SL holds Second Int'l Conference in Japan

The Association of Sri Lankan Academics in Japan together with the Sri Lankan Embassy in collaboration with Tokyo Institute of Technology, International University of Japan, Saitama University and Sri Lanka- Japan Study Centre of University of Peradeniya, organized the Second International Conference titled "Emerging Sri Lanka: Sharing Japanese Governance and Developmental Experience" at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Tokyo recently.

About 150 guests and participants attended the conference. Senior academics, technocrats and experts addressed the conference. The first International Conference on Emerging Sri Lanka was held in May 2012 at the Sri Lankan Embassy in Tokyo.

President of the Association of Sri Lankan Academics in Japan and Professor at International University of Japan N.S. Cooray delivered the welcome address.

Ambassador Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda delivering the opening address accentuated the topicality of the subject of Sharing Japanese Governance and Developmental Experience. He said it is crucial to focus on the development of human resources and education, which would enable Sri Lanka to compete in a globalized milieu. Chancellor of International University of Japan and former Japanese Ambassador to the UN in New York Prof. Shinichi Kitaoka underlined bilateral relations between the two countries and the manner in which Sri Lanka could become a developed nation.