Event Brief

“Learn & Discuss
Opportunities, Challenges &
the way forward partaining to
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE„

We are at the beginning of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It is marked by emerging technology breakthroughs primarily in these 10 areas:
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics, Internet of Things (IoT), 5G Broadband, 3D printing, Autonomous Vehicles, Cloud Computing, Blockchain, Biotechnology, Precision Medicine and Augmented Reality.

Keeping in view the importance of this emerging trend, we have invited international subject matter experts from different countries to share the latest AI trends and opportunities for all stakeholders at this platform where ideas, knowledge and technology can be shared.

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LOCATION

Serena Hotel
Islamabad  +
online

DATE & TIME

09:00AM - 03:00PM (GMT +5)
March 16, 2023

Total Communications is Pakistan's most renowned event management company known for organizing international technology events.
We have been active in bringing together various stakeholders, professionals, international experts and the industry together.
We are the founder of Pakistan's most prestigious brand of events like; e-Banking Conference & Exhibition, Mobile Commerce Conference, Infosec Conference, Cyber Threat Intelligence Conference and Artificial Intelligent Conference etc..

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

CONFERENCE SPEAKERS

Dr. Arif Alvi
President
Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Mr. Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary
Federal Minister, Ministry of
Planning Development & Special Initiatives

Mr. Ajmal Anwar Awan
Member International Coordination
Ministry IT and Telecom

Air Commodore Salman Aslam
Chief Director, AI & Big Data
Analytics(AIBDA), Division of NASTP

Mr. Abdul Wahid Uqaily
DG (Digital Initiatives), FBR

Dr. Nudrat Nida
Consultant Artificial Intelligence
NUST

Mr. Khuram Rahat
Vice Chairman
P@SHA

AVM. Dr. Rizwan Riaz
Pro-Rector
(Research, Innovation and Commercialisation)
NUST

Dr. Shoab Ahmed Khan
Rector
CASE

Mr. Sohail Malik
EVP / Head Digital Banking Governance
National Bank of Pakistan

Ms. Sara Hooker
Head of Cohere For AI
Cohere (San Francisco)

Ms. Sahiqa Bennett
Founder & CEO
Metaverse University.AI
Saudi Arabia

Ms. Lauren Goerz
Product Marketing Manager
Rasa (USA)

Mr. Ahsan Memon
Chief Executive Officer
EKKEL AI (USA)

Dr. Saad Rehman
Vice Chancellor
International Institute of Science arts
and technology (IISAT) University

Dr. Yassar Ayaz
Chairman
National Center of Artificial Intelligence (NCAI)

Dr. Aun Irtaza
Associate Professor
Computer Science
UET, Taxila.

Mr. Asim Munawar
Program Director for Neuro-Symbolic AI
IBM (USA)

Ms. Debbie Botha
Global Chief Partnership Officer - Women in AI
Managing Director - Dalebrook Media

Mr. Philip Birch
Reader in Engineering
University of Sussex

Mr. Simon See
Global Head -
AI Technology Centre And AI Nation
NVIDIA (Singapore)

Mr. Adnan Yousuf Kazi
Chief Operating Officer
TenX

Mr. Haroon (Rashid) Kanth
Country Director
Teradata Global Consulting Center

Dr. Faisal Kamiran
Co-Founder and President
Addo.ai

Muhammad Mushhood Ur Rehman
Chief Secuirty Officer
NeuroCare.AI

Dr Khurram Khurshid
Professor & HoD (EE/CS) at IST
Director (iVision) | COO (SSL pvt)

Ms. Seemab Latif
Associate Professor at AI,
NUST

Mr. Jawad Khalid Mirza
CISO, Askari Bank
Chairman Cyber Security Forum,
Pakistan Banks Association

Dr. Fayaz Ali Dharejo
Postdoc (Computer Vision)
Khalifa University

Mr. Numan Sheikh
Lead ML/AI Infrastructure & ML-Ops
Motive

Ms. Muazma Zahid
Principal PM Manager, Microsoft
Data, AI & ML | Advisor

Mr. Ashar Naeem
Founder | Chief Product Officer | Director
ISSM.AI

Dr. Sohail Khan
Associate Professor , Incharge of Dept of AI
PAK AUSTRIA Fachhochschule

Ms. Shelly Darnutzer
Global Program Director | Leadership Coach
WIDS

Mr. Adnan Zaidi
Chief AI Officer, Proxima.PK
Kaggle - GrandMaster

Mr. Zahid Ali
Founder
TECHMEDO (California)

Muhammad Tahir khan
Group Head - Digital Solutions
Allied Bank Limited

Mr. Ammar Karim
Executive Director/ Head of BI
& Data Science
Telenor Microfinance Bank

Mr. Osman Nasir
Advisor
Mahaana Wealth

Mr. Muaaz Bin Saeed
Co-Founder & CTO
Edraak - AI (UAE)

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