4 July 2012 Hall A
4 JULY 2012: RESEARCH HALL A 8.45 am to 9.30am
Keynote Address Chaired by: Prof. Vajira H. W. Dissanayake National Strategy on Science, Technology and Innovation Prof. Sirimali Fernando MBBS, Dip (Micro), M.Sc. (Lond) Chairperson National Science Foundation 9.30 am to 11.00 am
Symposium on Publishing Research Organised in Collaboration with International Network for Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) Chaired by: Dr Anuruddha Abeygunasekara and Dr Shalini Sri Ranganathan 9.30 am The Journals Online Initiative and the Sri Lanka Journals Online Ms. Sioux Cumming Programme Officer, Publishing Support International Network for Availability of Scientific Publications 10.00 am Open Access Online Publishing - The Experience of a Sri Lankan Editor Dr BJC Perera MBBS(Cey), DCH(Cey), DCH(Eng), MD(Paed), FRCP(Edin), FRCP(Lon), FRCPCH(UK), FSLCPaed, FCCP, FCGP(SL) Joint Editor, Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health Editor in Chief, Sri Lanka Journal of Biomedical Informatics 10.30 am Publishing Your Research - What do Editors Look For? Vidyajyothi Prof. Janaka De Silva MBBS, MD, DPhil(Oxford), FRCP(London), FRCP(Edin.), FCCP, FRACP(Hon), MRCP(UK), FNAS(SL) Joint Editor, Ceylon Medical Journal Senior Professor and Chair of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Consultant Physician Colombo North Teaching Hospital 11.00 am to 11.15 am TEA
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