Day One Nov 13 Wednesday, 2024
8:30 am Registration and Breakfast
10:00 am - 10:15 am

Opening

Emcee Announcement and Welcome

Sadikshya Shrestha

National Anthem

Panas Lightening by

Hon'ble KP Sharma Oli, Mr Kailash Satyarthi and Kailash Sirohiya
10:15 am - 10:20 am Welcome Remarks

Sambhav Sirohiya

10:20 am - 10:25 am Opening Video
10:25 am - 10:40 am

Opening Remarks by

Prime Minister Hon'ble KP Sharma Oli
10:40 am - 11:10 am

Keynote Speech by

Mr Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace Laureate
11:10 am - 12:25 pm Session I: Democracy at Crossroads

Panelist:

  • 1. Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, Former Prime Minister of Nepal
  • 2. Gagan Thapa, Member of the House of Representatives of Nepal
  • 3. Yogendra Yadav, Indian Political Activist
  • 4. Thomas Bell, British Journalist, Former Correspondent in Nepal for THE ECONOMIST

Moderator:

  • Sumnima Udas
12:25 am - 1:25 pm Session II: The Wave of Populism

Panelist:

  • Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Moderator:

  • Biswas Baral
1:25 pm - 2:10 pm LUNCH & Networking Break
2:10 pm - 2:55 pm Session III: The Double-Edged Sword of Social Media

Panelist:

  • 1. Sanjay Silwal Gupta
  • 2. Barsha Zhang
  • 3. Bidhya Chapagain / Rajnish Bhandari
  • 4. Peter Gill
Moderator:

  • Kiran Nepal
2:55 pm - 3:55 pm Session IV: Kantipur Yatra

Panelist:

  • 1. Yogesh Upadhyay
  • 2. Yuvraj Ghimire
  • 3. Narayan Wagle
  • 4. Sudheer Sharma
Moderator:

  • Umesh Chauhan
3:55 pm - 4:10 pm Networking Break
4:10 pm - 5:10 pm Session V: Power and Prosperity

Panelist:

  • 1. Binod Chaudhary
  • 2. Yuvraj Khatiwada
Moderator:

  • Prateek Pradhan
5:10 pm - 6:10 pm Session VI: Conversation with Prachanda

Panelist:

  • 1. Pushpa Kamal Dahal

Moderator:

  • Bijay Paudel News Chief Kantipur Tv
 6:10 pm Closing remarks for day 1 followed by dinner
Day Two Nov 14 Thursday, 2024
9:00 am Conclave Registrations
10:00 am - 10:10 am Emcee Announcement and Welcome Opening Video

Sadikshya Shrestha
 10:10 am - 11:10 am Session I: Rethinking Electoral System

Panelist:

  • 1. S Y Quraishi
  • 2. Hon. Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya / Bhoj raj pokhrel
  • 3. Shankar Pokharel
  • 4. Ram Kumari jhakri

Moderator:

  • C K Raut
 11:00 am - 11:30 am Networking Break
11:30 am - 12:30 pm Session II: Geopolitical Turbulence

Panelist:

  • 1. Suhasini Haider
  • 2. Wang peng
  • 3. Michael Kugelman

Moderator:

  • Anurag Acharya, Director
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Session III: Echoes of Empowerment

Panelist:

  • 1. Preeti Rai
  • 2. Palesha Goverdhan
  • 3. Saraswoti Chaudhary
  • 4. Rubina Chhetry

Moderator:

  • Sabina Karki
 1:30 pm - 2:15 pm Lunch Break
 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm Session IV: Driving Prosperity Beyond Borders

Panelist:

  • 1. Dr Arzu Rana
  • 2. Parag Shrestha, MD, Fuse Machine
  • 3. Sagar Lohani, Director at Churchill Institute of Higher Education
  • 4. Mahendra Chaulagain, President of the Nepal Business Association Qatar

Moderator:
 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Session V: Face to Face with Chief Ministers

Panelist:

  • 1.Hikmat Kumar Karki
  • 2.Satish Kumar Singh
  • 3.Bahadur Singh Lama
  • 4.Surendra Raj Pandey
  • 5.Chet Narayan Acharya
  • 6.Yam Lal Kandel
  • 7.Kamal Bahadur Shah

Moderator:

  • Krishna Acharya
 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm Session VI: KP Sharma Oli Dialogue with PM

Speaker:

  • KP Sharma Oli

Moderator:

  • Umesh Chauhan
 5:45 pm - 6:00 pm Closing Remarks
 6:00 pm CLOSING DINNER