
Great Place to Work® Conference 2017
Culture Drives Performance
ASSESS | ALIGN | ADVANCE

Attendee Testimonials
Speakers of Conference 2017
Sarinda Unamboowe

CEO & Managing Director
MAS Kreeda
Dilani Alagaratnam

President – HR, Legal, Sustainability & ERM
John Keells Group
Bob Lee

Author/ Culture Expert
Mano Sekaram

CEO & Co-Founder
99X Technology Ltd
Ruwani Alwishewa

Consultant
Great Place to Work® in Sri Lanka
Prasenjit Bhattacharya

CEO
Great Place to Work® in India
Dalreen Patrao

Practice Head
Great Place to Work® in India
Arjun Fernando

CEO
DFCC Bank PLC
Dulani Nissanka

Director/Group Chief Human Resource Officer
LAUGFS Holdings Limited
Ishan Dantanarayana

Group Chief People Officer,
Brandix Group
Natasha Fonseka

Group Director Human Capital and Taxation
Softlogic Holdings PLC
Sanchitha Uduwavidana

Director of Human Resources
Marriott Hotels
Chandi Dharmaratne

Senior Director Human Resources
VirtusaPolaris
Prasath Nanayakkara

Founder, Chairman & CEO
Auxenta Inc.
Linda Speldewine

Entrepreneur and Founder
AOD & Fashionmarket.lk
Shunli Wang

CEO
Huawei Sri Lanka
Chiranthi Cooray

Chief Human Resource Officer
Hatton National Bank PLC
Dulith Herath

Founder and Chairman
Kapruka.com
Agenda of Conference 2017
REGISTRATION
08.00 am – 09.00 am
WELCOME ADDRESS
09.00 am – 09.10 am
Kshanika Ratnayaka, CEO, Great Place to Work® Institute Sri Lanka
DRIVING CULTURE: A MISSION WITH A PASSION
09.10 am – 09.40 am
Sarinda Unamboowa, CEO and Managing Director, MAS Kreeda
BETTER CULTURE MEANS BETTER BUSINESS: A BLUE CHIP EXPERIENCE
09:40 am – 10:20 am
Dilani Alagaratnam, President – HR, Legal, Sustainability & ERM, John Keells Group
TEA BREAK
10.20 am – 10.40 am
INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY: HOW THE WORLD’S BEST MANAGERS CREATE GREAT WORKPLACES
10.45 am – 11.25 am
Bob Lee, Author/ Culture Expert
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO TRUST: LAUNCH OF CERTIFICATION
11.25 am – 11.45 am
Prasenjit Bhattacharya, CEO, Great Place to Work® Institute India
PANEL DISCUSSION: THE CULTURE SHIFT ALIGNING AND TRANSFORMING ORGANIZATION CULTURE
11.45 pm – 01.00 pm
Arjun Fernando (DFCC) | Dulani Nissanka (LAUGHS) | Sanchitha Uduwavidana (Marriott) | Ishan Danthanarayana (Brandix) | Natasha Fonseka (Softlogic) | Moderator – Dalreen Patrao (Great Place to Work® Institute India)
LUNCH BREAK
01.00 pm – 02.00 pm
CULTURE ON STEROIDS: THE HIGH PERFORMING FORMULA
02.00 pm – 02.40 pm
Mano Sekaram, CEO and Co-Founder, 99X Technology
WORKPLACE CULTURE IN SRI LANKA: THE FIVE YEAR TREND FROM THE NATIONAL STUDY
02.40 pm – 3.10 pm
Ruwani Alwishewa, Great Place to Work® Institute Sri Lanka
PANEL DISCUSSION: A CULTURE OF INNOVATION IN AN AGE OF DIGITAL DIFFERENTIATION
03.10 pm – 04.30 pm
Prasath Nanayakkara (Auxenta) | Shunli Wang (Huawei Sri Lanka) | Dulith Herath (Kapruka.com) | Linda Speldewine (AOD) | Chiranthy Cooray (HNB) | Moderator – Chandi Dharmaratne (VirtusaPolaris)
VOTE OF THANKS
04.30 pm – 04.35 pm
Presentations from Conference 2017
Memories from Conference 2017
Partners of Conference 2017

Platinum Partner

Presentation Partner

Delegate Pack Partner

Event Partner

Official Newspaper Partner

Hospitality Partner

Event Partner

Airlines Partner

Event Partner

Digital Media Partner
