Sept 20

12:00pm –
12:40pm

Nyal-Tso 
THE UNTOLD TRUTH ABOUT THE NON-PLANT-BASED FOOD
There is a belief that in order to get sufficient calcium, proteins or the necessary nutrition you must consume dairy milk or meat. The truth is, you can get all of your nutrients from a plant-based diet. Learn more about this with our experts in this workshop.

Speakers

• Kuntal Joisher (Vegan mountaineer and two-time Everest sum- miter)
• Dr. Vythilingam Pillay (Physician doctor, plant-based lifestyle advocate)
• Dr. Nandita Shah (Award-winning author and disease prevention advocate)
• Bhavna Kapoor (Plant-based Nutrition & Holistic Health Coach)

Moderator

• Courtney Garza (Editor-in-chief, VegWorld magazine & vegan social media strategist)

Acho Dhong-ka
HOW TO MAKE VEGAN, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMAL WELFARE VEGAN FILMS – FROM CONCEPT TO COMPLETION
We have all dreamed of creating an impactful video or documen- tary as part of our activism and yet, many of us do not know where to even begin. Join award-winning documentary filmmakers to understand the ins and outs of filmmaking from concept or idea to research through completion.

Speakers

• Keegan Kuhn (Award-winning documentary filmmaker, director and producer of Cowspiracy and What the Health)
• Tshering Dorji (Animal Rights Activist, Director of Jangsa Animal Saving Trust, Actor and Film Director)

Moderator

• Yubraj Maski (Independent filmmaker & plant-based food pro- moter)

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CREATING A VEGAN-FRIENDLY & MORE PROFITABLE BUSINESS…?
The success of any business depends on their marketing strategies, in case with the vegan business paying attention to your market strategies can help the most as per the growing vegan, vegetarian, flexitarian markets their impact mainly lies to the hospitality industry as a whole whether the impact is small or big. A vegan business can be done in two ways either being entirely open with people about them being vegan or simply keeping a secret from people. Discuss about the vegan impact on the hospitality industry and business profit from this firm.

Speakers

• Palak Mehta (Founder and CEO of Vegan First, India)
• Ken Spector (Head of marketing and key principal at HappyCow)
• Paul Eyers (Plant-based food & beverage consultant)
• Abhishek Sinha (CEO of GoodDot, India’s leading homegrown mock meat brand)

Sept 20

12:50pm –
01:30pm

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COMPASSIONATE VEGAN EDUCATION
One of the best ways to spread the word about veganism and plant-based eating is through networking and creating a community of vegans. To do that we must start from the base level and that is by starting some vegan clubs, vegan education classes for the students in different groups as that will bring together like-minded individuals while also attracting the attention of those who are vegan-curious. If that is done at the school level with the school curriculum itself might show the effectiveness and can discover ways in which the education can be implemented and auctioned.

Speakers

• Dr. LeAnne Campbell (President of T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies)
• Dr. Susianto Tseng (Co-founder of south-east Asia’s first vegan school and vegan nutrition for children and founder of the World Vegan Organisation)
• Dr. Seto Mulyadi (Child psychologist, activist and vegan educa- tor)
• Dr. Karunas Zhu (Vegan activist & founder of Taiwan Vegan Academy)

Acho Dhong-ka
THE TRUTH BEHIND ANIMALS IN TOURISM
Tourists often pay big money to be able to ride an elephant and visit zoos and consider it to be an exotic vacation activity without realiz- ing the shocking atrocities that happen behind the scenes in order to break the spirit of young wild animals in order to tame them. The outdated concept of zoos should not exist, so let us replace zoos with sanctuaries! Animal sanctuaries are an alternative to zoos where animals are not locked in cages but given the freedom to roam in areas that resemble their own natural habitat. Sanctuaries offer a home for rescued animals that are taken care of by professionals. Income that comes into sanctuaries can be used to treat and take care of rescued animals, unlike zoos that capture animals for the sole purpose of human entertainment and profit.

Speakers

• Dr. Ian Singleton (Wildlife conservationist & zoologist, world’s foremost expert on the Sumatran orangutan and founder of Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme)
• Dr. Deepani Jayantha (Leading elephant conservationist & veter- inarian & human elephant conflict)
• Tashi Payden Tshering (Founder & Executive Director of Royal Society for Protection and Care of Animals, Bhutan)
• Tshering Dorji (Animal Rights Activist, Director of Jangsa Animal Saving Trust, Actor and Film Director)

Moderator

• Dipesh Shrestha (Kathmandu Animal Save)

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TERRIFIC TASTES OF THAILAND – VEGAN GUIDE TO MAKING ONE OF THE WORLD’S BEST CUISINES
When it comes to eating out or take out food, Thai cuisine has always been a crowd favourite with its bursts of flavour and intricate tastes and yet, because of the seafood ingredients that are traditionally present in most Thai cuisine, vegans find themselves craving the old familiar tastes that they can no longer have. May Kaidee will show you how to recreate your favourite restaurant dishes right in the comfort of your own kitchen with vegan ingredients so you will never have to find yourself missing your favourite food ever again.

