PDPA: FROM ACT TO ACTION

Thursday

5 November 2026 - Cinnamon Life, Colombo

8.30 AM to 2.00 PM

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About the event

From PDPA readiness to real implementation.

Most organizations know what the PDPA requires.
The hard part is putting it into practice.

GRC Summit 2026 takes you through the full implementation journey in one focused morning: finding your gaps, building a roadmap, putting it into action, and keeping compliance running.

Assess
Plan
Implement
Sustain

The full PDPA journey, in one morning

Learn from legal and privacy specialists, industry leaders and the Xapi team, then put your questions to an expert panel on the real challenges organizations face.

Who Should Attend

CEOs, Managing Directors, and Founders

CIOs, CTOs, and Heads of IT

Chief Risk and Compliance Officers

Data Protection Officers

Heads of Legal, Operations, and HR

What You'll Take Away

A clear view of what the DPA expects from organizations

A practical roadmap for PDPA implementation

How to handle consent, data subject requests, and breach response in practice

How technology can automate and simplify ongoing compliance

Answers to your questions from regulators and practitioners

Speakers

Dimuth Atapattu

Leads Sri Lanka's Data Protection Authority as Director General, guiding the nation toward a future where personal data is respected, protected and trusted.

Trinesh Fernando

A respected voice in digital governance, AI and data protection, Trinesh Fernando is a former Group General Counsel and DPO. As a member of the PDPA Drafting Committee, he brings rare insight into both the intent of the Act and how it works in practice.

Ashwini Natesan

Ashwini Natesan is a legal consultant and research fellow in technology, media and telecommunications law, and one of Sri Lanka's leading experts on the PDPA. She brings deep knowledge of privacy law and a practical eye for how organisations can apply it.

Prabath Ariyarathna

Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of X-Venture, leading the product vision behind Xapi. An expert in enterprise architecture, Data, API and AI governance, he helps organizations turn compliance requirements into practical implementation.