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ICCSL in partnership with Daily FT, Daily Mirror, CA Sri Lanka, GPW Sri Lanka, HR Cornucopia, Job Enrich, PIBT, hSenid, LearnTV and CareerMe will host a webinar to discuss ‘The Role of Education, Skills and HR for Sri Lanka’s Success’ on Wednesday 18 August from 4 p.m. onwards. The event will be aired on the ICCSL, Daily FT and CA Sri Lanka FB pages.
According to the WEF in 2020, the global workforce lost an equivalent of 255 million full-time jobs, an estimated $3.7 trillion in wages and 4.4% of global GDP, a staggering toll on lives and livelihoods. While vaccine rollout has begun and the growth outlook is predicted to improve, an even socio-economic recovery is far from certain. The choices made by policymakers, business leaders, workers and educators today will shape economies for years to come.
At this critical crossroads political and business leaders must consciously, proactively and urgently lay the foundations of a new social order, rebuilding economies so they provide opportunity for all. In this context, public and private sectors have to play a key role to provide better skills, jobs and education through initiatives to close the skills gap and prepare for the ongoing technological transformation of the future of work.
The keynote addresses will be delivered by PeopleStrong CEO and Aon Hewitt Consulting Services, South Asia former CEO Sandeep Chaudhary AICPA Managing Director Global Markets Irene Teng and CIMA and CMA Founder Prof. Lakshman Watawala.
The webinar will be followed by a panel discussion with ILO Senior Specialist Employers’ Activities South Asia Ravi Peiris, Citizens Development Business Finance PLC MD/CEO Mahesh Nanayakkara, HR Cornucopia South Asia Founder and GSK South Asia former VP HR N. Ahmedali, GSK Consumer Health Care India former Chairman and Professional Skills Council India Director P. Dwarkanath, People’s Bank Chairman and BDO Partners Managing Partner Sujeewa Rajapakse, Global Rubber Industries CEO Mahesha Ranasoma, Deloitte Director Human Capital Advisory Services Prakhar Tripathi, International HR Specialist USA Chitral Amarasiri, University of Greenwich UK Senior Lecturer Law Prof. Justin Brunskell, Lion Brewery Head of HR Surani Amerasinghe, John Keells Holdings Chief People Officer Isuru Gunasekara, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell HR Director Kaushal Mendis, Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC DMG HR Isuru Tillakawardana and Singer Director HR Roshan Kulasuriya. The session will be moderated by Virtusa VP HR Chandi Dharmaratne and ICCSL Chairman Dinesh Weerakkody.
