1. Pg - 1 WITSA STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING Hanoi, Vietnam Sri Lanka Information and Communications Technology Association (SLICTA) Hyder Alaudeen Vice Chairman - SLICTA

2. Pg - 2 Sri Lanka ICT Association (SLICTA) Evolution:  Formation of ICT Cluster under the TCI Initiative  Graduation of the Cluster  Call for one voice of the ICT industry  USAID - IT Mentor Alliance Program  Formation of the Sri Lanka ICT Association

3. Pg - 3 Sri Lanka ICT Association (SLICTA) VISION To be recognized as the independent, unified organization representing Sri Lanka’s ICT Industry

4. Pg - 4 Mission Objectives  Promotion – to create and develop market opportunities for the ICT industry – foster and develop Sri Lankan ICT firms  Human Resource Development – to guide and encourage the development and sustenance of required human capital for the ICT industry  Competitiveness Assistance – to facilitate the development and sustenance of competitiveness of companies in the ICT industry: and  Government Interface – to advocate the development and sustenance of an effective policy environment for Sri Lanka’s ICT industry

5. Pg - 5 SLICTA Stakeholders  Association of Computer Training Organizations  British Computer Society - Sri Lanka Section  Computer Society of Sri Lanka  Information Systems Audit and Control Assn.  Licensed Internet Service Providers Association  Software Exporters Association  Sri Lanka Association for the Software Industry  Sri Lanka Computer Vendors Association  Telecom Providers Association

6. Pg - 6 SLICTA Consultative Members  INFOTEL Society  ICT Sub-Committee of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce  ICT Sub-Committee of the National Chamber of Commerce  Venture Capital Association of Sri Lanka  University Grants Commission Standing Committee on IT

7. Pg - 7 SLICTA Sub-Committees  Government Interface - Hyder Alaudeen  Market Promotion - Manoj Mohinani  Human Resource - Lionel Perera  Competitiveness - Kanishka Sugathadasa  Finance & Admin. - Dr. Dileepa De Silva

8. Pg - 8 THANK YOU