The annual flagship C-suite event of CIMA Sri Lanka, the Business Leaders Summit titled ‘What’s Next: The changing business landscape’ will be held on September 11. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will be in attendance as the Chief Guest, during the keynote address.
This year’s discussions are underpinned by the wider concept of business innovation; how organizations are adopting digital business models whilst creating value for their stakeholders and addressing pressing issues such as climate change and global and domestic factors which have an impact on their business practices.
Mohit Pande (Country Head - India, Google Cloud) will deliver the keynote on how Google is disrupting traditional business models, with a particular focus on Google’s future developments and how organizations will have to adapt to remain agile in the face of such challenges. Currently Pande leads Google’s business for Cloud in India and has extensive experience in the technology industry in India and South East Asia. Another key presentation at this year’s summit will be delivered by Azran Osman-Rani (CEO, iflix Malaysia and Group COO, iflix). Osman-Rani will share his insights on cultivating a global mindset for organizational growth and how Asia’s emergence as an economic power presents new opportunities that organizations can take advantage of.
Leading other presentations at the summit will be Clehan Pulle (CEO,Fintech), Chris Dharmakirthi (venture capitalist/ public sector administrator), Manju Gunawardene (Group CEO Research and Innovation, LOLC and Senior Scientist, Sri Lanka Nanotechnology Institute), Dr Ravi Fernando (Lecturer, Insead), Subramanium Easswaren (Founding Director, Carbon Consulting Company) and Tilak Dissanayake (Inventor).
These discussions will focus on building thriving business models amidst technological disruption, integrating sustainability to corporate strategies and how to best position Sri Lanka as a regional economic and technology hub.
Lending their support for this year’s summit are Janashakthi Insurance, Hayleys PLC, Hayleys Advantis, Bank of Ceylon, Hayleys Café Pixel, Dialog TV, Learn TV, Iron One, DIMO and Sarva.
This year’s event will be held at the Cinnamon Grand Colombo from 9:00am onwards, with the keynote address scheduled for 6:30pm. For more information and reservations, email the CIMA Colombo office at CIMA.BLS@aicpa-cima.com.
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