Agenda

ICTICM 2026

Conference Agenda

Explore the full ICTICM 2026 agenda, including Day 1 opening events, Day 2 keynote sessions, and technical paper presentation schedules.

21.05.2026

Day 1 – Opening Ceremony & Evening Panel Session

Venue: SLASS, Wijerama Road, Colombo 07

Note: Local time is Sri Lanka Time. UTC time is shown for international participants.
Local TimeUTC TimeSessionDetails
14:00 – 15:0008:30 – 09:30 UTCRegistrationParticipant check-in and informal networking
15:00 – 15:1009:30 – 09:40 UTCOpening CeremonyWelcome Address – Prof. Pradeep Kumara Wijesekara Abeygunawardhana
Conference Chair
15:10 – 15:3009:40 – 10:00 UTCPlenary Speech 1Expert talk by Prof. Raj Prasanna, Massey University
Conference Co-Chair
15:30 – 15:5010:00 – 10:20 UTCPlenary Speech 2Expert talk by Dr. Sureka Thiruchittampalam, Lecturer, University of Moratuwa
15:50 – 16:0510:20 – 10:35 UTCPlenary Speech 3Expert talk by Dr. Pathmakumara Jayasinghe, Senior Lecturer, University of Colombo
16:05 – 16:5010:35 – 11:20 UTCPanel Discussion Theme: Disaster Mitigation through Nature Based Applications
  • Dr. Pathmakumara Jayasinghe, Senior Lecturer, University of Colombo
  • Dr. Dayammini Halwathura, Senior Lecturer, University of Colombo
  • Dr. Menuka Udugama, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka
  • Dr. Rochana Weerasinghe, Senior Scientist, National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency
16:50 – 17:0011:20 – 11:30 UTCAudience InteractionOpen floor questions
17:00 – 17:0511:30 – 11:35 UTCClosing RemarksSummary + Day 2 announcement
17:05 onwards11:35 UTC onwardsNetworking & TeaRefreshments and informal discussions
22.05.2026

Day 2 – Keynotes & Technical Sessions

Venue SLIIT Location G1401, 14th Floor, New Building,
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology,
New Kandy Road, Malabe, Sri Lanka

Note: Local time is Sri Lanka Time. UTC time is shown for international participants.
Local TimeUTC TimeSessionDetails
08:30 – 09:0003:00 – 03:30 UTCRegistrationParticipant check-in and informal networking
09:00 – 09:1003:30 – 03:40 UTCOpening Day 2Welcome Address – Prof. Raj Prasanna, Massey University
Conference Co-Chair
09:10 – 09:2003:40 – 03:50 UTCSpeechDeputy Vice Chancellor, SLIIT – Prof. Nuwan Kodagoda
09:20 – 10:0003:50 – 04:30 UTCKeynote SpeechProf. Wensu Chen
Curtin University
10:00 – 10:3004:30 – 05:00 UTCTea Break
10:30 – 12:45 05:00 – 07:15 UTC
Technical Session 1a: Completed Research Papers
Technical Session 1b: Completed Research Papers
Technical Session 1c: Practitioner Insights & Perspectives Papers & Completed Research Papers
12:45 – 14:0007:15 – 08:30 UTCLunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 08:30 – 10:30 UTC
Technical Session 2a: Work in Progress Papers
Technical Session 2b: Work in Progress Papers
16:00 – 16:3010:30 – 11:00 UTCTea Break
16:30 – 17:1511:00 – 11:45 UTCAwards CeremonyTrack Best Paper Awards
17:15 – 17:3011:45 – 12:00 UTCClosing CeremonyVote of Thanks
22.05.2026

Day 2 Technical Sessions

Venue SLIIT Location G1401, 14th Floor, New Building,
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology,
New Kandy Road, Malabe, Sri Lanka

Note: Local time is Sri Lanka Time. UTC time is shown for international participants.

