KDU to hold 11th International Research Conference in September

The Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) will hold its International Research Conference for the 11th consecutive year, on the 13th and 14th of September at the University premises in Ratmalana.

The theme of this year’s conference is, ‘Securing Professional Excellence through Collaboration’. This is a great opportunity for the academia, professionals and practitioners, as this would be an ideal forum to meet, discuss, and exchange views in an academic environment.

The KDU conference is enriched with the participation of many local and foreign academics in the fields of Defence and Strategic Studies, Engineering, Medicine, Law, Management, Social Sciences & Humanities, Allied Health Sciences, Built Environment & Spatial Sciences, and Computing. Hence individuals from all three armed forces and the Police Department of Sri Lanka are able to present their research in one forum; and it is the only conference that brings together civilian professionals and their military counterparts.

This year too, KDU has invited world renowned scientists to participate at this conference. The inauguration ceremony on the 13th of September would be graced by the key note speakers, Prof. Mohan Munasinghe and Dr. Sarath Gunapala.

Prof. Munasinghe is a renowned professor who shared the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2007. He has won many international prizes and medals for his research and its applications; and authored many books and papers. He has also held numerous national and international key positions. Dr. Gunapala is a prominent scientist who leads the Infrared Photonics Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA and won the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal in 2014. He has also authored numerous publications.

The KDU conference will feature plenary sessions, technical sessions and poster presentations. The deadline for the submission of full papers/extended abstracts is 31st May 2018.

Guidelines and further information could be obtained from www.kdu.ac.lk/irc2018. KDU invites academics worldwide to present their research findings at its 11th International Research Conference, where all papers will be subjected to a double blind peer review process and the best oral presentation and the best poster presentation will be awarded in each discipline.