Business News from Sri Lanka: The API Asia Conference 2019 for the first time is to be hosted in Sri Lanka on 2nd October 2019 at the Shangri-La, Colombo, organized by The Federation of Information Technology Industry (FITIS).
It is by far one of the largest multifaceted conferences within the Sri Lankan IT industry, attracting over 700 local and foreign delegates, professionals, business leaders, CXO’s, and both international and local software experts. The setting is to facilitate for policy-makers and decision-makers to “Connect, Collaborate & Transform” together with the best industry experts, to reach the interested groups, to create opportunities and to deliver business values.
Arjuna Herath, Partner Ernst & Young (EY) Sri Lanka and Maldives, commenting on the conference, stated that EY Sri Lanka is happy to associate with the API Asia Conference 2019 as its knowledge partner, at a critical juncture in our country where we have the opportunity to leapfrog and leverage on technology revolution that is taking place around the world and positioning our country for the next phase of development and growth. Sachin Seth, Partner Digital, Fintech & Tech. Transformation Leader, EY Advisory for Africa, India and Middle East, who is to address the forum, further stated that Sri Lanka’s economy has transitioned from a predominantly agrarian to a services economy owing to the wide range of economic reforms and liberalization laws introduced by the policymakers.
