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Over 200 participants, comprising leading academics, policy makers and intellectuals from over 30 countries will come together in Colombo, Sri Lanka for the 2019 Asia Liberty Forum to discuss challenges facing the Asian region and to learn from each other on how to most effectively advance free-market reforms.
Asia Liberty Forum is an annual event by the United States based Atlas Network, co-hosted in partnership with Advocata Institute.
The Asia Liberty Forum will be held from 28 February-1 March at the Hilton Colombo and is the largest gathering of pro-market think tanks, business leaders, professionals, high net worth individuals and policy leaders in Asia. It’s a platform to discuss and present policy solutions for economic concerns in Asia and Sri Lanka.
The 2019 Asia Liberty Forum (ALF) will be held at the Hilton Colombo, from 28 February to 1 March. Prof. Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Vice Chancellor of the Ashoka University, India, will deliver the keynote address on ‘Freedom at Risk’ at the Freedom Dinner on 28March, while other dignitaries, business leaders and academics will grace the event.
Themes explored this year includes the State of Capitalism and freedom in Asia, privacy issues in the digital age,fast-tracking courts,currency depreciation andurbanisation.
Distinguished speakers at the forum include, Prof.Razeen Sally (National University of Singapore); Prof. Rohan Samarajiva (Chair –LirneAsia); Dr. Ajay Shah (National Institute for Public Finance and Policy, India); Nighat Dad (Digital Rights Foundation, Pakistan) Dr.Tom Palmer (Atlas network, USA), Dr.Christer Ljunwall (ENC Global, China) and Dr. Ross McCleod (Australian National University) amongst others.
The Asia Liberty Forum is a rare opportunity to meet, network and interact with some incredible minds in the field of economics and policy. For more information on the forum, speakers, schedule and tickets visit www.alf19.com.
