A skills summit on developing a skilled workforce for the future

Friday 27 November 2009 - Cinnamon Grand Colombo

CONFERENCE CHALLENGE
The prospect of economic and social prosperity lies ahead for Sri Lanka. But the real challenge is to create a skilled workforce who can meet the demands of the industrial sectors. How can Sri Lanka’s business organisations connect with the training providers and the government to develop skilled workers to meet their HR demands? Learn how UK has tackled this as explained by two UK industry veterans.

FOR WHOM
The summit is intended for Chief Executives, HR Managers, Operations Managers and all those who are faced with the challenge of finding skilled people for their organisations.

PROGRAMME
Friday 27 November

0830 - 0900 Registration
0900 - 0915 Welcome Address: Gill Westaway, Country Director, British Council Sri Lanka
0915 - 0930 Conference Challenge: Developing a skilled workforce for the future
Dr. T A Piyasiri, Director General, Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission Sri Lanka
0930 - 1000 Keynote: The role of industry in developing skills for employability
Tom Bewick, Chief Executive, Creative and Cultural Skills, UK
1000 - 1015 Break
1015 - 1040 The skills challenge for Sri Lanka: an industry perspective
D K Rajapaksa, Managing Director, DSI
1040 - 1110 Skilling people for the future
Brian Wisdom, Chief Executive, People 1^st (Sector Skills Council for hospitality, leisure,
travel and tourism)
1110 - 1135 The skills challenge: the Laugfs experience
W K H Wegapitiya, Chairman, Laugfs Holdings
1135 - 1145 Doing business in the UK
Janet Ford, Head – UK Trade and Investment, British High Commission in Sri Lanka
1145 - 1200 A model for sector based approach in developing skills in Sri Lanka: outcome of the policy dialogue
Prof Dayantha Wijeyesekera, Chairman, Standing Committee on Tertiary and Technological
Education of National Education Commission Sri Lanka
1200 - 1230 Panel Discussion
1230 - 1330 Lunch

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

The role of industry in developing skills for employability

Tom Bewick
Chief Executive, Creative and Cultural Skills, UK

The skills challenge for Sri Lanka: an industry perspective

D K Rajapaksa
Managing Director, DSI Samson Group

Skilling people for the future

Brian Wisdom
Chief Executive, People 1st, UK (Sector Skills
Council for hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism)

The skills challenge: the Laugfs experience

W K H Wegapitiya
Chairman, Laugfs Holdings

REGISTRATION
The first day of the policy dialogue will be closed for invited participants.

The second day which is the Skills Summit will be open for registration:

Individual Registration fee Rs.2,000/-
Corporate tables
(minimum 5 participants from a single company) Rs.1,500/-

* Above rates are inclusive of lunch

Download the application form

CONTACT
For registration or more information please contact:

Eranda Ginige
Manager Education Partnerships

49, Alfred House Gardens
Colombo 3
Sri Lanka

T: +94 (0)11 4521521 (Ext 6333)
M: +94 (0)77 2519910
newideas@britishcouncil.org

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