SLASSCOM forum on Internet and economic growth on Thursday
View(s):Local IT-BPO body SLASSCOM will be hosting another installment of its continuing CXO Breakfast Briefings next week, entitled “Impact of policies concerning the Internet on innovation and economic growth”. The event is scheduled for Thursday, September 5 onwards, at the Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel.
Open to the public, those interested in participating are advised to contact SLASSCOM to reserve their place.
Featuring a keynote address by Ann Lavin, Google’s Director for Policy and Government Affairs, Greater China and Asian Growth Markets, the event’s stated intent is to learn from the “successes and failures of the implementation of policies concerning the internet around the region and its impact on innovation and economic growth of those countries”.
The programme will also include a panel discussion comprising Jayantha Fernando, Programme Director / Legal Advisor for the Information and Communications Technology Agency; Madu Ratnayake, the Chairman of SLASSCOM, and Senior Vice President /General Manager of Virtusa; Sriganesh Lokanathan, a Senior Research Manager at LIRNEasia; and Prof. Malik Ranasinghe, a Senior Professor in Civil Engineering at the University of Moratuwa.
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