Digital Samvad, an open round table incepted during the first wave of COVID-19 in March 2020, manifests its genesis to serve the need for dialogue and discourse for greater digitalization and transformation of Digital Nepal. Digital Samvad 3.0 is the succession of its previous successful events of 1.0 and 2.0 series where “Digital Nepal Conclave 2022” will join as a new and grand concluding initiative.  It is scheduled to be hosted in each of Nepal’s seven provinces, with the Grand Conference “Digital Nepal Conclave 2022” taking place in 18 & 19 June, 2022 to help facilitate the Digital Nepal 2019 Framework.

The Digital Samvad enshrines the onboarding of differing practices, practitioners, professionals, champions, and thought leaders to a common platform for samvad. The Digital Samvad aims to evolve as a discourse on the issues of transformational digital society and creating an empowered ICT sector in Nepal. It will strive to engage with the key stakeholders in conversation, draw insights, and chart way ahead to ‘turn the sparks into an opportunity to reshape the digital future’.

This year, Samvad will be held in each of the country’s seven provinces, with active participation from local governments and residents in each area where the Samvad is intended to address information and technology-related challenges in the local, private, and governmental sectors, collaborating with local governments and officials, and the public participating physically and virtually.

Thus, the Digital Samvad and Digital Conclave sessions will  incorporate the themes, ideas, and technologies with the expected outcome in order to:

• Assist the government in policy formulation while rolling out the Eight Sectors identified by the Digital Nepal Framework 2019.
• Promote the emerging ICT technologies and discuss issues confronting them.
• Connect the actors and the stakeholders at the local, provincial, and federal levels from the public, policy, and private sectors for addressing the issues associated with digital transformation.