03/11/2023
๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ (๐๐๐) ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐๐, ๐
๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ซ๐ข ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐.
The preliminary round of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition which is organized parallelly to the 14th International Conference on Business and Information 2023, was held on Sunday 29th October 2023 from 12 noon onwards at the Faculty Board Room of the Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. The competition was open to Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), and Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) students at all universities and all disciplines. Seven contestants from diverse disciplines registered and competed in the preliminary round by pitching their research ideas in 03 minutes using a single slide, focusing on a non-specialized audience. The event was conducted by the Master of Ceremonies, Dr. Srinath Dissanayake. The contestants were judged by an eminent panel of judges, namely Dr. Kanchana Wijewardena, School of Business, University of Wollongong, Australia, Dr. Nilupama Wijewardena, College of Business and Law, RMIT University, Australia, and Ms. Sulokshana Marks, Australian Institute of Innovative Materials. Out of the 07 contestants, judges selected 05 contestants for the grand finale and the grand finale will be held on Friday 10th November 2023 at the Pegasus Reef Hotel, Wattala. The event was organized by the organizing committee of the 3MT competition โ Dr. Prabhashini Wijewantha, Mr. Daminda Weerasinghe, Ms. Uththara Dissanayake, and Mr. Asitha Fernando, under the guidance of the Conference Chair Dr. Saroja Wanigasekera.