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- National Speaker
- International Speaker
Keynote by Dr. Shirin Ebadi Writer, Jurist, and Nobel Prize laureate
Dr. Shirin Ebadi
Writer, Jurist, and Nobel Lureate
Session 1: From Protests to Possibilities
Emel Mathlouthi
Tunisian-American, Singer-Songwriter The Voice of the Arab Spring
Kamanthi Wickramasinghe
Senior Journalist, Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka
Marzana Mahnaz
Research Associate, Centre for Governance Studies, Bangladesh
Tanuja Pandey
Gen Z Activist, Nepal
Biswas Baral
Editor, The Kathmandu Post moderator
Session 2: Gen-Z Revolt: Story of a shoe
Prakash Bohora
Gen Z Revolt Injured
Session 3: Revisiting Nepal’s Revolutions
CK Lal
Political Analyst
Session 4: What's funny about politics? In Nepal, almost everything
Adarsha Mishra
Comedian
Sita Neupane
Comedian
Prabhat Lama
Comedian
Sundar Khanal
Comedian
Manoj Gajurel
Comedian moderator
Session 5: The End of Ideology?
Hari Sharma
Political Scientist
Ghanashyam Bhushal
Politician
Session 6: Rebuilding Economy, Restoring Confidence
Dr. Biswo Nath Poudel
Governor, NRB
Chandra Dhakal
President, FNCCI
Nirvana Chaudhary
MD, CG Corp Global
Michael Foley
CEO, Ncell
Aanchal Kunwar
MD, Daraz
Nishant Khanal
Economist moderator
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- National Speaker
- International Speaker
Session 7: Public Discourse in the Age of Algorithms
Dovan Rai
AI Scientist
Prateek Pradhan
Editor-in-Chief of Baahrakhari.com
Asheem Man Singh Basnyat
MD and Regional Head of Pathao, Nepal
Nisha Adhikari
Politician
Dipesh Tripathi
Founder, The Nepali Comment moderator
Session 8: The People's Panel
Durga Prasain
Medical Entrepreneur and Activist
Rishi Dhamala
Politician
Khusbu Oli
Politician
Santosh Deuja
Media Person
Sama Thapa
Journalist, Kantipur Television moderator
Session 9: Nepal in Multipolar Crosshairs
Gao Liang
Deputy Director, Nepal Study Center at Sichuan University
Sneha Kumcha
Research Analyst, South Asia Center MP-IDSA, India
Robert York
Director, Regional Affairs at Pacific Forum, USA
Mrigendra Karki
Executive Director, Center for Nepal and Asian Studies (CNAS)
Anup Kaphle
Editor-in-Chief, Rest of World moderator
Session 10: New voices of New Republic
Rakshya Bam
Gen-Z Activist
Ajay Khushwaha
Youth Leader
Majid Ansari
Gen-Z Activist
Pradip Gyawali
Gen-Z Activist
Daya Dudraj
Journalist, Kantipur Daily moderator
Session 11: Federalism on Trial: System or Solution?
Hikmat Kumar Karki
Chief Minister, Koshi Province
Krishna Prasad Yadav
Chief Minister, Madhesh Province
Indra Bahadur Baniya
Chief Minister, Bagmati Province
Surendra Raj Pandey
Chief Minister, Gandaki Province
Chet Narayan Acharya
Chief Minister, Lumbini Province
Yamlal Kandel
Chief Minister, Karnali Province
Kamal Bahadur Shah
Chief Minister, Sudurpaschim Province
Rupesh Shrestha
News Chief, Kantipur Television moderator
Session 12: Policy, Politicians and Leadership
Pradip Paudel
General Secretary, Nepali Congress
Yogesh Bhattarai
Deputy General Secretary, CPN-UML
Sumana Shrestha
Former Minister
Umesh Chauhan
Editor-in-Chief, Kantipur Daily moderator