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DESCRIPTION:Date: 7th of November 2026\nVenue: Faculty of Computing and Tec
 hnology\, University of Kelaniya\nTime: 8.30 am - 5.30 pm\n\nWorkshop desi
 gned to maintain high academic and operational standards for all IEEE-spon
 sored conferences.\n\nAgenda: \nTime Session / Topic\n\n8:30 – 9:00 Regi
 stration &amp; Networking\n\n9:00 – 9:10 Welcome Address &amp; Workshop Objectiv
 es\n\n9:10 – 9:35 IEEE Conference Lifecycle: From Conference Application
  to Technical Co-Sponsorship and Financial Co-Sponsorship\n\n9:35 – 10:0
 0 Research Integrity in the Age of Generative AI: Plagiarism\, AI-Assisted
  Content and Publication Ethics\n\n10:00 – 10:30 IEEE Conference Timelin
 es and Conference Quality Governance\n\n10:30 – 10:50 Group Photograph &amp;
  Morning Tea\n\n10:50 – 11:15 Strategic Evaluation of IEEE Technical Co-
 Sponsorship: Requirements\, Readiness and Compliance\n\n11:15 – 11:40 Bu
 ilding and Managing a High-Quality Technical Program Committee: Expertise\
 , Diversity\, Accountability and Performance\n\n11:40 – 12:10 Engineerin
 g a Rigorous Peer-Review Process: Reviewer Selection\, Conflicts\, Quality
  Control and Decision-Making\n\n12:10 – 12:30 From Paper Acceptance to I
 EEE Xplore: Publication Quality\, Compliance and Technical Integrity\n\n12
 :30 – 12:50 Technical Program Quality Clinic – Q&amp;A and Key Takeaways\n
 \n12:50 – 1:45 Lunch\n\n1:50 – 2:15 Mobilizing IEEE Student Branches\,
  Young Professionals\, WIE and Affinity Groups for Conference Success\n\n2
 :15 – 2:40 Conference Quality Roadmap 2027: Key Actions for Sri Lankan I
 EEE Conferences\n\n2:40 – 3:00 Leveraging IEEE Technical Chapters: Exper
 tise\, Distinguished Speakers\, Reviewers and Technical Resources\n\n3:00 
 – 3:20 Designing a High-Quality Technical Program: Tracks\, Special Sess
 ions\, Workshops and Tutorials\n\n3:20 – 3:50 Conference–Technical Cha
 pter Collaboration Lab: Identifying Areas of Interest and Technical Suppor
 t Requirements and Developing the Conference–Chapter Collaboration Actio
 n Plan\n\n3:50 – 4:15 Group Presentations: Technical Areas of Interest a
 nd Required Chapter Support\n\n4:15 – 4:30 Feedback and Refinement of Pr
 oposed Collaborations\n\n4:30 – 4:45 Certificate Awarding\, Concluding R
 emarks &amp; Way Forward\n\n4:45 – 5:00 Evening Tea\n\nFaculty of Computing 
 and Technology\, University of Kelaniya\, Kelaniya\, Sri Lanka\, Sri Lanka
LOCATION:Faculty of Computing and Technology\, University of Kelaniya\, Kel
 aniya\, Sri Lanka\, Sri Lanka
ORGANIZER:s.thiruchittampalam@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:25
SUMMARY:IEEE Sri Lanka Section Conference Quality Management Workshop 2026
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/585499
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 &quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\; &lt;/span&gt;Research Integrity in the Age
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  Paper Acceptance to IEEE Xplore: Publication Quality\, Compliance and Tec
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 ea&lt;/p&gt;
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