Daniel Alphonsus

Advocata Economic Freedom Summit 24: Economic freedom & its pathway to prosperity

The Advocata Economic Freedom Summit 2024 brings together leading thinkers and doers to deliberate on the state of economic freedom in Sri Lanka. In two separate events, in two different locations they discussed, debated and contemplated on ideas on how to improve levels of economic freedom in Sri Lanka and to provide audit of Sri Lanka's ratings on the acclaimed Economic Freedom of the World Index.

The Advocata Institute's Economic Freedom Summit 2024, commenced on January 29th at Marriott Courtyard, with a breakfast forum on 'Economic Freedom & its Pathway to Prosperity'

The keynote speaker for this session was Thilan Wijesinghe (Chairman & CEO, TWCorp (Pvt) Ltd)

The speakers for the session included Fred McMahon (Resident Fellow, Fraser Institute), Dr. Tom G. Palmer (Executive Vice President, International Programs, Atlas Network), Dr.Harsha de Silva (Member of Parliament & Chairman, Committee on Public Finance), Daniel Alphonsus (Director, Advocata Institute) and Thilan Wijesinghe.

The session was moderated by Prof. Rohan Samarajiva (Board of Advisor, Advocata Institute)
The full video can be accessed here

The presentation by Key note speaker Thilan Wijesinghe can be accessed here.

Access the presentation by Fred McMahon here

Following the Morning session, a discussion on 'ධනවත් රටක් හදන ආර්ථික නිදහස' took place at BMICH. Watch the full panel discussion here and access the presentations from this session here

AdvoChats | The Renewable Energy Industry in Sri Lanka with Akhila Randeniya and Prabath Wickramasinghe

Listen to the AdvoChats discussion with Prabath Wickramasinghe (Executive Committee Member & Past President, Small Hydro Power Developers Association) and Akhila Randeniya, (Research Assistant, Advocata Institute) as they speak about the renewable energy sector in Sri Lanka.

Follow @advocatalk on Instagram for future chats https://www.instagram.com/advocatalk/

You can watch the full discussion on Youtube

AdvoChats | Economic Reforms, The Need of the Hour? with Rehana Thowfeek and Daniel Alphonsus

The Advocata Institute hosted its first 'AdvoChats' with Rehana Thowfeek (Economic Researcher and Blogger) and Daniel Alphonsus (Former Advisor to the Ministry of Finance) on the topic 'Economic Reforms, Need of the Hour?' where they discuss the need for economic reforms in Sri Lanka.

Advochats is a series specifically designed to convey the seriousness of the current economic situation of the country to our audience and encourage the crowds to initiate conversations, ask questions and take part in the much-needed discussions on reforms Sri Lanka needs.


Follow @advocatalk on Instagram for future chats https://www.instagram.com/advocatalk/

You can watch the full discussion on Youtube