The Organisation of Professional Associations of Sri Lanka (OPA) will hold its Annual Conference for the 30th consecutive year on September 28 and 29 at the Cinnamon Lakeside.
Each year it selects a conference theme which is relevant and focuses on an issue which is important to professionals as well as the country.This year’s theme is “Strategic Imperatives for Economic Growth” which is of great relevance to the country in the present context.
The Inaugural Ceremony of the 30th Annual Conference will be held on Thursday, 28 September 2017 at the Cinnamon Lakeside, Colombo commencing 5.30 p.m. Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Governor of the Central Bank will be the Chief Guest, and will deliver the inaugural address.
Dr. Adil Malia, Chief Executive and Managing Partner, the FiRM, Mumbai, India, will deliver the Keynote Address. This will be followed by the Technical Sessions will be held on Friday, 29th September 2017 at the same venue. Many intellectuals and senior professionals will attend the
conference.
The sub-theme for the first technical session will be Human Resource Management for Economic Growth. The session will be chaired by Chris Obeysekera, General Manager (Human Resource), Lanka Bell Ltd and will comprise of two presentations. Murali Prakash, Group Managing
Director/Chief Executive Officer, Taprobane Holdings PLC will make a presentation on Key Human Resource Management Challenges and Dharshana Amarasiynghe, General Manager – Marketing & Distributions, Union Assurance, PLC will make a presentation on Managing Skill Gaps.
The sub-theme for the second technical session will be Technology for Economic Growth and will be chaired by Peter D’Almeida, Managing Director/Chief Executive, Noable (Pvt) Ltd and will comprise of two presentations.
The first on Technology Penetration in the Knowledge Economy by Dinesh Saparamadu, Chief Executive Officer, hSenid Business Solution (Pvt) Ltd. and the second on Innovation & Creativity by Rohan Pallewaththa, Executive Chairman, Lanka Harness Company (Pvt) Ltd.The third session on the sub-themeEconomic Development & Political Stability will be chaired by Ruwan Gallage, President, OPA and will also have two presentations. The first will be on New Approaches for Economic
Development by Professor Sirimal Abeyratne, Professor of Economics, Dept. of Economics, University of Colombo and the second on Political Stability for Economic Growth by Anura Kumara Dissanayake MP, Chief Opposition Whip and Leader of the JVP. The final session will be a Panel Discussion which will be moderated by Professor Ajantha Dharmasiri, Director/Chairman, PIM & President, IPM. The Panelists are; Adil Malia, Chief Executive and Managing Partner, the FiRM, Mumbai, India, Dr. M. Ganeshamoorthy, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Colombo, Nishan De Mel, Executive Director and Head of Research, Verite Research and Jonathen Alles, Managing Director Chief Executive Officer, Hatton National Bank.
The proceedings of the annual conference will be published and will be submitted to the Government of Sri Lanka for its consideration. The Organization of Professional Associations of Sri Lanka was established in 1975, mooting the idea of a joint professional body, to cater to the
country’s growing need of professional opinion. Since then the OPA has organized 29 Annual Conferences under various themes and policy papers were also submitted to the Government for inclusion in the National Policy and Budget.
The Print Media sponsors for the event is the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. (ANCL)
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