RATIONALE
ICIIS provides golden opportunities to all its stakeholders.
Opportunities to the Industry Participants:
⮚ Meet and discuss with a wide spectrum of international researchers, scientists and academics who work closely with well-established industries in abroad.
⮚ Training and motivating researchers and engineers in cutting edge technologies presented in Pre-Conference workshops.
⮚ Initiate partnerships for future research and development through dialogue and diversify business opportunities.
⮚ Contribute to bridge the gap between industry and academia, bringing immediate rewards.
⮚ Take the lead in bringing next generation engineering to the country.
⮚ Be with pioneers who have proven track record of changing the future.
Opportunities to the Local Academic Participants:
⮚ Present their research in a prestigious IEEE conference and publish the papers in IEEE Xplore, cost-effectively.
⮚ Network with researchers around the world for further collaborative research and to establish research partnerships.
⮚ Open up postgraduate and postdoctoral opportunities for research students and staff.
⮚ Open up an opportunity for undergraduate and postgraduate students at local universities to attend the paper sessions and special sessions to widen their knowledge and learn current trends in the world.
Opportunities to the Foreign Participants:
⮚ Present the research in an IEEE forum where participants collaborate and contribute.
⮚ Meet the roots of versatile engineers to the world in their home.
⮚ Find the best postgraduate students to pursue research carriers.
HISTORY AND STATISTICS OF ICIIS
The 1st IEEE International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS) was held in 2006 at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. The 2nd IEEE ICIIS was also held at the same venue. From 2007 onward, the conference was held in Sri Lanka and India biannually. The conference has been organized continuously every year, except in 2022, since 2006. In 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, and 2025, the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Peradeniya, organized the ICIIIS.
Past Conference Chairs and Locations
| Conference |
Chair |
Location |
| ICIIS2025 |
Dr. U.S. Navaratne |
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka |
| ICIIS2024 |
Prof. R. Sarathi |
IIT Madras, India |
| ICIIS2023 |
Prof. M.B. Dissanayake |
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka |
| ICIIS2021 |
Dr. J.V. Wijayakulasooriya |
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka |
| ICIIS2020 |
Prof. C.C. Reddy |
IIT Ropar, India |
| ICIIS2019 |
Dr. P.J. Binduhewa |
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka |
| ICIIS2018 |
Prof. C.C. Reddy |
IIT Ropar, India |
| ICIIS2017 |
Dr. Ruwan Ranaweera |
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka |
| ICIIS2016 |
Prof. Dharmendra Singh |
IIT Roorkie, India |
| ICIIS2015 |
Dr. Lilantha Samaranayake |
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka |
| ICIIS2014 |
Prof. Karam Veer Arya |
IIITM Gwalior, India |
| ICIIS2013 |
Dr. Vijitha Herath |
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka |
| ICIIS2012 |
Prof. Ramanujam Sarathi |
IIT Madras, India |
| ICIIS2011 |
Prof. Kithsiri Liyanage |
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka |
| ICIIS2010 |
Prof. Udaykumar R. Yaraggatti |
NITK, Surathkal, India |
| ICIIS2009 |
Prof. Manjula Fernando |
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka |
| ICIIS2008 |
Prof. N.K.Kishore |
IIT Kharagpur, India |
| ICIIS2007 |
Prof. Janaka Ekanayake |
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka |
| ICIIS2006 |
Dr. Sanath Alahakoon |
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka |