Future Fest 2023 - Agenda (Public)

# Session Title Time Content Track Type Speakers Moderator-

Facilitator

Day: 6 Jan, Friday - Day 1

Venue: Expo Center Lahore

1 Registrations Open (Day-1) 09:00 Registration

Venue: Pheonix Auditorium …

2 Doors Closed 09:45 Opening Cer…

3 Opening Ceremony Starts 09:55 Opening Cer… Perfor…

4 The Future is Now: Embracing 10:10 Opening Cer… Keynote Arzish Azam, CEO - Ejad Labs / Future
Uncertainty and Building a Fest
Better Tomorrow

5 Keynote by Provincial IT 10:45 Opening Cer… Keynote Dr. Arslan Khalid, Special Adviser to CM
Minister Punjab on IT - Government of Punjab

6 Saudi Ecosystem and 10:55 Opening Cer… Firesid… Abdel Karim Samakie, Innovation Driven Arzish Azam,
Expansion Opportunities Enterprise Director - Digital Cooperation CEO - Ejad Labs
Organization, Rizwan Saeed Sheikh, / Future Fest
Additional Foreign Secretary for Middle
East - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Islamabad, Faisal Sultan, VP & Managing
Director - Lucid

7 Announcements 11:15 Opening Cer… Announ…

8 Awards 11:25 Opening Cer… Announ…

9 Opening Ends 11:35 Opening Cer…

10 Doors Closed 11:50 World View

11 Keynote: Future of EVs 12:00 World View Keynote Faisal Sultan, VP & Managing Director -
Lucid

12 “East meets West”: Talking 12:15 World View Keynote Carl Grant, CEO - Connexa Partners
about Cultural Differences in
Business

13 Keynote by Irfan Wahab Khan 12:25 World View Keynote IRFAN UL WAHAB KHAN, CEO - Telenor
Pakistan

14 Keynote: Oliver Oehms 12:40 World View Keynote Oliver Oehms, CEO - German Emirati
Joint Council for Industry & Commerce
(AHK)

15 Keynote by Muteeb Siddiqi 12:50 World View Keynote

(Vertical)

16 Keynote: Monis Rahman 13:00 World View Keynote Monis Rahman, Co-Founder / CEO -
Dukan / Rozee / Finja

17 Is Ride Sharing the Future of 13:10 World View Panel D… Adeniyi Adebayo, CBDO - Yango, Arzish Azam,
Mobility? Musstanser Tinauli, CEO | CDO - Fori Inc CEO - Ejad Labs
| Hayk AS, Maha Shahzad, Founder - / Future Fest
Buscaro Technologies, Asim Jamil, CEO -
Tracking.me
 Keynote by Classera CEO 13:35 Eng. Mohammad Almadani, Founder &
18 Education Keynote
Mohammad S. Almadani (Saudi) CEO of Classera Inc. - Classera Inc.

19 Keynote: Innovation Economy 14:15 World View Keynote Dr. Umar Saif, Founder & CEO - Survey
vs Knowledge Economy Auto

20 Keynote: Ahsan Jamil 14:30 World View Keynote Ahsan Jamil, Managing Partner - SAI
Venture Capital

21 Accelerating Financial Inclusion 14:45 World View Keynote Muhammad Salman Anjum, CEO -
with Emerging Technologies InvoiceMate

22 Why Ammipreneurs are the 15:00 World View Keynote Ayesha Nasir, CEO / Founder -
biggest disruptor of this ScaryAmmi
decade?

23 OPPO Speaking Session 15:10 World View Keynote

24 Keynote 15:30 World View Keynote Usman Asif, CEO - DevsInc

25 Keynote: Noman Azhar 15:45 World View Keynote Noman Azhar, CHIEF OFFICER - JS
BANK- ZINDIGI

26 Future of Agriculture & Food 16:00 World View Firesid… Ahmad Mukhtar, Senior Economist - Asim Ghaffar,
Insecurity in Pakistan Food and Agriculture Organization of the Cofounder -
United Nations EasyFresh
Technologies

27 Fireside Chat: Junaid Qurashi 16:15 World View Firesid… Junaid Qurashi, President - OPEN Silicon Kanwal Cheema,
Valley CEO - My
Impact Meter

28 Keynote 16:30 World View Keynote Saad Fazil, Consultant - Alt Ventures

29 Role of emerging technologies 16:40- Creative Eco… Shahnawaz Chughtai (Shani), CEO &
for Creative Professionals 18:00 Chief Consultant - Propel Institute, Bee
Tech Digital

30 Opening Keynote: How Games 18:00 Gaming Keynote Saad Hameed Khan, CEO - Game District
industry can Change Pakistan
Economy

31 Growth in Gaming Industry in 18:10 Gaming Panel D… Navera Emran,

the Last 3 Years Founder & CEO
- GiGA Studios
(Get into Games
Anywhere)

32 Can Pakistan be the next big 18:45 Gaming Panel D… Saad Hameed Khan, CEO - Game Masooma
force in gaming industry? District, Mustafa Najoom, VP of Zeeshan,
Marketing & Growth - Gaper.io Cofounder and
CEO -
GameTrain

33 Closing Keynote by Curator 19:20 Gaming Keynote Masooma Zeeshan, Cofounder and CEO -
GameTrain

34 Keynote by Mario Rizzo 19:30 Gaming Keynote Mario Rizzo, Co-Founder and CEO -
Artisan Studios, Inc.

35 Closing Keynote by Rehan 19:45 Gaming Keynote Rehan Allahwala, Founder - Rehan
Allahwala Foundation

36 Day Ends 20:00 Gaming

Venue: Orion Auditorium @…

37 Doors Closed 11:50

38 Role of Crypto & Blockchain in 12:00 web3 / Block… Keynote

Shaping Startups and Business
 in Pakistan and the Wider
Region

39 Web3, E-Governance & the 12:10 web3 / Block… Panel D… Muhammad Salman Khan, Co-founder & Asim Ghaffar,
Future of Digital Democracy in CGO - Xord, Noshad Minhas, Country Cofounder -
Pakistan Head Fasset - Fasset, Khurram Shaikh, EasyFresh
CTO - Kistpay, Mohammed Ibrahim Jega, Technologies
Co-founder - Domineum Blockchain
Solutions Ltd

40 Unpacking the future of 12:45 web3 / Block… Panel D… Humza Khan, Growth Manager - Binance, Saba Kalsoom ,
centralization / decentralization Zeeshan Ahmed, Country GM - Rain Director
in the web3 ecosystem Financials, Krinza Momin, Developer Ecosystem and
Relations Engineer - Ankr Partnerships -
Fasset

41 Exploring the boundless 13:15 web3 / Block… Panel D… Muhammad Ahsan Imitaz, CEO - Narsun Nazim Hasham,
possibilities of the Metaverse: a Studios, Muhammad Furqan Aziz, Business Advisor
new digital frontier for Founder & CEO - InvoZone, Umair Javed, - Departure
commerce, creativity, and Founder & CEO - tkxel, Ali Zain, Chief Lounge
connection Executive Officer - Ideofuzion

42 Decentralized Finance (DeFi): 13:50 web3 / Block… Panel D… Maryam Wraich, Management Consulting Mohammad Ali
challenging the dominance of Manager - Accenture, Nida Sumar , Ibrahim, Head
traditional finance Founder - 60 Day Startups, Mohammed Marketing,
Ali Baig, Founder - Digital Currency Communications
Industries, Michael Healy, co-founder - & Sustainability
Unit Network - Mobilink
Microfinance
Bank Ltd.

43 Keynote: Security in Web3: 14:25 web3 / Block… Keynote Faizan Nehal Siddiqui, Smart Contract
How Web2 Security Security Auditor - BlockApex &
Researchers can utilize their Hackerone
skills in Web3

44 Fractionalized ownership: 14:35 web3 / Block… Panel D… Jawad Nayyar, Chief Vision Officer - Maj Usman Tahir,
Future of Real Estate? / Asset DAO PropTech, Adeel Javaid Kazmi , Director
rationalization - Where people Head of Marcom - Nova Group, Mohsin Administration &
can invest in portions of Masud, Founder & CEO - AKRU Security -
property (web3) STZA, Special
Technology
Zones Authority

45 Keynote by Zain Naqvi 15:10 web3 / New … Keynote Syed Muhammad Zain Ul Abideen Naqvi,
Co-Founder - Alter

46 Future of Music in Web3 15:20 web3 / New … Firesid… Muqueet Shahzad, Project Leader - Syed
Delivery Associates, Zain Peerzada, Muhammad Zain
Director - Flux Media Ul Abideen
Naqvi, Co-
Founder - Alter

