Opportunities for businesses from megaprojects to come into focus at Sri Lanka Economic Summit

Sri Lanka’s proposed mega development projects, such as the Western Region Megapolis, Hambantota Logistics and Industrial Zone and the ongoing Colombo Port City, will come under the spotlight at the upcoming Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2017.

In a session titled ‘Realizing the Potential of Mega Development Projects’, speakers will share insights on the significant opportunities these projects will provide for both domestic and international businesses.

The session will kick off with presentations made by Hang Tian - Deputy General Manager of China Merchant Port Holdings Company Ltd, Sanjay Ganesh Ubale - Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Tata Realty and Infrastructure Ltd. and Dr. Qu Jain - Vice President of China Development Institute and the Expert Committee Member of the Ministry of Commerce of China.

Later in the session they will join in for a panel discussion which will also include Nadija Tambiah - ‎Head of Legal, Secretarial and CSR of John Keells Holdings Plc and Lakshman Jayasekera - Project Director, Ministry of Megapolis and Western Province Development. The session moderator will be Shamindra Kulamannage - Editor-In-Chief, Echelon Magazine.

The session, one out of the eight high-profile sessions planned at the summit, will focus on the challenges Sri Lanka’s technocrats and legal system face in negotiating and regulating multibillion dollar and multi-decade megaproject concessions, international lessons gained from similar projects, how Sri Lankan companies can grab a piece of the action and latch onto the global supply chain linkages these megaprojects create and what implications such projects will have on jobs and the Sri Lankan people.

The two-day annual summit, organised by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, will take place on 25 and 26 July at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel, Colombo under the title ‘Execute – Transform - Realize’. 

Sunshine Holdings Plc comes in as the Platinum Sponsor of the event, Standard Chartered Bank enters the fray as the Gold Sponsor and Fonterra Brands as the Silver Sponsor while Dialog Axiata is the Telecommunications Partner. Janashakthi Insurance, Prima Group and Nestle Lanka join in as the strategic partners. Meanwhile, Echo Wave comes is as the Digital Events Platform Partner and OMD of the Omnicom Media Group is the communications partner. For those who wish to take part in the event, please call 115588877, email [email protected] or visit the event site www.srilankaeconomicsummit.com