Speaker Lineup
Meet the industry leaders, researchers, and innovators who will be sharing their expertise at National AI Expo & Conference 2025.

Hon. (Eng.) Eranga Weeraratne
Deputy Minister of Digital Economy

Dr. Mothilal De Silva
Chairman
SLT Group

Mr. Waruna Sri Dhanapala
Acting Secretary
Ministry of Digital Economy

Dr. Mahendra Samarawickrama
OECD.AI Expert, IEEE AI Standards Committee Member and WWF Governor
The Centre for Sustainable AI, Australia

Prof. Tulika Mitra
Professor and Dean
School of Computing, National University of Singapore (NUS)

Prof. Roshan Ragel
Professor in Computer Engineering and Consultant CEO
University of Peradeniya and Lanka Education and Research Network (LEARN)

Prof. Chandana Gamage
Professor in Computer Science & Engineering
University Of Moratuwa

Prof. Indika Karunathilake
Vice Chancellor
University Of Colombo

Mr. Sudharshana Geeganage
Chief Operating Officer
Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd

Mr. Lakmal Jayasinghe
Chief Business Officer - Enterprise Business
SLT-Mobitel

Dr. Murali Kailasam
Consultant, Researcher, Trainer & MD
Nacstergen AI Pvt Ltd

Dr. Romesh Ranawana
Group Chief Analytics & AI Officer
Dialog Axiata PLC

Dr. Harsha Subasinghe
Founder, President, & CEO
CodeGen Group of Companies

Mr. Ravi Shankar Bose
Director
Fugumobile Limited

Ms. Jolene Wong
Growth Hacker – In Chief
Digital Strategy & DX/AI Analytics/Capability & Change Management

Mr. Raja Mansukhani
Chief Strategy, Technology, and Transformation Officer
Comviva Technology Limited (A Tech Mahindra Company)

Mr. Amit Ghulani
Chief Solutions Officer
Esyasoft

Mr. Rohit Kanwar
Director of Technology
Deloitte Consulting Singapore

Mr. Vijai Karthigesu
CEO
Swarmio

Mr. Heminda Jayaweera
Executive Director
TRACE Sri Lanka

Mr. Keerthi Kodithuwakku
Chairman & CEO
Jendo Innovations Ltd

Mr. Gayath Ratnayake
Chief Technology Officer
PickMe

Ms. Chathini Uduwana
Vice President / Country Head
Typefi Systems

Mr. Indika De Zoysa
Immediate Past Chairmen
Federation of Information Technology Industry Sri Lanka (FITIS)

Mr. Neelesh Maglani
CTO Telco Southeast Asia
Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Singapore

Mr. Sachintha Ponnamperuma
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer
Emojot

Mrs. Ishari Siriwardane
General Manager - Digital Transformation Projects
Sri Lanka Telecom PLC

Dr. Rukshan Batuwita
Staff Research Engineer

Ms. Aimee Xiang
Overseas CMO
Huawei Government Public Services Digitalization Dept

Mr. Joseph Yong
Public Sector & Healthcare Industry Solution Leader - APAC
Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Singapore

Mr. James CK Kok
Head, AIAP-X & Partnerships
AI Innovation | AI Singapore

Dr. Sulochana Sooriyaarachchi
Senior Lecturer
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa

Mr. Migara Amithodhana
CEO & Co-Founder
Magicbit (PVT) LTD

Mr. Asanga Ranasinghe
Chief Technology and Information Officer
Hutchison Telecommunication Lanka (Private) Limted

Mr. John David Kim
IA Industry Lead, DX Acceleration Forum, Head of North East Asia
GSMA

Ms. Suzi Awad
Sales Director - India and SAARC
Group-IB

Mr. Ravin Tharinda Piyasiri
Deputy General Manager - Micro & SME Product Development & Management
Sri Lanka Telecom

Brigadier K.V.P. Dhammika
Director
Defence Cyber Command and Information Warfare Centre

Mr. Prashanth Grover
Chief Executive Officer & the Principal Officer
Allianz Insurance Lanka Ltd.

Mr. Thurupathan Vijayakumar
Co-Founder and CEO
Aventude

Dr. Ramesh Shanmuganathan
Executive Vice President / Group Chief Information Officer
John Keells Group

Mr. Anil Pradeep Kumara
Head of AI & Data and General Manager - Research & Development
Sri Lanka Telecom PLC

Dr. Dayan Rajapakse
Chairman & Managing Director
ESOFT Metro Campus

Mr. N.S.N. Murty
Partner & Leader, Government & Public Services, Technology & Transformation
Deloitte Consulting

Mr. Kumar Ashish
Principal Product Manager
Microsoft

Mr. James Tan Shijie
VP
Huawei Cloud APAC

Mr. Rohan Jayaweera
Principal - Analytics Delivery
OCTAVE – John Keells Group

Mr. Denver De Zylva
Global Head of Sustainability & Facilities
Virtusa Corp / Virtusa Sri Lanka

Dr. Gamini Hewawasam
Scholar - Practitioner in Introspective Leadership

Mr. Chathura Dilan Perera
CEO
Dilexus Infotech

Mr. Nisal Mihiranga
Associate Vice President - Data & AI
Tech One Global Ltd

Mr. Nuwan Senaratna
Director
CBC Tech Solutions Ltd.

Mr. Jiffy Iham
Corporate Lead
Microsoft Sri Lanka & Maldives

Mr. Prabhath Mannapperuma
Senior Specialist Cloud & AI platforms
Microsoft

Mr. Abdul Qadir
Partner Development Lead
Microsoft

Mr. Praveen Jayakumar
Head of AI/ML Solutions Architecture
AWS India

Mr. Arun Pai
Principal
Analysys Mason - Dubai

Mr. Tony Kalcina
TM Forum Global Ambassador & CEO
Clarity

Trishma Pinto
Presenter