KDU IRC 2024

Tracks

Law

Current legal issues, regulatory frameworks and judicial practices are addressed. Comprehensive analysis of legal systems, human rights, international law and legal reforms is provided. The role of law in societal development, justice delivery and the protection of rights and freedoms is highlighted.

Plenary Session Theme

Conquering Traditional Frontiers : Challenges Presented to Law by New Technologies

No. of Sessions

05

Venue

FGS Auditorium and HQ Building (VC office Building)

Plenary Chair
His Lordship Jayantha Jayasuriya PC
Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
KDU IRC 2024 His Lordship Jayantha Jayasuriya PC
Plenary Speaker 1
Parinda Ranasinghe PC
Hon. Attorney General, Attorney General’s Department

Title: Regulating Artificial Intelligence: Inventions and Legal Accountability
KDU IRC 2024 Parinda Ranasinghe PC
Plenary Speaker 2
Hon. M.U.M. Ali Sabry PC, M.P.
Former Minister of Justice, Prisons Affairs and Constitutional Reforms, and Minister of Foreign Affairs

Title: Diplomacy in the Digital Age: Role of the International Law
KDU IRC 2024 Hon. M.U.M. Ali Sabry PC, M.P.
Plenary Speaker 3
Palitha Kumarasinghe PC
Chairman, Standing Committee on Legal Studies, University Grants Commission

Title: Future-Proofing Legal Education: Integrating Technological Advances to Legal Education
KDU IRC 2024 Palitha Kumarasinghe PC
Plenary Speaker 4
Kaushalya Nawarathna PC
Former President, Bar Association of Sri Lanka

Title: Legal Profession in the Digital Age: Embracing Change and Meeting New Challenges
KDU IRC 2024 Kaushalya Nawarathna PC
Sessions Venue, Date & Time
# Sessions Topic Venue Date Time (hrs)
1 Plenary Session FGS Auditorium 2024.09.26 1400 - 1600
2 Technical Session I Emerging New Technologies and Public Law: Need for an Innovative Approach Board Room, Main Building 2024.09.27 0830 - 1015
3 Technical Session II Evolving Trends in Business Law in Response to Novel Technologies Board Room, Main Building 2024.09.27 1015 - 1330
4 Technical Session III Current Shreds in International Jurisprudence in the Light of New Technologies Board Room, Main Building 2024.09.27 1330 - 1530
5 Technical Session IV Jurisprudential Transformation for Synergy with Artificial Intelligence Board Room, Main Building 2024.09.27 1530 - 1640
6 Poster Session FGS Auditorium 2024.09.27 1600 - 1700

Co-ordinators