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Special Address

Right Honorable Puspa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’
Prime Minister

Honorable Sher Bahadur Deuba
President, Nepali Congress, Member of Legislature Parliament and Former Prime Minister

Honorable KP Sharma Oli
Chairman, Communist Party of Nepal (UML), Member of Legislature Parliament and Former Prime Minister

Honorable Krishna Bahadur Mahara
Deputy Prime Minister/Minister for Finance

Honorable Nabindra Raj Joshi
Minister for Industry

Honorable Ramesh Lekhak
Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport

Honorable Janardan Sharma ‘Prabhakar’
Minister for Energy

Honorable Romi Gauchan Thakali
Honorable Minister for Commerce

Honorable Jeevan Bahadur Shahi
Minster for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation

Honorable Kanchan Chandra Bade
State Minister of Industry
Speakers/Session Chairs From Government

Honorable Dr. Min Bahadur Shrestha
Vice Chairman, National Planning Commission

Honorable Dr. Swarnim Wagle
Member, National Planning Commission

Honoarable Dr. Chandra Kanta Paudel
Honorable Member, National Planning Commission

Dr. Chiranjibi Nepal
Governor, Nepal Rastra Bank

Mr. Shankar Das Bairagi
Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Shankar Prasad Koirala
Secretary, Ministry of Industry

Mr. Maha Prasad Adhikari
CEO, Office of the Investment Board Nepal

Mr. Rajendra Prasad Khanal
DG, Department of Mines

Mr. Birendra Kumar Misra
DG, Department of Information Technology

Mr. Sugat Ratna Kansakar
MD, Nepal Airlines Corporation

Mr. Kulman Ghising
MD, Nepal Electricity Authority

Dr. Er. Chandika Prasad Bhatta
Executive Director, SEZ

Mr. Deepak Raj Joshi
CEO, Nepal Tourism Board
Panelists/ Session Chairs

Mr. Allen Bailochan Tuladhar
Country Director, Microsoft Innovation Center, Nepal

Mr. Anand Bagaria
Managing Director, NIMBUS

Mr. Anil Shah
President, Nepal Bankers Association/CEO, Mega Bank

H.E. Asfaw Dingamo Kame
Ambassador of Ethiopia to India

Mr. Ashish Garg
Executive Member, IPPAN/Executive Director, Lower Solu Hydro Electric Project

Mr. Bharat Kunwar
Chairman, Rolpa Cement

Mrs. Bhawani Rana
Senior Vice President, FNCCI

Dr. Bimala Rai Paudyal
Former Member, National Planning Commission

Mr. Biswas Dhakal
Chairman and President, F1soft

Mr. Hari Bhakta Sharma
President, CNI

Mr. Harvinder Manocha
Chief Operating Officer, GMR Energy, India

Dr Jagadish C. Pokharel
Former Vice Chair, National Planning Commission

Mr. Joseph Silvanus
CEO, Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Limited

Mr. Karmath Dangol
VP of Engineering, Cloud Factory

Mr. Krishna Bahadur Manandhar
Former Acting Governor

Prof. Krishna Prasad Kaphle
Senior Geologist

Mr. Li Yanfeng
Chief Representative, Power China Resources Ltd., Nepal.

Ms. Liu Yunxia
Executive Committee, Vice President of Huaxin Cement Co. Ltd

Tan Sri Dr. M. Kayveas
Current Advisor to Ministry of Transport/Former Minister, Malaysia

Mr. Manohar Bhattarai
Former Vice-Chair, High Level Commission for Information Technology

Ms. Michelle Simmons
General Manager, Southeast Asia New Markets, Microsoft

Mr. Neeraj Rathi
Managing Director, Rakura Group of Tea Companies

Mr. Nirvana Chaudhary
Managing Director, CG Corp Global

Mr. Padma Jyoti
President, Jyoti Group of Companies

Mr. Prachanda Man Shrestha
Former CEO, Nepal Tourism Board

Mr. Puneet Varshney
MD, Bottlers Nepal (Coca-Cola)

Mr. Rabendra Raj Pandey
Past President, NATTA

Dr. Ramesh Prasad Bashyal
Petroleum Expert

H.E. Mr. Richard Morris
Ambassador, British Embassy in Kathmandu

Ms. Saraswati Rai Gurung
Manager, Himalayan Bio Trade

Mr. Satish Kumar More
Director, Hongshi-Shivam Cements, Chairman, Lucky Group

Dr. Shankar P. Sharma
Former Vice-Chairman of National Planning Commission, Former Ambassador of Nepal to the United States

Mr. Shekhar Golchha
Director, Golchha Organization

Mr. Shyam Prasad Giri
President, FNCSI

Mr. Siddhant Raj Pandey
CEO, Business Oxygen

Mr. Suraj Vaidya
President, SAARC CCI

Mr. Suresh Kanthaliya
General Manager, Patanjali Ayurved Ltd.

Mr. Suyash Chauhan
MD, Unilever Nepal

Mr. Tim Gocher
CEO, Dolma Development Fund

Dr. Upendra Mahato
Former President, NRNA

Ms Wendy Jo Werner
Country Manager, IFC

Mr. Yogendra Man Sakya
Director, ACE Hotels & Resorts