AI and Data Science Leader with 17+ years of experience driving innovation, analytics, and IT strategy across public and private sectors. Currently serving as Director of IT at the Sri Lanka Tea Board, where he lead national-scale digital transformation initiatives and data-driven projects improving transparency and operational efficiency.
Manoj Hemaratne is a Senior Manager, Regional Development at the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA), where he is involved in various initiatives aimed at enhancing the country’s digital infrastructure and promoting the effective use of digital technologies.
Harsha is the CEO of Theekshana R and D which was set up by the University of Colombo School Of Computing (UCSC) as one of the initial two companies which had been founded by the University sector in Sri Lanka. He has been recognized as one of the Internet pioneers of Sri Lanka. He was the founding president of the ISOC LK Chapter. He is the Co-Chair of the Sinhala Generation Panel of ICANN for International Domain Names. He had published several scientific papers and authored several books and one of which is on the Sinhala numerals, which were used before 1815 is titled “Numerations in the Sinhala Language” based upon the research I carried out on Sinhala numerals.
Thilina is an experienced IT Project Manager with a demonstrated history of working in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, ICT for Development and Digital Education with 10+ years of experience in business requirements, business analysis, system requirements, system analysis and design, software development, web application design and development, testing and maintenance. Currently, he is working as a Project Manager – Cyber Security Research, Policies & Projects at the Sri Lanka CERT | CC
Manique functions as an Executive Committee Member of the Asia Pacific Women with Disability United, Vice Chair Person of the South Asian Disability Forum, Advisory Board Member of the 18+ Alliance for Care Leavers (SOS Children’s Village), Vice President of the Sri Lanka Foundation for Rehabilitation of the Disabled, Member of the Expert Body of the Sub Committee on Persons with Disabilities of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka and Resource Person of the Beyond the Reach Project of Internet Society Sri Lanka Chapter.
Kajan is a highly experienced MEL/ICT specialist with over 12 years of experience in the International Development/Humanitarian sector in Sri Lanka. His expertise lies in Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL), Management Information Systems (MIS), Knowledge Management, and ICT.
