Sri Lanka Economic Summit (SLES) 2020, organised by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC), will be hosted as a virtual event for the first time, due to the ongoing global health crisis.

SLES 2020 is scheduled to take place on December 1 and 2, 2020, gathering participants from across the world on to an online platform, to deliberate on the theme ‘Roadmap for Take-Off: Driving a People-Centric Economic Revival’. 

The two-day virtual event will bring together key policymakers, business leaders as well as the input of top international thought leaders, to identify the steps in developing a ‘Roadmap for Take-Off’.

The CCC said the theme is reflective of the need to accelerate the post-pandemic economic recovery and focus on the key levers to drive a people-centric economic revival.

While several sessions will be linked to the theme, which would discuss the role of the private sector and governance mechanism in driving the economic recovery, in-depth sessions have been planned to focus on sectors such as agriculture and tourism.

Local industry and manufacturing will also be in focus, in terms of upgrading the value-addition by leveraging local resources.

“SLES 2020 will also be exploring the role of leveraging technology, in terms of driving economy revival. The audience will also be able to better understand the policy options and outlook, in terms of local and global economic recovery,” the CCC said.