Advocata Institute to host Asia Liberty Forum, 2019

Over 200 participants, comprising leading academics, policymakers and intellectuals from over 30 countries will come together in Colombo, Sri Lanka for the 2019 Asia Liberty Forum to discuss challenges facing the Asian region and to learn from each other on how to most effectively advance free-market reforms.

Asia Liberty forum is an annual event by the US-based Atlas Network, co-hosted in partnership with Advocata Institute, the local institute said in a media release.

The Asia Liberty Forum will be held on February 28-March 1 at the Hilton Colombo and is the largest gathering of pro-market think tanks, business leaders, professionals, high net worth individuals and policy leaders in Asia. It’s a platform to discuss and present policy solutions for economic concerns in Asia and Sri Lanka.

Advocata said Prof. Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Vice Chancellor of the Ashoka University, India, will deliver the keynote address on ‘Freedom at Risk’ at the Freedom Dinner on March 28, while other dignitaries, business leaders and academics will grace the event.

Distinguished speakers at the forum include, Prof. Razeen Sally (National University of Singapore); Prof. Rohan Samarajiva (Chair - LirneAsia); Dr. Ajay Shah (National Institute for Public Finance and Policy, India); Nighat Dad (Digital Rights Foundation, Pakistan) Dr. Tom Palmer (Atlas Network, US), Dr. Christer Ljunwall (ENC Global, China) and Dr. Ross McCleod (Australian National University) among others.