title: International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions
text: # International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions
  
  International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer) is the successor to the seminal International Information Technology Conference (IITC) held in Sri Lanka since 1998. It provides a platform where research done in ICT is presented by both local and foreign Computer Scientists and IT Professionals. In order to get wider international participation and to promote computing research in the fast-emerging regions of the world especially in Asia-Pacific, it was decided to broadbase the IITC conference and link it with the related International Journal ICTer (www.icter.org).
  
  ## Overview
  
  The conference is attended by about 200 researchers and students each year. Topics of interest have included Technology, Applications, Human-Computer Interaction, Development Processes, and Social, Legal and Ethical Issues. The conference usually includes pre-conference and/or post-conference high-quality tutorials/workshops in areas of current interest in Information and Communication Technology.
  
  The conference was initiated to mark the year of IT declared by the Government of Sri Lanka in 1998. Initially, it was organised by the Infotel Lanka Society and managed by the Council for Information Technology (CINTEC). Management was taken over by the University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC) in 2003. Infotel Lanka Society organised by conference until 2006. Currently, the UCSC organise and manage the conference.
  
  ## Conferences
  
  | Year | Conference |
  | - | - |
  | 2020 | 20th ICTER 2020 |
  | 2019 | 19th ICTER 2019 |
  | 2018 | 18th ICTER 2018 |
  | 2017 | 17th ICTER 2017 |
  | 2016 | 16th ICTER 2016 |
  | 2015 | 15th ICTER 2015 |
  | 2013 | 14th ICTer 2013 |
  | 2012 | 13th ICTer 2012 |
  | 2011 | 12th ICTer 2011 |
  | 2010 | 11th ICTer 2010 |
  | 2009 | e-Asia |
  | 2008 | 9th IITC 2008 |
  | 2006 | 8th IITC 2006 |
  | 2005 | 7th IITC 2005 |
  | 2004 | 6th IITC 2004 |
  | 2003 | 5th IITC 2003 |
  | 2002 | 4th IITC 2004 |
  | 2001 | 3rd IITC 2000 |
  | 1999 | 2nd IITC 1999 |
  | 1998 | 1st IITC 1998 |
  
  ## Management
  
  University of Colombo School of Computing 35, Reid Avenue Colombo 00700 Sri Lanka
  
  