INFOTEL 2015 partners Metropolitan for inaugural CIO Forum

From left: INFOTEL Organising Committee Indika Adikari, FITIS/INFOTEL Organising Committee President Derrick Ferdinandus, CSSL President Dr. Dayan Rajapakse, FITIS Chairman Chintaka Wijewickrama receiving the sponsorship letter from Metropolitan Holdings Group Director Ivor Maharoof, Metropolitan Group Chief Technology Officer Anil Gunawardene, Metropolitan Office Director Ali Asgar, Metropolitan Computers Assistant General Manager Uvindhu Gopallawa and  Metropolitan Group Head of Group Corporate Communications Chamintha Thilakarathna 

The ICT industry’s landmark event INFOTEL has partnered with the technology giant Metropolitan as its main sponsor, for the inaugural Chief Information Officer (CIO) Forum to be held on 20 November. 

The INFOTEL exhibition which will be held for the 14th time in 2015, is introducing a new dimension to the event with an exclusive CIO Forum for selected invitees. Two leading ICT industry bodies, the Federation of IT Industry Sri Lanka (FITIS) and the Computer Society of Sri Lanka (CSSL) are jointly organising the inaugural event. CSSL and FITIS Executive Council Member Dr. Prasad Samarasinghe said, “This Forum is going to become a major part of the annual INFOTEL exhibition and will be open to over 300 CIOs in Sri Lanka.” 

CSSL President Dr. Dayan Rajapakse said, “The Computer Society of Sri Lanka is very happy to partner with FITIS in organising this CIO Forum, at INFOTEL 2015. This will enable top level IT decision makers to visit and experience Sri Lanka’s largest IT expo, sharing their knowledge and exploring innovative technology. We are very thankful to the Metropolitan Group for generously sponsoring this event.” 

FITIS Chairman Chinthaka Wijewickrama further endorsed the event saying, “Creativity plays a vital role in ICT, constantly being innovative is the success of a CIO.” 

INFOTEL 2015 main organisation committee Chairman Derrick Ferdinandus added, “Being a pioneer technology company in the country, we are pleased to partner with Metropolitan as the main sponsor for the national CIO forum.”

The event has a line-up of top global speakers and CIOs addressing future ICT directions, challenges and emerging technology platforms. INFOTEL is the ICT industry’s premier exhibition organised by the Federation of Information Technology Industry Sri Lanka.

Metropolitan Group Director Ivor Maharoof said, “As a technology solution provider for large state and private sector infrastructure projects, Metropolitan is pleased to partner with an industry milestone such as the Sri Lanka CIO Forum.” 

The Metropolitan Group which has led information technology, communications and workplace solutions growth and expansion in Sri Lanka over the last five decades, has diversified its technology into engineering and technology infrastructure.   

For more information on the CIO Forum please log onto www.infotel.lk or www.cio.lk.