Arrival and registration of invitees
08:15 AM - 08:45 AM
Invitees take their seats
08:45 AM
Arrival of Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka and the Guests of Honour
Mr. George Soros and Prof. Joseph Stiglitz
09:00 AM
Welcome Address and Introduction by Hon. Niranjan Deva Adithya, Member of the European Parliament
09:10 AM
Outline of vision by the Hon. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe
09:15 AM
Address by His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena, President of Sri Lanka
09:30 AM
Initial growth diagnosis and introduction of key topics
Ricardo Hausmann
09:45 AM
The Global Setting: A panel discussion
Prime Minister Hon. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Mr.George Soros and Prof.Joseph Stiglitz
moderated by Ricardo Hausmann
10:15 AM
A Million New Jobs (with Good Wages): What options do governments have for overcoming macroeconomic vulnerabilities and fiscal imbalance? What interesting policies have been used elsewhere to transform comparative advantage, developing industries that can expand while paying higher wages?
Christopher Woodruff, Robert Conrad, Ljubica Nedelkoska, Sean Turnell. Sirimal Abeyratne, W.A. Wijewardena
Moderator: Murtaza Jafferjee
11:30 AM
Panel discussion: Opportunities and Challenges for Inclusive Growth: How has the urbanization process been organized in other places to develop cities that are sustainable, competitive and productive? What can governments do to ensure that all regions and social groups contribute to and benefit from the growth process?
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Alan Hirsch, Erion Veliaj, Frank Neffke, Nishan de Mel, Muttukrishna Sarvananthan
Moderator: Razeen Sally
12:45 PM
End of forum followedf by lunch
14:00 PM
In-depth government policy discussions (closed room private sessions) Cinnamon Grand, Cedar Room
Macroeconomic Strategy - Arjuna Mahendran, Governor of Central Bank of Sri Lanka
15:30 PM
Panel responses to presentation & open discussion with policymakers
Prof.Joseph Stiglitz, Filipe Campante, Sean Turnell, Robert Conrad
16:15 PM
Concluding remarks / Plans for Day 2
17:30 PM