Neel Kamal Chapagain

Decolonization Series, Heritage As Placemaking Podcast, Episode 2. Link to podcast

Nepal Conversations, S3 Episode 5. Link to podcast (on youtube)

2025

Invited Expert Lecture: Heritage as a Driver of Social Empowerment and Cohesion; at the International Workshop on Harnessing Heritage Assets for Inclusive Growth and Community Empowerment in the Asia – Pacific Region; organized by CIFAL – UNITAR, Jeju, South Korea. July 29 – August 1, 2025

Invited International Speaker: Competence Framework for Cultural Heritage Management (UNESCO Experience); at a one day International Conference on Competence Framework for Cultural Heritage Management, Manila Metropolitan Theatre Ball Room,; organised by the National Centre for the Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and University of Santo Tomas – Centre for the Conservation of Cultural Property in the Tropics (CCC-PET); 2 May 2025

Invited Expert Panelist: Thoughts on Heritage Management Education based on Experiences/Reflections from South Asia; at the Expert Meeting on Mongolia Heritage Management Programme; organised by the UNESCO East Asia Office (Beijing) and the Mongolian University of Arts and Culture, Ulaanbataar, Mongolia; 23 – 24 February 2025

Invited Speaker: Reviewing the Inscription of ICH elements from South Asia: Critical Reflections on ‘community’, ‘participation’, ‘consent’ and ‘safeguarding’; at the International Conference on ‘New Frontiers of research in safeguarding intangible cultural heritage’; organized by the UNESCO Category 2 Centre – International Centre for Research on Intangible Cultural Heritage, Osaka, Japan; 13 – 15 February 2025.

Invited Speaker: UNESCO’s 2003 Convention and Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage with or without a UNESCO Inscription; International Conference on “Safeguarding and Promotion of Intangible Cultural Heritage and Bình Định Traditional Martial Arts”; People’s Committee of Bình Định Province and Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Department of Culture and Sports, Institute of Cultural Studies; Quy Nhơn city, Bình Định province, Vietnam. 4-5 January 2025

2024

Invited Speaker: Public Perceptions of UNESCO Inscribed Heritages: A Call for Integrated Framework; UNESCO Inscribed Heritage Conference: Hahoe Folk Village, Andong, South Korea. Korean Studies Institute and the City of Andong. 16 – 18 October 2024.

Invited Speaker: Possible Contributions of the Proposed WHIPIC Principles of Heritage Interpretation and Presentation to the World Heritage System, at WHIPIC Annual Forum on Principles for Heritage Interpretation and Presentation, 10 October 2024, Seoul, South Korea. UNESCO – Centre for World Heritage Interpretation and Presentation (WHIPIC).

Invited Speaker: Heritage Values and Attributes Beyond the World Heritage System: Implications for Heritage Interpretation and Presentation. WHIPIC Forum 2 on Identifying Attributes for World Heritage Interpretation and Presentation, 11 October 2024, Seoul, South Korea. UNESCO – Centre for World Heritage Interpretation and Presentation (WHIPIC).

Invited Speaker: Mountain Architecture and Sustainable Development: Heritage Perspectives, Kathmandu University, Department of Architecture, Dhulikhel, Nepal: 25 April 2024

Invited Speaker: Introduction of the Venice Charter: Historic Contexts. ICOMOS Nepal & Department of Archaeology, Kathmandu, April 18, 2024.

2023

Invited Speaker: Introduction to the Discourse of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) and the Asia Pacific Higher Education Network for ICH (APHEN-ICH). Central Department of Nepalese History, Culture and Archaeology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, December 24, 2023.

Invited Panelist: Roundtable on Global Higher Education Network for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage, a side event during the 18th session of the Intergovernmental Committee Meeting of the UNESCO 2003 Convention for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage, Botswana, Africa; 6 December 2023, organized by the UNESCO – ICHCAP.

