Top virologist Prof. Malik Pieris to address FT-ICCSL webinar today

Prof. Malik Pieris

Minister Namal Rajapaksa

CCC and EFC Chairman Vish Govindasamy

The ICCSL-Daily FT webinar in partnership with MBA Alumni Association of University of Colombo and the Rotary Club of Colombo titled ‘A Smart Lockdown – The Need of the Hour?’ will be aired on the

THASL President Sanath Ukwatte

Facebook pages of ICCSL, Daily FT and Lanka News Web social media pages from 4 p.m. onwards.

The keynotes will be delivered by world renowned public health virologist Prof. Malik Pieris, FT columnist and a former Central Bank Senior Deputy Governor W.A. Wijewardena and National Hospital of Sri Lanka Senior Cardiologist Dr. Gotabhaya Ranasinghe. 

Prof. Pieris holds the Tam Wah-Ching Professorship, Division of Public Health Laboratory Sciences, University of Hong Kong, where he continues to lead ground breaking research with a particular interest in newly emerging viruses such as coronaviruses at the animal-human interface.

The webinar will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Minister of Youth and Sports, Development Coordination and Monitoring and State Minister of Digital Technology and Enterprise Development Namal Rajapaksa, Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and Employers’ Federation of Ceylon Chairman Vish Govindasamy, former Sri Lanka Medical Association President Dr. Ruvaiz Haniffa, Infectious Diseases Hospital Senior Consultant Physician Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama, Dialog Axiata PLC CEO Supun Weerasinghe, Hotels Association of Sri Lanka President Sanath Ukwatte, Jetwing Hotels Chairman Shiromal Cooray, Aitken Spence PLC and Lanka Milk Foods (CWE) PLC Director Stasshani Jayawardena, Rotary Club of Colombo President and Sampath Bank PLC Director Aroshi Nanayakkara, and Keells CEO and JKH Head of Retail Industry Group Charith Subasinghe.

The session will be chaired by Arun Dias Bandaranaike and moderated by Daily FT Editor/CEO Nisthar Cassim and ICCSL Chairman Dinesh Weerakkody.