08.00 a.m.

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Registration

08.20 a.m.

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Participants to take their seats in the PLT lecture theatre

08.25 a.m.

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Deputy Vice Chancellor, Dean & Other invited guests enter the hall

08.30 a.m.

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Lighting the traditional oil lamp

08.35 a.m.

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University anthem

08.40 a.m.

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Welcome address by Mr. S.A.S. Lorensuhewa  Head, Department of  Computer Science

08.50 a.m.

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Address by chief guest Prof. Gamini Senanayake  Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Ruhuna

09.00 a.m.

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Introduction to Free and Open Source Software & Software Freedom Day by Mr. S.A.S. Lorensuhewa  Head, Department of  Computer Science

09.40 a.m.

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Foss based Operating Systems & Application Software by Dr. P.A. Jayantha Dean, Faculty of Science

10.20 a.m.

Refreshments

10.40 a.m.

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Sinhala Unicode & Linux Localization by Prof. Gihan Dias University of Moratuwa (Through Video Conferencing)

11.50 a.m.

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FOSS Opportunities by Mr. Chamindra Kishan Ignatius de Silva R&D Manager Virtusa Global (Through Video Conferencing)

12.30 p.m.

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Lunch

01.15 p.m.

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Installation of Linux by Mr. R. Wickramaratne and Mr. B.H. Saranapala Instructors, Department of Computer Science

02.30 p.m.

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Localization of Firefox by Mr. Danishka Naveen IT Consultant for  ICTA

03.15 p.m.

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Lab sessions on Moodle, VOIP and software in free environment

04.15 p.m.

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Vote of Thanks, National anthem and Close of the session