ICTA is pleased to host the South Asian Mobile Conference for the second consecutive year. Regional conferences like this are important in making the creativity of regional thinking guide the designing of products more suitable for the regions”, Dewapura said.

Local and international experts will enrich the conference and contribute in sharing and exchange of valuable expertise.

Among the keynote speakers will be Impact Mobile Canada President and CEO Gary Schwartz who will speak on “Click2K” Ching: The impulse of economy”, Mobillium International Founder and CEO and Mobile Entertainment - Americas Emeritus Chairman Ralph Simon addressing on “The latest from the world new media and cross media” and Dialog Axiata PLC Sri Lanka Group CEO Dr. Hans Wijeysuriya delivering an address on “Leveraging the mobile last mile for inclusive ICT service fulfillment”.

A glance through themes of the plenary sessions also give further insight into the depth and width of the subjects covered. The conference will include four plenary sessions themed: “Mobile content applications; what is to come”, “Business models for mobile content”, “Mobile for enabling rich content for mobile users” and “Mobile” a giant in media and communication” respectively.

Some of the other speakers lined up for presentations and addresses are: Global Operations Zone 27x7 Sri Lanka Manjula Dissanayake on “Enriching customer experience - Hype and reality”, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Deputy Director Strategy Dr. Amir Ullah Khan on “Financial inclusion for development” and Indian Government Communications and IT Ministry Former Senior Director Ashis Sanyar on “Governance and inclusive growth per mobile”.