The second edition of the Nepal Business Summit is set to take place in Kathmandu on April 20.
The event will be organized in collaboration with the Government of Nepal, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Supplies.
An agreement regarding the organization of the summit was signed between the Nepal Chamber of Commerce (NCC) and the Nepal Business Institute (NBI).
This year's summit, organized under the theme of "Economy for a Sustainable and Resilient Future", will focus on the burning issues seen in the economic, banking, industrial/business, and high-potential sectors, and will involve intensive discussions, debates, and interactions between domestic and foreign academics/experts of the relevant subjects/sectors, emerging youth and women entrepreneurs.
The objective is to prepare a conclusion report containing useful suggestions of far-reaching importance obtained from the debate sessions and hand them over to the three-tier government for proper implementation, said Executive Chairperson of Nepal Business Institute and Coordinator of Summit Organizing Committee, Bishal Gaire.
President Nepal Chamber of Commerce, Kamlesh Agrawal, expressed his belief that the summit will create an environment to encourage and make the entire private sector dynamic by holding extensive discussion and interactions on problems seen in economic, banking, business, information technology and agriculture sectors.
Similarly, Nepal Business Institute (NBI) Executive Chairperson and Summit Organizing Committee Coordinator Bishal Gaire said that the summit will be a starting point for sustainable and broad-based economic development by encouraging domestic investment and attracting foreign investment through sustainable banking development, industrialization, agriculture, tourism, hydropower, forest products, technology, upgrading of small and medium enterprises, self-entrepreneurship and startup businesses, venture capital, and incubation, among other sectors.
The summit will be attended by more than 500 people, including high-ranking political and administrative officials of the federal government, provincial chief ministers, heads of local bodies, domestic and foreign experts, economists, banking experts, representatives of donor agencies, leaders of leading private sector organizations, chairmen/directors and high-ranking officials of banks and financial institutions, industrialists and businessmen, emerging youth and women, youth and women working in innovative sectors, youth involved in IT and digital technology, human resources returned from foreign employment, and higher education students.
