NEPAL POWER INVESTMENT

SUMMIT 2016

Nepal, May 31-June 3, 2016

NEPAL - THE FUTURE BATTERY OF SOUTH ASIA

Prime Minister will provide openning address in the event and highly welcome your participation!
Any resource that remains hidden or unutilized and does not come to the people benefit is not considered as
meaningful resource. Nepal needs a lot of investment to bring its water resource to the us of the people. We need
to have more innovative ideas and plans to develop water resources into sustainable source for development. For
this, we need a lot of investments from external agencies. We dream of and firmly believe in the judicious development of this potentiality. ------ K P Sharma Oli, H.E. Prime Minister of Nepal

Government Organizer

Organizer

Investment Board of Nepal

Government of Nepal

Conference Sponsor

Associate Sponsor

Exhibiting Sponsors

Ministry of Energy
Government of Nepal

Presentation Sponsor

MAIN CONFERENCE DAY ONE

Tuesday 31 May, 2016

Venue: Regal 2
Deepak Rauniar, CEO, Hydroelectricity Investment and Development

Plenary Keynote Session

Overview of Myanmars Offshore Market

Company

Upendra Poudyal, President, Nepal Bankers Association

William Pegues, OPIC
TBA, IBN Representative

0850 - 0900 Master of Ceromony by Bhusan Dahal

0900 - 0905 Lamp Lighting

1250 - 1400 Delegate Lunch

0905 - 0910 National Anthem by Swaroop Raj Acharya

and Satya Raj Acharya

Experience Sharing from Leading

Utilities and Private Sector Perspective

0910 - 0920 Opening Address by Chairperson of Energy

Development Council

Chair of the Session - H.E. Ambassador

0920 - 0930 Nepals Foreign Investment Policies and

New Foreign Investment Regime
CEO, Office of the Investment Board (IBN), Government of Nepal

Mukesh Raj Kafle, Managing Director, Nepal Electricity Authority

1400 - 1420 Topic TBA

(NEA)
1420 - 1440 Accelerating Hydropower Sector Development and Future Planning in Bhutan
Kuenga Namgay, Director O&M, Druk Green Power Corporation

0930 - 0940 Special Remarks by H.E. Mrs. Alaina B.

Teplitz, Ambassador of USA Embassy

1440 - 1500 Unlocking Nepals Large Hydropower

Potential and Future Large Storage Hydropower Project
Planning in Nepal
S.C. Agarwal, CEO, SAPDC (SJVN Arun-3 Power Development
Company

0940 - 0950 Remarks by Dr. Yubaraj KhatiwadaVice

Chairperson, National Planning Commission
0950 - 1000 Special Remarks by Guest of Honor H.E.
Minister of Energy, Thailand
1000 - 1010 Inaugural Remarks by Rt. Honorable Prime
Minister of Nepal
1010 - 1050 Panel Discussion: Opportunities and Challenges of Rebuilding Nepals Power Market
Moderator: Bishal Thapa, Vice Chairperson, Energy Development
Council (EDC)
Panelists:
Gagan Thapa, Chairman, Water Resource and Agriculture Committee,
Legislative Parliament
Kuenga Namgay, Director O&M, Druk Green Power Corporation
Parveen Nanda, Senior Vice President - Hydro, Greenko Group
Dr. Aiming Zhou, Senior Energy Specialist, Asian Development Bank
Christian Siemer, Partner, Fichtner
Michael Boyd, Senior Energy Policy & Strategy Advisor, USAID Nepal
1050 - 1100 Overview of Nepals Power Development
Program - Renovation for the Next Generation
Dr. Sanjay Sharma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Energy
1100 - 1130 Morning Refreshment and Network

Policy Updates and Financing Methods

for Nepal Power Development

1500 - 1520 Sponsor Presentation: How to Address

Increasing Power Needs of Nepal and South Asia
Anthony Smith, Head of Power Project Sales - South Asia, Aggreko

1520 - 1540 Afternoon Refreshment and Network

1540 - 1600 Nepal: The Energy and Infrastructure
Investment Challenges
Allard Nooy, CEO, Infraco Asia
1600 - 1620 The Lao PDR: a Model for Hydropower
Development
David Doran, Partner and Chairman, DFDL Legal & Tax

1620 - 1640 What is Required for a Sustainable Power

Plant in Condition Prevailing in Nepal based on the
Assessment of Three Hydropower Plants after the Earthquake Disaster in May 2015
Christian Siemer, Partner, Fichtner
1640 - 1700 Managing Environmental & Social Risks in
Hydro Power Development
Sean Purdie, APAC Managing Partner-Power, ERM
Neena Singh, Partner, Impact Assessment & Planning Services, ERM

Chair of the Session - H.E. Ambassador

1130 - 1150 Topic TBA
Sujit Acharya, Chairperson, Energy Development Council (EDC)
1150 - 1210 Topic TBA
Jeebach Mandal, Joint Secretary, Water and Energy Commission
Secretariat
1210 - 1250 Panel Discussion: Project Financing Methods & Requirements for the Power Sector in Nepal
Moderator: Dr. Himesh Dhungel, Country director, Millennium
Challenge Corporation
Panelists:
Uttar Kumar Shrestha, CEO, Butwal Power Company

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1700 - 1750 Panel Discussion: Investing in Nepal

