SLASSCOM IT/BPM Exporters Forum 2019 tomorrow

The Sri Lanka Association of Software and Service Companies (SLASSCOM)’S IT/BPM Exporters Forum is to be held tomorrow, at Hatch Works, Colombo, to create awareness among companies and delegates on how to take business beyond borders.

Titled ‘Economic Diplomacy and Getting the Best From a Mission’, the event sets a platform for ICT/BPM exporters to share their past experience and knowledge gained from outward missions, international trade shows and provide a glimpse to the Economic Diplomacy Programme under the National Export Strategy.

The forum will offer the perfect blend of exploring and accelerating the avenues to global market reach and acts as a networking opportunity for introductions to potential overseas business alliances, right methods of approaching the global market place and empowering on opportunities available on the Economic Diplomacy Programme.

The key speakers to be featured are Foreign Affairs Secretary Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha, Export Development Board Export Services Division Assistant Director Ravindi Ranaraja, zmessenger LLC Cofounder and CEO Jayomi Lokuliyana, i-context Content Convergence (Pvt.) Limited Co-founder and CEO Anjana Ratnasara and Information and Communications Technology Agency of Sri Lanka Programme Manager Sachindra Samararatne.

Further, the year 2019 kicked off with a workshop on the National Export Strategy and Market Access Support Programme, which was held in January, at the Institute of Policy Studies, spearheaded by SLASSCOM, along with the Export Development Board, with the goal of educating the companies and delegates on the strategic objectives of the National Export Strategy and the funding available for individuals who are interested in being part of outward missions.

The purpose of these events is to provide a complete picture to the IT/BPM exporters of the activities initiated under the National Export Strategy and to accelerate the opportunities to global market reach in order to drive the vision 2022 in generating US $ 5 billion of revenue, 200,000 workforce and 1000 start-ups.

Registrations for the IT/BPM Exporters Forum are now open at http://bit.ly/ exportersforum and more information could be obtained from wathsala@slasscom.lk.