Invited Speaker: Communities in World Heritage Interpretation and Management: From recognition to active participation; WHIPIC International Forum 2023: World Heritage Interpretation and Presentation: Inviting Wider Participants to World Heritage Protection; International Centre for Interpretation and Presentation of World Heritage Sites, under the auspices of UNESCO (WHIPIC), Seoul, South Korea. 15 November 2023

Invited Speaker: Culture, Heritage and Development in the Global Frameworks; in Architecture and Design of Built Environment (ADoBE'23) International Colloquium, focused on Defining Regional Strategies for the Confluence of Culture and Development; Woxsen University, Hyderabad, India (31 October 2023)

Invited Panelist: Foodways as living heritage for sustainable livelihoods: Some observations from South Asia; in International Food Atlas and Digital Platform for safeguarding, promoting and transmitting foodways to future generations - Inception phase – scoping workshop; UNESCO HQ. (Participated online) (30-31 October 2023)

Invited Panelist: Competence Framework for Cultural Heritage Management and Academic Programmes, UNESCO Side Event on Competence Framework, ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, 6 September 2023, Sydney.

Invited Speaker: Intangible Cultural Heritage and Education, in the 2023 International Conference on Intangible Cultural Heritage, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines (1 August 2023)

Invited Speaker: Transformations of the Built Environment in the Himalayas: Case Study of Upper Mustang, Nepal; International Symposium on Cities: A Tale of Morphosis; Woxsen University, Hyderabad, 8 June 2023 (online)

Invited Panelist: Championing Local Potential and Identity, in U20 Event on ‘Reinventing Urban Governance for Indian Cities’ under the series of U20 events (in preparation for the G 20 Summit in India), Brilliant Convention Centre, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India (18th May 2023).

Webinar Speaker: Interlinking the tangible and intangible including memories in Heritage Interpretation, a part of 2022 webinar series on ‘Bridging the Gap: 50 years of World Heritage Convention’, organized by UNESCO Category 2 Centre for the World Heritage Interpretation and Presentation (WHIPIC) (20 October 2022), available online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tgqEQpevIE

2022

Invited Panelist: Learning from Innovative Approaches in Heritage Education, ICCROM, online (29 September 2022), available online: https://youtu.be/EAEbbS98GPo

Invited Speaker: Relevance of INTACH Charter in the South(east) Asian Region; in INTACH Conveners’ Convention 2022, (10 September 2022), New Delhi, India. Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH).

Invited Panelist: Competence Competence-based Academic Learning Outcomes and Assessment; in Annual Symposium of the Asian Academy of Heritage Management (AAHM, supported by UNESCO and ICCROM), 3 July 2022, online.

Keynote: Relevance of Cultural Landscapes and Historic Urban Landscapes Approaches to the Walled Settlement of Lomanthang, Nepal; in International Symposium on Historic Cities and Architectural Heritage in the Trans-Himalayan Region; organised by Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, China; 4 June 2022 (online)

2021

Invited Lecture: Thinking through nuances in decolonizing heritage, opening lecture for the ‘Heritage as Placemaking: The Politics of Solidarity and Erasure in South Asia,’ a trans-regional research project between Social Science Baha, South Asian University (Delhi), SOAS University of London, and University of Heidelberg (Germany), December 13, 2021

Invited Lecture: Heritage Discourses and Challenges/Responsibilities; opening lecture for the Faculty Development Programme on “Protection and Management of Indian Heritage Assets: Key Aspects and Challenges”, Organized by Mizoram University, 8-12 November 2021

Keynote: Tangible ‘Intangibles’ and Intangible ‘Tangibles: Understanding the nuances of heritage in managing historic towns; keynote address for an e-symposium on INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE for sustainable management of HISTORIC TOWNS in South Asia: Theory to Practice; organized by ICOMOS India; 19 June 2021

Invited Talk: Principles of Heritage and Nature Interpretation: Implications for Architectural Design; Invited talk at ZOOTOPIA 2021: a national-level open design competition for designing a zoo interpretation centre in India; organized by the Central Zoo Authority, 22 May 2021. (online)

Panelist: Competence based learning, curriculum development and way forward; in an online symposium on UNESCO Heritage Awards: towards new competencies in cultural heritage management, organized by the Hongkong Institute of Conservation Architects and UNESCO Bangkok, 12 April 2021

Panelist: Working Towards Heritage Sensitive Marketing and IP Protection; in an online symposium on Community Heritage, Marketing and Intellectual Property Protection – Heritage Sensitive Marketing and IP Protection Approahces for Traditional Artists, organized by the Banglanatak dot com, Conventry University, and the British Academy, 1 February 2021

