Conference Program
Conference Program
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(Inauguration, Conclusion, Sessions A1 and A2)
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(Sessions B1 and B3)
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(Sessions C1 and C3)
8.30 am – 10.30 am INAUGURATION
Convener: Ms. Rashmi Thennakoon
8.30 am - 8.45 am Commencement
8.45 am - 8.55 am - Welcome Address
Dr. S. Kodithuwakku, Conference Chair – IUFRC 2022
8.55 am - 9.05 am - Address by Prof. E.M.A.S.B. Ekanayake
Dean, Faculty of Management, University of Peradeniya
9.05 am- 9.15 am Address by Prof. M.D. Lamawansa
Vice Chancellor, University of Peradeniya
9.15 am - 9.20 am - Launching of the e-Proceedings of the Abstracts
9.20 am - 9.30 am Address by Prof. Lalith Samarakoon
President, Sri Lanka Finance Association
Head, Department of Finance, University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, USA
9.30am -10.15am Keynote Address:
“Sustainable Finance – Risk to Opportunity”
“Sustainable Finance – Risk to Opportunity”
Mr. Nishan Fernando
Chairman, First Capital Holdings PLC
Managing Director, BDO Consulting
Introduction to Keynote Speaker:
Ms. H.M.N.K. Mudalige
10.15 am – 10.20 am - Concluding Remarks
Ms. S Yamuna
Secretary Publications, IUFRC 2022
10.20 am – 10.30 am - Break
10.30 am – 12.05 pm - CONCURRENT SESSIONS A1, B1 AND C1
Sessions A1 Corporate Governance and Accountability
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Sessions B1 Financial Markets and Investments
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Meeting ID: 685 2464 0131
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Sessions C1 Corporate Finance, Public Finance and Economics
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Meeting ID: 623 3200 9848
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12.05 pm – 2.00 pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS A2 AND B2
Sessions A2 Banking, Insurance and Risk Management
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Sessions B2 Special topics, Contemporary Trends and Issues in Finance
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Meeting ID: 685 2464 0131
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1.25 pm – 2.00 pm - Break
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm - CONCLUSION
Convener: Ms. Dilini Gunasekare
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2.00 pm – 2.45 pm - Keynote Address: “Market Manipulation and ESG Violations”
Prof. Douglas Cumming
Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship
College of Business, Florida Atlantic University, Florida, USA
Introduction to Keynote Speaker: Ms. P.T.M. Gunathilake
| Prof. Douglas Cumming is the DeSantis Distinguished Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship at the College of Business, Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida and a Chartered Financial Analyst. He is also a Visiting Professor of Finance at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK. Prof. Douglas has published over 200 articles in leading refereed academic journals, such as the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and Journal of International Business Studies, and has been cited over 23,000 times according to Google Scholar.
Prof. Douglas is the Founding Managing Editor-in-Chief of the Review of Corporate Finance (2021), which has an average of 16.9 Google Scholar cites per paper published in 2021 volume 1(1-4) and 2022 volume 2(1-2). He is the Managing Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Management (2020-2022) and a Co-Editor of the Journal of Industrial and Business Economics (2020-). He was the former Managing Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Corporate Finance (2018-2020). Prof. Douglas has published 21 academic books. His most recent books are Corruption and Fraud in Financial Markets (Wiley, 2020) and Crowdfunding: Fundamental Cases, Facts, and Insights (Elsevier Academic Press, 2019). He is the coauthor of Venture Capital and Private Equity Contracting (Elsevier Academic Press, 2nd Edition, 2013) and Hedge Fund Structure, Regulation and Performance around the World (Oxford University Press, 2013). He is the Editor of the Oxford Handbook of IPOs (2019), the Research Handbook of Finance and Sustainability (2018), and the Research Handbook of Investing in the Triple Bottom Line (2019). Prof. Douglas’ work has been reviewed in numerous media outlets, including the Chicago Tribune, The Economist, The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Globe and Mail, Canadian Business, the National Post, and The New Yorker. |
2.45 pm – 3.15 pm
Presentation of Best Paper Awards
Prof. K.G.A. Udaya Kumara
Director – Membership
Sri Lanka Finance Association
Wrapping up the Conference
Dr. S. Kodithuwakku,
Conference Chair –IUFRC 2022
Vote of Thanks
Ms. M.N.F.Nuskiya
Secretary –IUFRC 2022
National Anthem