Govt executive officers learn more on AI

A special workshop organized for government executive officers on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to transform the public service into a productive and efficient one was held at the Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Auditorium of the University of Ruhuna.

The workshop, titled “AI for Transforming Public Service”, was organized by the Southern Provincial Council in collaboration with the Presidential Secretariat and the Ministry of Digital Economy. Executive-level government officers from the Galle, Matara, and Hambantota districts participated in the event.

The workshop aimed to raise awareness and preparedness among public officers as an initial step in the government’s program to digitalize the public service, and to foster a positive attitude towards Artificial Intelligence within the state sector.

Dr Hans Wijayasuriya, Chief Adviser to the President on Digital Economy, delivered the keynote address. Officials from the Ministry of Transport, Highways and Urban Development, including Harsha Purasinghe and Samisa Abeysinghe, members of the ministry’s Digital Task Force, also contributed as resource persons.

Among those present were the Chief Secretary of the Southern Province, Attorney-at-Law Sumith Alahakoon, Senior Additional Secretary to the President Roshan Gamage, District Secretaries, and several other distinguished officials.