47 Fireside with Pasoori 15:55 web3 / New … Keynote Mahina Reki, Lecturer - NCA Lahore

48 Opening Keynote: Mustafa 16:10 Scaling Tech Keynote Mustafa Najoom, VP of Marketing &
Najoom Growth - Gaper.io

49 Scaling Tech Business beyond 16:15 Scaling Tech Presen…

$20M / annum

50 Power of Mergers & 16:30 Scaling Tech Presen…

Acquisitions in Tech Space

51 Taking Software Companies to 16:45 Scaling Tech Presen…

PSX

52 Special Announcement 17:00 Scaling Tech Announ…

53 Keynote: Mudassir Saleem 17:40 World View Keynote Mudassir Saleem Malik, CEO, CoFounder
Malik - AppsGenii Technologies

54 Building an Ecommerce Brand 17:50 World View Keynote Mohammed Khanani, CEO - mGadgets
 Keynote on "Intreprenuership" 18:00 World View Keynote Haseeb Khan, Vice President -
55
Technology - tkxel

56 Keynote 18:10 World View Keynote Ans Shabbir, Co-founder & CTO -
Moshpit Studios

57 hpstore.pk Launch 18:25 World View Announ… Safeer ul Hak, CEO - Indus Office
Automation

58 Keynote on Smart Cities 18:40 Policy & Gov… Keynote Abid Cheema, Board member and
executive Director Business Development
- FDHL

59 Keynote: Ayesha Sarwari - 18:50 Policy & Gov… Keynote Aisha Sarwari, Director Public Relations,
green investing and what Communications and Sustainability -
corporates can do Coca-Cola

60 Climate Finance: Can Pakistan 19:05 Policy & Gov… Panel D… Vardah Malik , CEO - Profectus Advisory Muhammad
do it? Services Pvt Ltd, Maha Qasim, CEO - Asad, Anchor -
Zero-Point Partners, Saadia Qayyum, Channel 5 News
Energy Specialist - World Bank, Media
Nameerah Hameed, Engagement Advisor
- Climate Outreach

61 Day Ends 19:50

Venue: Roundtable Room

62 Roundtable by Gaper.io 18:00 - Scaling Tech Roundt… Mustafa Najoom,

19:30 VP of Marketing
& Growth -
Gaper.io

Day: 7 Jan, Saturday - Day 2

Venue: Expo Center Lahore

63 Registrations Open (Day-2) 09:00 Registration

Venue: Pheonix Auditorium …

64 How to awaken the giant 10:30 World View Perfor… Naeem Zamindar, Founder - Neem
(meditation session)

65 Opening Keynote by Omar 11:00 World View Keynote

Sarfraz Cheema (Adviser to CM
Punjab on Home, Prison &
Information)

66 Keynote by President LCCI 11:10 World View Keynote

Kashif Anwar

67 Panel: Facilitating 11:20 World View Panel D… Mubariz

Entrepreneurship in Pakistan Siddiqui,
Founder -
Carbon Law

68 The Future Depends on Data 12:00 World View Panel D… Nadeem A. Malik, Director - Enterprise Hamza Tahir,
Business Group - Oracle Pakistan, Syed Head of Dev Rel
Abdul Qadir, Executive Director - IT & & Growth -
Cybersecurity Risk - A.F.Ferguson & Co. Future Fest
(PwC Pakistan), Saquib Ahmad, Country
Managing Director - SAP, Sadaf Shaikh ,
HEAD OF IT STRATEGY AND
TRANSFORMATION - JS Bank

69 Innovating for the Future: Are 12:35 World View Panel D… Khuram Rahat, Senior Country Director - Syed Abdul
we ready? Unifonic, AVM (R) Dr. Rizwan Riaz, Pro- Qadir, Executive
 Rector Research, Innovation & Director - IT &
Commercialization (RIC) - NUST, Parvez Cybersecurity
Iftikhar, International ICT Consultant - Risk -
Self Employed, Mo Salah, Program A.F.Ferguson &
Manager - Brinc Co.(PwC
Pakistan)

70 Keynote 13:10 World View Keynote Shahbaz Ali Taseer, Director - First
Capital Group

71 Opening Keynote: Every digital 13:20 Financial Rev… Keynote Naeem Zamindar, Founder - Neem
platform will become a finance
platform

