The 2nd IBC Convocation was officially declared opened by The Rector, Ven. Prof Dhammajoti for the conferment of degrees on 2nd August 2009. On stage to witness the event were the chairman,Ven Wei Wu, the honored guests and speakers, academic staffs, while students and recipients of degrees /certificates, and well-wishers both local and foreign took their seats in the well decorated auditorium.
Prof Willemen, Vice-Rector for research and postgraduate studies, presented the citation of Prof Karunadasa, who was invited by the council of IBC to deliver the convocation address.

Three students received their scrolls for Master of Arts in Buddhist studies and three graduated with Bachelor of Arts in Religious studies. The convocation also presented fifteen students with certificates of post graduate in Buddhist studies and two with certificates in Buddhist studies.

The end of the ceremony ushered in an atmosphere of joy and jubilation as students, relatives, well-wishers, friends and management & staffs of IBC were seem busily snapping photographs among themselves for remembrance.