The first edition of the International Conference on Sustainable & Digital Business 2022 was an enormous success. The inauguration held on December 1, 2022, evening at the picturesque Waters Edge Hotel attracted a full house of CXOs from diverse industry sectors, academics and researchers. The colorful conference inauguration and keynote speeches by world class scholars certainly set new standards for academic conferences. ICSDB Excellence Awards was a key attraction and a major differentiation of this first ever international conference organized by the SLIIT Business School.
Professor John Bessant from Exeter University of UK, Professor Jaideep Prabhu of University of Cambridge, and Professor Muthu De Silva of Birkbeck, University of London were the keynote speakers. Dr. P. Nandalal Weerasinghe, The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka was the chief guest on day 2.
Prof. John Bessant
[Professor Emeritus of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Exeter Business School]
Originally a chemical engineer, Professor John Bessant has been active in research, teaching and consultancy in technology and innovation management for over 25 years. He currently holds the Chair in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Exeter University where he is also Research Director. In 2003, he was awarded a Fellowship with the Advanced Institute for Management Research and was also elected a Fellow of the British Academy of Management. He served on the Business and Management Panel of both the 2001 and 2008 Research Assessment Exercises. He has acted as advisor to various national governments and to international bodies including the United Nations, The World Bank and the OECD.
Professor Bessant is the author of over 30 books and monographs and many articles on the topic and has lectured and consulted widely around the world. His most recent books include Managing innovation (2018) (now in its 6th edition) Entrepreneurship (2018) (both published by John Wiley and Sons) and ‘Riding the innovation wave’ (Emerald, 2017).
Prof. Jaideep Prabhu
[Professor of Marketing, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge]
Jaideep Prabhu is Professor of Marketing, Jawaharlal Nehru Professor of Indian Business and Enterprise, and Director of the Centre for India & Global Business at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
He has published in and is on the editorial board of leading journals such as the Journal of Marketing. He has appeared on BBC News24, BBC Radio 4 and Bloomberg BusinessWeek, and has been profiled in BusinessWeek, BBC World Service, The Economist, The Financial Times, Le Monde, The New York Times and The Times. He has consulted with executives from Bertelsmann, Barclays, BP, BRAC, BT, GE, IBM, ING Bank, M&S, the NHS, Pearson, Roche, Shell, Siemens, Unilever and Vodafone.
He is the co-author of Jugaad Innovation: Think Frugal, Be Flexible, Generate Breakthrough Growth, described by The Economist as “the most comprehensive book yet” on the subject of frugal innovation. His 2015 book Frugal Innovation: How to do Better with Less won the CMI’s Management Book of the Year Award 2016. His most recent book How Should a Government Be: The New Levers of State Power was published in February 2021.
Prof. Muthu De Silva
[Asst. Dean, School of Business Economics and Informatics Birkbeck, University of London]
Dr Muthu De Silva is a Professor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Assistant Dean (Research) at Birkbeck, University of London, UK. Her research advances our understanding on co-creation. In particular, she has contributed to our knowledge on how actors in an ecosystem engaged in co-creation, and associated good practices, capabilities, intellectual property and impacts. She has published in world-leading journals such as Research Policy, Journal of Organizational Behaviour, British Journal of Management, R&D Management, and Technovation, among others. She has secured major grants from Innovate UK, Intellectual Property Office, EU and British Academy/Leverhulme, OECD, and British Academy of Management. She is a fellow of Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. She is in the Editorial Board of the British Journal of Management.
Winners
Excellence Award Winners - 2022
ICSDB Excellence Awards – A pioneering initiative by SLIIT Business School to recognize, reward and re-energize sustainable digital business initiatives in Sri Lanka. The award ceremony was held as an integral part of ICSDB 2022 Conference in grand style at Waters Edge Hotel on December 1, 2022.
Congratulations to all the winners!
