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Programme
Venue: Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel, Restaurant Long Feng
Tuesday, 23rd May 2017
08:30Registration of participants
Venue: Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel, Duke’s Court 2
09:00Welcome Remarks
•Thomas AWE, Resident Representative, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Japan Office
09:10Opening Remarks
•Michael DOHMEN, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
•Bernard GOONETILLEKE, Chairman, Pathfinder Foundation
09:30Keynote Speech
•Indrajit COOMARASWAMY, Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
09:50A Concise Examination of the Discourse about Social Market Economy and the Role of SMEs in Sri Lanka
•Sirimal ABEYRATNE, Professor of Economics, University of Colombo
10:20Coffee Break
10:50An Introductory Overview of the German Social Market Economy as a Model for South Asia
•Rolf LANGHAMMER, Vice-President, Kiel Institute for the World Economy
11:20Entrepreneurial Women in Sri Lanka
•Dilesha PERERA, Managing Director, Dilshand Co. and Partner, Macron Consultancy
11:50Q&A and discussion moderated by Shihar ANEEZ, Correspondent, Thomson-Reuters
12:15Lunch break
Venue: The Dining Room 1F
13:30 Policies to Facilitate SME Growth in the Sectors of Taxation and Banking
•Andre SCHMIDT, Head of Chair, Macroeconomics and International Economics University of Witten Herdecke
14:00How may MSMEs be Better Served by Public Utilities
•Rohan SAMARAJIVA, Founding Chair, LIRNEasia
14:30Growth and Competitiveness of Sri Lankan SMEs: 3 Selected Areas to Consider
•Anushka WIJESINHA, Chief Economist, Ceylon Chamber of Commerce
15:00The Significance of Vocational and Dual Education Systems for SMEs in Germany
•Michael ZIBROWIUS, Economist., Vocational Education and Training, Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW Köln)
15:30 Coffee Break
16:00Q&A and discussion moderated by Shihar ANEEZ, Correspondent, Thomson-Reuters
16:30Wrap Up and Final Thoughts
•Luxman SIRIWARDENA, Executive Director, Pathfinder Foundation
17:00Closing Remarks
•Thomas AWE, Resident Representative, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Japan Office
17:30Working Dinner for Conference Participants
Venue: The Dining Room 1F
Wednesday, 24th May 2017
10:00Meeting in the Hotel Lobby and transfer to The Pathfinder Foundation, Purasarana Building, 34, Sanchi Arachchi Garden, Off St.Sebastian Hill, Colombo 12, Sri Lanka
10:30Courtesy Visit at the Purasarana Office
11:00Transfer to MMBL – Pathfinder Foundation Head Office - Peliyagoda
11:30Meeting at the Pathfinder Foundation: “Debrief and Future Cooperation - Chances for SME-Growth in Sri Lanka“
•Milinda MORAGODA, Founder, Pathfinder Foundation
•Thomas AWE, Resident Representative, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Japan Office
•Michael ZIBROWIUS, Economist., Vocational Education and Training, Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW Köln)
•Andre SCHMIDT, Head of Chair, Macroeconomics and International Economics University of Witten Herdecke
•Rolf LANGHAMMER, Vice-President, Kiel Institute for the World Economy
•KAS and PF staff
12:00Transfer to Working Lunch with the Pathfinder Foundation
12:30Working Lunch on the Kelani River – Hosted by Pathfinder Foundation
14:30Bus transfer from Kelaniya Temple back to the Hotel for Final Debrief
19:00Networking Dinner
Venue: Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel, 8 Degrees
21:00End of Public Conference