AGENDA
 
09:00 – 10:00
Registration | Experience Zone | Networking
10:00 – 10:15
Economic & Growth Insights 2023 Watch Video
10:15 – 11:00
Panel Discussion – Digital Transformation as a key enabler for Business Transformation Digital transformation is a company-wide initiative that requires visionary leadership from the C-suite. The responsibility for driving change and implementing digital strategies should rest at the highest levels of an organization.
  • IT Upliftment: Modernizing existing IT
  • Digitizing Operations: Optimizing Existing Business
  • Enhancing Customer Experience
  • Cultural shifts in the organization
Watch Video
11:00 - 11:20
Unleashing the Art of Possible with Snowflake Data Cloud Watch Video
11:20 – 12:00
Networking Tea Break
12:00 - 12:20
Beyond Boundaries: Crafting a Unified Defense Strategy in a Fragmented Digital World Watch Video
12:20 – 12:50
Panel Discussion – Reimagining Cloud, Data & AI - Key to unlocking transformation through technology, collaboration and data The COVID-19 pandemic has further reinforced the importance of driving enterprise transformation using technology as an enabler across borders. This discussion will focus on the best practices on leveraging cloud computing and analytics to lower cost, increase speed, establish better business continuity, enhance collaboration and enable true deployment at scale. Understand how to manage risks involved with these emerging technologies while you accelerate the transformation journey across the enterprise.
  • Best practices on leveraging cloud computing and analytics
  • How to accelerate business transformation through technologies viz AI & cloud?
  • Connectivity, continuity and collaboration of technologies, for business resilience and growth
Watch Video
12:50 – 13:05
Industry Next Generation Security Chathura Edirisooriya, Solution Architect, Cisco Systems Watch Video
13:05 - 14:00
Networking Luncheon
14:00 - 14:45
Panel Discussion – Establishing a Cyber-Resilient Enterprise in 2023 Cybersecurity resilience has emerged as the top priority for companies in India and other SAARC countries. It is extremely alarming for every sector/government/organization as that means the sophistication level of threat landscape will just keep escalating for any business. This mandates a mindset shift around more integrated and automated consolidation of people, process, technology ahead. This shift can be broken down into 4 main pillars.
  • Convergence of Networking & Security
  • Zero-Trust Philosophy
  • Actionable Threat Intelligence With A Combination of Human Expertise And Machines
  • Cybersecurity Awareness
Watch Video
14:45 – 15:30
Panel Discussion – Bridging the Divide: Infrastructural Agility with Data, AI, and Cloud
  • The importance of education and training programs to foster digital skills.
  • Strategies to promote digital literacy across different age groups and socioeconomic classes.
  • The role of public and private sectors in spearheading these initiatives.
Watch Video
15:30 – 16:00
Trilogue - Impacting Innovation: Bolstering Organizational Agility with Generative AI
  • Incorporating AI-generated insights into strategic planning
  • Fostering collaboration between AI specialists, data scientists, and other IT teams to harness the full potential of Generative AI
  • Right-sizing hardware, software, and data to ensure seamless and efficient operation of Generative AI models
Watch Video
16:00 onwards
Networking Wine & Cheese
Economic & Growth Insights 2023

Prateek Tokas

Chief Knowledge Officer | StrategINK

Panel Discussion – Digital Transformation as a key enabler for Business Transformation

Suneth Warnakula

Senior Vice President - ERP Systems, Lion Brewery Ceylon PLC

Rasantha Hettithanthrige

CTO, Mobitel

Tharindra Kulasinghe

CIO, CAL

Ruvendra Gunasena

Director- Group IT and Processes, Hemas Holding

K Kuganathan

Group CIO, Janashakthi

Arjuna Jayasinghe

CIO, Midas Safety

Venkatesh Natarajan

Advisor, StrategINK

Unleashing the Art of Possible with Snowflake Data Cloud

Tom Devasia

Regional Director, South India & SAARC, Snowflake

Beyond Boundaries: Crafting a Unified Defense Strategy in a Fragmented Digital World

Ganesh Nagaraj

Specialist Systems Engineer, Palo Alto Networks

Panel Discussion – Reimagining Cloud, Data & AI - Key to unlocking transformation through technology, collaboration and data

Chethana Kahandugoda

CIO / Deputy General Manager - IT, LB Finance PLC

Keshan Dayaratne

CIDO, Ceylon Biscuits

Priyankara Perera

Group Head of IT, MJF Group - Dilmah Tea

Malik Induruwana

Head of IT and Enterprise Security, Dialog Axiata PLC

Prateek Tokas

Chief Knowledge Officer, StrategINK

Industry Next Generation Security

Chathura Edirisooriya

Solution Architect, Cisco Systems

Panel Discussion – Establishing a Cyber-Resilient Enterprise in 2023

Suresh Emmanuel

CISO, Hatton National Bank PLC

Janindu De Silva

VP - Information Security, Nations Trust Bank PLC

Indika Rajakaruna

CISO Function Lead, National Development Bank Director ISACA Sri Lanka

Sunari Dandeniya

CISO, Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC

Prateek Tokas

Chief Knowledge Officer, StrategINK

Panel Discussion – Bridging the Divide: Infrastructural Agility with Data, AI, and Cloud

Erfan Ismeer

CIO, FitsAir & COO, Antler Foundry

Druvi Vaidyakularatne

CIO, Hatton National Bank

Dr. Amal Illesinghe

CIO, National Savings Bank

Eranga Perera

Head IT, Jubilant FoodWorks Lanka

Kanchi Shah

GM - Content Strategy, StrategINK

Trilogue - Impacting Innovation: Bolstering Organizational Agility with Generative AI

Indrajith Hapuarachchie

Deputy CIO & VP - IT, Union Bank of Colombo

Kasun Jayamaha

Head - IT, Unilever

Kanchi Shah

GM - Content Strategy, StrategINK

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