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Session 1: Inaugural Session 14.00 – 14.45
Host: Naina Shakya National Anthem of Nepal Welcome: David Molden, Director General, ICIMOD | Welcome Speech Lighting of the Lamp: The Right Honourable Bidya Devi Bhandari, President of Nepal Remarks: Veronica Cody, Ambassador, Delegation of the European Union to Nepal | Remarks Remarks: Dasho Rinzin Dorji, ICIMOD Board Chair & Secretary, Government of Bhutan Remarks: Honourable Mithila Chaudhari, Minister, MoPE, Government of Nepal Presidential Address: The Right Honourable Bidya Devi Bhandari, President of Nepal Vote of Thanks: Prakash Mathema, Secretary, MoPE, Government of Nepal
Session 2: High-Level Leadership Panel 15.15 – 17.30 The role of a resilient HKH in the future of a sustainable Asia
Setting the Context and Panel Moderation: David Molden, ICIMOD | Opening Speech Sonam Wangchuk, Founding Director, SECMOL Gowher Rizvi, Advisor to Prime Minister, Government of Bangladesh Yeshey Dorji, Minister, Government of Bhutan V K Saraswat, Member, NITI Aayog, India Gyan Chandra Acharya, Economic Advisor to Prime Minister of Nepal, Former UN Under Secretary General Veronica Cody, Ambassador, Delegation of the European Union to Nepal Peter Budd, Ambassador, Embassy of Australia in Nepal Roland Schafer, Ambassador, Embassy of Germany in Nepal Bimala Rai Paudyal, Former Member, National Planning Commission, Government of Nepal Teresa Fogelberg, Deputy Chief Executive, Global Reporting Initiative About the Conference and Vote of Thanks: Nand Kishor Agrawal, ICIMOD About the Conference and Vote of Thanks: Nand Kishor Agrawal, ICIMOD
Eklabya Sharma, ICIMOD Sir Partha Das Gupta, University of Cambridge
Session 3: Plenary: Setting priorities: The science of change and resilience, and policy preparedness for action
9.30 – 10.45 Host: Arabinda Mishra, Anna Sinisalo Chair: Asun St. Clair, DNV GL
Panelists:
Session 4: Plenary: Plurality of perspectives and approaches towards resilience building: Inclusive and transformative change through different lenses
11.15 – 12.45 Host: Dhrupad Choudhury, Kamala Gurung, Ruijun Long Chair: Hans Hurni, University of Bern Panelists:
Session 5A – 5D Parallel Sessions: Leveraging the SDG-consistent mountain priorities – Part 1
13.45 – 15.15 5A: Sustaining mountain ecosystems and biodiversity
Host: Wu Ning, Nakul Chettri Chair: Yang Yongping, Kunming Institute of Biology
5B: Ensuring water security
Host: Santosh Nepal, Faisal Qamer Chair: Asit Biswas, Lee Kuan Yew School for Public Policy
5C: Supporting access to clean energy
Host: Arnico Panday, Bikash Sharma Chair: Rinzin Dorji, Gov. of Bhutan
5D: Promoting food and nutrition security
Host: Golam Rasul, Lipy Adikari Chair: R.A.M. Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury, Member of Parliament, Bangladesh
Session 6A – 6D Parallel Sessions: Leveraging the SDG-consistent mountain priorities – Part 2
15.45 – 17.15 6A: Achieving gender and social equity
Host: Chanda Gurung, Muhammad Ismail Chair: Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura, Gov. of Bangladesh
6B: Ending mountain poverty
Host: Abid Hussain, Amina Maharjan Chair: Ram Prasad Lamsal, MoPE
6C: Adapting to climate change and managing disaster risk
Host: Mandira Shrestha, Neera Pradhan, Vijay Khadgi Chair: Stefan Schneiderbauer, Eurac Research
6D: Building economic opportunity and investment
Host: Surendra Joshi, Ghulam Ali Chair: Teresa Fogelberg, GRI
Session 7 Plenary: Reporting back: Key messages and lessons from the parallel sessions of Day 2
09.00 – 09.45 Host: Dhrupad Choudhury, Laurie Vasily
Chairs of parallel sessions will be panelists
Session 8 Plenary: Large-scale action: Bringing solutions and ideas into the mountains and beyond
09.45 – 11.15
Host: Kanchan Shrestha, Bhaskar Karky Chair: Ashok Jain, NITI Aayog
11.15 – 11.45 Tea
Sessions 9A – 9D Parallel sessions: Mechanisms for integration and policy action
11.45 – 13.15 9A: Policy and institutions
Host: Clemens Kunze, Anjal Prakash Chair: Sunil Ray, ANSISS
9B: Markets and business solutions
Host: Tashi Dorji, Naina Shakya Chair: Asun St. Clair, DNV GL
9C: Regional cooperation
Host: Golam Rasul, Farid Ahmad Chair: PK Taneja, SAARC DMC
9D: Knowledge and technology networks
Host: Birendra Bajracharya, Mani Nepal Chair: Mozaharul Alam, UNEP
Session 10 SHOWCASE: Innovative solutions for resilience – photos, posters, marketplaces
14.15 – 15.30
Photo Committee: Utsav Maden, Udayan Mishra, Amy Sellmyer Posters Committee: Sanjeev Bhuchar, Janita Gurung, Kamala Gurung, Abid Hussain, Samita Sharma, Bhawana Syangden, Chi Huyen Truong Marketplace Committee: Laxmi Dutt Bhatta, Vishwas Chitale, Naina Shakya, Samita Sharma, Anu Joshi Shrestha, Bhawana Syangden, Kabir Uddin, Jun Jun Zhou
Session 11 Plenary: Reality check: Implementation challenges in achieving gender-responsive and socially inclusive transformative change
16.00 – 17.30
Host: Janita Gurung, Suman Bisht Chair: Anne-Charlotte Malm, Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok
Session 12 Plenary: Solutions at scale: Grassroots, across boundaries, and beyond for a sustainable Asia
09.00 – 10.30 Host: Laxmi Bhatta, Sanjeev Bhuchar Chair: Kinzang Dorji, Former Prime Minister of Bhutan
Session 13 Plenary: Harnessing synergies towards the HKH resilience agenda
11.00 – 13.00 Hosts: Brij Rathore, Flip Wester, Arabinda Mishra, Nand Kishor Agrawal Facilitators: TBD during the conference
Session 14 High-Level Policy Panel
14.00 – 15.30 Committing to resilience-building solutions: Mapping the way forward
Host: Nand Kishor Agrawal Moderator: Eklabya Sharma, ICIMOD
