CMA’s annual National Management Accounting Conference this month
View(s):This year the Institute of Certified Management Accountants (CMA) of Sri Lanka is celebrating its 20th anniversary and will be holding its15th annual flagship conference on September 9-10 while the International Integrated Reporting Workshop will be held on September 11 at the Taj Samudra, Colombo.
The ‘CMA Excellence in Integrated Reporting Awards 2019’ and the inauguration of the CMA National Management Accounting Conference 2019 combined with the Commonwealth Accountants Conference will be on September 9.
The conference is on the theme ‘Sustainability Development Goals Agenda 2030 – The Role of Professional Accountants’, the institute said in a media release.
The CMA Excellence in Integrated Reporting Awards 2019, the highlight of annual reporting in Sri Lanka supported by the Colombo Stock Exchange, is organised for the 5th year in succession and the awards will be presented for the 10 Best Integrated Reports for Excellence in Integrated Reporting and the Overall Winner – Gold Trophy, Overall 1st Runner up – Silver Trophy, Overall 2nd Runner up – Bronze Trophy, Merit Award for Integrated Thinking (sponsored by the Deakin Business School, Australia), and Certificates of Merit.
Some 50 companies have submitted applications which will be reviewed by an evaluation panel and the international and local panel of judges will decide on the final winners.
The conduct of the International Workshop on ‘Integrated Reporting in Practice’ will be addressed by an eminent panel of experts both international and local and will also provide hands-on experience in the preparation of an integrated report to participants.
The keynote speaker at the IR Awards and inaugural ceremony will be Prof. Mervyn E. King, Chair Emeritus of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) London, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Amsterdam and a member of the Private Sector Advisory Group to the World Bank on Corporate Governance, who will speak on ‘Why Integrated Reporting and Good Governance for Sustainable Value Creation’.
The welcome address will be delivered by Prof. Lakshman R. Watawala, President of CMA Sri Lanka while Prof. Ho Yew Kee, formerly Professor in Accounting at the National University of Singapore and currently Associate Provost (Skills Future and Staff Development) at the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), will speak on ‘Accountability, Meritocracy and Anti-Corruption key to achieve Sustainable Development’.
Rajeeva Bandaranayake, CEO of Colombo Stock Exchange and Dr. Aditi Haldar, Director of GRI South Asia, will also address the gathering.
The conference is specially meant for Directors, CEOS, Management and Financial Accountants, Managers and Executives in Marketing, IT, Human Resource, Banking, Finance, Insurance, Sustainability and CSR, key management of state-owned enterprises and Government, academic staff of universities, technical colleges, professionals and others in industry, commerce, non- profit institutions and professional bodies.