Theme: The Role of the Business Manager in Bridging the Paradigm Shift from Labour Intensive Industry to Knowledge-based Technology in the new Century

Year Held: 2005

Venue: The Galle Face Hotel

Key-note Speaker: Professor GunapalaNanayakkara, Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Guest of Honor: Dr. Tara De Mel, Secretary to the Ministry of Education and Higher Education/ Professor B R N Mendis, Chairman, University Grants Commission

Chief Guest: His ExcellencyAkio Suda, Japanese Ambassador in Sri Lanka

Conference Chair: Professor S P PAmaratunge