Conference Schedule
Opening Plenary
- Understand the current progress of Agenda 2030 in Sri Lanka and elaborate on actions to meet the targets by 2030 - The Session will feature keynotes from highlevel UN, Government and Private Sector Representatives.
Rathika de Silva
Executive Director - UN Global Compact Network Sri Lanka
Sanda Ojiambo
Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact
Hanaa Singer
UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka
Dilhan C. Fernando
CEO - Dilmah Tea / Chairman - UN Global Compact Network Sri Lanka
Robert Juhkam
UNDP Resident Representative in Sri Lanka
Anusha Palpita
Secretary - Ministry of Economic Policies and Plan Implementation
What does a 1.5-degree future mean to business?
- Understand what the code red for humanity (climate emergency) means for business.
- Learn about business mitigation efforts done by setting a net zero target in line with the latest science.
The Session will be moderated by Dr. Ravi Fernando.
Arjun Bhargava
Consultant – Climate Change, UN Global Compact
Roshan Rajadurai
Managing Director - Hayleys Plantations
Shiranee Yasaratne
Advisor - Biodiversity Sri Lanka Secretariat
Bhathiya Bulumulla
Director/CEO, Elpitiya Plantations PLC - Aitken Spence Plantation Managements PLC
Dr. Ravi Fernando
Chairman/CEO - Global Strategic Corporate Sustainability (Pvt) Ltd. Board Member - UN Global Compact Network Sri Lanka
Breaking Gender Barriers in the Boardroom
The Session Objectives are:
- How to influence the largest shareholders in the board to advocate for gender equality.
- Locating/having access to women that are qualified to be on the board.
- Identifying barriers for women to enter the boardroom and practical solutions to overcome those barriers.
- Managing work and life at the board level
- Strategies used by boardmembers to drive active sponsorship of gender equality at the board level.
The Session will be moderated by Dinali Peiris
Sheamalee Wickramasingha
Group Managing Director of Ceylon Biscuits Limited (CBL) Group
Thothathri Vaikuntam
Resident Director and Center Head - HCL Technologies
Pavithra Samarasinghe
Director Finance, A. Baur & Company (Private) Limited
Hiran Cooray
Chairman, Jetwing Symphony PLC
Sarah Knibbs
The Office in Charge and Deputy Regional Director, UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Dinali Peiris
Director Organizational Development - Group Human Resources at MAS Holdings
Financing for the SDGs - the next big opportunity
- To identify opportunities and mechanisms to direct corporate finance and investments toward the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- How banks can support businesses to tap into financing options available to invest towards the SDGs
- How can impactful corporate investments be financed? How can such investments access low-cost financing solutions?
- The case for businesses to invest in SDGs that are country priority – i.e. the need to scale up investment in green finance and climate resilience
The session will be moderated by Nilanthi Sivapragasam
Louise Scott
Director, Global Sustainability, PwC United Kingdom
S. Renganathan
Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer at the Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC
Malin Herwig
Deputy Resident Representative - UNDP in Sri Lanka
Darshana Gunasekera
Group Finance Director - Dilmah Ceylon Tea Company PLC
Nilanthi Sivapragasam
Director & Managing Director at Aitken Spence Corporate Finance (Pvt) Ltd
The Future of Work and Skills
- Decent Work and UN Global Compact Labor Principles.
- Diversity and Inclusion in the workforce .
- Essential Future skills for employability.
- Challenges to the Future of work in business (Work from home, remote working, flexible work and freelancing).
- Business and Human Rights and the Future of work.
- Business Continuity and resilience.
The session will be moderated by Supun Weerasinghe
Prof. Ajith De Alwis
Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Moratuwa
Dagmar Walter
Director, Decent Work Team South Asia and India - ILO
Mangala Yapa
Director General & Chief Executive Officer at The Employers Federation of Ceylon
Dilrukshi Kurukulasuriya
Chief Human Resources Officer - Diesel & Motor Engineering PLC
Supun Weerasinghe
Director & Group Chief Executive Officer at Dialog Axiata PLC
MSMEs as a Boon: Surviving COVID-19
- To understand the current condition of SMEs globally during these unprecedented times, and the compounded challenges they face now because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the measures they have taken to overcome these obstacles.
- To hear from local representatives in the SME sector in Sri Lanka about the many challenges faced by SMEs and the steps they have taken to overcome these hurdles. To recognize the various support mechanisms that are in place to assist the development of SMEs and understand what more needs to be done to help SMEs continue to play a pivotal role in driving economic growth in Sri Lanka.
The Session will be moderated by Denver De Zylva (TBC).
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