Speakers

• May Kaidee (Award-winning chef, restaurateur and cooking school owner)

Sept 20

01:40pm –
02:20pm

Nyal-Tso 
BEING VEGAN ???
To be vegan is to follow a plant-based diet among other lifestyle choices. Does being vegan seem difficult and out of reach to you? Discuss why there is an urgency for as many people as possible to go vegan and what the individual and collective benefits of veganism are.

Speakers

• Fiona Oakes (Global vegan marathon runner and animal sanctu- ary founder)
• Sanam Puri (Singer, songwriter and music composer)
• Dr. Zeeshan Ali (Program specialist at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine)
• Kuntal Joisher (Vegan mountaineer and two-time Everest summitter)
• Dr. Vidya Chakravarthy (Award-winning plant-based ayurvedic doctor)

Moderator

• Asmi Shrestha (Miss Nepal 2016, fashion model)
  

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FOOD OF THE FUTURE ! HEALTHIER, TASTIER & CRUELTY FREE
Food is the basic necessity for your body, so it is basically our future. We even say we become what we eat! So how about we have food that is healthier for our body without the absence of taste as well. That is what we are bringing for you guys, food that is healthy, tasty along with no cruelty. What if we say that you don’t have to go far in search of this food, it might be right next door. Join the workshop and try the food sample of such healthy and tasty food which is very mind-boggling.

Speakers

• Ken Spector (Head of marketing and key principal at HappyCow)
• Chef Jajah (Vegan master baker, Veganerie founder & vegan restaurateur)
• Bhavna Kapoor (India) (Plant-based Nutrition & Holistic Health Coach)

Moderator

• Palak Mehta (Founder and CEO of Vegan First, India)
  

Sept 20

02:30pm –
03:10pm

Acho Dhong-ka
HOW TO USE YOUR INFLUENCE TO SPEAK UP FOR ANIMALS
Every one of us has some sort of online platform and social media presence that we use to communicate our views, ideas and even advertise our businesses. Learn how you can use your own influence to speak up against the cruelty and injustice that animals face every day. Every seed you plant can create massive ripple effects within your community whether physical or online.
Speakers

• Fiona Oakes (Global vegan marathon runner and animal sanctu- ary founder)
• Dr. Seto Mulyadi (Child psychologist, activist and vegan educa- tor)
• Shivya Nath (Award-winning vegan travel blogger and author of the bestselling travel memoir “The Shooting Star”)
• Namgay Zam (Bhutan) (Journalist and Social Justice Activist)

Moderator

• Courtney Garza (Editor-in-chief, VegWorld magazine & vegan social media strategist)

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GET READY-THE FUTURE OF VEGAN TOURISM
It is no secret that plant-based eating and clean eating as a whole is a trend that is growing rapidly around the world. Study the current vegan trends that are taking over the tourism industry and discuss projections for what the future of vegan tourism might hold while understanding how businesses must implement changes to their ventures to meet these trends.

Speakers

• Zachary Lovas (Co-founder of VegVoyages Vegan Adventure Tours and The VegVoyages Foundation)
• Dr. Anne H. J. Lee (Author, researcher & director of plant-based ‘Temple Food Academy’)

Sept 20

03:20pm –
04:00pm

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ALTERNATIVE VEGAN AGRICULTURE
Demand for organic food products is increasing drastically, driven by the increased knowledge of what we consume. With this, comes the need to focus on how to make the eco-friendly dream of food forests come true. So, what can we do to practice environmentally-friendly, cruelty-free organic farming? Learn from the experts on how to create a self-sustained food forest that can provide you all year round organic foods including how to make organic, cruelty-free fertilizers.

Speakers

• Aakash Zure (Environment & sustainable agriculture advocate)
• Aviram Rozin (Vegan Environmentalist & Founder of Sadhana Forest)

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MAKE YOUR HOTEL, GUESTHOUSE OR HOME STAY MORE VEGAN FRIENDLY AND MORE PROFITABLE
With the growing number of vegan and health-conscious travelers, creating a more vegan-friendly hotel, guesthouse, or homestay is likely to create traction to your space. As with restaurants and cafes, there are many small but significant changes that you can make to your space to make it look more attractive to not only vegan travelers doing research online but also non-vegans who are trying to live a more health-conscious life. In fact, you might even gently persuade non-vegans to be plant-based for the duration of their stay with you as part of their holiday experience with the right marketing.

