- all
- National Speaker
- International Speaker
Keynote Speaker
Prakash Man Singh Raut
Chief Justice
Kailash Satyarthi
Nobel Peace Laureate
Session 1 Democracy at the Crossroads
Dr. Baburam Bhattarai
Former Prime Minister, Nepal
Gagan Thapa
Member of Parliament, General Secretary, Nepali Congress
Ram Kumari Jhakri
Former Minister, Leader, CPN (Unified Socialist)
Yogendra Yadav
Political Activist, India
Thomas Bell
Author and Journalist, United Kingdom
Rupesh Shrestha
Deputy News Chief, Kantipur TV moderator
Session 2 Policy and Prosperity
Dr. Yuba Raj Khatiwada
Economic and Development Advisor, To the Prime Minister
Binod Chaudhary
Member of Parliament, Industrialist
Prateek Pradhan
Editor-in-Chief, Baahrakhari.com moderator
Session 3 The Wave of Populism
Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Political Scientist, India
Biswas Baral
Editor, The Kathmandu Post moderator
Session 4 The Double-Edged Sword of Social Media
Gopal Hamal
Mayor, Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City
Sanjay Silwal Gupta
Social Influencer, Founder, CEO Vyasa Media Network
Rajneesh Bhandari
Multimedia Journalist, Nepal
Peter Gill
Journalist, USA
Shanta Nepali
Mountaineer, Director, Producer
Janak Raj Sapkota
Multimedia Editor, Ekantipur moderator
Session 5 Pen and power : Three Decades of Nepalese Democracy and Jounalism
Yogesh Upadhyay
Founder Editor, Kantipur Daily
Yubaraj Ghimire
Former Editor, Kantipur Daily And The Kathmandu Post
Narayan Wagle
Former Editor-in-chief, Kantipur Daily
Sudheer Sharma
Former Editor-in-chief, Kantipur Daily
Umesh Chauhan
Editor-in-Chief, Kantipur Daily moderator
Session 6 Path of Prachanda: Street or State?
Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Former Prime Minister , Nepal
Bijay Paudel
News Chief, Kantipur Television moderator
- all
- National Speaker
- International Speaker
Session 1 Electoral Reform : Policy Or Practice?
Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya
Chief Election Commissioner, Nepal
Dr. S.Y. Quraishi
Former Chief Election Commissioner, India
Shankar Pokhrel
General Secretary, CPN-UML
Dr. CK Raut
President, Janamat Party, Member of Parliament
Mohna Ansari
Human Rights Activist moderator
Session 2 Geopolitical Turbulence
Michael Kugelman
Director, South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center, USA
Peng Wang
Research Fellow, The Institute of State Governance, Huazhong University of Science & Technology
Suhasini Haidar
Diplomatic Affairs Editor, The Hindu
Dr. Khadga KC
Rector, Tribhuvan University
Apekshya Shah
Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, TU moderator
Session 3 Women Champions from the Field
Indu Barma
Captain, National Women’s Cricket Team
Anjila Tumbapo Subba
Captain, National Women’s Football Team
Salina Shrestha
Member, National Women’s Volleyball Team
Arika Gurung
Asian Games Silver Medalist, Karate
Sabina Karki
Sports Journalist, Kantipur TV moderator
Session 4 Prosperity Beyond Borders
Dr. Arzu Rana Deuba
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Parag Shrestha
Managing Director, South Asia & Head of Strategy, Fusemachines Inc
Sagar Lohani
Director at Churchill Institute of Higher Education, Australia
Mahendra Chaulagain
President, Nepal Business Association, Qatar
Krishna Acharya
News Editor, Kantipur Daily moderator
Session 5 Key concerns of Chief Ministers
Hikmat Kumar Karki
Chief Minister, Koshi
Satish Kumar Singh
Chief Minister, Madhesh
Bahadur Singh Lama Tamang
Chief Minister, Bagmati
Surendra Raj Pandey
Chief Minister, Gandaki
Bhumishwar Dhakal
Acting Chief Minister, Lumbini
Yam Lal Kandel
Chief Minister, Karnali
Kamal Bahadur Shah
Chief Minister, Sudurpashchim
Pawan Acharya
Station Manager, Radio Kantipur moderator
Session 6 In conversation with the Prime Minister
KP Sharma Oli
Prime Minister, Nepal
Umesh Chauhan
Editor-in-chief, Kantipur Daily moderator
