DAY One
Inaugural Session
Right Honorable Mr. K P Sharma Oli
Prime Minister and Chairman, Investment Board Nepal
Honorable Dr. Yuba Raj Khatiwada
Minister for Finance and Convener, Nepal Investment Summit 2019
H.E. Mr. U Thaung Tun
Union Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, Myanmar
Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat
Center Committee Member, Nepali Congress
Mr. Hartwig Schafer
Vice President, World Bank
Mr. Shixin Chen
Vice President, ADB
Dr. Shahzad Nasim
Group Executive Chairman, Meinhardt Group
Mr. M.G George Muthoot
Chairman, The Muthoot Group
Mr. Maha Prasad Adhikari
CEO, Office of the Investment Board
Parallel Session One
Energy: Generating Power for Economic Transformation
Honorable Mr. Barshaman Pun ‘Ananta’
Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation (Session Chair)
Mr. Sagar Raj Goutam
Senior Divisional Engineer, Ministry of Energy, Water Resource and Irrigation (Presenter)
Honorable Dr. Krishna Prasad Oli
Member, National Planning Commission
Mr. Kulman Ghising
MD, Nepal Electricity Authority
Mr. Sanoj Kumar Jha
Secretary, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC)
Mr. Song Dongsheng
General Manager, Power China
Mr. Gyanendra Lal Pradhan
Executive Chairman, Hydro Solutions (Moderator)
Information and Communication Technology: Advancing towards Digital Economy
Honorable Mr. Gokul Prasad Baskota
Minister for Communications and Information Technology (Session Chair)
Mr. Birendra Kumar Mishra
Joint Secretary, Ministry of communication and Information Technology (Presenter)
Mr. Chandra Balani
Head, Geographic Incubation, Amazon Internet Services Private limited, India
Mr. Masahiro Miyashita
General Manager, Sumitomo
Ms. Sonia Bashir Kabir
Managing Director, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Laos, Microsoft Asia Pacific
Mr. Ashutosh Tiwari
Managing Director, SAFAL Partners (Moderator)
Parallel Session Two
Tourism: Developing Destinations for Recreation and Pilgrimage
Honorable Ram Kumar Phuyal
Member, National Planning Commission (Session Chair)
Mr. Deepak Raj Joshi
CEO, Nepal Tourism Board (Presenter)
Prof. Glenn Mccartney
Associate Professor in International Integrated Resort management, University of Macau
Mr. Mike Bolsover
CEO, Silver Heritage Group
Ms. Sangita Shrestha Einhaus
MD, Dwarika's Group of Hotels & Resorts (Moderator)
Industry: Building Industrial Base and Creating Jobs
Honorable Mr. Matrika Prasad Yadav
Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies (Session Chair)
Ms. Yam Kumari Khatiwada
Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies (Presenter)
Mr. Abhimanyu Poddar
MD, Surya Nepal
Mr. Shekhar Golchha
Executive Director, Golchha Organisation
Mr. Xu Gang
Vice President, Huaxin Cement
Mr. Pradeep Kumar Shrestha
MD, Panchakanya Group (Moderator)
Sideline Events
Women in Business
Honorable Dr Bimala Rai Poudyal
Member of National Assembly
Mr Srini Nagarajan
Managing Director and Head of South Asia, CDC India
Mr Siddhanta Raj Pandey
CEO, Business Oxygen
Dr. Rajan Bhattarai
Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister
Ms. Liang Yin
Head, Power Construction Corporation of China (POWER CHINA)
Ms Anupama Khunjeli
CEO, Mega Bank Ltd
Ms. Pramila Acharya Rijal
President, South Asian Women Development Forum (SAWDF) - Welcome
Ms. Suba Sivakumaran
Head of Private Sector Development, Nathan (Moderator)
Youth Entrepreneurship Development
Mr. Suman Joshi
Managing Partner, True North Associates
