The Faculty of Nursing, University of Colombo is pleased to announce the 3^rd International Nursing Conference – 2024 (INC 2024) which will be held on 28^th and 29^th November, at the Sri Jayewardenepura Hospitals premises,   Faculty of Nursing, University of Colombo, Thalapathpitiya, Nugegoda. The conference will be conducted as a hybrid event with the participation of local and overseas healthcare professionals and academics.

The theme of the 3^rd International Nursing Conference, “Nursing Beyond Tradition: Advancing Healthcare through Integration of Health Informatics”, is emphasizing the significance of providing collaborative patient-centered care as one team of healthcare professionals and the utilization of new knowledge and technology in providing healthcare. Health informatics, the intersection of healthcare, information technology, and data science, holds immense potential to revolutionize the way nurses deliver care, manage information, and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams. By harnessing the power of digital tools, and advanced analytics, nurses can exceed the constraints of manual processes and empower themselves to provide more efficient, personalized, and evidence-based care. The theme will guide the conference towards an excellent and informative programme consisting of a keynote speech, guest lectures, scientific (Oral and Poster presentation sessions) sessions and post conference workshop for the participants.

INC- 2023 will be an excellent multi-disciplinary platform for academics, healthcare professionals, undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers, and health-related industry representatives to disseminate their knowledge through sharing ideas and discussing the innovations and advancements in the field of healthcare.

The International Nursing Conference 2024 (INC 2024) aims to:

• Disseminate research findings related to providing better healthcare
• Promote the concept of patient-centeredness
• Explore the innovations in clinical practice and health-related technology
• Discuss the advancements in nursing education and research
• The nurses’ role in promoting evidenced-based practice
• Promote collaboration and exchange of ideas and experience with nursing and other healthcare professionals from Sri Lanka and overseas.

Senior Professor H.D. Karunaratne

THE CHIEF GUEST

Vice-Chancellor, University of Colombo

Vidya Jyothi Professor Vajira H.W. Dissanayake

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Chair & Senior Professor of Anatomy

Department of Anatomy, Genetics & Biomedical Informatics

Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo

Registration Fees

* Certificate will be available

** Conference package will be available

Note: All local full-time undergraduates in state universities will be exempted from paying the registration fee upon the verification of their studentship.

Instructions for online payments

• Follow the link at the end of the instructions
• Please select “Conference fee nursing Faculty” for the Fee Type
• Select Visa or Master card type
• Enter your Name, NIC (National Identity Card Number) or Passport Number and select the currency (USD for foreign participants and LKR for local participants)
• Enter the Amount based on your type of registration
• Type the account number ‘437010900000‘ for Payment Reference. Then click the verify button
• Submit your information.
• Check and confirm your details.
• Enter your card details and proceed.
• You should submit the online payment confirmation receipt/screenshot to the registration portal. Therefore, it is important to take a printout of the receipt or take a screenshot of the transaction at the end of the process.

Instructions for direct bank deposits

If you are making a direct bank account deposit, please use following details.

• Name of the Bank – Peoples Bank
• Account Name – University of Colombo
• Address – 75, Havelock Road, Colombo 05.
• Account Number- 437010900000
• In the deposit slip please include your name followed by INC2024 as remarks (Ex: A.B.C.D. Perera – INC2024)
• A clear photo/ scanned copy of the bank slip should be uploaded in the registration form

Note that Direct bank deposits can be done at any branch of People’s Bank under the given account number.

Please submit your abstract to “inc2024@nursing.cmb.ac.lk” along with the author declaration form.