08.45am - 09.15am

Registration

09.15am - 09.25am

Speech by Mr. Naeem Zamindar, Advisor for Digital Transformation, World Bank & Former Chairman Board of Investment

09.25am - 09.35am

Speech by Mr. Shahzad Shahid, Chairman PASHA

09.35am - 09.55am

“AI is a Journey - What You Need to Do for a Safer Ride� - Dr. Chawki Tawbi, Data & AI and Technical Executive Middle East, Africa & Turkey (MEA) IBM

09.55am - 10.05am

Speech by Lt. Gen Khalid Asghar(R), Rector, NUTECH

10.05am - 10.15am

Speech by Dr. Hassnain Javed, Advisor, Pakistan Industrial Technical Assistance Centre, Federal Ministry of Industries and Production

10.15am - 10.35am

“AI and Future Jobs in Pakistan� - Mr. Jorge Sebastiao, CTO Eco-System, Huawei Technologies

10.35am - 10.45am

Keynote Speech by Mr. Aamir Ashraf Khawaja, Federal Secretary Industries and Production Division, Government of Pakistan

10.45am - 10.55am

Speech by Chief Guest, Mr. Fawad Ahmed Chaudhry, Honorable Minister, Ministry of Science & Technology

10.55am - 11.05am

Memento Distribution

11.05am - 11.25am

Networking Tea

11.25am - 12.05pm

Panel Discussion 1: AI for Good – Role of AI in United Nation’s SDGs Moderated by: Mr. M Ali Kemal, Economist
Panelists:

• Dr. Izza Aftab, Director - SDG Tech Lab, Head of Economics Department School of Humanities & Social Sciences, ITU
• Mr. Ammar Jaffri, Director General, Center of Information Techology (CIT)
• Dr. Haroon Sarwar, Assistant Chief SDGs, Federal SDGs Section (MoPD&R)
• Mr. Azhar Zia ur Rehman, Consultant, Fourth industrial revolution

12.05pm - 12.20pm

“AI Transforming Industries: Farming Use Case� - Mr. Romain Bottier, Senior Solution Executive HPC & AI, Dell Technologies SEA (South East Asia)

12.20pm - 12.50pm

“Building Economy of Trust for AI by Monetizing Data� - Dr. Chawki Tawbi, Data & AI and Technical Executive Middle East, Africa & Turkey (MEA) IBM

12.50pm - 01.30pm

Panel Discussion 2: AI - Fourth Industrial Revolution

Moderated by: Mr. Ghazanfar Ali, Country General Manager Pakistan & Afghanistan, IBM Panelists:

• Mr. Saad Waraich, Chief Technology & Information Officer, PTCL
• Mr. Sardar Abubakar, Chief Digital & Strategy Officer, Telenor
• Dr. Hassnain Javed, Advisor, Pakistan Industrial Technical Assistance Centre, Federal Ministry of Industries and Production
• Mr. Azhar Zia ur Rehman, Consultant, Fourth industrial revolution
• M. Hassan Raza, Senior Regional Cloud Solutions Architect at Microsoft Middle East & Africa
• Mr. Romain Bottier, Senior Solution Executive HPC & AI, Dell Technologies SEA (South East Asia)

01.30pm - 01.45pm

“How to built the best AI Teams� - Ms. Maria Parysz, CEO, Kaggle Days

01.45pm - 02.10pm

Lunch

02.10pm-02.25pm

"Unlocking Pakistan's true potential with Artificial Intelligence" - Tahir Mansoori,Founder & Managing Director, wizdom.ai

02.25pm-02.40pm

Keynote Speech by Dr. Ayub Alvi, Rector, FAST & Chairperson, NCEAC

02.40pm – 04.00pm

Panel Discussion 3: Academia's crucial role in shaping Pakistan's AI future Moderated by: Tahir Mansoori, Founder & Managing Director, wizdom.ai
Panelists:

• Prof. Dr. Faisal Shafait, Professor, National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST)
• Prof. Dr. Mirza Omer Baig, Associate Professor, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
• Prof. Dr. Mian M Awais, PhD, Professor, Computer Science Department, SBA-SSE, LUMS
• Prof. Dr. Faisal Kamiran, Dean of Computer Science, ITU
• Prof. Dr. Sohail Asghar, Professor & Chairman CS, COMSATS
• Prof. Dr. Zahid Halim, Head MInG, GIKI

04.00pm – 04.10pm

Closing remarks by Chief Guest of the session, Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Federal Minister
(IT & Telecommunication)