Right to Information Commission Chairman Mahinda Gammampila with Commissioners Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena and Selvy Thiruchandran marking International Day for Universal Access to Information, September 28, 2018 in partnership with Sri Lanka Press Institute Chairman Kumar Nadesan and Speaker Karu Jayasuriya.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya addressing the audience

Mr. Mahinda Gammanpila Chairman of the RTI Commission, Sri Lanka addressing the audience

From left to right Mr. Mahinda Gammanpila Chairman of the RTI Commission, Sri Lanka, Hon. Karu Jayasuriya, Speaker of Parliament of Sri Lanka, Mr. Kumar Nadesan Chairman Board of Directors of the Sri Lanka Press Institute, Ms. Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena, Commissioner, RTI Commission of Sri Lanka and Dr. Selvy Thiruchandran Commissioner, RTI Commission of Sri Lanka

From Left to Right Mr. Toby Mendel, Director,Centre for Law and Democracy, Canada, Mr. Habibullah Wajahat, First chief information commissioner ,India, Mr. Wijayananda Jayaweera, Former Director Communication UNESCO Director of UNESCO’s Communication Development Division and UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication, Ms. Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena, Commissioner, RTI Commission of Sri Lanka, Mr. Mizanur Rahman Khan, Joint Editor The Prothom Alo, Bangladesh and Ms. Nandini Sahai, Development Journalist – India

Mr. Wijayananda Jayaweera, Former Director Communication UNESCO Director of UNESCO’s Communication Development Division and UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication moderating the session on Sri Lanka's RTI with Ms. Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena, Commissioner, RTI Commission of Sri Lanka

Mr. Mizanur Rahman Khan, Joint Editor The Prothom Alo, Bangladesh and Ms Nandini Sahai, development journalist, India

Mr. Habibullah Wajahat, First Chief Information Commissioner ,India

Ms. Nandini Sahai, Development Journalist – India

Mr. Toby Mendel, Director, Centre for Law and Democracy, Canada

Panelists

Q & A with Mr Ravi Shankar and Mr Arjuna Ranawana

Q & A - featuring Justice V Sen, former Supreme Court judge, India and Dr Selvy Thiruchandran, Commissioner, Right to Information Commission, Sri Lanka

Q & A with Mr Tharindu Jayawardena of Lankadeepa