2020

Panelist: Teaching and Learning heritage related disciplines during COVID-19 pandemic; Session 2 of Webinar series organized by International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia Pacific region under the auspices of UNESCO; 2 July 2020; recording available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBn6jYl0Lkk

Panelist: Understanding Traditional Engineering Systems for Future; at the International Heritage Symposium and Exhibition, theme: Digitising Our Heritage For The Future: An Inter-Disciplinary Dialogue; National Museum, New Delhi; organized by the Department of Science and Technology (GOI), 15-16 January 2020

2019

Plenary Speaker: Intersections between the discourses of Conservation and Development: Pedagogical Implications for Heritage Management Education; Seminar on Conservation and Local Development, Aga Khan Trust for Culture and CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India (12 October 2019)

Invited Presentation: Revisiting Nepal’s Tentative World Heritage Sites: Heritage Tourism and Cultural Landscapes Perspectives; at the Inception Meeting of Himalayan University Consortium – Thematic Working Group on Mountain Tourism and Cultural Heritage, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, 3-4 October 2019.

Invited Presentation: Learning Outcomes based approach for Higher Education in Intangible Cultural Heritage, at the Capacity Building Workshop on ‘Linking 2003 ICH convention to University ICH Programmes’, organized by CRIHAP (UNESCO Category 2 Centre for Training on Intangible Cultural Heritage in Asia Pacific Region) and UNESCO Bangkok, UNESCO Beijing; Shanghai, China (July 2019)

Invited Presentation, International Seminar on ICH Pedagogy in Higher Education: Status and Challenges in the Asia Pacific Region in reference to UNESCO’s Overall Results Framework, organized by ICHCAP and UNESCO Bangkok; Topic: Contextual Learning: Exploring a Multi-Level Pedagogy for ICH Education, National Museum of Korea, Seoul. 10 May 2019

Invited International Speaker, 11th Biennial National Conference of Church Cultural Heritage Practitioners of the Philippines; Topic of Presentation: Conservation of Sacred Structures in Nepal and India; 6 – 9 May 2019, Cebu City, Philippines.

Invited Panelist, UNESCO Bangkok Experts Meeting on Strengthening Collaborations across Asian Universities for Cultural Heritage Management Education, 25 – 26 March 2019, National University of Singapore.

2018

Invited Panelist, UNESCO Bangkok Asia Pacific Experts Meeting on finalizing the Competency Frameworks for Cultural World Heritage Management, November 3-4, 2018. South East University, Nanjing, China.

Plenary Speaker, International Symposium on Culture-Nature Journey: 24-26 October 2018: UNESCO Category 2 Centre on World Natural Heritage Management and Training, ICOMOS, IUCN; Dehradun, India. Topic: Rethinking current tentative list of world heritage sites in Nepal through the lens of cultural landscapes

Plenary Speaker, 4th World Living Heritage Festival, Udaipur, India; 17-20 October 2018: The Maharaja of Mewar Charitable Foundation. Topic: Documenting what is not supposed to be documented: Contradictions in Conservation of Living Heritage in Nepal

Keynote Speaker, 5th International Conference on Heritage Management, Athens, Greece; 21-23 September 2018: The Heritage Management Organization, and Kent-Athens Masters Programme in Heritage Management. Topic: Towards a pedagogy for integrating traditional knowledges in heritage management education

Invited Speaker, UNESCO Bangkok and ICHCAP, International Forum on Tertiary Education for ICH Safeguarding, and 1st Networking Meeting of Tertiary Education Institutes in Asia Pacific Region, Seoul and Buyeo, South Korea; July 17-19, 2018. Topic: Embedding intangible cultural heritage in higher education for integrated heritage management

Invited Panelist, UNESCO Bangkok Asia Pacific Experts Meeting on setting up Competency Frameworks for Cultural World Heritage Management, June 4-6, 2018. Topic: Professional Education for Integrated Heritage Management: Masters Degree in Heritage Management at Ahmedabad University

2017

Plenary Speaker; ICOMOS India Youth Forum at the 19th International Triennial General Assembly, New Delhi; 14 December 2017. Topic: Academic and Career Prospects in Heritage Sector

Invited Panelist, UNESCO Bangkok Asia Pacific Experts Meeting on Implementing Quality Frameworks in Higher Education: Pilot case of Cultural Heritage Management, November 23-24, 2017. Topic: Masters Degree in Heritage Management at Ahmedabad University

Invited Panelist, ICCROM-CHA Concluding Forum on Asian Heritage, Daejeon, South Korea, October 2017. Participation as committee member to draft outcomes of ICCROM-CHA Annual Thematic Forums on Asian Heritage that ran from 2013 to 2017.

