NASTEC

Inaugural Technical Consultation Meeting of the 10th Biennial Conference on Science and Technology (BICOST X โ€“ 2026)

The National Science and Technology Commission (NASTEC) successfully convened the Inaugural Technical Consultation Meeting of the 10th Biennial Conference on Science and Technology (BICOST X โ€“ 2026) on 22 May 2026 at the Sethsiripaya Premises, Battaramulla. As Sri Lankaโ€™s flagship biennial platform dedicated to science, technology, innovation, and evidence-informed policymaking, BICOST continues to foster national dialogue on emerging priorities critical to sustainable development. Marking its 10th milestone edition, BICOST X is being organized under the theme: โ€œ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž-๐ƒ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž: ๐€ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข-๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐จ๐š๐๐ฆ๐š๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐‘๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐€๐๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ซ๐ข ๐‹๐š๐ง๐ค๐šโ€

The consultation meeting brought together Technical Working Group members, experts, institutional representatives, and NASTEC officials to deliberate on existing disaster resilience initiatives, identify prevailing gaps and challenges, and explore strategic and collaborative approaches towards strengthening science-based resilience mechanisms in Sri Lanka. The discussions also contributed towards the development of a national roadmap and working framework that integrates science, technology, research, and innovation into disaster preparedness, response, adaptation, and long-term resilience planning. Through BICOST X, NASTEC aims to strengthen multi-stakeholder collaboration and promote the role of science and technology in building a resilient, sustainable, and future-ready Sri Lanka.

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