Economic Summit to stress on energy supply

The 14th annual Sri Lanka Economic Summit which is scheduled to be held from July 9-11 2013 in Colombo will have its sixth session discussing about strategies to manage the energy supply and demand in a more efficient manner for the future.

Energy has been gaining prominence for countries as a national issue and for its people with economies increasing their energy consumption and depletion of world's thermal energy deposits / rise in prices. Sri Lanka as an importer of fuel, amounting to 25% of its total import bill, has been experiencing many issues.

Dr. Anil Cabraal will deliver his keynote speech on 'Meeting the Energy Needs for Tomorrow' during the session. Dr. Anil Cabraal is a co-founder and Director of KMRI Lanka, a renewable energy power development company, an adviser to KMR Infrastructures USA, and an independent consultant in renewable and rural energy. KMRI Lanka is developing a number of dendro power projects in Sri Lanka.

Previously, during his 15 years at the World Bank he was responsible for rural and renewable energy development, including guiding the World Bank Group renewable energy and energy efficiency scale up strategy.

His speech will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Prof Rohan Samarajeewa, Chairman, LirneAsia (Colombo, Sri Lanka).