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‘First Annual APSL Convention’

 

Date:               Saturday 21, November 2009.

Venue:            Portland Hotel-Birmingham

                        313 Hagley Road, Edgbaston, B16 9LQ Birmingham

Tickets:             £25 for both the Convention and the Dinner Dance

 

Part 1. Category: Development Projects / Special Interests

 

Time
 (pm)

Item

By

Duration
(minutes)

Chaired by

2.30 - 3.00

Arrival and Registration

30

 

3.00 - 3.05

Welcome Address

Prof. I M Dharmadasa, President, APSL

05

 

3.05 - 3.20

APSL and its Activities

Eng. Ranjan Perera

General Secretary, APSL

15

Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy &

Dr. Marc Dissanayake

3.20 - 3.40

How to Walk The Talk

Dr. Athula Sumathipala

(Senior Lecturer Kings College, London)

15+5

3.40 - 4.00

Working with Special Need Children

Ms. Shirani Joseph de Saram

(Specialist Speech Therapist NHS)

15+5

4.00 - 4.25

Tea Break

25

 

4.25 - 4.45

"CARES" or "Solar Villages" for Social Development

Prof. I M Dharmadasa

 

15+5

Mr. Rohan de Alwis &

Dr. Keerthi Devendra

4.45 - 5.10

How to Improve Discipline on Roads

Mr. Mervyn Silva (IT Consultant NHS)

Brief Introduction & Moderation

25

5.10 - 5.40

Projects & Suggestions from Audience

All Participants

30

5.40 - 5.50

Comfort Break

10

 

5.50 - 6.50

Guest Lecture:

Artificial Limb Project for the war injured in Sri Lanka

Dr. Bandara Panagamuwa

(Consultant in Rehabilitative Medicine)

45 + 15

 

Dr. Andrew Nayagam

6.50 - 6.55

Vote of Thanks

Mr. Mohan Siriwardena

(Deputy Secretary, APSL)

5

 

Part 2.  Category: Social / Cultural

 

6.55 – 7.30

Bar / Networking

 

7.30 – 7.35

7.35 - 7.45

 

Welcome

 

Brief APSL Introduction

 

Prof. I M Dharmadasa.

 

Mrs. Lushani Kodituwakku.

 

7.45 - 11.30

 

Dinner Dance