15th Sujata Jayawardena Memorial Oration to focus on the use of AI and digitalisation
Millennium IT and a Visionary Sri Lankan Entrepreneur founder Tony Weerasinghe will deliver the 15th
Annual Sujata Jayawardena Memorial Oration on Thursday, March 28, at the BMICH on the topic “Up in the Cloud - Using Artificial Intelligence and Digitalisation to transform Sri Lanka to a Developed Country”.
Mr. Weerasinghe, a visionary in the field of IT and Finance with more than 25 years’ experience, has built some of the world’s most sophisticated trading systems, including the current platform for the London Stock Exchange. Today, he serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ustocktrade LLC — the first Alternative Trading System (ATS) providing retail investors same-day trade settlement for US equity securities.
In 2010, his company, Millennium IT, became part of the London Stock Exchange group. He then joined the London Stock Exchange Group as its Global Development Director.
The Annual Sujata Jayawardena Memorial Oration, being a premier annual event of the University of Colombo is hosted for the 15th consecutive year by the Alumni Association of the University of Colombo, in memory of its illustrious Past President Sujata Jayawardena who rendered immense service to the university.
Speaking of this year’s oration, Alumni President Rajeev Amarasuriya said, “Sri Lanka has simply not got its act together. We had a 30-year war, which ended in 2009, and one could justify the lack of significant development during that time. But it’s nearly 10 years since then, and one thing all people will agree is that there had been many lost opportunities in the last 10 years ,” he said.
To receive an invitation, contact the Administrative Secretariat via alumni.colombo@gmail.com or call Ms. Suraji between 9 a.m. and 4 a.m. on 0112501412/071 7289014 or Mr. Sumanaratne on 0112506236/077 3822473.