Plenary Speaker: Feb 2017 - Pune, India; Rethinking Participatory Approaches in Heritage Management; International Symposium on Participatory Approaches in Cultural Resource Management, BN College of Architecture & INTACH Pune, India.

2015

Invited Panelist, ICCROM-CHA Forum on ‘Applicability and Adaptability of Traditional Knowledge Systems in Heritage Management in Asia ‘, Bangkok, Thailand: (2015 December 12 – 14). Topic: ‘Towards a Framework for Analyzing the Applicability and Adaptability of Traditional Knowledge Systems (as well as the Modern Knowledge Systems) in Heritage Management in Asia’

2014

Invited Panelist, ICCROM-CHA Forum on ‘Authenticity in Asian Context ‘, Sri Lanka, 2014 December 8 – 12. Topic: Challenges of the notion of authenticity in the context of temples in Kathmandu valley

Invited Speaker Panelist, Symposium on Cultural Heritage of Nepal, organized by CNRS, Oriental Sites Protection Alliance, and University of Paris-Sorbonne; Paris, France. 11 June 2014. Topic: Lomanthang as a Potential World Heritage Site: Critical Reflections on Challenges and Opportunities

2013

Invited Panelist, ICCROM-CHA Forum on ‘Asian Buddhist Heritage: Conserving the Sacred’, Seoul, South Korea: 2013 December 4-6. Topic: Perceptions and Management of Heritage in the Buddhist Context: Observations from Nepal

Invited Speaker, International Symposium on Safeguarding Lomanthang, organized by Oriental Sites Protection Alliance and UNESCO Kathmandu, Kathmandu, Nepal: 2013 November 1-2. Topic: Conservation in the Buddhist Context of Upper Mustang: Some Observations and Reflections

2012

Invited Speaker, International Symposium on South Asian Cultural Landscapes, University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign, Urbana Champaign, USA; April 2012. Topic: Heritage in Nepal: Linking Nature, Culture and Traditions

2025 - Invited Lecture: Safeguarding of Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage: Towards an Integrated Approach; course on Architectural Heritage Management, National University of Singapore, 17 April 2025.

2024 - Lecture on ‘Introduction of Traditional Knowledge Systems in the Contexts of Disaster Preparedness’, for the “Online Training on Community-based Emergency Preparedness and Response: Strengthening Civil Society Action for Safeguarding Cultural Heritage”, organized by the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts (SPAFA), October – November 2024

2024 - ‘Introduction of the Venice Charter and its relevance to the Kathmandu Valley’, at Youth Camp for Cultural Heritage Conservation, Kathmandu, 22 October 2024. Organised by the Department of Archaeology, Government of Nepal and the China Academy of Cultural Heritage.

Inaugural Lecture: Architecture and Sustainable Development; Inaugural session for new programme ‘Bachelors in Architecture’ at Madan Bhandari Memorial Academy Nepal, 28 April 2021

Guest Lecture: Nature of Cultural Heritage and Culture of Natural Heritage: Reflections on Nature-Culture Linkages; for Bachelors of Tourism and Heritage Management, Institute of Tourism Studies (IFT), Macao; 4 March 2021

Guest Lecturer: Traditional Knowledge Systems in Heritage Management, 2-9 January 2021, online course ‘Cultural Heritage, Dollars and Sense’ organized by ICOMOS Malaysia and ThinkCity Institute (some parts available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THk9TweVF74 )

2020 - Guest Lecturer: Traditional Knowledge Systems in Heritage Management, 20 December 2020; INTACH Post Graduate Diploma in Heritage Management, New Delhi, India.

2020 - Invited Lecturer: Heritage and Sustainable Development; in Advanced Lecture series on Heritage Conservation, Southeast University, Nanjing, China. 16 July 2020., Mumbai, India. Topic: Overview of Cultural Heritage Discourses and Values.