Mr. Tim Gocher
Founder & CEO, Dolma Impact Fund
Mr. Dipta Shah
Independent Advisor, Early Stage Investing
Mr. Sambhav Sirohiya
CEO, Movers & Shakers Holdings
Mr. Ajay Shrestha
CMD, iCAPITAL President, Nepalese Young Entrepreneurs’ Forum (Moderator)
DAY Two
Parallel Session Three
Transport Infrastructure: Building Sustainable Transport Infrastructure
Honorable Mr. Raghubir Mahaseth
Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport (Session Chair)
Mr. Gopal Prasad Sigdel
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transportation (Presenter)
Mr. Andreas Cremer
Director, Infrastructure/Energy, DEG
Mr. Arnab Bandyopadhyay
Lead Transport Specialist, World Bank
Mr. HE Zhenwei
Secretary General, CODA
Mr. Salah Sharaf
Director General, Sharaf Group
Mr. Wang Lijie
DGM, China Railway International Group, China (Mainland)
Mr. Kanak Mani Dixit
Chairman, Sajha Yatayat Public Transport Company (Moderator)
Agro and Forest Products: Opportunities through Niche and Value Chains
Honorable Mr. Chakra Pani Khanal ‘Baldev’
Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development (Session Chair)
Dr. Yogendra Kumar Karki
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Agricultural and Livestock Development (Presenter)
Mr. Harkirat Singh Bedi
Business Head-SAARC, Dabur India Limited
Mr. Rajiv Gandhi
CEO and MD, Hester Bioscience Ltd
Mr. Sanjay Khajuria
Senior Vice President (Corporate Affairs), Nestle India Ltd
Mr. Pawan Kumar Golyan
Chairman, Golyan Group (Moderator)
Plenary Session 2 Investing in Nepal: Experience Sharing
Mr. Shixin Chen
Vice President, ADB (Special Address)
Mr. Aashish Rai
Managing Director, Unilever Nepal
Ms. Bhawani Rana
President, FNCCI
Mr. Hari Bhakta Sharma
President, CNI
Mr. Nand Lal Sharma
Chairman and MD, SJVNL
Mr. Nirukt Sapru
CEO – Vietnam, ASEAN and South Asia Cluster Markets, Standard Chartered Bank
Dr. Upendra Mahato
Former President, NRNA
Mr. Anuj Agrawal
Chairman, Nepal Infrastructure Bank (Moderator)
Plenary Session 3 International Experience Sharing
Mr. Hans Peter Lankes
Vice President, Economics and Private Sector Development, IFC (Special Address)
H.E. Mr. Abdullah Al Salleh
Under Secretary for Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economy UAE
Ambassador H.E. Mr. Sadick Jaffer
Chief Director, InvestSA
Mr. Sivasuriyamoorthy Sundara Raja
Executive Director, Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA)
Mr. Stephen Schwartz
Head of Asia Pacific Sovereign ratings, Fitch
Mr. Padma Jyoti
Chairman, Jyoti Group (Moderator)
Plenary Session 4 Financing for Infrastructure Development
Ms. Keiko Honda
Vice President and CEO, MIGA (Special Address)
Mr. Dong-ik (Don) Lee
Director General of Investment Operations, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Ms. Elke Pfeiffer
Vice President, Allianz Investment Management
Mr. Geert Fijnaut
Head of the Asia team, Energy Department, FMO
Mr. Nishant Kumar
Regional Director – South Asia, GuarantCo
Mr. Samuel Joseph
Chief General Manager, EXIM Bank, India
Mr. Srini Nagarajan
Managing Director and Head of South Asia, CDC India
Mr. Sujeev Shakya
CEO, BEED Management (Moderator)
Closing Session
Honorable Puspa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’
Chairman, Nepal Communist Party NCP (Session Chair)
Mr. Binod Chaudhary
Chairman, Chaudhary Group
Mr. Bhaban Bhatta
President, Non-Resident Nepali Association
Mr. Kerry Adler
President and CEO, Skypower
Mr. Kaan Terzioglu
CEO, Turkcell