The South Eastern University of Sri Lanka is delighted to announce its 13^th International Symposium (IntSym2025).

The theme “Navigating Technology Transformation for Sustainable Development: Bridging Sciences, Technologies, and Humanities” invites scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to reflect on how the transformative power of technology can be harnessed to foster a sustainable world—one that harmonizes innovation with the well-being of the planet and its inhabitants. From renewable energy breakthroughs to advancements in artificial intelligence, technology holds immense promise for addressing global sustainability challenges. Yet, realizing this potential requires more than technical innovation; it demands ethical foresight, thoughtful integration, and the wisdom of the humanities to ensure technology serves humanity's greater good.

Bridging the sciences, technologies, and humanities provides an essential framework for evaluating the broader implications of technological progress. How can we achieve technological innovation that is environmentally sound, socially responsible, and culturally inclusive? How can ethics, governance, and human values guide the development and deployment of technologies to ensure they contribute to a sustainable and equitable future for all.

IntSym2025 is open for full papers from researchers and research scholars. This is an excellent opportunity to present your research findings. The abstracts of accepted full papers will be published in the conference proceedings, and the downloadable full papers will be available in the library e-repository of SEUSL. Selected papers will be published in the journals of the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.

Dr Azharul Karim is currently working as a Professor in the School of Mechanical, Medical & Process Engineering (MMPE), Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and the director of Advanced Drying and Sustainable Energy Research (ADSER) Group (https://research.qut.edu.au/adser/). His research is directed towards uncovering fundamental understanding of drying process by developing advanced multiscale and multiphase models using theoretical/computational and experimental methodologies. Through his scholarly, innovative, high quality research, he has established his national and international standing in his field. He has authored over 230 peer-reviewed articles, including 140 high quality Journal Papers, five books and 13 book chapters. His papers have attracted more than 11000 Scholar citations with h-index of 46. He is the editor/board member of six reputed journals including Drying Technology and Nature Scientific Reports. He has been keynote/distinguished speaker at scores of international conferences including International Drying Symposium (2022) and invited/keynote speaker in seminars in many reputed universities including Oxford University (2018) and the University of Illinois (2022).