- Gold Award – Eduscope (Pvt) Ltd
- Silver Award – Deegenics (Pvt) Ltd
- Bronze Award – Sampath IT Solutions Ltd
- Merit Award – SL Robotics (Pvt) Ltd
Events
ICSDB Events - 2022
The International Conference on Sustainable & Digital Business 2022 organized by SLIIT Business School offered a series of events to share knowledge and insights. This was a great opportunity to listen to a techno-entrepreneur who can certainly make a difference in the way you think about sustainable digital business
Sponsors
Official Sponsors & Partners - ICSDB 2022
Academic Partner
Digital Payment Partner
Digital Innovations Partner
Official Newspaper
Principal Sponsor
Sponsors
Committee
ICSDB Committee - 2022
General Committee
Prof. Samantha Thelijjagoda
[General Chair]
Dean,
SLIIT Business School
Prof. Nagalingam Nagendrakumar
[General Co-Chair]
Associate Dean,
SLIIT Business School
Prof. Ruwan Jayathilaka
[Technical Program Chair]
Head – Department of Information Management,
SLIIT Business School
Conference Secretariat
Ms. Naduni Madhavika
Senior Lecturer,
Department of Information Management,
SLIIT Business School
Ms. Colinie Wickramarachchi
Assistant Lecturer,
Department of Business Management,
SLIIT Business School
Mr. Gayan Bandara
Instructor,
Department of Business Management,
SLIIT Business School
Publicity Committee
Dr. Shanta R. Yapa
[Publicity Chair]
Senior Academic Fellow,
Department of Information Management,
SLIIT Business School
Mr. Kethaka Galappaththi
Lecturer,
Department of Information Management,
SLIIT Business School
Mr. Dilum Perera
Management Associate,
SLIIT Business School
Program Committee
Dr. Krishantha Wisenthige
[Programme Chair]
Senior Lecturer,
Department of Business Management,
SLIIT Business School
Ms. Sumudu Munasinghe
Senior Lecturer,
Department of Business Management,
SLIIT Business School
Ms. Nilmini Rathnayake
Lecturer,
Department of Business Management,
SLIIT Business School
Ms. Navodika Karunarathne
Lecturer,
Department of Information Management,
SLIIT Business School
Ms. Anuja A. Lokeshwara
Lecturer,
Department of Business Management,
SLIIT Business School
Ms. Pubuddi Shamila
Assistant Lecturer,
Department of Business Management,
SLIIT Business School
Publication Committee
Dr. Nisha Jayasuriya
[Publication Chair]
Head – Department of Business Management,
SLIIT Business School
Ms. Thivanka Gunasekara
Instructor,
Department of Business Management,
SLIIT Business School
Ms. Pubuddi Shamila
Assistant Lecturer,
Department of Business Management,
SLIIT Business School
Finance Committee
Dr. Saliya C Arachchige
[Finance Chair]
Senior Lecturer,
Department of Business Management,
SLIIT Business School
Ms. Chathurini Kumarapperuma
Senior Lecturer,
Department of Business Management,
SLIIT Business School
Ms. Anuja A. Lokeshwara
Lecturer,
Department of Business Management,
SLIIT Business School
Ms. Udeshika Pathirana
Assistant Lecturer,
Department of Business Management,
SLIIT Business School
Registration Committee
Prof. Wasantha Rajapakshe
[Registration Chair]
Associate Professor,
Department of Business Management,
SLIIT Business School
Ms. Chalani Kuruppu
[Registration Co-Chair]
Senior Lecturer,
Department of Business Management,
SLIIT Business School
Ms. Geethma Pathirana
Lecturer,
Department of Business Management,
SLIIT Business School
Ms. Anuja A. Lokeshwara
Lecturer,
Department of Business Management,
SLIIT Business School
Ms. Pubuddi Shamila
Assistant Lecturer,
Department of Business Management,
SLIIT Business School
Local Arrangement Committee
Mr. Ranitha Weerarathna
[Local Arrangement Chair]
Senior Lecturer,
Department of Business Management,
SLIIT Business School
Ms. Lochana Rajamanthri
Assistant Lecturer,
Department of Information Management,
SLIIT Business School
Ms. Madara Jayasinghe
Assistant Lecturer,
Department of Business Management,
SLIIT Business School
Ms. Nipunee Jayasuriya
Instructor,
Department of Information Management,
SLIIT Business School
Technical Program Committee
Prof. Ruwan Jayathilaka
[Technical Program Chair]
Head – Department of Information Management,
SLIIT Business School
Ms. Udanee Samarasinghe
[Technical Program Co-Chair]
Senior Lecturer,
Department of Business Management,
SLIIT Business School
Editorial Board
Dr. Mano Weligodapola
[Editor in Chief]
Senior Lecturer,
Department of Business Management,
SLIIT Business School