The Pathfinder Foundation meeting (Sanvada) on the above was held on the 26th of August 2009 at the Galle face Hotel, Colombo. Some of the country’s well known economists, businessmen, academics and government officials attended this ‘invitees only’ discussion panelist. The four panelist i.e.  Dr. Saman Kelegama – ‘IMF loan facility – Challenges, Opportunity & Policy Options for Sri Lanka’, Prof. W D Lakshman – ‘A way forward’, Dr. Anura Ekanayake – ‘Private sector points of view’ and Dr. Usvatte-aratchi – ‘ IMF Loan: What Is the Fuss About? ’.

The Pathfinder Foundation in Collaboration with the Business for Peace Alliance and The Wayamba Chamber of Commerce and Industry held a Sanvada in Kurunegala , a Provincial Town, on the 19th of August 2009 on the Impact of the “New Electricity Act” which has empowered the Public Utility Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) as independent regulator of the electricity industry in Sri Lanka.

The Pathfinder Foundation (PF) under its Sanvada (Dialogue) Programme organized its 16th Public Seminar in collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport on the Draft National Transport Policy.