72 Beyond Borders: The Future of 13:35 Financial Rev… Panel D… Abdullah AlDayel, CEO & Founder - Warda Malik,
Business and Policies Qoyod, Muhammad Usman, Country Communications
Representative for Pakistan - German Manager - Lean
Emirati Joint Council for Industry & Technologies
Commerce (AHK), Meena M. Khan, Head
of Products - Zindigi, Zainab Samantash,
Head of Legal Affairs & Company
Secretary - Sadapay, Abdulaziz Alshetwi,
Co-founder & CEO - Moyasar Financial
Company

73 Future of financial inclusion: 14:20 Financial Rev… Keynote Sardar Mohammad Abubakar, SEVP/Chief
challenges and opportunities Finance & Digital Officer - Mobilink Bank,
for Pakistan VEON Group

74 Financial Inclusion is just the 14:35 Financial Rev… Panel D… Saira Faisal, Country Lead Digital Ariba Shahid,
beginning: What's next? Transformation Pakistan, GSMA - GSMA, Financial and
Shahbano Hameed, Chief Executive Tech journalist -
Officer - Prosper Technology, Zain Profit Magazine
Farooq, Founder & CEO - MyTM, Owais
Zaidi, CEO - Credit Per, Fatima Batool,
Founder & CEO - Ez Wage

75 The Future of Digital Insurance 15:10 Financial Rev… Panel D… Syed Nayyar Hussain Zaidi, Executive Muhammad
Director Strategy & New Initiatives - Salman Anjum,
Salaam Takaful Limited, Muhammad CEO -
Ashfaq-Ur-Rehman, Founder & CEO - InvoiceMate
Finmaal, Sharene Lee, Cofounder -
Takadao

76 Keynote 15:40 Financial Rev… Keynote Wael Abdulmoty Mohammedhussain,

Chief Operating Officer - Hala Payments

77 Keynote on Nash 15:50 World View Keynote Muhammad Nasrullah, Cofounder and
CEO - Integry

78 Keynote: Sadaffe Abid 15:60 World View Keynote Sadaffe Abid, CEO - Circle Women

79 Evolution from First-mile to 16:10 Ecommerce Panel D… Salman Allana, CEO - Rider, Muhammad Muhammad Ali
Last-mile Delivery Sumair, Cheif Executive Officer - RGS Qureshi, Head of
Logistics, Muhammad Saad Jangda, CEO sales Punjab
- INDOLJ, Muhammad Salman Parekh, south - Trax
Founder - Manto Store / Maansal Digital Online Private
Solutions Limited

80 The Future of E-commerce 16:45 Ecommerce Panel D… Salman Butt, Co-founder, Chief Research Dr Amna Yasin,
Innovations Officer - Salla Holding Marketing
Limited, Hasan Jabarti, CEO - manager - PFTP
DIGGIPACKS, Muhammad Hassan Khan,
Chief Executive Officer - Trax Online
Private Limited, Obaid Arshad, CEO/Co-
founder - Ginkgo Retail

81 Opening Keynote 17:20 eSports Keynote Khawar Naeem, Country Head - Tencent

82 Challenges and Daily Struggles 17:30 eSports Panel D… Shehbaz Mengal, Pro Player - Agon Imran Khan, CEO
of Professional Esports Players Esports, Muhammad Rehan Malik, Pro - Raptr Games
in Pakistan Player - Agon Esports, Usman Umer, Pro
player - Agon Esports
83 Casters of different games will 18:00 eSports Firesid… Shaneel Malik, Caster - Nodwin, Rana
talk about their journey and Zubair Jawad, Technical Lead - JNSQ
what made them choose this Analytics
career

84 Future of Esports in Pakistan 18:20 eSports Panel D… Rabia Fatima, Senior Manager- Regional
and how Telcos are reshaping Play, Subscriber Acquisition &
the Esports Industry Partnerships - Ufone

85 Story telling via Tabla: Classical 19:00 Art, Design &… Perfor…
Musician: Kaleem Raza & Zain
Rashid

86 VFX in Pakistan: From scratch 19:30 Art, Design &… Perfor…

to the success of Maula Jutt - a
live projection experience

87 Amna Butt - live painting paired 20:00 Art, Design &… Perfor…
with classical music

88 Day Ends 20:30 Art, Design &…

Venue: Orion Auditorium @…

89 Opening Keynote: Why EdTech 11:00 Education Keynote Hassan Rizwan, Founder / CEO - SABAQ
needs more Founders, Funding
and Failures

