Some references from the events and activities I participated in
MIT GITA Award Winner for 2007
Ref: Award
Presentation for Ruhuna University Students and School Children
Sep 2008
Ref: Presentation
Contributor for the Business Week article "The do good imperative"
Jul 2008
Sahana response to China Earthquake, Chendu province, China, Jun 2008
Ref: Wall Street Journal Article
Co-Chair W3C Emergency Information Interoperability Framework IG
Washington DC, May 2008
Ref: Meeting Notes, Charter
ISCRAM Committee Member and Panel for the session on
Information Systems for Crisis Response, Washington DC, US - May 2008
Ref: Session
Humanitarian-FOSS article in Peace IT - Jan 2008
Ref: Online Peace IT! Magazine (PDF)
Representative for Sri Lanka, AsiaOSS2007 Symposium
Bangkok, Thailand - Nov 2007
Ref: Presentation
Keynote Speaker and ISCRAM Program Committee Member
ISCRAM-China Workshop 2007, Harbin, China
Ref: Presentation, Conference Page
Co-Chair for Special Session on Humanitarian Systems,
ISCRAM 2007, Netherlands
Ref: Program
Free Software Award for Social Benefit (Project Lead) - Mar 2006
Ref: FSF Press Release, Linux.com Article
Co-Author, CACM Article on Disaster Management - Mar 2006
Collaboration between two Stockholm Challenge finalists
Hotcity Wireless and Sahana
Ref: Stockholm Challenge Website Article
LinuxAsia 2007 Presentation on Humanitarian-FOSS and Sahana
Ref: Humanitarian-FOSS Presentation at Linux Asia 2007
UNDP IOSN Case Study on Managing Disasters – Oct 2006
Ref: Case Study on UNDP IOSN Portal (PDF)
Demonstrater/Participant in Strong Angel III
Aug 2006, San Diego, US
Interviewed for BBC World Digital Planet – June 2006
Ref: BBC Press Release, Recording of Interview on BBC Site
Interviewed for BBC World TV “Code Breakers” – May 2006
Ref: BBC Program Recording for Download
Speaker in the Global Knowledge Partnership
May 2006, Sri Lanka
Ref: Global Knowledge Parternership Presentation on Sahana
Speaker in 7th Asia OSS Symposium – March 2006, Malaysia
Ref: http://7aoss.asiaosc.org/?q=node/5
Organizer/Speaker in FOSS-ed 2006 Conference
Feb 2006, Sri Lanka
Ref: http://www.foss.lk
Speaker in Emergency Communications Asia 2005
Dec 2005, China
Ref: http://www.terrapinn.com/2005/eca_CN/SpeakerList.stm
Speaker in UN World Summit for IS (WSIS) – Nov 2005, Tunisia
Ref: UN WSIS Site, FSF Europe News, ICT4Peace Report
Organizer/Speaker in National FOSS Week – Sep 2005, Sri Lanka
Ref: http://www.foss.lk/events/2005/foss-week/index.html
Organizer/Speaker in 6th Asia OSS Symposium
Sep 2005, Sri Lanka
Ref: http://www.foss.lk/events/2005/foss-week/Pages/aoss.htm
http://www.asia-oss.org/sep2005/outline.html
Speaker in FOSSSL 05 International FOSS Conference
Sep 2005, SL
Speaker in FOSSAP-II, UNDP IOSN Conference
Aug 2005, Cambodia
Ref: http://www.iosn.net/events/fossap-2005/agenda
Sri Lanka Rep. in 5th Asia OSS Symposium
Mar 2005, Beijing-China
Ref: http://www.asia-oss.org/march2005/overview.html
Sahana Overview Document