EDEX 2008

EDEX was conceived when The Royal College Union, the alumni of The Royal College Colombo, wanted to create an event that intertwined education and employment into one space.

Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), the integrated communications service provider successfully concluded its role as the theme attraction sponsor at EDEX 2008, the country's leading educational and careers fair, which was held recently at the BMICH.

The objective of the fair was to prove Sri Lankan youth with choices, options and opportunities in post secondary education, skills development, vocational and technical training leading to gainful employment, through EDEX.

This novel theme attraction, which showcased the myriad facets of emerging futuristic, digitised lifestyle, enabled visitors to attune their mindsets to limitless new possibilities with regards to technology.

Designed vibrantly with a youthful theme the SLT stall offered visitors a wealth of information on the latest and most sophisticated technology available in the market today, while providing unlimited entertainment, giving them a total technological experience like no other.

The stall featured the use of e-Commerce, e-Learning, social utility networks such as Facebook and chatting mechanisms such as net Messenger, iChat and MSN Messenger. It also featured Mobitel 3.5G and the use of mobile telephony on a 3.5G network, broadband services as well as wireless fidelity (WiFi).

Visitors also had the opportunity to have interactive hands on sessions with the digital technology as well as to blog, write, compose poems, upload videos onto You Tube, create digital art, make one's own music or relax while listening to radio channels from around the world.

They could also watch IPTV or visit the Mobitel corner for a one of a kind experience, featuring 3.5G HSPA technology - the first in South Asia.

EDEX was conceived when The Royal College Union, the alumni of The Royal College Colombo, wanted to create an event that intertwined education and employment into one space. It was endorsed by the Presidential Secretariat, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Skills Development and Vocational Training and Ministry of Labour Relations and Foreign Employment.