Pitching your product to potential investors makes all the difference in an entrepreneur journey. The Demo Day event of the Lost Ingredients Lab was such a moment for the six participants of the 11-month-long incubator program
The Lost Ingredients Lab’s spotlight event was an ode to the 11 month programme that put a ‘spotlight’ on some of Sri Lanka’s underutilised ingredients. The spotlight event celebrated the 3 key ingredients the 3 participants/agripreneurs of the project were working with through an afternoon of culinary flair, storytelling, and discourse.
Plant-based chef & Masterchef Australia Finalist Simon Toohey gets a front-row seat on a spice factory tour at Saviru Technologies in Matale while on his journey around Sri Lanka with Dilmah searching for lost or underutilised ingredients.
Masterchef Australia Finalist Simon Toohey met the inspiring Lakmini Weerakkody a.k.a “Gotukola Goddess” on his recent journey around our tropical isle with Dilmah searching for lost or underutilised ingredients. Lakmini is the Founder of Lak Nature International which produces a healthy food range heroing Gotukola.
Masterchef Australia Finalist Simon Toohey visits a 100% plant-based factory in Sri Lanka called Plant-based Studios in Matale, Sri Lanka while on his journey around Sri Lanka with Dilmah searching for lost or underutilised ingredients. He also stopped to chat with its owner Sahan Bakmeewewa, an agripreneur who uses lost ingredients such as young jackfruit in his products.
Prof S. P. Nissanka shares the nature of reactive Nitrogen and shares about the other experiments being undertaken under South Asian Nitrogen Hub project in efforts to arrive at viable solutions for better nitrogen management.
Climate Summit 2024 - What three strategies do you feel will be imperative to implement in order to reduce energy costs in Sri Lanka? - Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala (President - Indian Institute of Technology)
Dr Gothamie Weerakoon, Lichen expert gives us a comprehensive introduction into the fascinating world of Lichens.
Dr Ajinkya Deshpande, Environmental Ecologist for UKCEH shares in detail about the Ammonia Enhancement project that was conducted in the Rilagala forest close to the Dilmah Climate Change Centre in Queensberry Estate
Climate Summit 2024 - What three strategies do you feel will be imperative to implement in order to reduce energy costs in Sri Lanka? - Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala (President - Indian Institute of Technology)
Climate Summit 2024 - What are the three main implications of climate change? - Arunabha Ghosh (CEO - Council on Energy, Environment and Water)
Climate Summit 2024 - What three lessons can Sri Lanka take from India, in terms of establishing climate action policy? - Arunabha Ghosh (CEO - Council on Energy, Environment and Water)
Climate Summit 2024 - What three strategies do you feel will be imperative to implement in order to reduce energy costs in Sri Lanka? - Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala (President - Indian Institute of Technology)
Climate Summit 2024 - What are the three most important policy facilitators that will have a positive impact on enriching sustainable agriculture? - Bernhard Stefan (Managing Director - Nestle Lanka Limited)
Climate Summit 2024 - Can you explain how 'Hides' facilitate larger numbers to experience the Yala National Park with a lower carbon footprint? - Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne (Wildlife Author)
Climate Summit 2024 - What positioning strategies should Sri Lanka adopt to attract climate conscious consumers? - Hitoshi Hamaguchi (President - Dentsu APAC Practices)
Climate Summit 2024 - Climate Summit 2024 - What three factors would best enable Sri Lanka to attract green funding and impact funding? - Joost Bilkes (Managing partner - Impact Advisory Services)
Climate Summit 2024 - Climate Summit 2024 - What can we do to increase collaboration between grass root communities and the boardrooms that are forming the national adaptation policies and NDCs?
Climate Summit 2024 - Climate Summit 2024 - How would you see progression and the future of decarbonisation of buildings and environments? - Rohan Strategy Consultant)
Climate Summit 2024 - What are the threats and adaptation opportunities that you see of climate change in Sri Lanka? (Rohan Pethiyagoda - Biodiversity Scientist)
Climate Summit 2024 - How would you approach bridging the gap between the private sector and government policy? - Sonali Senaratna Sellamuttu - Ph.D Country Representative - GGGI SL
Buddhika Weerakoon, PHD candidate, shared the findings with regard to using Lichens as air quality sensors to detect ammonia pollution in tropical forest ecosystems.