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finance, business statistics, international
Regional Conference Galle business, strategic management, human
resources management, marketing,
CA Sri Lanka first ever regional
conference was held in Galle on 25th international management, business
March 2022, a landmark event that communication and countless others.
signalled a new chapter in the CA’s The e-library facility also offers the
customary conference model. A spin off latest updated version of the ACCA/
from the CA Sri Lanka flagship Annual CIMA/ICAEW Workbooks and Practice
National Conference, the Regional event & Revision Kit. In 2022, nearly 6,000 CA
was organised with the dual objectives of members and more than 30,000 students
creating a forum to engage CA members accessed the e-library facility.

The CA Sri Lanka physical library was
also reopened in early 2022, after being
Regional Conference -Galle
shut for over 18 months due to pandemic
Regional Conference Kandy related restrictions.
The second Regional Conference by
CA Sri Lanka was held in Kandy with CA Student Best Speaker Contest
similar objectives as the Galle Regional The CA Student Best Speaker Contest
Conference. The Kandy Conference was is an annual event which has been
held on 16th December 2022 at The conducted since 2013 to provide a
Grand Kandyan Hotel, Kandy under the platform for the students to sharpen
theme “Unconventional”. Session topics their public speaking skills. The Student
were carefully curated and framed around Best Speaker Contest was conducted
the headline theme with Session 01 titled successfully in 2022 for the 9th
Regional Conference -Kandy
Crisis is more than ‘Business as Usual’, consecutive year.
residing in the Southern Province as well Session 02 - “Be Entrepreneurial: How
as to encourage SMEs in the area to get Does Entrepreneurship Fare in Times
more involved in developing the regional of Crisis and what can it accomplish?”
economy. and concluding with Session 03 on
“Rebuilding Businesses by Bouncing
The highly insightful full day conference Back and Bouncing Forward”. Over 250
was held at the Weligama Bay Marriott delegates were present at the Regional
Resort & Spa under the theme “The Conference in Kandy, in person.
Future”. The ceremonial inauguration of
the event was followed by three sessions CA Sri Lanka Library
by an eminent panel of speakers invited Winner of the Best Speaker Contest 2022
to discuss highly topical subjects in the The CA Sri Lanka Library has always been
current context. Session 01 was on a foundational pillar of the Institute’s English for Starters Course
“SME: Driver of the Future”, followed by learning infrastructure. The course ‘English for Starters’ was
Session 02 on “Technology: Connector to During the pandemic library resources launched by MELC in 2022. The main
the Future” and concluding with the final were digitised and converted into an objective of the programme is to uplift
session on “Leadership: Catalyst of the e-library with CA students, the member the language skills of students who need
Future”.
fraternity and registered corporate users more support to improve their skills while
granted remote access via the e-library making them ready for English medium
Over 230 delegates attended the event mobile application through their authorised education.
and around 220 participated in person, login credentials. The e-Library contains
while the remainder participated through
the virtual platform.
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