Foreword by the co-chairs

ICTER is now recognized as a significant annual event in the academic and research calendar of ICT researchers in Sri Lanka and in the region having being conducted for the 15th successive year. This is amply illustrated by the fact that ICTER has been able to attract a large number of paper submissions this year numbering 130 from all over the world, out of which 44 full papers and 32 poster presentations have been accepted after a double blind peer review process. Moreover, this year, we are proud to collaborate with the organizers of the 8th International conference on Ubi-Media Computing in co-locating two conferences offering the maximum benefit to the research community. The two day conference with five parallel tracks consisting of key note speeches, paper and poster presentation and mini symposia will enable the widest exposure to the attendee this year. We would like to express our gratitude to the dedicated work of the program committee in reviewing the papers; the steering committee for their excellent planning in attracting the Ubi-media partners to this year's event and the planning that was required for the combined event. We would also like to extend our thanks to all the financial sponsors, who have been with us over the years, and all those who have tirelessly worked to bring the event into fruition. We wish all participants an extremely fruitful two days of deliberations and leading to many more collaborations between the research and the industry communities in extending the horizons of the ICT landscape in Sri Lanka.