Organized by the SLASSCOM Quality Forum for the fourth time, the SLASSCOM Quality & Business Excellence Summit 2019 will be held on 14^th October at the Shangri-La Colombo. The conference will focus on the importance of enhancing quality across organizations through Quality Engineering and Business Excellence and revolve around the theme‘Accelerate End User Experience through Quality Engineering.’

The objective of the summit is to bring together CXOs and quality practitioners to position Sri Lanka as a destination for product engineering while developing enterprise capability through the adoption of international standards of quality, security and governance. This conference will provide the opportunity forattendees to obtain the latest industry insights on how to improve their quality assurance practices further.

The SLASSCOM Quality Forum has been organizing the Quality and Business Excellence Summit since 2010, drawing over 300 participants from the corporatesector each year. Along with the Summit, SLASSCOM also organizes hands-on sessions to enhance the skills of professionals in the industry. In addition, sessions are also conducted at educational institutionsand universities to provide exposure for students and academia on opportunities available to them in the industry.

The Summit this year will feature three key speakers spanning the IT and Service sectors. Dan Cuellar, creator of the open source mobile automation framework Appium, will speak on “Lessons Learned in Creating a Successful Open Source Project”, based on his personal experiences at Appium. Dr. Rainer Deutschmann, Chief Operating Officer at Dialog Axiata PLC will share on “Learnings about Learning, How to Realize Continuous Improvement.” The summit will also feature Manoj Kumar, Lead Technical Specialist and Evangelist at Applitools who will deliver his keynote on “A path to an Enchanting Experience: Testing for UI & UX”.

Post lunch, the proceeding will be conducted across two tracks covering Process Excellence and Quality Engineering. The Process Excellence Track will feature Dushan Dayaratne, a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Heshan Perera and Kanishka Swarnaprabath who have been instrumental in the field of robotics as well as Sanjeewa Alwis who is a leader in Digital Transformation and Mahesh Rao who has an extensive history in building and transforming security programs for complex enterprises.

The target audience for the Process Excellence Track are Process Managers, CXOs and Product Managers.The Quality Engineering Track will feature Dileepa Jayathilake, a pioneer in Blockchain based startups and products, Srinivan Sekar,a specialist in building automation frameworks, Christina Thalayasingam who is an active contributor for Test Automation and Dr. Rajitha Nawarathna,formerly at Walt Disney Imagineering.

This event is made possible through support extended by event partners 99X Technology, DNV GL, ISM APAC and SLANSHEI. The event is also enabled by Hospitality Partner Shangri-La, Official Newspaper DailyFT, and Digital Media Partner ReadMe. SLASSCOM also appreciates the support from their Corporate Sponsors Dialog Enterprise, Hatch and Horizon Campus.

The Sri Lanka Association of Software and Services Companies (SLASSCOM) is the national chamber for the knowledge and innovation industry in Sri Lanka and acts as the catalyst of growth for the Sri Lankan IT and BPM industry by facilitating trade and business, propagation of education and employment, encouraging research and innovation, and by supporting the creation of a progressive national policy.

For more information about the summit and details on how to register, visit bit.ly/SLASSCOMQS2019