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2024 Speakers

Nayomi Apsara
Nihal Arthanayake
Afdhel Aziz
Mary Beard
Simon Bell
Jaspinder Bilan
Sam Bleakley
Tom Parker Bowles
Nicholas Brooks
Miguel Cunat
Chevaan Daniel
Channa Daswatte
Megan Dhakshini
Tishani Doshi
Sachi Ediriweera
Nizrana Farook
Sebastian Faulks
Peter Frankopan
A.C. Grayling
Fabienne Francotte
Ella Frears
Karan Gokani
Guy Gunaratne
Kanishka Gupta
Romesh Gunasekera
Amanthi Harris
Will Harris
Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Anthony Horowitz
Ameena Hussein
Amanda Jayatissa
Manu Joseph
Sunela Jayewardene
Chamintha Jayasinghe
Balli Jaswal
Shehan Karunatilaka
Radha Kumar
Christina Lamb
Jeremy Lee
Andrew Lownie
Isurinie Anuradha Mallawaarachchi
Neloufer de Mel
Nayomi Munaweera
Moni Mohsin
Nujeen Mustafa
Janice Pariat
Johann Peiris
Lahiru Perera
Sam Perera
Chalana Perera
DBC Pierre
Sumith Pilapitiya
Vidura Bandara Rajapaksa
Anya Ratnayaka
Chiranthi Rajapakse
Marguerite Richards
Jacqueline Samarasinghe
Simon Schama
Randhula de Silva
Sujit Sivasundaram
Cynthia Shanmugalingam
Alexander McCall Smith
Chhimi Tendulf
Irushi Tennekoon
Jagath Weerasinghe
Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne
Anoma Wijewardene
Yudhanjaya Wijeratne

Moderators

Artika Bakshi
Andrew Fidel Fernando
Niki Gomez
Chanchala Gunewardena
Kalpanee Gunawardana
Sandra Hill
Azara Jaleel
Thirangie Jayatilake
Curtis Jobe
Vinod Malwatte
Savithri Rodrigo
Vidusha Nathavitharana
Yanik Tissera
Shalini Wickramasuriya
Pramodha Weerasekera
Hen Tatham
Jill Macdonald
Julia Wheeler
Leandro Filippin
Tracy Holsinger

Hosts

Tasmin Anthonisz
Nadishka Aloysius
Tharanga Liyana Arachchi
Tehani Chitty
Geraldine Coates
Sulochana Dissanayake
Emily Dobbs
Charles Uzzell Edwards
Shimali Perera
Saheedullah Saheed
StoryLandSL
Neha Tennekoon
The International Centre for Ethnic Studies
Jude
Omaya
Sri Yoga Shala

Performers

Misfit Souls
The Chamber Music Society of Colombo
The Muslim Choral Ensemble
The Sunera Foundation
Stages Theatre Group