ACCA holds sucessful students conference with over 350 participants
The 5th Annual Students’ Conference of ACCA was held recently at Cinnamon Lakeside, Colombo.
Commencing with a welcome address by the President of the ACCA Students’ Committee, Mr. Devruwan Fernando, the President of ACCA Sri Lanka Mr. Rajiv Casie Chitty also addressed the audience and stated that synergies have become of prime importance for today’s businesses . He thanked the students’ committee for picking this very appropriate theme for discussion at the conference.
Addressing a gathering of over 350 participants, the key note speaker, Dialog Axiata, Group Chief Executive Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya spoke on the theme of the conference “Success through Synergy” .He outlined how to be a leader in this society of new digital media platforms and social networks. He stated that human synergy will have a huge impact on an organization’s capacity to effectively manage and make optimal use of their time and resources.
Nations Trust Bank Chief Executive Officer/ Director Ms. Renuka Fernando speaking of ‘Risk and responsibility, managing expectations and differences,’ stated that a synergistic working relationship has proved to be a powerful phenomenon for their success. She said that NTB has created designated teams of individuals with diverse talents to work together in key areas of operation.
Mr. Dananjaya Hettiarachchi, Trainer/HRD Specialist, ranked amongst the top 20 speakers in the world, delivered an interesting presentation on ‘Limits just like fear are often just an illusion”. He pointed out methodologies on identifying one’s dreams and goals and designing an action plan to achieve them.
Sharing his views on ‘ Being the agents of change’ Hayley’s BPO Managing Director Dr. Arul Sivagananathan outlined a few case studies on how Hayley’s BPO had successfully implemented change into their organization.
Hatton National Bank Chief Operating Officer Mr. Dilshan Rodrigo, in his presentation on ‘ Collaborative skills required for tomorrows workplace.’ touched on strategies to help people understand how to work collaboratively in the workplace and it’s benefits.
A panel discussion followed on the topic ‘An engaged employee: Branding yourself ’ .featuring eminent professionals such as Hemas Transportation Sector Managing Director Ms. Kasturi C. Wilson, Ceylon Tobacco Co PLC HR Director Ms. Samanmali Chandrasiri, Brandix Head of Group HR Operations Ashanthi Fernando and Google Asia-Pacific Sri Lanka Country Consultant Mr. Rohan Jayaweera. The discussion was moderated by Echelon Magazine Chief Editor Mr. Shamindra Kulamannage. The panelists shared their views on personal branding and positioning oneself for success.
The Conference this year was sponsored by: HNB as the Banking Partner, ANC and LG Smartphone’s as Co-Gold Sponsors and AMW as the Exclusive Silver Sponsor. Wijeya Newspapers were the Print Media Partners together with ART TV as the Television
Commencing with a welcome address by the President of the ACCA Students’ Committee, Mr. Devruwan Fernando, the President of ACCA Sri Lanka Mr. Rajiv Casie Chitty also addressed the audience and stated that synergies have become of prime importance for today’s businesses . He thanked the students’ committee for picking this very appropriate theme for discussion at the conference.
Partner and TNL Radio as the Radio Partner. The Photography Partner was Dylan Seedin Photography. Bileeta and RR Donnelley were also mutual sponsors for this flagship event .
As the largest global professional accountancy body, ACCA Sri Lanka has formed the Students’ Committee to continually strive in uplifting the career potential of Sri Lankan youth through hosting events and a wide array of professional training initiatives. The 5th Annual ACCA Students’ Conference was such an initiative.