TiECON Sri Lanka 2026: Entrepreneurship summit to connect innovation with global opportunity
Daily FT: Sri Lanka’s business landscape is set for a defining moment with the launch of TiECON Sri Lanka 2026, the country’s premier entrepreneurship summit designed to connect innovation with global opportunity.
Organised by TiE Colombo, this landmark event will bring together entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs, policymakers and educators, visionaries, innovators, global business leaders, and private equity and venture capital professionals, along with some of the world’s leading brand builders, creating a powerful launchpad for Sri Lankan companies aspiring to make their mark on the world stage.
TiE Sri Lanka President Madu Rathnayake said: “Our goal with TiECON 2026 is simple – it is to help Sri Lankan companies step confidently onto the world stage. This is where local ideas grow into global brands.”
Scheduled for 9 January 2026 at Cinnamon Life, Colombo, TiECON Sri Lanka 2026 will gather over 600 participants, both local and international, and 30+ global speakers for a day of world-class insights, connections, and collaboration.
This year’s conference focuses on helping Sri Lankan brands and businesses transition from local success to international expansion. The agenda will explore how homegrown companies can expand regionally and globally, navigate trade and technology shifts, and build sustainable competitive advantage in the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital transformation.
Key discussions at TiECON Sri Lanka 2026 will delve into how Sri Lankan brands can resonate in international markets, how companies can expand their operations beyond borders, and how innovation can be leveraged to stay competitive on a global scale. The conference will also explore what it takes to build cohesive cross-border teams and form meaningful international partnerships.
Through these conversations, TiECON Sri Lanka 2026 aims to equip entrepreneurs and business leaders with the insights, strategies, and global networks needed to scale Sri Lankan enterprises worldwide. More importantly, it offers a rare opportunity for participants to connect directly with global leaders and investors, creating the kind of relationships that can open doors far beyond Sri Lanka.
TiE Sri Lanka is part of the global TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) network, a not-for-profit organisation founded in Silicon Valley in 1992 to support and scale entrepreneurship globally.OSL take:
The fast-evolving global digital industry that has resulted in a growth in the sector of innovation has presented a host of new business/investment opportunities in Sri Lanka that has much potential of becoming the next lucrative business venture in the country. Given Sri Lanka’s rapid shift towards becoming a hub in the South Asian region, the need to be on par with the growing global digital and innovation industry has become very important. There are already several partnerships or joint ventures between local businesses and foreign businesses in this field as well. All these are indicative of the increasing business potential in Sri Lanka’s digital and innovation industry as well as related sectors, which foreign businesses/investors could confidently explore.
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