90 Is there a Pathway to Impact 11:10 Education Panel D… Aiman Bashir, Founder - Out-Class, Ammar Ali Ayub,
and Success for Edtech in Sabeena Abbasi, Chief Digital Learning CEO - Nearpeer
Pakistan Officer - Taleemabad, Haroon Yasin,
Founder & CEO - Taleemabad, Zulfiqar
Ali Qazilbash, Ed tech advisor - Mofept

91 Can edTech Close the Skills 11:45 Education Panel D… Namra Nasyr, COO/ Head of Creative Syed Imran
Gap in Pakistan? Strategy - Skills Todo/ Devsinc, Shahrukh Azhar, Founder
Swati, Co-founder - Nearpeer, Abdul & CEO - AzCorp
Ahad Ayub, Founder - Mahir, Mohammad Entertainment
Ali Ibrahim, Head Marketing,
Communications & Sustainability -
Mobilink Microfinance Bank Ltd.

92 New Technologies & Future of 12:20 Education Panel D… Khalid Abou Kassem, Founder & CEO - Hassan Rizwan,
Education AlGooru, Aziz Alsaeed, Co-Founder & Founder / CEO -
COO - Noon Academy, Jin Tan, CEO - SABAQ
ReSkills

93 The Future of Learning 12:55 Education Panel D… Annum Sadiq, Chief Education Officer & Syed Azfar
Director - Edkasa (Private) Limtied, Hussain, Project
Haroon Yasin, Founder & CEO - Director -
Taleemabad, Ali Khayam, Country National
Director - Right To Play International, Incubation
Maliha Javed Khan, Director Learning and Center
Development - P@SHA Hyderabad

94 Opening Keynote: Pakistan’s 13:30 Agriculture &… Keynote Habib Saqib, Founder, Head of Business
Agriculture: Challenges & - FasalPay
Opportunities

95 Improving Farmers’ Unit 13:40 Agriculture &… Panel D… Ali Amin, Co-Founder - Jiye
Economics Technologies, Fouad Riaz Bajwa, CEO
and Co-Founder - Digital Dera Private
Limited by Agriculture Republic Pakistan,
Farhan Tahir, Co-Founder / Director -
Kissan Gudam / Haji Sons group

96 Keynote by Punjab Food & 14:10 Agriculture &… Keynote

Energy Minister

97 Transforming Agriculture: 14:20 Agriculture &… Firesid… Mohsin Zaka, Co-Founder - Tazah Habib Saqib,
Separating Myths from Reality Technologies Founder, Head
of Business -
 FasalPay

98 Closing Keynote by Punjab 14:50 Agriculture &… Keynote Muhammad Mohsin Khan Leghari,
Finance Minister (Agriculture Provincial minister of Finance, Punjab -
Expert) Government Ministry

99 Keynote: Ahsan Tahir 15:05 Marketing & … Keynote Muhammad Ahsan Tahir , Chief Executive
Officer - Walee Technologies Pvt Ltd

100 The Next Evolution of 15:20 Marketing & … Panel D… Muhammad Salman Parekh, Founder - Syed Sohaib ul
Influencer Marketing – What’s Manto Store / Maansal Digital Solutions, Hassan, Senior
Working on the Top Platforms, Urooj Fatima, Dentist - Dental and Manager
Using Creator Content Beyond orthodontics solutions, Syed Muzamil Marketing -
Social Channels, and Future Hasan Zaidi, Director - One8nine, Shaikh Amreli Steels
Trends. Danial, CEO/CO-FOUNDER - MindKix Limited
Labs / Social Junction Pvt Ltd., Aimon
Bashir , senior brand manager NESCAFÉ
- Nestle Pakistan

101 Brand Building for the Future: 16:20 Marketing & … Panel D… Usman Ahmed Aziz, CEO - Shopistan, Aaqib Sayed,
How Performance Marketing Fawaad Saleem , CEO - Digital Tribe, Founder -
will Change Ifrah Ayoob, Digital Marketing Trainer and Worksquad
Performance Marketing Manager -
Nearpeer.org and Rozee.pk, Rubab Zahra
Naqvi, Digital Marketing Manager -
Educative Inc

