Airtel Lanka powers World Construction Symposium

Airtel Lanka announced it would power the World Construction Symposium 2012 as Official Communications Partner organised by the Ceylon Institute of Builders (CIOB) from June 28 to 30, 2012 at the BMICH, Colombo with President, Mahinda Rajapaksa and Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Gotabhya Rajapaksa. as special invitees.

Sathish Ratnayake, Head - Post Paid Sales, Airtel Lanka, Kalana De Alwis, Co Chairman, W ord Construction Symposium 2012, Ruwan De Silva, Vice President, CIOB, Saliya Kaluarachchi, Hony Secretary, CIOB, Dr. Rohan Karunaratne, President, CIOB, Suren Goonewardene, CEO and MD, Airtel Lanka, Sagara Gunawardena, Chairman. World Construction Symposium and Jaikish Tudawe, Vice President, CIOB

Speaking about the partnership, Suren Goonewardene, CEO – Sri Lanka, Bharti Airtel said, “Airtel Lanka actively seeks out partnerships that have the potential to develop local industry, showcase new methodologies and technologies and open up new opportunities. These strategic thrusts correlate well with Airtel’s ethos of forging new ways of enriching the lives of our customers and maximizing our reach and growth opportunities.”

He continued “As a global brand, we are poised to leverage our international presence to facilitate a platform for Sri Lankan construction industry professionals to share and adopt learning’s with key international stakeholders from around the world which augurs well for the industry’s future.”

Dr. Rohan Karunaratne, the President of the CIOB said, “The Ceylon Institute of Builders is pleased to organise the ‘Global Challenges in Construction Industry’ International Symposium, which comes at a very fitting time for Sri Lanka. We are honoured to host this symposium that would help industry stakeholders develop an understanding of challenges faced by the global industry, while having an opportunity to expand their international network.

I would also like to thank our sponsor Airtel Lanka for pledging their support and making this event a possibility.”

Airtel Lanka’s allegiance to the World Construction Symposium 2012 underlies the company's strategy of supporting Sri Lanka’s booming construction industry and assisting with the alignment of this boom with responsible and green construction against a backdrop of post-conflict reconstruction.

The World Construction Symposium 2012 aims to help industry stakeholders develop and understand the challenges faced by the global industry, while giving them an opportunity to expand their international network.

The Symposium will be attended upon by 150 dignitaries from countries such as Singapore, India, Ghana, Nigeria, Pakistan, UK, Malaysia, New Zealand and Australia and will share information on current challenges facing the construction industry as well as the issue of green/responsible construction in today’s world market.