 a.m. on June 7.

The conference will be an ideal opportunity for sharing of views and strategic considerations on the subject, CEO of the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) that hosts the event Reshan Dewapura said.”

It will be a rare opportunity for sharing and exchange that will go a long way for contributing a great deal for empowering all through the latest mobile and related technologies.

ICTA is pleased to host the South Asian Mobile Conference for the second consecutive year. Regional conferences like this are important in making the creativity of regional thinking guide the designing of products more suitable for the regions”, Dewapura said.

Local and international experts will enrich the conference and contribute in sharing and exchange of valuable expertise.

Among the keynote speakers will be Impact Mobile Canada President and CEO Gary Schwartz who will speak on “Click2K” Ching: The impulse of economy”, Mobillium International Founder and CEO and Mobile Entertainment - Americas Emeritus Chairman Ralph Simon addressing on “The latest from the world new media and cross media” and Dialog Axiata PLC Sri Lanka Group CEO Dr. Hans Wijeysuriya delivering an address on “Leveraging the mobile last mile for inclusive ICT service fulfillment”.

A glance through themes of the plenary sessions also give further insight into the depth and width of the subjects covered. The conference will include four plenary sessions themed: “Mobile content applications; what is to come”, “Business models for mobile content”, “Mobile for enabling rich content for mobile users” and “Mobile” a giant in media and communication” respectively.

Some of the other speakers lined up for presentations and addresses are: Global Operations Zone 27x7 Sri Lanka Manjula Dissanayake on “Enriching customer experience - Hype and reality”, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Deputy Director Strategy Dr. Amir Ullah Khan on “Financial inclusion for development” and Indian Government Communications and IT Ministry Former Senior Director Ashis Sanyar on “Governance and inclusive growth per mobile”.