AAT Sri Lanka International Conference 2011

The Association of Accounting Technicians Sri Lanka (AATSL) will hold a two-day international conference on September 27 and 28 at Hotel Galadari Colombo.

The inaugural ceremony will commence at 6.00 pm on September 27 and the conference theme will be Confronting the New Economic Landscape.

This theme has been chosen to address the crucial issues of the volatile business environment following the global financial meltdown, natural disasters and regulatory changes.

Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM) Director Prof Uditha Liyanage will deliver the keynote address at the conference.

Other special invitees will be AAT CEO UK Jane Scott Paul, AAT Australia CEO Robert Comelli and HKI AAT President Johnson Kong.

There will be four Technical Sessions on Change in the global economic landscape, Practical application of IFRS, Evolutionary changes in Risk Management, and Sustainability reporting.

IMF Sri Lanka and Maldives Representative Dr Koshy Mathai, KPMG Ford Rhodes Partner Riyaz Mihular, HSBC CFO M Fadhil Jiffry, Life Insurance Corporation India Chairman Dinesh Kumar Mehrotra and STING Consultants CEO Ruchi Gunawardena will make presentations and Lanka Orix Leasing Deputy General Manager Jithendra Gunatilake will be the guest speaker on the topic of Risk resilience and resurgence: The Japanese experience at the technical sessions.

Bartleet Transcapital will be the main sponsor of the event.

The media sponsor is the Daily News.