SL Economic Summit next month

The Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2016 to be held from August 2 to 3 at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel, Colombo, will discuss the country's economy in length and depth, a Ceylon Chamber of Commerce official said.

The chief guest will be President Maithripala Sirisena. Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake and Central Bank Governor, Dr. Indrajith Coomaraswamy will deliver the keynote speeches at session 1 on 'Accelerating Growth, Pushing for Performance'.

This will be followed by a panel discussion with three resource people, CEO of Pemandu, Malaysia, Dato Sri Idris Jala, former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank, W. A. Wijewardena and Chairman of IPS, Professor Razeen Sally.

Chairperson of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, Samantha Ranatunga will deliver the welcome address, while the former Chairperson Suresh Shah will moderate the panel discussion of the first session.

The annual event, which attracted 450 top executives last year, falls in line with some of the Chambers key principals, such as creating a market oriented and a private sector led economy, an economy based on competitiveness, driven by exports, attracting quality FDIs and making Sri Lanka a preferred investment destination.