Session Colour Key

Blue – Completed Research Papers

Pink – Practitioner Insights & Perspectives Papers

Green – Work in Progress Papers

Morning Technical Sessions

10:30 – 12:45 | 05:00 – 07:15 UTC

Local Time UTC Time Technical Session 1a: Completed Research PapersSession Chair: Dr. Lochandaka RanatungaSession Co-Chair: Dr. Menuka UdugamaLocation: F1401 Technical Session 1b: Completed Research PapersSession Chair: Dr. D. S. Kalana MendisSession Co-Chair: Dr. Jeevani DahanayakeLocation: G1206 Technical Session 1c: Practitioner Insights & Perspectives Papers & Completed Research PapersSession Chair: Eng. Dr. Anusha Lalani EdiriweeraSession Co-Chair: Dr. D. HalwaturaLocation: G1104
10:30 – 10:4505:00 – 05:15 UTCPaper ID 7 – Structural Gaps in Disaster Technology Systems: A Longitudinal Review of Post-Event Assessments in Aotearoa New Zealand – ONLINEPaper ID 28 – Integrated Flood, Transport, and Economic Exposure Assessment Using Sentinel-1 SAR: A Case Study of Cyclone DitwahPaper ID 2 – Technology-Enabled Flood Disaster Management: Lessons from Malaysia and a Context-Aware Adaptation Framework for Sri Lanka – ONLINE
10:45 – 11:0005:15 – 05:30 UTCPaper ID 8 – Investigating the Locational Accuracy of Crowdsourced Data in the Context of NSW Wildfires Using NLP and Geocoding Techniques – ONLINEPaper ID 31 – Review-Based Conceptual Framework for Generative AI in Urban Disaster Management – PHYSICALPaper ID 4 – Insights from Cyclone Ditwah: Recommendations for Addressing Linguistic Barriers in Sri Lanka’s Disaster Early Warning Systems through Language Technology – PHYSICAL
11:00 – 11:1505:30 – 05:45 UTCPaper ID 11 – Beyond Internet Dependency: LoRa for Post-Earthquake Structural MonitoringPaper ID 37 – EcoSort: An Edge-Deployable Hybrid AI-IoT Framework with Decision Fusion for Automated Waste Sorting and Real-Time Bin Monitoring – PHYSICALPaper ID 29 – How We Apply Agent-Based Modeling of Climate-Induced Internal Migration in Sri Lanka – PHYSICAL
11:15 – 11:3005:45 – 06:00 UTCPaper ID 12 – Space-Ground Hybrid AI System for Flood and Landslide Monitoring Using Multi Level Data Fusion – ONLINEPaper ID 38 – An Intelligent Risk Aware Navigation Framework for Accident Hotspot Prediction, Real-Time Traffic Analysis, and Safety-Oriented Route Planning – PHYSICALPaper ID 36 – A Data-Driven Framework for Prioritizing Post-Disaster Non-Food Relief Needs: Evidence from District-Level Analysis following the “Dithwa” disaster in Sri Lanka – PHYSICAL
11:30 – 11:4506:00 – 06:15 UTCPaper ID 15 – Development of a MEMS-based Earthquake Dataset using the Raspberry Shake Network in New ZealandPaper ID 42 – Balancing User Engagement and Sustainable Web Design: A Comparative Study of 2D and 3D Hero Sections Using Kansei EngineeringPaper ID 47 – Accountability Challenges in Search and Rescue-from Readiness to Response; Study in the Cyclone, 2025 – ONLINE
11:45 – 12:0006:15 – 06:30 UTCPaper ID 46 – Medi-Fly-DR: A Communication-Enabled UAV Micro-Infrastructure for Disaster-Resilient Healthcare Logistics – ONLINEPaper ID 32 – Evaluating the Effectiveness of Virtual Reality-Based Fire Safety Training Using Performance Metrics and User Behavior Analysis
12:45 – 14:0007:15 – 08:30 UTCLunch Break

Afternoon Technical Sessions

14:00 – 16:00 | 08:30 – 10:30 UTC

Local Time UTC Time Technical Session 2a: Work in Progress PapersSession Chair: Prof. Bandunee AthapattuSession Co-Chair: Dr. R. WeerasinghaLocation: F1401 Technical Session 2b: Work in Progress PapersSession Chair: Dr. Ureshani KarunarathnaSession Co-Chair: Dr. Indunil SenanayakeLocation: G1206
14:00 – 14:1508:30 – 08:45 UTCPaper ID 13 – Smart-Camp Box: An Integrated IoT and Artificial Intelligence Framework for Safety, Communication, Learning Assistance, and Resource Optimization in Disaster Relief CampsPaper ID 20 – Securing Distributed Disaster Early Warning Networks – ONLINE
14:15 – 14:3008:45 – 09:00 UTCPaper ID 14 – Large Language Model Pipelines for Crisis Intelligence: Automated Help Request Classifier – ONLINEPaper ID 22 – Testing of a resilient community-driven communications network of LoRa devices in Wellington – ONLINE
14:30 – 14:4509:00 – 09:15 UTCPaper ID 16 – Voice Communication over Meshtastic NetworksPaper ID 23 – Automated Landslide Mapping with Open-Source Satellite Data in GEE: A Sri Lankan Case Study – PHYSICAL
14:45 – 15:0009:15 – 09:30 UTCPaper ID 17 – A Dynamic LUCIS Framework for Identifying Urban-Hazard Conflicts in the Kelani River Basin Using Near Real-Time Earth Observation Data – ONLINEPaper ID 24 – Spatial Modelling of Cyclone-Induced Flood Hazards for Disaster Risk Financing and Parametric Insurance in Sri Lanka – PHYSICAL
15:00 – 15:1509:30 – 09:45 UTCPaper ID 18 – From Beach to Cliff: Adapting CoastSnap Citizen Science for Coastal Cliff Change Detection Using ML-Assisted Image Registration and Prompted Segmentation – PHYSICALPaper ID 25 – Automated Flood Impact Detection from Remote Sensing Data using Transfer Learning: A New Zealand Case Study – PHYSICAL
15:15 – 15:3009:45 – 10:00 UTCPaper ID 27 – ResQNet: A Multi-Layer Hybrid AI Framework for Priority-Aware Disaster Communication over Decentralized Mesh Networks – ONLINEPaper ID 30 – Work in Progress: Applying Model-Based Systems Engineering to Decentralised Earthquake Early Warning System Design

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