Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2017 kicks off today

Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2017 will be inaugurated this morning with the participation of Principal Economic Adviser to Government of India Sanjeev Sanyal, Central Bank Governor Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Finance State Minister Eran Wickramaratne, Economic Planning Deputy Minister Dr. Harsha de Silva and Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Chairman Rajendra Theagarajah.

 The two-day event, which is the country’s foremost economic summit and organised for the 17th consecutive year, will be held under the title of ‘Execute – Transform – Realize’. Eight thematic sessions will be conducted during the summit, while the inaugural session will be held under the title of ‘Accelerating Growth and Pushing for Performance’.

Over 50 resource persons, consisting of high-profile cabinet ministers, policymakers, business leaders and academics will take their seats to share insights and also make recommendations on how Sri Lanka can transform its economy to realize its true potential by right execution of plans.

Seventeen foreign speakers, leaders in their respective fields, will bring in an international perspective to the summit discussions, which will be held at Cinnamon Grand Hotel, Colombo.

The summit will see the attendance of 400 participants and the majority consists of high-profile corporate executives, senior public sector officials, academics and also sectoral representations.