OPA Conference on Sustainable Development in August
View(s):The Organisation of Professional Associations of Sri Lanka (OPA) is organising its 28th annual conference on August 18 – 19th at the Galadari Hotel, Colombo themed “Innovation and Technology for Sustainable Development”.
In a media statement, the OPA said the conference is planned to produce a “perfect atmosphere to unite and interact with like-minded people focusing on innovation and technology to bring sustainable development”.
It will have three broad themes such as services, agriculture and industry. In the present day context, it is often said that “industries have identified, that competency and world class performance alone are not enough to survive present competitive market.”
Therefore, the OPA said the driving wedge between competency and world class performance is innovation. “All these three, play in concert to generate the business in blue water. Technology is a component that is necessary to transform input to output which helps to keep the balance of the process. Therefore, the conference has been carefully drawn up to embrace the two keywords, innovation and technology, towards sustainable development. The conference will address how these two would play in area such as services, agriculture and industry towards sustainable development,” it said.
The chair of the conference committee is Dr. Rohana Kuruppu who is an Adjunct Professor of the RMIT University, Australia and CEO of the Brandix College of Clothing Technology.
The OPA, a grouping of 44 professional associations, is the premier institution for professional affairs ranging from good governance to constitutional matters, human resource management to productivity improvement, engineering to construction and industry, medical science to pharmacology, agricultural sciences to technology and innovation, etc.