CSSL conducted the 28th National Information Technology Conference under the ‎theme “ICT 2.0. Empowering Sri Lanka to a New Social Order” on 11th & 12th of ‎August 2010 at the Hotel Galadari. This annual event is an Industry focused ICT ‎Conference which provides a forum to learn from industry visionaries and to network ‎with peers. ‎

The Platinum Sponsor for the 28th National IT conference was Novell, Silver Sponsor ‎was Mobitel, Strategic partner was ICTA agency in Sri Lanka while the Daily News ‎and Rupavahini Corporation came as the Media Partners. The CSSL wishes to express ‎its sincere gratitude to all these organizations and their management for their ‎sponsorship which contributed towards the success of this event. ‎

The Ceremonial Inauguration was held on 10th evening with Professor Tissa Vitarana ‎Minister Technology and Research as the Chief Guest and Mr. Lalith Weeratunga, ‎Secretary to HE the President as the Guest of Honour with a gathering of ‎distinguished invitees.‎

This year we received more than 30 papers for evaluation which shows the ‎recognition of NITC among the ICT community. The conference was very well ‎attended on both days and a total of 23 papers were presented by local and foreign ‎speakers during the two-day conference addressing the topics most relevant to “ICT ‎‎2.0. Empowering Sri Lanka to a New Social Order”. A distinguished panel of keynote ‎speakers and other speakers gave a diverse set of insights into the advancements on ‎different ICT frontiers around the world.‎