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objective in mind, the annual flagship event of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka), the National Conference of Chartered Accountants will focus on how chartered accountants can spearhead the drive to achieve further growth through innovation.
The 34th National Conference of Chartered Accountants centering around the theme ‘Innovate to Grow,’ will be held from 24 to 26 October 2013 at Waters Edge, Battaramulla, with two days of technical sessions featuring an expert panel of local and foreign resource personnel. Held since 1979, the National Conference is among the Institute’s flagship events and one of the most anticipated conferences in the corporate calendar.
CA Sri Lanka President Sujeewa Rajapakse highlighted that every year the national conference sees an impressive participation of chartered accountants. He said last year alone, over 1,200 chartered accountants including top business leaders representing leading companies in the country participated at the conference, making it one of the most sought after conference’s in recent times.
He noted that innovation is among the main drivers of economic progress and well-being, as well as a potential factor in meeting global challenges in domains such as the environment, health, climate change, sustainable development. This year’s conference will focus how chartered accountants can take the lead in bringing about innovation. “At a juncture when our country is witnessing various advances, innovation can help spur further economic and infrastructure growth in Sri Lanka, which makes this both timely and vital,” he added.
National Conference Committee Chairman Lasantha Wickremasinghe emphasised that the conference over the last three decades has built a reputation as a business summit that provokes thoughts and spurs insights into broad economic and business issues apart from its core emphasis on finance related topics.
“The conference of chartered accountants which is held in accordance to international standards focuses on the most pertinent themes featuring the best of local and foreign experts. This year too, every effort has been taken to provide our participants with a very refreshing and edifying experience,” Wickremasinghe added.
National Conference Technical Committee Chairman Dulitha Perera underscored that in today’s business context innovation is necessary if businesses are to succeed. “Keeping this important objective in mind, this year’s conference will focus on how both professionals and business can innovate to grow thereby ensuring all round success,” he pointed out.
As always, this year’s event as in previous conferences will feature an eminent panel of both local and foreign experts who will enlighten participants on innovations that have taken place in the spheres of manufacturing, service sector and social networking while emphasising how innovation has helped conquer new markets shedding insights into some of the innovation-driven success stories the world has seen.
“The two day long technical sessions will explore the means of managing risks connected with innovation and how to foster a more conducive environment for innovation within an organisation including the significance of leadership in driving innovation,” Perera said.
CA Sri Lanka CEO Aruna Alwis noted that due to the overwhelming demand last year, the institute had to transmit the conference sessions through webcast, so the conference could reach a larger audience, due to limited seating capacity at the conference venue.
The first session on day 1 is titled ‘Innovation in Action,’ followed by ‘Leading Innovation, Conquering New Markets and Creative Social Networking,’ while day 2 will cover ‘Managing Risks in Innovation’ and ‘Service Innovation’. The conference’s Chief Guest will be Maruti Suzuki India Head R.C Barghava, and the keynote speech will be delivered by former NZ Finance Minister Ruth Richardson.