Experiences and Suggested Improvements
Moderator: Sashin Joshi, CEO, Nabil Bank
Panelists:
Allard Nooy, CEO, Infraco Asia
S.C. Agarwal, CEO, SAPDC (SJVN Arun-3 Power Development
Company
Stephane Barbeau, Senior Operations Official, IFC
Bidhya Sigdel, Investment Director, Dolma Fund
Dr. Sandip Shah, General Manager, Himal Power & Vice President,
Country Director, Statkraft

1800 Cocktail Party

MAIN CONFERENCE DAY TWO

Wednesday, 1 June, 2016

Venue: Regal 2

Power Transmission & Distribution

in Nepal

Panelists:

0900 - 0910 Opening Address

Duputy Managing Director, Nepal Electricity Authority

1310 - 1400 Delegate Lunch

Chair of the Session - H.E. Ambassador

0910 - 0930 Analysis of Power Transmission Market in
Nepal: Opportunities and Challenges
Surendra Rajbhandari, Deputy Managing Director, Nepal Electricity
Authority
0930 - 0950 Landmark Nepal-India Cross Border Transmission Project To Ease Power Shortages
Shri R. P. Sasmal, Director (Operations), Power Grid Corporation of
India Limited
0950 - 1010 Power Trading Opportunities and Challenges between Nepal and India
Deepak Amitabh, Chairman and Managing Director, Power Trade
Corporation India Limited
1010 - 1030 Cross Border Electricity Trade in South Asia
Rajiv Panda, Head-Technical, South Asia Regional Initiative For
Energy Integration (SARI/EI)
1030 - 1050 Sponsor Presentation: Safe and Reliable
Dams International Experience
Andrew Deeks, Managing Director, NGI Perth
yvind Torgersrud, Senior Engineer, NGI

1050 - 1110 Morning Refreshment and Network

1110 - 1150 Panel Discussion: Strengthen South Asia
Power Grid Interconnection - A New Future of Win-Win
Cooperation
Moderator: Sher Singh Bhat, Deputy Managing Director, Nepal
Electricity Authority
Panelists:
Shri R. P. Sasmal, Director (Operations), Power Grid Corporation of
India Limited
Surendra Rajbhandari, Duputy Managing Director, Nepal Electricity
Authority
Sonam Tashi, Co-founder, QED Group
Rajiv Panda, Head-Technical, South Asia Regional Initiative For
Energy Integration (SARI/EI)

Role of Nepals Decentralised

Renewables in the Energy Mix
Chair of the Session - H.E. Ambassador
1150 - 1210 Beyond the Grid: How Distributed Renewable Energy System could End Loadshedding
Bishal Thapa, Vice- Chairperson of EDC & MD of Saral Urja Nepal Pvt.
Ltd
1210 - 1230 Topic TBA
Ram Prasad Dhital, Executive Director, Alternative Energy Promotion
Center
1230 - 1310 Panel Discussion: Energy Mix in Nepal Making Space for Renewables
Moderator: Tika Limbu, Head Portfolio Management Unit, ADB

Kushal Gurung, CEO, Wind Power Nepal

Andy Moon, CEO, Sunfarmer
Prachin Shrestha, CEO, Shubha Biomass Briquette Pvt. Ltd.

Project Investment Seminar

Chair of the Session - H.E. Ambassador
1400 - 1420 Overview of BPCs Planning Hydropower
Project and Opportunies for Further Development
Pratik Man Singh Pradhan, Vice President, Butwal Power Company
1420 - 1440 Meet the Standards to Bid in Nepals Power
Projects and Future Project on Line for Nepals
Hydropower Development
Office of the Investment Board (IBN), Government of Nepal
1440 - 1500 Topic TBA

Maha Bir Pun, Ramon Magsaysay Award Winner National Innovation

Center
1500 - 1700 Project showcase are listed as follows.
Upper Arun Hydroelectric Project (335 MW), NEA
Thuli Bheri Hydropower Project ( 530 MW)
Nalsingad Hydropower Project ( 410 MW)
Budhigandaki Hydroelectric Project ( 1200 MW), NEA
Tanahu Hydropower Project ( 140 MW), NEA
Upper Tamor Hydropower Project ( 415 MW), Sanima Hydro and
Engineering P Ltd
Transmission Line Project, Deputy Managing Director, NEA
Hydroprojects, Deputy Managing Director, Generation Directorate, NEA
NEA Hydroprojects, Deputy Managing Director, Engineering Services
Directorate, NEA
1700 Vote of Thanks

PRE-CONFERENCE DAY
Monday, 30 May, 2016

1400 - 1700 Nepal Investment Forum

Electrifying Nepal: Legal Reform and Lessons on Development from Southeast Asia
Overview of the reforms being considered and implemented in Nepal
Outline of institutional and regulatory framework for power sectors
Development models in Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, the Philippines, etc
Examination of how reforms in other countries have contributed to
the successful development and financing of private PPP hydropower
projects
Key finance sources and measures to ensure bankability of power
project developments
Assessment of government-led vs. commercial-led sector reforms
and outcomes for investment
Key issues to consider
Open discussion of the critical issues facing reform efforts, private
sector development and financing of hydropower projects in Nepal
David Doran, Partner and Chairman, DFDL Legal & Tax
Audray Souche, Partner and Deputy Managing Director, DFDL Legal &

Tax

Rob Fitzgibbons, Senior Consultant, DFDL Legal & Tax

Priyadarshani Sherchan, Senior Associate, Pioneer Law Associates

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