Speakers

• Paul Eyers (Plant-based food & beverage consultant)

Sept 20

04:10pm –
04:50pm

Nyal-Tso 
HOW TO START ANIMAL WELFARE & ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS CLASSES AT YOUR LOCAL EDUCATION INSTITUTION
Animal welfare awareness and environment-friendly education should be taught at ground level to every citizen of every country as it is as important as and connected with human rights education. With this in mind, we’ll discuss how to implement environmental and animal-friendly campaigns and programmes in the curriculum at your local educational institution.

Speakers

• Dr. LeAnne Campbell (President of T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies)
• Dr. Susianto Tseng (Co-founder of south-east Asia’s first vegan school and vegan nutrition for children and founder of the World Vegan Organisation)
• Jennifer Tan Sok Lim (Vegan activist and Chair – World Vegan Organization Singapore)
• Tashi Payden Tshering (Founder & Executive Director of Royal Society for Protection and Care of Animals, Bhutan)

Acho Dhong-ka
SPECIAL B2B / B2C SESSIONS FOR PLANT-BASED ENTREPRENEURS & BUSINESSES BROUGHT TO YOU BY VEGAN FIRST
Do you dream of having your own vegan business? Do you have a great plant-based product you think people are going to love? Do you want to market your products to healthy & eco-friendly com- munities throughout the Himalayas? Do you have a market, shop, restaurant or hotel and want to find vegan-friendly products? Do you have a vegan-friendly product and want to find markets, shops, restaurants or hotels to market to? The incredible team at Vegan First, established vegan entrepreneurs and branding experts from around the world will guide you at these special B2B / B2C sessions to take your vegan-friendly products or business to the next level! From branding, sales and marketing to product manufacturing and distribution – we’ll cover it all! Stay tuned to find out more information about these exciting, free workshops!

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A PIECE OF CAKE : DISCOVER THE JOY OF BAKING IN A VEGAN WAY
Break those myths about vegans having to give up on their cake with this workshop where you will learn that plant-based and cake can be even more delicious than their non-vegan counterparts while being so much healthier too. Combining all the nutrient-dense ingredients the plant universe has to offer means that these baked goods will no longer need to be a rare guilty treat!

Speakers

• Chef Jajah (Vegan master baker, Veganerie founder & vegan restaurateur)
  

Sept 20

05:00pm –
05:40pm

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ECOFEMINISM AND ANIMAL RIGHTS: THE INTERSECTIONAL APPROACH
Ecofeminism is the feministic lens towards environmental issues. It interlinks our relationship with nature and how patriarchy is the root of the repression of women and the environment. But non-human animals are not simply part of the environment, there is a deeper connection between feminism and speciesism: there is the presence of a similar systematic way of objectification and exploitation. Join this session to learn about feminism, speciesism and environmental- ism through an intersectional approach.

Speakers

• Shristi Singh Shrestha (Animal rights advocate, vegan activist and vice-president of Animal Nepal)
• Namgay Zam (Bhutan) (Journalist and Social Justice Activist)
• Tashi Payden Tshering (Founder & Executive Director of Royal Society for Protection and Care of Animals, Bhutan)
• Nivi Jaswal (Co-founder and CEO at Jiviniti, a Virsa Initiative)

Speakers

• Renee King-Sonnen (Rowdy Girl Sanctuary founder and advo- cate for compassionate farming)

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PREVENTING, REVERSING & HEALING THE DISEASES THROUGH FOOD
It has been proven time and time again that a clean plant based diet of whole food, fruits and vegetables can lower your risk of heart diseases and other severe illnesses and can improve your immunity. In fact a whole foods plant based diet cannot only prevent but it can also reverse heart disease and many underlying conditions. Nutrition and medical experts from around the world show how you can eat to heal your body and keep it free of disease and help you to make a cleaner and healthier choice.

Speakers

• Dr. Zeeshan Ali (Program specialist at the Physicians Comittee for Responsible Medicine)
• Dr. Vidya Chakravarthy (Award-winning plant-based ayurvedic doctor)
• Dr. Vythilingam Pillay (Physician doctor, plant-based lifestyle advocate)
• Dr. Muhammad Umair Arshad (Vegan advocate and nutrition expert)
• Bhavna Kapoor (Plant-based Nutrition & Holistic Health Coach)
  

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LOVE DAIRY PRODUCTS? LEARN HOW TO MAKE THEM IN A PLANT-BASED WAY
Learn how to make all the incredible dairy products alternatives available to vegans. You do not have to give up on your favourite comfort food when you make the transition to veganism. While veganism is definitely about healthy living, it can also be wholesome and enjoyable. Learn to veganise milk, cheese, curd, and butter in this programme so you can add them to your favourite recipes of all time without having to sacrifice the key components that make them delicious and comforting.

