Thirtieth ICASL National Conference

The 30th National Conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICASL) will be held from September 18-19, at the Water's Edge, Battaramulla.

The theme of this year's conference is "Leading a New Beginning". Chairman of the Conference Committee Sujeewa Rajapakse said, "This year's theme focuses on our situation today. We are today at the end of possibly the worst financial crisis that we will see in our lifetime. At the same time our country has been rid of what was the single largest negative factor holding back economic progress for the past two and a half decades.

World economic crisis or not, we now need to embrace this new beginning before us and start realizing the opportunities that are 'apparent' as well as those that are 'not-so-apparent'. With renewed energy and the new mindset we need, we will be leading a new beginning that will create a new future of hope, opportunity and peace in Sri Lanka".

A much looked forward to event in Sri Lanka's corporate calendar for three decades, the main sponsors of this 30th National Conference are Hatton National Bank, John Keells Group, Sri Lanka Insurance, Sri Lanka Telecom and Tokyo Cement Group.

Chairman of the Technical Committee Channa Gunasekera said that a group of eminent and respected corporate personalities from overseas as well as from Sri Lanka will conduct the technical sessions and take participants through five main presentations titled - 'Leaders and Market Makers', 'Agile Organizations', 'Making Corporate Boards More Accountable', 'Cash Alert' and 'Common Cents'.