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The Program<\/p>

Innovative Solutions for IT Advancement<\/h1><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Program<\/span>

iCIIT Conclave 2025: Agenda<\/h2><\/div>

iCIIT Conclave 2025: Small models – Big impact ~ Towards sustainable AI<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Location:<\/strong> Room 7 LA, 7th Floor, IIT City Office, Colombo 3<\/td><\/tr>
Date:<\/strong> June 4th 2025<\/td><\/tr>
Time:<\/strong> 9.00 AM onwards<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Time<\/td>Agenda Item<\/td>Details<\/td><\/tr>
9.00 AM – 9.30 AM<\/td>Registration & Refreshments<\/td><\/tr>
9.30 AM – 9.40 AM<\/td>Welcome, Intro & concept<\/td>Dr. Ruvan Weerasinghe<\/strong>, Dean Academic, Computing School, Informatics Institute of Technology<\/td><\/tr>
9.40 AM – 9.50 AM<\/td>Purpose of the iCIIT Conclave<\/td>Mr. Mohan Fernando<\/strong>, Group CEO, Informatics Institute of Technology<\/td><\/tr>
9.50 AM -10.30AM<\/td>Key Note speech on “Towards Sustainable AI”<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Dr. Hans Wijesuriya,<\/strong> Chief Advisor to the President of Sri Lanka on Digital Economy<\/td><\/tr>
10.30 AM – 11.00 AM<\/td>Invited Speech on “Less is More: Interpretable and Sustainable Machine Learning”<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Prof. Kerstin Bach<\/strong>, Department of Computer Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology<\/td><\/tr>
11.00 AM – 11.30 AM<\/td>Invited Speech on “Retinome, AI and Precision Medicine: The VAMPIRE Project”<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Prof. Emanuele Trucco,<\/strong> University of Dundee<\/td><\/tr>
11.30 PM – 12.45 PM<\/td>Knowledge Sharing Session on “Agentic AI”<\/em><\/strong><\/td>IronOne <\/strong>Team: Main speaker Theekshana Samaradiwakara<\/strong>, Senior Machine Learning Engineer supported by Narada Wijerathne<\/strong>, Senior Machine Learning Engineer<\/td><\/tr>
12.45 PM -1.45 PM<\/td>Lunch Break<\/td><\/tr>
1.45 AM -2.15 PM<\/td>Invited Speech on “Beyond Scale: Architecting Efficient LLM Systems for Real-World Use”<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Mr. Thiru Dinesh<\/strong>, Head of AI, RootCode<\/td><\/tr>
2.15 PM – 2.45 PM<\/td>Invited Speech on “Scaling Impact, Not Compute: Driving AI Innovation with What We Have”<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Lushanthan Sivaneasharajah<\/strong>, Head of Data Science, IronOne Technologies<\/td><\/tr>
2.45 PM – 4.15 PM<\/td>Panel Discussion on “Small models – Big impact ~ Towards sustainable AI”<\/em><\/strong><\/td>Moderator: <\/em>Dr. Ruvan Weerasinghe<\/em><\/strong>, Dean Academic, Computing School, Informatics Institute of Technology<\/em>
Panelists<\/strong>: Prof Nirmalie Wiratunga<\/strong>, Robert Gordon University, Nuwan Senaratne,<\/strong> Founder & CEO of ColomboLabs Inc., Lushanthan Sivaneasharajah<\/strong>, Head of Data Science, IronOne, Thiru Dinesh<\/strong>, Head of AI, RootCode<\/td><\/tr>
4.15 PM – 4.20 PM<\/td>Vote of thanks<\/td><\/tr>
4.20 PM – 5.00 PM<\/td>Networking & Refreshments<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"ICIIT-Poster\"<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Get Involved<\/p>

Be Part of the Future of Research<\/h2><\/div>

Join us to collaborate and innovate in the ever-evolving landscape of Information Technology.<\/p>

Register Now<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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