102 Storytelling for GenZ 16:55 Marketing & … Panel D… Shayan Mahmud, Managing partner - Saad Allahwala ,
Eikon7/ProPakistani, Salman Nasir, Director -
Assistant Professor - School of Social Startup Grind
Sciences & Humanities (S3H), National karachi
University of Sciences & Technology
(NUST), Hassan Waqar Bhatti, Partner -
Community Fund

103 Roadmap for Successful Seven 17:30 Marketing & … Firesid… Hamid Mahmood, CEO - Software Pro, Shehab Niazi ,
Figure Agency Business Muhammad Yawar Siddiqui, CFO - Founder -
Repstack.co Trailblazer

104 Track Overview by Curator 17:55 Regulatory & … Keynote Mustafa A. Khan, Managing Partner - MK
Consulting

105 Opening Keynote: Legal 18:00 Regulatory & … Keynote Ahmed Uzair, Partner - AUC | LAW
framework impacting
technology sector in Pakistan

106 Legal Bottlenecks for Startups 18:15 Regulatory & … Panel D… Mehr Saleem , Partner - Saleem & Mubariz
and the IT Sector Mamdot (Lawyers & Consultants), Siddiqui,
Khurram Zafar, Country Director - 47 Founder -
Ventures Investments, Amina Aziz, Carbon Law
Director/Convenor Regulatory Sandbox
Committee - Securities and Exchange
Commission of Pakistan

107 Setting up a Holding Company 18:45 Regulatory & … Firesid… Mohtashim Ahmad Siddiqi, Partner - Barrister
outside Pakistan - Key Barsols Legal Consultants, Osama Riaz, Khalique Zaman,
Considerations Investment Associate - Sarmayacar Partner - Barsols
Ventures Legal
Consultants

108 Web3 and law (IP, COO, NFTS): 19:05 Regulatory & … Firesid… Iqra Musaddaq, Director Licensing, Legal Muhammad
What Pakistan's regulators and & Contracts - Special Technology Zones Usman Piracha,
legislators can learn from Authority, Safi Ghauri, Managing Partner Managing
global legal frameworks - Esquare Legal Partner -
Pirachas

109 Keynote: A Technology specific 19:25 Regulatory & … Keynote Mustafa A. Khan, Managing Partner - MK
Synopsis of Taxation Consulting
Framework of Pakistan

110 Technology Ecosystem 19:35 Regulatory & … Panel D… Muhammad Atiq Ur Rehman, Partner -
Taxation regime in Pakistan - KPMG Taseer Hadi & Co
Key considerations

Day Ends 20:00

 111 Regulatory & …

Venue: Roundtable Room

112 Planning for Recession: 14:30- EdTech Roundt…

Planning for Recession: How 16:00
Startups Can Attract and Retain
Top Talent.

113 Future of Esports and what can 16:00 - eSports Roundt… Asad Nadeem Mughal, Influencer - Agon Khawar Naeem,
be done to promote Esports in 17:30 Esports, Rana Zubair Jawad, Technical Country Head -
Pakistan to grow the ecosystem Lead - JNSQ Analytics, Shaneel Malik, Tencent
Caster - Nodwin, Zubair Ali, Content
Creator - Agon Esports, Shehbaz Mengal,
Pro Player - Agon Esports, Muhammad
Rehan Malik, Pro Player - Agon Esports,
Usman Umer, Pro player - Agon Esports,
Muhammad Ali Dowdy, E-Sports Caster -
Agon Esports, Mehran Ali, Content
Creator - Agon Esports, Khawar Naeem,
Country Head - Tencent

Venue: Atlas Room @Expo

114 Health & Happiness Session by 10:00 - Health & Well… Master…
Shahnaz Minallah 11:30

115 Web3 Quest: 1-Day Hackathon 12:00 - web3 / Block… Master…

18:00

Venue: Aries Room @Expo

116 Masterclass: Healthcare tools Health & Well… Master… Pashmeen Lakhani , Director - Revive
and technologies of the future labs

