The Joint Chief Guests were Dr. Purna Bahadur Nepali (Ambassador of Nepal to Sri Lanka) and Prof. Dr. Dietmar Doering (Founder / Chairman – AGSEP Research and Advisory Board Member of Business World International Organization – USA). Guests of Honour were Mr. Tham Whye Long (First Secretary/Head of Chancery – High Commission of Malaysia in Sri Lanka), Prof. Dr. Rohan De Silva (President – Sri Lanka Chamber of Small and Medium Industries), (Retd) Major General R. A. J. N. Ranasingha (RSP USP NDC MSC – Sri Lanka Army), Dr. Rohan Pallewatta (Excutive Chairman of the Start-Up High Tech Company – Lanka Harness, a BOI approved company operating in the Free Trade Zone at Biyagama in Sri Lanka), Dr. Kishu Gomes (Chairman – Exterminators PLC, Group Managing Director / CEO – Dreamron Group of Companies & Advisory Committee Member – Sri Lanka Tourism), Mr. Dian Gomes (Nonorary Consul of Georgia in Sri Lanka, Chairman – Colombo School of Business Management & Independent Non-Executive Director – Nestle Lanka Ltd).
Special Guests were Rt. Rev. Bishop Prof. Dr. Nissanka Weerappulige (Advisory Board Member of Business World International Organization - USA), Prof. Dr. Dame Anoma Weeraratne Wijenayake (Advisory Board Member of Business World International Organization - USA), Mr. Gerd Heinzerling (Advisory Board Member of Business World International Organization - USA), Mr. Priyantha Padmasiri (President - Sri Lanka Canada Business Council), Mr. M. H. K. M. Hameez (Vice President - Sri Lanka Canada Business Council & Immediate Past President - Sri Lanka Malaysia Business Council).
The invitees were graciously welcomed by Dr. Anthony Dexter Fernando (Chairman - Business World International Organisation USA - International Chapter), Dr. Tharindu Wijenayake (Deputy Chairman - Business World International Organisation USA - International Chapter) and Dr. (Mrs.) Emerita Wijenayake (Project Chairperson & Director - Business World International Organisation USA - International Chapter).
