McNamara, P2026-01-062025-10-10978-624-6010-11-92783 – 8862https://rda.sliit.lk/handle/123456789/4385This is an exciting time to be in Sri Lanka. Many opportunities are present. The complex problems will be best solved with cross-cutting answers involving perspectives from the humanities, social science, and natural science. No longer are the traditional narrow disciplines of academe sufficient. What is needed is a culture of creativity and innovation. I am excited to engage with the participants and organizers of this 2025 SICASH conference, who are at the cutting edge of this interdisciplinary approach to problem-solving in Sri Lanka and beyond.encutting edgenatural sciencesocial scienceinterdisciplinary approachproblem-solvingArticlehttps://doi.org/10.54389/LLUL1110