2020 - Invited Lecturer: Community-based ICH inventory and management; in Workshop on Critical Research on Intangible Cultural Heritage, organized by Consortium for ICH-pedia, Bangladesh; 10 July 2020.

2020 - Webinar Speaker: Architectural Education: Then, Now and Future; Organised by the COSMOS College of Management and Technology, Kathmandu, Nepal; 21 June 2020

Invited Lecturer: Training programme on World Heritage Nomination (Cultural, Natural and Mixed Nominations); 23 October 2018, UNESCO Category 2 Centre on World Natural Heritage Management and Training, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun.

Invited Lecturer: Tata Institute of Social Sciences, UNESCO C2C on World Natural World Heritage Management and Training for Asia Pacific Region, National Disaster Management Authority, Workshop on Disaster Risk Management for Cultural and Natural Heritage. April 2017, Mumbai, India. Topic: Overview of Cultural Heritage Discourses and Values

Facilitator / Resource Person, Workshop on Post-earthquake Recovery of Cultural Heritage in Kathmandu; (February – March 2017), Department of Archaeology (Nepal) and Retsumeiken University, Japan

2016 - Resource Person (February 2016) Workshop Series on Post-Earthquake Recovery of Cultural Heritage in Nepal, Organized jointly by ICCROM, Department of Archaeology (Nepal Government), Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment, Retsumeikan University Institute of Disaster Mitigation of Cultural Heritage, UNESCO Kathmandu Office, ICOMOS Nepal

2013 - Invited Lecturer (September 2013); International Training Course on Cultural Heritage Protection in the Asia Pacific Region, Nara, Japan; organized by Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU) and ICCROM. Lectures on Asian Contexts and Authenticity along with a review session on presentations by participants from 17 countries from Asian Pacific region.

2006 - “Vernacular Skills Resource Pool: A Strategy for Risk Preparedness”, Heritage @ Risk Symposium, UNESCO New Delhi, India 5-6 March 2006

2002 - Invited Presentation: Conservation Process in the Upper Mustang Cultural Heritage Conservation Project, in Archaeology and Conservation – special program organized by the Alliance Francaise, Kathmandu, Nepal , March 2002

Jun 2025 - Cultural Landscapes as a Heritage Framework: Critical Reflections on Heritage Practices in the Upper Mustang in Nepal; World Archaeological Congress, 22-28 June 2025, Darwin, Australia (paper presented on 26 June 2025).

Also, convened two thematic sessions titled ‘My Practice and Your Practice: Critical Reflections on Doing ‘Heritage’ Between Professionals and Publics’, at the 10th World Archaeological Congress (sessions held on 24 June 2025), Darwin, Australia.

Jun 2025 - Living Heritage of the Kathmandu Valley: Prospects of Re-centering Artisans between the Two UNESCO Cultural Conventions, AAS in Asia - Annual Conference of the Association of Asian Studies in Asia, Kathmandu, 1-4 June 2025.

Dec 2024 - Heritage and Contextual Learning: Exploring Opportunities of Innovation in Early Childhood Development (joint paper/presentation with Usha Neupane); in International Conference on Envisioning Early Childhood Development Ecosystem in Nepal; Purbanchal University, Biratngar (6-7 December 2024)

Nov 2024 - Expanding the Venice Charter beyond ‘monuments and sites’ to intangible cultural heritage, nature-culture linkages, cultural and historic urban landscapes; in ICOMOS International Scientific Symposium, as part of the ICOMOS International Annual General Assembly, Oero Proto, Brazil (10-15 November 2024)

Jan 2024 - Accounting the ‘non-traditionals’ in the traditional environments in the Himalayas; at the 2024 Conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE 2024), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 5-9 January 2024.

Sep Perceptions of Change and Resilience in the Post-2015 Earthquakes in Nepal; ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, Sydney, 31 August - 8 September 2023

Dec Ruptures and Disruptions as Innovative Turns: Interpreting Changes and Anticipating Possibilities in Built Environment in and around the Walled Settlement of Lomanthang, Nepal’; at the 2022 Conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE 2022), National University of Singapore, 14-17 December 2022.

July Social Responsibility in Heritage Management Education: A Case from South Asia, in the 9th World Archaeological Congress, Prague, (presented online in the session Politics and Ethics of the Heritage Archaeology, congress dates 3-8 July 2022)

Aug 2020 - Future of Heritage Education: An Exploration into Possible Pedagogical Strategies, in the ACHS Heritage Futures: 5th Biennial Conference of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies, University College London, held virtually.

