Harvard’s Asia Pacific Regional Conference in Sri Lanka
The Harvard Club of Sri Lanka is organising ‘BIG BOLD BRAVE 2024,' a ground-breaking thought leadership conference on April 3-5 at the Galle Face Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
The conclave is a collaboration of 15+ Harvard Clubs in the Asia Pacific region, the official Alumni Organisations of the prestigious Harvard University, the local chapter said in a media release.
Under the theme of ‘Big Opportunities | Bold Moves | Brave People,’ the conference will explore critical areas that shape the region's future, with topics areas including education, human capital development and jobs of the future, technology, digital economy and entrepreneurship, modernising agriculture and food security, energy infrastructure development, and environmental sustainability and climate change adaptation.
Recognising the immense potential of the Asia-Pacific region and its role in shaping the global landscape, the Harvard Clubs of the Asia-Pacific region have come together to facilitate this transformative conference. The conference will explore the region's most pressing challenges and opportunities leading up to 2050.
Among the notable speakers confirmed for the event are: Deepak Bagla: former Managing Director and CEO of Invest India; Titus Yong: Vice President of the Harvard Club of Singapore and Senior Faculty at NUS Singapore; Rajeev Mahajan: Head of Project Finance at the Private Sector Facility of the Green Climate Fund in South Korea; Mahesh Amalean: Co-Founder and Chairman of MAS Holdings; Dr. Rex Yung: MD and Chief Scientific Officer at ProLung, Inc, US; Kapil Vishvanathan: Governing Council Member at KREA University and President of the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR), India; Anjali Raina: Executive Director of the HBS Research Center, India; Dr. Nishan De Mel: Economist with extensive academic experience at Oxford and Harvard University, Sri Lanka; Sameer Christy, Founder and Chairman of Streeton Partners, Venture Partner/ SparksLabs, Hongkong/ Pakistan; Dr. Vinya Ariyaratne: President of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement; Mainak Chakraborty: CEO & Co-Founder of GPS Renewables; Dr. Somdutta Singh: First-Gen Serial Entrepreneur, Investor, Founder & CEO of Assiduus Global Inc, Dubai; Munir M. Merali: AKDN’s Resident Diplomatic Representative to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh; and Supun Weerasinghe: Group Chief Executive Officer of Dialog Axiata
The diverse line-up comprises over 30 panelists and speakers, reflecting a breadth of expertise and experience across various industries.
Recognising the immense potential of the Asia-Pacific region and its role in shaping the global landscape, the Harvard Clubs of the AsiaPacific region have come together to facilitate this transformative conference. The conference will explore the region's most pressing challenges and opportunities leading up to 2050.