SLASSCOM, Sri Lanka’s national chamber for the IT/BPM industry, through its AI Centre of Excellence, is set to launch the fourth iteration of the widely successful AI Asia Summit on the 23rd and 24th of November 2022. The AI Asia Summit 2022 will spread across two days and include keynotes, panel discussions, networking opportunities and in parallel to the summit, a hands-on workshop will take place on 25th of November 2022 which is hosted by AWS. This is an excellent opportunity for Sri Lankans and the global community to gather together to explore the challenge of adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Production AI.

Production AI involves bringing AI models and systems into a company’s production processes while integrating seamlessly. In order to successfully do this, the systems must be built into the processes in a way that allows for continuous improvement, modification and monitoring. This year’s AI Asia Summit will highlight these challenges and discuss pathways to create synergy in AI.

The event features esteemed and experienced international and local industry experts that includes Dr Romesh Ranawana-the CEO at Enterprise Machine Learning (Pvt) Limited, Koo Sengmeng-Senior Deputy Director of AI Innovation at AI Singapore,  Jason Mars-Technology advisor for BCS Technology International,  Dr. Rasika Withanawasam-Chief Architect, Surveillance and Analytics Systems from London Stock Exchange Group,  Nishantha Hettiarachchi-Director, Engineering & Architecture at Sysco Labs,  Prof. Johan Loeckx-Head Applied Research/Director Lifelong Learning from Artificial Intelligence Lab, Brussels,  Dr. Gerard Fernando-Chief Scientific Office at Zone24x7, Dacil Hernandez- Director Data/AI rest of Europe from Nagarro, Prof. Asoka Karunananda-Senior Professor at University of Moratuwa,  Oliver Klein-APAC Chief Technologist for AWS and Dr. Rukshan Batuwita-Data Scientist.  

The Summit will incorporate conversations on several key topics that present key challenges and solutions businesses face in the world of AI today. These will include  ‘AI and Machine Learning - What CEOs and Senior Executives should know’, ‘Trajectory of Intelligent Systems- ‘Demystifying the Evolution of AI through Deep, Transfer and Zero-Shot Learning’, ‘How Technology Companies in the Food Services are adopting AI’, ‘AI/Machine Learning System Life-Cycle Management and Governance’,  ‘AI Implementations are Fragile: What we Learnt from R&D Projects’, ‘The cruel reality of AI transformations’, ‘Challenges faced by companies when adopting Production AI - Academic Perspective’ and a case study on ‘AI at Scale‘.

SLASSCOM is privileged to welcome BCS Technologies as a Platinum Sponsor, the London Stock Exchange Group as a Silver Sponsor and the Royal Norwegian Embassy as the Strategic Partner to this year’s edition of AI Asia Summit. Corporate Sponsorships by Dialog Enterprise, and Elephant Crew as the digital media partner. Further, SLASSCOM expresses their appreciation for the London Stock Exchange Group for their extended contribution by sponsoring 100 University students to be part of this summit.

“BCS Technology International is honored to be a part of the AI Asia Summit 2022's as a Platinum Sponsor. As one of Sri Lanka's fastest growing IT Professional Service providers with a dynamic global presence, we are excited to tie up with SLASSCOM for this venture.  As a business that thrives on driving cutting-edge technology, complemented by an exceptionally brilliant team, our objective is to position Sri Lanka as an advanced AI Powerhouse in the region. We encourage leaders, engineers, students, and other organizations to be a part of this exciting journey” commented BCS Technology.

SLASSCOM acts as the facilitator of growth for the Sri Lankan knowledge and innovation industry by empowering trade and business, circulating education and employment, encouraging research and innovation, and by supporting the creation of a progressive national policy framework for the knowledge solutions industry.

For further details, visit: www.aiasiasummit.com

Photo Caption : The keynote speakers at the event – Left to right - Dr Romesh Ranawana, Jason Mars, Dr. Rasika Withanawasam and Dacil Hernandez