CMA Sri Lanka National Management Accounting Conference next week

CMA Sri Lanka Founder President Prof. Lakshman R. Watawala

Actg. High Commissioner of Canada to Sri Lanka Daniel Bood

IFAC President Alan Johnson

TCS Asia Pacific President Girish Ramachandran

CMA Sri Lanka and SAFA Vice President H.M. Hennayake Bandara

Senior Professor in Accounting Prof. Mangala Fonseka

CMA Sri Lanka Advisory Council Member and SAFA Past President A.N. Raman

• Key event bringing international and local experts to discuss ‘Crises an opportunity to re-build Sri Lanka’

The Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka will hold its 18th Annual Flagship event, the CMA National Management Accounting Conference 2022, on the theme ‘Crises an opportunity to re-build Sri Lanka’ on 31 October and 1 November comprising the inaugural session on 31 October and four technical sessions on 1 November at the Taj Samudra, Colombo.

CMA Sri Lanka set up in 1999, inaugurated in June 2000, was incorporated by Act of Parliament No. 23 of 2009 as the National Professional Management Accounting Institution in Sri Lanka.

The inaugural ceremony of the conference will be held on 31 October from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and the conference will be inaugurated by Chief Guest Actg. High Commissioner of Canada to Sri Lanka Daniel Bood. CMA Sri Lanka Founder President and CMA National Management Accounting Conference 2022 Chairman Prof. Lakshman R. Watawala will welcome the gathering and the keynote address on ‘Digital Technology to Transform Economy & Business in Crisis’ will be delivered by TCS Asia Pacific President Girish Ramachandran.

The Guest of Honour address will be delivered by International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) President Alan Johnson.

The key highlight of the inauguration will be the launch of ‘CMA History Book’ from 1999-2022. The introduction of CMA Sri Lanka History Book ‘In the Interest of our Nation’ will be delivered by Prof. Mangala Fonseka who played a major role in complying it, followed by SAFA President and CMA Sri Lanka Vice President H.M. Hennayaka Bandara, and CMA Sri Lanka Advisory Council Member and SAFA Past President A.N. Raman.

CMA Sri Lanka will award prominent professional accountants who have excelled in professional, business and social activities with the CMA Excellence in Business Awards 2022. CMA Sri Lanka Research Symposium Chairman Prof. Roshan Ajward will detail about the CMA Sri Lanka Research Symposium and the winners will be recognised.

The technical sessions of the conference will be held on 1 November from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Eminent speakers will address the technical sessions. Session 1 will be on the topic ‘Overcoming Economic Crises to Build an Industrious Nation’, Session 2 on ‘State Owned Enterprises – Are they Well Managed or Mismanaged? Overseas and Local Experiences’, Session 3 on ‘Avoiding Fraud and Corruption to Transform Businesses with Benefits to Society’, and Final Session on ‘Value Creation through Sustainability and Integrated Thinking’.

Those who wish to register are requested to send an e-mail to: [email protected].