Events & Activity

It was great to share my experience as an international student and share a few tips and tricks I leveraged during my journey. The energy of the audience was spectacular!

My key takeaways were as follows,

🏅 Attend as much as networking events/meetups as early as you can (specially if you're still an undergrad)

🏅 Personal branding is the key, Work on your branding from day one. Don't let society pick your brand, Re-create yourself by forging a new identity and wear it proudly.

🏅 You have to push yourself out of your comfort zone and find yourself in states of discomfort so you can expose the boundary conditions. That's how you reach your true potential. Otherwise, you are just emotionally and intellectually stunted.

As vice-chair of the ACS (Australian Computer Society) Emerging Professionals Committee Victoria, I am beyond thrilled to say that last night's panel discussion was a huge success! Our speakers were nothing short of amazing, sharing their top-secret tips for navigating the pathway to workforce success.

The room was alive with energy and excitement as our student and graduate audience soaked up every last drop of wisdom. From #networking strategies that will blow your mind to #resume tips that will knock your socks off, our speakers gave attendees an arsenal of tools to help them ace their #careers.

As part of a WEPN (Wyndham Emerging Professional Network) member, I had the honor of hosting this exciting panel discussion as part of our first Wyndham Emerging Professionals Networking Event in 2023. 

The focus of the event was on mental health and well-being across various domains. I would like to extend a special thanks to the Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions, Equal Ed, @Opportunity Wyndham, and the Wyndham City Council for making this possible.

As a member of the Blockchain COI Victoria, We have successfully organised a few networking events throughout the last few months covering various topcs such as:

• Tokenisation and Blockchain

• Blockchain Security and Web3

• Blockchain and Music NFTs

I was invited by #CinnamonChatWithNethila to speak on the topic "Lead Your Life to Success"

Having come to Australia 5 years ago, a strong mindset and a blend of both soft and technical skills assisted me with accomplishing everything I could ever hope for. Also, both #Networking and #PersonalBranding became fundamental skills and played a critical role in my journey.​

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With the ongoing circumstance in Sri Lanka, it is my personal opinion that it is necessary for any young professional to have such a strong mental level and the numerous abilities I have referenced here. All of that was discussed in this program and how to survive in a foreign country as an international student was also covered (There are a couple of secret tips too!)​

I believe this program will provide value to those who wish ​ to become international students, those who are newly joining the workforce, those who plan to enter the workforce in the next few years, and young IT professionals in both Sri Lanka and abroad. ​ 

සවන්දෙන්න ඕස්ට්‍රේලියානු පරිඝණක සංගමයේ (ACS) හි වාර්ෂික සම්මාන උළෙලේ මෙවර, නැගී එන තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණ වේදියා සම්මානයේ අවසන් නිර්දේශිත නාම අතරට තේරුන මෙල්බර්න් හි දිලාන් කල්ප ජයසේකර SBS සිංහල ගුවන්විදුලියට කියන කතාව


Listen to Melbourne's Dilan Kalpa Jayasekara speak to SBS Sinhala Radio after he was shortlisted for this year's Emerging IT Platform Award at the Australian Computer Society's (ACS) annual awards ceremony.