Colombo Defence Seminar to get underway this week

Colombo Defence Seminar - 2018, the eighth in the global defence conference sequence, themed on ‘Security in an Era of Global Disruptions’, will be held on August 30-31 at the BMICH.

Colombo Defence Seminar - 2018’ expects to draw 800 foreign and local participants, including 13 foreign and 14 local speakers. Adding a new dimension to the sessions, many intellectuals, politicians, opinion makers and retired veterans of the field would share their views in separate panel discussions on the second day of the parley, according to local media reports.

This year’s seminar sessions would include the topics ‘Demographic Transformation and Implications on Security’, ‘Technological Disruptions’, ‘Human-Induced Climate Change’ and ‘Political Extremism’ with focus on ‘Human Factors and Homeland Security’, ‘Global Challenge of Internal Displacement’, ‘Urban Security in the 21st Century’, ‘Cyber Conflicts and Future Power’, ‘Social Media and Authenticity: Global Security Challenges’, ‘Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Weapons’, ‘Role of the Military in Response and Mitigating Strategies (Regional Perspective)’, ‘Role of the Military in Response and Mitigating Strategies (Global Perspective)’, ‘Climate Geo-Engineering: Challenges and Opportunities’, ‘Role Played by Violent Non-State Actors’, ‘Ideological Polarisation’, ‘Destabilising the International System’, ‘Diaspora Communities Amidst Conflict’, ‘Technological Creativity: Challenges to Armed Forces’, ‘Climate Change: Future of Warfare’ and ‘Leadership in Mitigating Violent Extremism’.

The conference will be organised under the close supervision of Army Commander Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake with the cooperation of the Directorate of Army Training and all the other Directorates.