Sri Lanka Forum of Entrepreneurship (SLFE) - 2024 “Ensuring Resilient and Sustainable Future through Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice” 15th March 2024

About SLFE 2024

SLFE 2024 is scheduled to be held on the 15th of March 2024 capturing the theme of “Ensuring Resilient and Sustainable Future through Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice”. Sri Lanka Forum of Entrepreneurship (SLFE) is an annual research conference conducted with the participation of member universities in Sri Lanka. The SLFE was initiated by University of Sri Jayewardenepura and the first SLFE was conducted in the year 2022. In 2023 the forum was hosted by Uwa Wellassa University and consecutively, University of Kelaniya will be hosting the forum in 2024. SLFE covers interdisciplinary areas in entrepreneurship which creates a platform for academia, researchers, entrepreneurs, practitioners and policymakers to share their knowledge and insights and enables collaborations. We invite researchers and practitioners to submit papers that discuss theoretical views, approaches, models, and methodologies that contribute to entrepreneurship theory and practice.

Conference tracks

  1. Corporate Entrepreneurship
  2. Entrepreneurial Cognition and Psychology of Entrepreneurship
  3. Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Complexity
  4. Entrepreneurial Strategy, Growth & Performance
  5. Entrepreneurship Education, Training and learning
  6. Family Business
  7. Gender Issues in Entrepreneurship
  8. Minority Entrepreneurship
  9. Technopreneurship
  10. Human Resources Management in Entrepreneurship
  11. International Entrepreneurship
  12. New Venture Creation
  13. New Venture Risk and Failure
  14. Public Entrepreneurship
  15. Research Methods & Entrepreneurship
  16. Small Business Management
  17. Social Entrepreneurship
  18. Sustainable Entrepreneurship
  19. Uncertainty and Opportunity
  20. Entrepreneurial Finance
  21. Contemporary topics in Entrepreneurship
  22. Creativity and Innovation
  23. Incubation

Conference Date

15th March 2024

Conference Venue

University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Keynote Speaker

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Prof. Rangika Halwatura
Prof. Rangika is a professor attached to the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Moratuwa. Prof. Rangika is an expert in the fields of Construction Management, Structural Designing, Project Planning and Monitoring, Forensic Engineering, Sustainable Design and Green technology. Further, he was the national winner of the Sri Lanka of Energy Global Award 2016 and JCI TOYP (Top outstanding young persons of Sri Lanka) award in Academic Leadership and Accomplishment for the year 2014. In the year 2017, he won several awards, namely, the Most Outstanding Sri Lankans Award, under the title of Best Inventor award for Inventing Sustainable Design and Materials, TWAS (The World Academy of Science) Young scientist award, Environment Award (Individual category) for Sustainable Construction Materials in Sri Lanka. Also, he won the Presidential Awards for Academic Publications and Environment Merit Award at the Engineering Excellence Awards in 2018.