Solutions to national challenges to be discussed at Sri Lanka Economic Summit

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IN-2.3 Sri Lankan Government Ministers, Opposition Parliamentarians and Government Advisers will take centre stage at the eighth and last session of the Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2017 to discuss current national challenges faced by the country and possible solutions for those issues.

The session titled, ‘Transformative Solutions to Current National Challenges’ will take into discussion Sri Lanka’s ongoing reconciliation process, economic reform agenda, law and order situation, national debt burden and also issues in waste disposal management, etc.

State Minister of Finance Eran Wickramaratne, Minister of International Trade Sujeewa Senasinghe, Deputy Minister of Economic Development Dr. Harsha De Silva, Member of Parliament Sunil Handunnetti, Member of Parliament Vidura Wickremanayake and National Human Resources Development Council Chairman Dinesh Weerakkody will sit for the panel discussion. The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce has also invited Minister of Justice and Buddhasasana Wijeyadasa Rajapaksa to take part in this discussion, which will be moderated by Shehan Baranage, who is the Executive Director of News and Current Affairs of Swarnavahini.

IN-2.1 IN-2.2 The two day annual summit, organised by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce will take place on 25 and 26 July at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel, Colombo under the title of ‘Execute – Transform – Realize’. Sunshine Holdings PLC comes in as the Platinum Sponsor of the event, Standard Chartered Bank enters the fray as the Gold Sponsor, Fonterra Brands as the Silver Sponsor and Dialog Axiata is the Telecommunications Partner; whilst Janashakthi Insurance, Prima Group, and Nestle Lanka join in as the strategic partners. Echo Wave comes is the Digital Events Platform Partner and OMD of OmniCom Media Group is the communications partner. If you wish to take part in the event, please call on 115588877, email to [email protected], or visit the event site www.srilankaeconomicsummit.com.