Chamber of Construction Industry Sri Lanka (CCI) in its capacity as the accredited representative of the domestic construction industry will host a seminar on Energy Sector, the third in a series of infrastructure related seminars having held similar fora on Management of Ocean Resources in the month of June 2008 and a seminar on Transport Infrastructure on 26th Aug. 2008.

Sri Lanka needs increasing energy supplies at affordable costs to sustain economic growth and development. Energy at affordable rates as energy is a key building block for sustaining Sri Lanka’s socio economic development.

Chamber recognizes that there is a need for energy sector reforms and the importance of increased access to reliable and affordable energy services. This forum is expected to catalyze a vigorous debate on the present institutional framework and the critical importance of environmentally sustainable energy systems necessitating technological breakthroughs which can bring about a paradigm shift in the way we extract, produce, deliver and use energy.