InTSym100 Innauguration Agenda
TRI
InTSym100 Innauguration Agenda
Date: 10th November 2025 · Venue: Cinnamon Grand, Colombo
Programme Timetable
| 08:20-08:25 | Arrival of Chief and Special Guests |
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| 08:25-08:30 | Lighting the Oil Lamp |
| 08:30-08:40 | Welcome Address — Senior Professor W.A.J.M. De Costa, Chairman, Tea Research Board |
| 08:40-08:45 | Introductory Video — Tea Research Institute of Sri Lanka |
| 08:45-09:00 | Address — Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, Hon. Prime Minister |
| 09:00-09:03 | Official Release — TRI5000 Series Cultivars for the Low Country Tea Growing Region (Dr. J.H.N. Piyasundara) |
| 09:03-09:05 | Token of Appreciation — Presented to Dr. Harini Amarasuriya |
| 09:05-09:25 | Keynote Address — Dr. Rohan Fernando, Managing Director, Aitken Spence Plantation Managements PLC |
| 09:25-09:28 | Token of Appreciation — Presented to Dr. Rohan Fernando |
| 09:28-09:32 | Presentation of Synopses — Dr. M. Niranjan and Dr. S. Raguraj |
| 09:32-09:35 | Official Release — Book “A Guide to Identification of Weeds in Tea Lands of Sri Lanka” (M.G.S. Liyanage & Dr. M.S.D. Luxmiei De Silva) |
| 09:35-09:40 | Address — Mr. Prabhath Chandrakeerthi, Secretary to the Ministry of Plantation and Community Infrastructure |
| 09:40-09:42 | Token of Appreciation — Presented to Mr. Prabhath Chandrakeerthi |
| 09:42-10:02 | Address — Hon. K.V. Samantha Viddyarathna, Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure |
| 10:02-10:04 | Token of Appreciation — Presented to Hon. K.V. Samantha Viddyarathna |
| 10:04-10:07 | Token of Appreciation — Presented to Hon. Sundaralingam Pradeep, Deputy Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure |
| 10:07-10:17 | Closing Remarks & Vote of Thanks — Dr. M.A.B. Ranatunga, Director, Tea Research Institute of Sri Lanka |
| 10:17-10:20 | National Anthem |