Senasinghe to participate in Harvard University meeting

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State Minister for International Trade Sujeewa Senasinghe has been formally invited for the second time to attend a prestigious meeting at the Centre for International Development (CID) at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

This latest program is a platform where 100 leading international policymakers, Chief Executive Officers, Heads of foundations and multilateral organisations and development experts will meet and discuss important issues relating to global sustainable development and prosperity.

Furthermore the conference known as Global Empowerment Meeting (GEM17) will examine innovations and inspire discussion towards joint action to address these issues.

The discussion will largely focus on moral foundations and societal identities and how these forces play an important part in policy making and setting priorities in today’s development agenda.

Among the leading speakers are Robert Wright, Bestselling author and journalist; Dani Rodrik, Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard, Joshua Greene, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Moral Cognition Lab at Harvard; Maria Ramos, CEO of Barclays Africa Group Ltd.: Michele Lamont, Director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and Mark Blyth, Professor of Political Economy at Brown University.

Senasinghe has had a strong connection with Harvard University’s Centre for Economic Development (CID) having participated earlier in August to September 2016 at an Executive Education Program titled ‘Mastering Trade Policy: Understanding and Acting in Today’s Economy,’ which was initiated by Prof. Robert Z Lawrence of Harvard University.

Hence the participation by the State Minister at the 9th annual Global Empowerment Meeting will be an excellent opportunity for him to interact with many leading figures in a wide spectrum of specialisations and to make a strong case in favour of Sri Lanka as a partner for trade and for Foreign Direct Investment.