The second Global Management Accounting Summit hosted by the professional body of accountants the Certified Management Accountants (CMA), will be held in Sri Lanka this year. The three-day summit, which is themed ‘CMA for Sustainable Business’, will take place from June 29 to July 1 at Cinnamon Lakeside, Colombo. The conference is hosted by CMA and co-hosted by the accounting bodies of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh while technical partners will be the management accounting associations of USA and Canada.
The Summit is targeted mainly at Managing and Finance Directors, CEOs, General Managers, Finance Managers, Financial and Management Accountants, Production/ Factory Managers, Senior Managers, General Management, Supplies/ Purchasing Executives and Management Trainees.
Leading speakers both overseas and local have been invited to address the Summit. Foreign speakers will be from USA, Canada, UK, Australia, Singapore, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal. Local speakers include Russel de Mel, Director/CEO of NDB Bank, Dilshan Rodrigo, DGM, Risk Management, HNB PLC, Prema Cooray, MD, CCC Solution & Former Chairman of Aitken Spence to name a few.
The official inauguration will take place in the presence of distinguished local and foreign dignitaries whilst eight sessions on Governance, Sustainability, Risk Management, CSR and Environment, panel discussions with Presidents of member bodies and business leaders on Strategy and Sustainable Business, Contemporary Financial Management and Sustainability Issues in Business and a Valedictory Session will follow within the three days.
For participants the closing date for applications will be June 15 and late applications will be accepted with a 10% surcharge until June 24
