Keynote: The Sustainability of Complexity: Engineering Software for an Intelligent and Sustainable Future 

Prof. Dilshan De Silva received his B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc. degrees in Information Technology (IT) from the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He is attached to the Department of IT, Faculty of Computing, SLIIT, where he currently serves as Program Coordinator for the M.Sc. in IT programme and Chair of the Faculty of Computing By-Law Committee.

Over the course of his career, he has authored more than 180 research papers, published three books, and contributed to over 20 book chapters. His main research interests include software quality, AI-driven multilingual software systems, and machine learning. He is also an active member of IEEE, IET, BCS, and CSSL.

His research work has earned both international and national recognition, including the 2023 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition (Winner), the 2016 South Asia mBillionth Award (Winner), the 2014 e-Swabhimani Award (Winner), the 2016 South Asia Manthan Award (Runner-up), and several Best Paper Awards, among other distinctions.

His service extends to international and national institutions. He is currently a Research Fellow at INTI International University, Malaysia. He also serves as a member of the National Initiative for Research and Development Commercialization Review Panel, a panellist for the Competition and Grant Schemes for Commercialization of Inventions at the Sri Lanka Inventors Commission, and a member of the Expert Team for Research Review and Roadmap Development at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. Previously, he served as a member of the Technical Evaluation Committee at the Ministry of Education and as a Technical Officer for the National Food Safety Online Data System under the Food Safety Division.

Keynote: From AI Innovation to Sustainable Impact: Building Inclusive and Responsible Digital Futures

Professor Roshan G. Ragel is a Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and Consultant CEO of the Lanka Education and Research Network (LEARN), the country’s national research and education network. He holds a BSc in Engineering (Hons) from the University of Peradeniya and a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia.

He has more than 25 years of experience in teaching, research and academic leadership. His work covers artificial intelligence, embedded systems and the Internet of Things, wearable computing, bioinformatics acceleration, digital infrastructure and technology-enhanced education. He has co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed papers and mentored more than 300 undergraduate researchers. The AD Scientific Index has ranked him Sri Lanka’s top computer scientist in several recent years.

In 2025 he received the IEEE Computer Society Mary Kenneth Keller Undergraduate Teaching Award, the first academic from the Global South to win it. He also received Sri Lanka’s National Educator Gold Award for Computing in 2024.

He helps shape national policy as a member of the Presidential Committee that drafted Sri Lanka’s AI strategy. He led the Skills and Curricula pillar of the AI Sri Lanka initiative and co-founded the AI Forum for Academics (AIFA). In the region, he serves on the Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) Council and in a leadership role on the Asi@Connect Steering Committee. He has given more than 200 invited talks, keynotes and workshops on AI, education, digital transformation and responsible technology adoption. He is a Senior Member of IEEE.