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WTECH TALKS

Female founders using technology in creative ways, big and small!


Join us and be inspired!


SL Women Technopreneurs are forging ahead as they create new ways of doing things. Some are just getting started as they bravely step out of their comfort zone and take the plunge.


If you're considering a similar path, this series of talks is for you!


In this session, you'll learn how:

* the Founder of Gadfly, a healthcare-specific innovation agency, supports startups and companies as they journey through the health innovation cycle.


* a startup technopreneur set up a platform offering a unique product line across Health, HRM, Virtual Solutions, Collaborative Games, and Covid Safety for both local and global markets.


· WTech, SLASSCOM's latest initiative, is supporting female founders of all stripes from all over the country.

Agenda

November 20, 2020

Main Schedule

4:00 PM - 4:10 PM
Welcome to WTech Talks!
Ms. Hira Fernando is CEO of Careerly, a Washington D.C. based career platform that leverages technology to help thousands of students and recent graduates find jobs.

Ms. Fernando will introduce the Women Technopreneurs Forum and the pioneering work that SLASSOM is doing to help Sri Lankan female founders who are using technology in remarkable ways to advance their business models.
Hiranya Fernando (CEO of Careerly)
4:10 PM - 4:25 PM
Case Study 1
Ganga Iddamalgoda is a health innovator and Founder of Gadfly - a healthcare-specific innovation agency supporting startups and companies as they journey through the health innovation cycle. Ganga will talk about how a series of unconventional transitions in her own journey from engineer to scientist to entrepreneur, have helped her maximize her potential for growth and impact as an innovator.
Ganga Iddamalgoda (Founder I Health Innovation Consultant of Gadfly)
4:25 PM - 4:40 PM
Case Study 2
Learn how Pulani, a startup technopreneur set up a platform offering a unique product line across Health, HRM, Virtual Solutions, Collaborative Games, and Covid Safety for both local and global markets.
Pulani Ranasinghe (Founder of Loons Lab)
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM
Q & A & Wrap up
We’ll take questions from the audience and pose a few of our own and from folks writing to us beforehand. Please send us any questions you want asked/ answered and we’ll do our best to get to them!
Hiranya Fernando (CEO of Careerly)

Speakers

Hiranya Fernando (CEO of Careerly)

Hiranya Fernando

CEO of Careerly

Ganga Iddamalgoda (Founder I Health Innovation Consultant of Gadfly)

Ganga Iddamalgoda

Founder I Health Innovation Consultant of Gadfly

Pulani Ranasinghe (Founder of Loons Lab)

Pulani Ranasinghe

Founder of Loons Lab

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