Quest For Balance – 20-22 October 2011

32nd National Conference of Chartered Accountants (Waters Edge. Battaramulla)

Information Edge is very privileged to have been involved with the 32nd National Conference of Chartered Accountants (ICASL)

The event was a great success with over 1150 top policy makers, chartered accountants and professionals from various sectors in attendance. Including the ICAEW & CPA Australia

This year’s conference featured 6 eminent speakers and 25 panellists who deliberated on balancing the complex issues impacting sustainable economic and business growth, while balancing these with environmental and humanitarian needs

The conference was inaugurated amidst high profile government and corporate leaders. Secretary to Ministry of Defence and Urban Development Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa was the Chief Guest. While World Bank’s Chief Financial Management Officer Mr. Tony Hegarty delivered the keynote address at the inauguration. He gave an overview on his organisation’s role to help alleviate poverty across the world. Executive Director, Finance and Operations of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), Mr. Robin Fieth spoke on – CFO: Drive, Support and Comply.’ This session focused on the complex demands made on CFO’s

Asian Development Banks (Sri Lanka Resident Mission) Country Director, Ms. Rita O’Sullivan inaugurated the technical sessions with her presentation on – Our World: People, Planet and Profit.’ Her session was followed by, Former Assistant Governor of Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Dr. Anila Dias Bandaranaike, who spoke on – Our Country: Vanity, Sanity and Reality. Presentations were also made by:

Mr. J.M.S. Brito, the Deputy Chairman of Aitken Spence PLC, who examined the varied expectations of investors and other stakeholders of an organization - Shareholder: Risk, Reward and Responsibility.’

John O’Grady, Partner / Asia Pacific Area IFRS Leader of Ernst & Young spoke on ‘IFRS: Theory, Practice and Transition’.

International speaker Ms. Avril Henry, who shed light on how organisations facilitate and benefit enormously from good work- life balance, You: Role, Rhetoric and Reality.’

Congratulations to ICASL for a very successful conference, we look forward to continuing this partnership in the future