VEGWORLD: A World-wide Vegan Leader

VEGWORLD:

A WORLD-WIDE VEGAN LEADER

BY KARIN OLSEN / PLANT POWER PRODUCTIONS

VEGWORLD set to sponsor the Himalayan Vegan Festival & The World Vegan Organization's 7th Annual International Conference Spring 2022

VEGWORLD has signed on as the worldwide media sponsor of the inaugural Himalayan Vegan Festival and The World Vegan Organisation’s 7th Annual International Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal April 15-17, 2022, and in Thimpu, Bhutan April 18-20, 2022. VEGWORLD joins Vegan Travel Asia and VegVoyages Foundation as sponsors. World Vegan Organization, Nepal (WVON), and Nepal Vegetarian Association are producing.

The festival will feature more than 100 international vegan speakers, delegates, and celebrities plus more than 75 exhibitors. Attractions will include a vegan food and product bazaar; live bands, music, and dance; international and local vegan chefs as well as film screenings, cooking classes; and health, fitness, and fashion workshops. Attendees can also participate in a vegan challenge, attend animal education classes and kids have their own activity corner. There is no cost to attend.

As Worldwide Media Sponsor, VEGWORLD is launching a year-long promotional campaign and collaborating with event organizers to facilitate a

dedicated press run of VEGWORLD Magazine for the events. The publication will serve as the commemorative program to be distributed in gift bags and at the VEGWORLD exhibitor booth. This special issue/ souvenir/reference guide will include a program guide, schedule, event articles, speaker bios, interviews, recipes, and health tips.

Courtesy of VegVoyages Foundation, VEGWORLD will also give away two pairs of all-inclusive Patron’s Passes and Packages for the festival that includes three days/three nights in Kathmandu and the same package in Thimpu. Prize and drawing details to be announced soon.

Courtney Garza “This is a great example of how vegans from around the world can make a true difference for the animals on such a large scale. We are excited and honored to be associated with this VegVoyages’ mission to educate and inspire for the greater good”.

Organizing committee member, speaker, and sponsor, Zachary Lovas who co-founded VegVoyages Vegan Adventure Tours and the VegVoyages Foundation said, “We are super excited to be a part of this landmark event and be able to help our local friends and activists on

bringing this history-making event in the Himalaya to life. It will focus on raising awareness about veganism through a wide variety of activities from a fantastic plant-based food fair and informative talks, to free in-depth workshops, film screenings, and entertainment with speakers coming from all over the region and around the world. This is very much in line with what we like to do at VegVoyages, and we know our vegan friends in Nepal and Bhutan are going to put together a fantastic festival – the largest ever of its type in the Himalaya!”

Speakers include: Dr. Zeeshan Ali, PhD (USA), specialist at Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Dr. Leanne Campbell (USA), president of T. Collin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies; Karma Dendup (Bhutan), founder of Jangsem Monday (Meatless Monday Bhutan), animal advocate, film director and producer; Chef Jajah (Thailand), vegan master baker, Veganerie Founder and vegan restauranteur; Keegan Kuhn (USA), award-winning co-director and producer of the highly acclaimed documentary feature-films “Cowspiracy – the Sustainability Secret” (executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio) and “What The Health” (executive produced by Joaquin Phoenix); Palak Mehta (India), Vegan First Founder and CEO; Dr. Seto Mulyadi (Indonesia), vegan educator and

child psychologist; Shara Ng (Hong Kong), Vegetarian Union Asia Pacific Region representative and Asia Pacific Vegan Union vice president; Suresh P. Sharma (Nepal), vegan activist, WVO Chair Nepal and director of VegVoyages Himalayas Vegan Tours; Abhishek Sinha (India), CEO of GoodDot, India’s leading homegrown mock meat brand; Ken Spector (USA), principal marketing and ideas an, HappyCow; Dr. Susianto Tseng (Indonesia), World Vegan Organisation founder and doctor in nutrition; A current and regularly updated speaker list will be available on the website: https://himalayanveganfestival.org.