Keynote
AI as an academic co-pilot
Speaker announcement soon
How students can pair with language models to read faster, think sharper and keep their own voice intact.
21 August 2026NIBM School of Business, Colombo 08
Intelligence,SparkED.
A one day gathering on artificial intelligence and the way we study, research and build. Hosted by Batch 25.3 of the Digital Marketing & Brand Management Degree Pathway at NIBM School of Business.
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01About the event
SparkED is where students meet the machines that are rewriting academic life.
SparkED is an event organized by Batch 25.3 of the Digital Marketing & Brand Management Degree Pathway at the NIBM School of Business. It brings speakers working with artificial intelligence into one room with students, to talk plainly about how AI improves academic life research, writing, creativity, careers and where the honest limits are.
No hype keynote, no vendor pitch. Working sessions, a live workshop, a panel that argues, and a room full of people who will graduate into this.
Date21 August 2026
VenueHall No. 201, NIBM School of Business
HostNIBM School of Business
PathwayDigital Marketing & Brand Management Degree Pathway
BatchBatch 25.3
EntryRegister to reserve a seat
02Guest Facilitator
Workshop
Founder & Host, TechTrack
Malinda Alahakoon
Science Communicator | Tech Educator
Malinda Alahakoon brings TechTrack's energy to SparkED. In a hands-on session, he'll translate the science of AI into practical tools for research, writing, and student creativity.
Guest Facilitator — WorkshopTechTrack Special: AI for Academic Life
03Sessions & speakers
Four sessions on what AI actually changes.
Industry session
Machines that market
Speaker announcement soon
What generative tooling has actually changed inside brand teams, and the skills that survived the shift.
Workshop — TechTrack
AI for academic life
Malinda Alahakoon
A hands-on session with Malinda Alahakoon, Founder & Host of TechTrack, turning AI into practical tools for research, writing, and student creativity.
Panel
The graduate of 2030
Speaker announcement soon
Academics and practitioners argue about what a degree is worth when every answer is one prompt away.
04Run of the day
One day,eight moments.
- 08.30
Doors & registration
Coffee, badges, a room warming up.
- 09.15
Opening — SparkED
Batch 25.3 sets the frame for the day.
- 09.45
Keynote
AI as an academic co-pilot.
- 11.00
Industry session
Machines that market.
- 12.30
Lunch & networking
Meet the people behind the ideas.
- 13.45
Workshop
Prompting for research, hands-on.
- 15.15
Panel
The graduate of 2030.
- 16.30
Closing & photographs
The gallery starts here.
05The gallery
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Open the collectionPhotographs from 21 August 2026 land here after the event. Until then, the frames hold their place.
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The opening
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Keynote stage
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Front row
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Workshop floor
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Panel in motion
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06Talk to our people
Questions, partnerships, press.
The organizing team from Batch 25.3 answers everything directly. Pick the desk that fits and write to us.
Hall No. 201, NIBM School of Business
NIBM School of Business, Colombo 08
21 August 2026