This year’s FIESCA Regional seminar held in Colombo saw heavy international participation. Held as part of the Inauguration of the 108th Annual Sessions of the IESL on Saturday, 11th October, 2014 at the Mihilaka Medura, BMICH, the seminar had “Innovative Technologies for Excellence in Engineering” as its theme. It was organized by the IESL in association with the Federation of Engineering Institutions of South and Central Asia, FIESCA.

President of the IESL Eng. Shavindranath Fernando delivered the Welcome Address. The Guest Speaker for the event was Dr. Brahmanand Mohanty who spoke on “ Current Efforts to Achieve Resource Efficiency through the next Wave of Innovation”. The Keynote Address on “Innovation in Engineering Education” was delivered by Prof. Robin King. The Technical Sessions that followed saw country presentations being made from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.