May 2020 - COVID19: Rethinking intangible cultural heritage in the context of architecture and urban planning, in the virtual Conference on ‘UNESCO and Cultural Heritage, organized by Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Saint-Petersburg State University”; 18 May 2020

Dec ICOMOS GA 2017 Scientific Symposium: Engaging Diverse Professionals into Heritage Management: An Approach of Diversifying Community of Professionals through an Academic Programme; New Delhi, India

Sep 2016 - International Conference on Education for Sustainable Development: ESD for transforming education for children and youth; Centre for Environmental Education, Ahmedabad, India;
Heritage Management Education for Sustainable Development: Reflections on the pedagogy of the Masters Degree Programme in Heritage Management at Ahmedabad University

May 2014 - Heritage and Healthy Societies International Conference, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, USA - Heritage Discourses And The Aspirations For A Better Everyday Life: Observations On ‘missed Opportunities’ And ‘Promising Initiatives’ in Upper Mustang, Nepal

Nov 2013 - Revisiting Kathmandu: Safeguarding Living Urban Heritage, an International Symposium organized by ICOMOS Nepal, UNESCO Kathmandu, Department of Archaeology of Nepal Government along with World Heritage Sites Management Offices of the Municipalities in Kathmandu valley;

coordinated and presented in the session on ‘Authenticity’

‘Rethinking authenticity in living heritage contexts of Nepal’.

Jan 2013 - 7th World Archaeological Congress (WAC7), Dead Sea, Jordan Session Organization: “The past is living in the present: Towards a living heritage approach”

Paper presentations: “Continuing traditions, decaying material form: challenging the material authenticity in religious sites in Nepal”

“Revisiting the notion of participation in heritage conservation: towards re-situating the professionals in the participatory process”

Sept 2012 - “Himalayan heritage conservation: Need of a holistic approach incorporating natural and cultural heritage”; 2nd Annual Conference of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies; Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA

May 2012 - “Emerging Dynamics of Heritage Appreciation and Conservation in the Digital Age: Some Observations in Context of Upper Mustang, Nepal”; International Conference: High Tech Heritage: How Are Digital Technologies Changing Our Views of the Past?; University of Massachusetts-Amherst, USA

Oct 2011 - “Hindu Temple of Wisconsin: (Re)designing of temple and (re)defining traditions”; Second International Conference on Constructed Environment, Chicago ,USA

May 2011 - “Contexts for Intangible Cultural Heritage”, Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) 42nd Annual Conference; Chicago, USA

Oct 2010 - “The road to Lomanthang: Opportunities for Conservation of historic settlement”, 39th Annual South Asia Conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Dec 2009 - “The question of authenticity in heritage conservation and tourism”, the 2nd Asian Academy for Heritage Management Conference, Macao, China S.A.R

Feb 2009 - “Examining the notion of participation in Urban Conservation: Implications for (South) Asian Cities”, the 7th Modern Asian Architecture Network International Conference, New Delhi, India

Oct 2008 - “Heritage Conservation in Nepal: Policies, Stakeholders and Challenges”, the 3rd Annual Himalayan Policy Research Conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Nov 2007 - “Revisiting Conservation Charters in context of Lomanthang, Nepal: Need to Acknowledge Local Inhabitants and Changing Contexts”, the 5th International Seminar on Urban Conservation, Centre for Advanced Studies in Integrated Conservation, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

Jun 2005 - “Asian Mega Projects: Context for Historic Preservation Movement”, Asian Mega Projects: International Seminar on Asia Pacific Architecture, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

May 2005 - “Issues of Conservation of Earthen Architecture in the Himalayas”, International Conference on the Conservation of Earthen Structures in Seismic Region,Catholic University of Peru, Lima, Peru

Oct 2004 - “Community Participation in Heritage Preservation: A Case Study from Nepal”, Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Oct 2002 - “Walled Settlement of Lomanthang: Challenges and Opportunities of Conservation and Tourism”, Heritage Conservation and Architecture of Tourism: First South Asian Architects’ Regional Conference; South Asian Architects’ Regional Council, Kathmandu, Nepal