Agenda
  • 08:30 - 09:00 Registration
  • 09:00 - 09:15 Welcome Speech by Mr. Khuram Rahat, Vice Chairman, P@SHA
  • 09:15 - 09:30 Speech by AVM. Dr. Rizwan Riaz, Pro-Rector (Research, Innovation and Commercialisation), NUST
  • 09:30 - 09:40 "Why Building Partnerships with International Organizations are Important" - Mr. Ajmal Anwar Awan, Member International Coordination, Ministry of IT and Telecom
  • 09:40 - 09:50 "Upskilling 1 Million" - Ms. Sahiqa Bennett, Founder & CEO, Metaverse School.AI, Saudi Arabia
  • 09:50 - 10:05 "Algorithmic Warfare" - Air Commodore Salman Aslam, Chief Director, AI & Big Data Analytics(AIBDA), Division of NASTP
  • 10:05 - 10:35 Panel Discussion 1: : AI in Future Warfare
    Moderator: Dr. Nudrat Nida, Consultant Artificial Intelligence, NUST
    Panelists:
    - Dr. Shoab Ahmed Khan, Rector, CASE
    - Dr. Yassar Ayaz, Chairman, National Center of Artificial Intelligence (NCAI)
    - Air Commodore Salman Aslam, Chief Director, AI & Big Data, Analytics(AIBDA), Division of NASTP
    - Dr. Aun Irtaza, Associate Professor, Computer Science, UET, Taxila.
  • 10:35 - 10:45 Speech by Guest of Honor, Mr. Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary, Federal Minister, Ministry of Planning Development & Special Initiatives
  • 10:45 - 10:50 Special Message by Dr. Arif Alvi, President, Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Via Video Link)
  • 10:50 - 11:10 Tea Break
  • 11:10 - 11:20 "Neuro Symbolic AI: Beyond Large Language Models" - Mr. Asim Munawar, Program Director for Neuro-Symbolic AI, IBM
  • 11:20 - 11:30 "AI and the Future of Jobs" - Mr. Ahsan Memon, CEO, EKKEL AI
  • 11:30 - 12:00 Panel Discussion 2: The Future of Financial Services with AI
    Moderator: Mr. Ashar Naeem, Founder | Chief Product Officer | Director, ISSM.AI
    Panelists:
    - Muhammad Tahir Khan, Group Head - Digital Solutions, Allied Bank Limited
    - Mr. Sohail Malik, EVP / Head Digital Banking Governance, National Bank of Pakistan
    - Mr. Jawad Khalid Mirza, CISO, Askari Bank | Chairman Cyber Security Forum, Pakistan Banks Association
    - Mr. Ammar Karim, Executive Director/ Head of BI & Data Science, Telenor Microfinance Bank
    - Mr. Abdul Wahid Uqaily, DG (Digital Initiatives), FBR
  • 12:00 - 12:10 "Large Language Models (LLM) is Disrupting Tech Industry" - Ms. Sara Hooker, Head of Cohere For AI, Cohere (San Francisco)
  • 12:10 - 12:25 "Empowering Human Drivers with AI to Fix Road Safety" - Mr. Numan Sheikh, Lead ML/AI Infrastructure & ML-Ops, Motive
  • 12:25 - 12:55 Panel Discussion 3: Making Organizations Productive with AI now
    Moderator: Mr. Adnan Zaidi, Chief AI Officer, Proxima.PK | Kaggle - GrandMaster
    Panelists:
     - Mr. Adnan Yousuf Kazi, Chief Operating Officer, TenX.ai
    - Mr. Haroon (Rashid) Kanth, Country Director, Teradata.com
    - Dr. Faisal Kamiran, Co-Founder and President, Addo.ai
    - Muhammad Mushhood Ur Rehman, Chief Scientific Officer (CSO), NeuroCare.AI
    - Mr. Osman Nasir, Advisor, Mahaana Wealth
  • 02:55 - 01:10 "The Future of Healthcare: Co-creating Value with Data and AI" - Mr. Zahid Ali, Founder, TECHMEDO
  • 01:10 - 01:20 "Revolutionizing Conversational AI: Power of ChatGPT for Business Leaders" - Ms. Muazma Zahid, Principal PM Manager, Microsoft | Data, AI & ML | Advisor
  • 01:20 - 02:05 Lunch Break
  • 02:05 - 02:15 "The Future of Conversation: Conversational AI and LLMs" - Ms. Lauren Goerz, Product Marketing Manager, Rasa
  • 02:15 - 02:30 "Climate Change & Energy Conservation, AI for Net zero" - Mr. Muaaz Bin Saeed, Co-Founder & CTO, Edraak - AI
  • 02:30 - 03:00 Panel Discussion 4: Role of Academia to Cultivate Pakistan's AI Talent
    Moderator: Dr. Saad Rehman, Vice Chancellor, International Institute of Science arts and technology IISAT University
    Panelists:     - Dr. Khurram Khurshid, Professor & HoD (EE/CS) at IST | Director (iVision) | COO (SSL pvt)
    - Dr. Seemab Latif, Associate Professor at AI, NUST
    - Dr. Fayaz Ali Dharejo, Postdoc (Computer Vision), Khalifa University, UAE
    - Dr. Sohail Khan, Associate Professor , Incharge of Dept of AI, PAK AUSTRIA Fachhochschule
    - Mr. Philip Birch, Reader in Engineering, University of Sussex
  • 03:00 - 03:10 "What the gender gaps are in the AI field, why they are there and actions we can take to close it" - Ms. Debbie Botha, Global Chief Partnership Officer - Women in AI, Managing Director - Dalebrook Media
  • 03:10 - 03:20 "Women in Data Science: A Worldwide Movement" - Ms. Shelly Darnutzer, Global Program Director - Stanford | Leadership Coach, WIDS
  • 03:20 - 03:30 "Industry Metaverse : AI, Data and High Performance Simulation" - Mr. Simon See, Global Head - AI Technology Centre And AI Nation, NVIDIA (Singapore)
  • 03:30 Closing