The sixth CEO Conclave 2007 convened in Kathmandu, Nepal, has given opportunities for telecom CEOs in the SAARC region to share a common platform to discuss their ideas and concerns. The major attraction of the event was the CEO STAC Summit.

A number of delegates attended panel discussions on issues such as technologies enabling beyond urban expansion, developing the right business model, content, SAARC synergy, and speeding broadband penetration. The VOICE&DATA SAARC Telecom Innovation Awards was yet another attraction in the event. Delegates expressed their excitement for the Hippy Night as well. We captured some best moments from the event.

Release of the SAARC Report By Sohan Bahadur Nyachhyon, joint secretary, ministry of Information & Communication, Nepal and Pradeep Gupta, CMD, Cybermedia

The STAC Panel focused on challenges that SAARC operators face with respect to taking telecom growth to semi-urban and rural markets, and the opportunities to harmonize

Welcome note by Pradeep Gupta, CMD, Cybermedia	Inaugural address by chief guest, Sohan Bahadur Nyachhyon, joint secretary, ministry of Information & Communication, Nepal	Keynote address by Dr Dinesh Sharma, chairman, Nepal Telecommunication Authority

For the winners

Keynote address by ATM Hayatuzzaman Khan, chairman, Dhaka Telephone Company	Keynote address by Salman Malik, project director, ministry of IT & Telecommunication, Pakistan	Keynote address by RN Prabhakar, member, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India	Keynote address by Kuldeep Goyal, chairman & managing director, BSNL

GV Krishnan, CMO, Bharti Airtel receiving the Most Innovative Service Provider in India award from Salman Malik, project director, ministry of IT and Telecommunication, Pakistan	Irfan Wahab Khan, EVP, Telenor receiving the Most Innovative Service Provider in Pakistan award from RN Prabhakar, member, TRAI

Rupak Haldar, DMD, Nepal Telecom receiving the Most Innovative Service Provider in Nepal award from SD Saxena, director (finance), BSNL	Ajay Ranjan Mishra, head of business development, Nokia Siemens Networks, receiving the Most Innovative Handset Vendor of the SAARC Region award on behalf of Nokia from Dinesh Sharma, chairman, Nepal Telecommunication Authority

Dheeraj Soni, sr manager, Marketing, Sony Ericsson receiving the Mobile Handset Vendor with the Most Consumer Pull in SAARC award from Kuldeep Goyal, CMD, BSNL	Debashish Sur, COO, TTSL, receiving the Mobile Operator with the Most Consumer Pull in India award from Salman Malik, project director, ministry of IT and Telecommunication, Pakistan

Irfan Wahab Khan, EVP, Telenor receiving the Mobile Operator with the Most Consumer Pull in Pakistan award from V Ravi Sankar, CEO, VSNL Lanka	Asif Choudhury, DMD, Sheba Phone receiving the Mobile Operator with the Most Consumer Pull in Bangladesh Award from SK Vasishta, MD, Railtel

Nalin Perera, CMO, Mobitel receiving the Mobile Operator with the Most Consumer Pull in Sri Lanka award from Rajesh Chharia, president, ISPAI	Sergey Egorov, deputy CMO, Spice Nepal receiving the Mobile Operator with the Most Consumer Pull in Nepal Award from Sandeep Mathur, head-Corporate, VSNL

Guests enjoying a sumptuous Nepali cuisine	The audience is all ears at one of the panel discussions

Artists performing a traditional Nepali duet dance	A human Peacock

Theme Party-Hare Rama Hare Krishna

Fun Moments...

Worked hard, partying harder

Donning the Nepali style	Exchanging notes

Letting their hair down at the Hippy Party