Speakers

• Deepali Nichani (Founder of Aakaariyaa)
• Jayalaxmi Rai (Vegan food consultant, founder of Granny’s Bowl online meal delivery and recipe developer)

Sept 20

05:50pm –
06:30pm

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VEGANISM 101: YOUR JOURNEY TO COMPASSION
To someone new to the concepts of plant-based eating, veganism might seem daunting but if you know your way around plant-based food, going vegan and getting the right nutrients could not be easier. In this discussion, you will learn the very basics of vegan living and how to navigate through the common issues that may arise at the beginning of your journey to clean healthy living.

Speakers

• Dr. Zeeshan Ali (Program specialist at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine)
• Jennifer Tan Sok Lim (Vegan activist and Chair – World Vegan Organization Singapore)
• Paul Pornthep Srinarula (Founding president of BIVA (Bangkok International Vegan Alliance) holistic health and vegan educator, motivational speaker and digital talk show host)
• Krishna Gurung (Vegan activist and president of Nepal Vegetarian Association)

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VEGAN ATHLETES DO EXIST – AND THEY THRIVE
Bust false myths about vegan living being expensive and out of reach to the average person as you learn to consume the best that the plant world has to offer within your budget. Get tips from vegan experts from all over the world on how to consume inexpensive, easily available whole food that offers the maximum amount of nutrition while limiting expensive processed food.

Speakers

• Fiona Oakes (Global vegan marathon runner and animal sanctu- ary founder)
• Kuntal Joisher (Vegan mountaineer and two-time Everest sum- miter)
  

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WANNA STILL EAT MEAT AND BE VEGAN? LEARN HOW TO MAKE VEGAN MEAT
Living vegan does not mean you have to give up on the tastes and flavours that you used to love.Learn about the incredible meat replacements available to vegans with an equal if not higher nutritional profile but without the toxins and hormones that come with traditional meat. These alternatives can be used to replace meat in all your favourite recipes without sacrificing texture, flavour or nutrients.

Speakers

• Jayalaxmi Rai (Vegan food consultant, founder of Granny’s Bowl online meal delivery and recipe developer)
• Chef Jajah (Vegan master baker, Veganerie founder & vegan restaurateur)
• Karma Dendup (Founder of Jangsem Monday—Meatless Mon- day Bhutan, animal advocate, film director & producer)

Sept 20

06:40pm –
07:20pm

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BUDDHISM AND PLANT-BASED DIET
Buddhism is a religion that deeply preaches kindness and non-vi- olence to all life. “Sabbe Satta Bhavantu Sukhitatta” is a script that is often chanted in Buddhism which loosely translates to “May all beings be well” which is somehow connected to the core principle of Veganism ‘living a lifestyle that causes minimal suffering to any sentient beings. Find the path of spirituality through the act we do everyday ‘eating’.

Speakers

• Eiko Azumano (Director, Japan Vegetarian Society—JPVS)
• Karma Dendup (Founder of Jangsem Monday—Meatless Monday Bhutan, animal advocate, film director & producer)

Acho Dhong-ka
SPECIAL B2B / B2C SESSIONS FOR PLANT-BASED ENTREPRENEURS & BUSINESSES BROUGHT TO YOU BY VEGAN FIRST
Do you dream of having your own vegan business? Do you have a great plant-based product you think people are going to love? Do you want to market your products to healthy & eco-friendly com- munities throughout the Himalayas? Do you have a market, shop, restaurant or hotel and want to find vegan-friendly products? Do you have a vegan-friendly product and want to find markets, shops, restaurants or hotels to market to? The incredible team at Vegan First, established vegan entrepreneurs and branding experts from around the world will guide you at these special B2B / B2C sessions to take your vegan-friendly products or business to the next level! From branding, sales and marketing to product manufacturing and distribution – we’ll cover it all! Stay tuned to find out more informa- tion about these exciting, free workshops!

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ECOFEMINISM: INTERSECTIONALITY IS THE SOLUTION
You’ve unlearnt the patriarchal values and learned about the interconnection of feminism, environmentalism, and animal rights, and how oppression is underlying under every social problem. Now, let’s discuss how we can apply intersectionality in our life to attain justice and common good for all of us (human-animals and non-human animals alike).

Speakers

• Shristi Singh Shrestha (Animal rights advocate, vegan activist and vice-president of Animal Nepal)
• Namgay Zam (Bhutan) (Journalist and Social Justice Activist)
• Tashi Payden Tshering (Founder & Executive Director of Royal Society for Protection and Care of Animals, Bhutan)
• Nivi Jaswal (Co-founder and CEO at Jiviniti, a Virsa Initiative)

Moderator

• Renee King-Sonnen (Rowdy Girl Sanctuary founder and advocate for compassionate farming)