Day: 8 Jan, Sunday - Day 3

Venue: Expo Center Lahore

117 Registrations Open (Day-3) 09:00 Registration

Venue: Pheonix Auditorium …

118 Keynote: Mahe Zehra Husain 11:00 World View Keynote Mahe Zehra Husain, CEO - FiveRivers
Technologies

119 Technology for ESG: 11:10 World View Keynote Samina Rizwan, Country Director - Code
Leveraging Tech to Drive for Pakistan / Foundation for Civic Tech
Sustainable Impact

120 Keynote: Salim Ghauri 11:20 World View Keynote Salim Ghauri, CEO - NetSol Technologies
Ltd

121 Keynote 11:30 World View Keynote Jehanzeb Awan, Founder & CEO of J.
Awan & Partners and Azakaw and
Chairman Middle East Africa and Asia
Crypto and Blockchain Association.

122 Keynote by Saqib Azhar 11:40 World View Keynote Saqib Azhar, CEO - Enablers

123 Keynote: Javaid Iqbal 11:50 World View Keynote Javaid Iqbal, Chief Commercial Officer -
Special Technology Zones Authority -
Government of Pakistan
124 Keynote by Azad Chaiwala 12:20 World View Keynote Azad Chaiwala, CEO - Azad Chaiwala
Institute

125 Keynote: Taha Memon 12:30 Entreprenuer… Keynote Taha Memon, Founder and CEO -
Founders Club International

126 Keynote 12:35 World View Keynote Farhan Javed, Group Director - Graana

127 How to widen the circle of trust 12:40 Entreprenuer… Firesid… Kristin Anderssen, CEO - Make-A-Wish Arzish Azam,
across borders Norway, Mo Salah, Program Manager - CEO - Ejad Labs
Brinc / Future Fest

128 Future is Female: Opportunities 13:00 Entreprenuer… Panel D… Syeda Hira Hassam, Chief Marketing
and Challenges Officer - SuperWomen, Salma Noreen,
Founder SyNet Pakistan - Salma Noreen,
Bareera Agha , Co founder/ CEO -
Express Freight System

129 Keynote: Spencer Schneier 13:35 Entreprenuer… Keynote Spencer Schneier, CEO - Commenda

130 Why Communities are the 13:50 Entreprenuer… Panel D… Monica Zara, Head of Sales & Ambreen
Future of Business Conference - How to Web, Huzaifa Nadeem, Sales
Habib, Community Manager - Google Consultant -
Developers, Diogo Paiva Costa, Events & Premier Choice
Community Manager - Ankr, Talaal Burny, International
Product Partnerships Manager - Deel,
Tarek Salam, Head of MENA Expansion -
Deel

131 The Business of Building a 14:40 Entreprenuer… Panel D… Muhammad Raza Saeed, Chief Executive Cynia Ejaz,
Startup Officer - Confiz & PakWheels, Raja Regional Head
Mohsin Abbas, President - Reach First North -
Inc, Muhammad Taimoor Hassan, Daftarkhwan
Founder/CEO - QueryCity, Yas Tabasam,
CEO - Procure

132 Deep dive into HealthTech in 15:25 Health & Well… Panel D… Hyder Mumtaz, CEO - Ailaaj, Dr. Iffat Pashmeen
Pakistan Zafar Aga, Cofounder & COO - Sehat Lakhani ,
Kahani c/o Community Innovation Hub Director -
Pvt Ltd, Aiman Khan, CEO - SLOSH AI Revive labs
Solutions, Jibran Khan, COO, Founder -
Sehatu

133 Keynote by Shahal Khan 16:00 World View Keynote

134 Fireside: Muzamil Hasan Zaidi 16:10 World View Firesid… Syed Muzamil Hasan Zaidi, Director - Shehab Niazi ,
One8nine Founder -
Trailblazer

135 Keynote by Mansoor Aldajani 16:25 World View Keynote

(Aban Global)

136 Coke Studio as Pakistan's 16:35 World View Firesid…

Biggest Cultural Export

137 Keynote 16:55 World View Keynote Syed Sohail Hussain Naqvi, CEO -
KnowlEDGE Streams (Pvt.) Ltd.

138 Keynote by Ijaz Nisar, CEO Club 17:05 World View Keynote Ijaz Nisar , President and Founder - CEO
Club Pakistan

139 Keynote by Ali Hasnain Rizvi 17:25 World View Keynote Ali Hasnain Rizvi, Chief Technology
Officer - ID-ware

140 Education as a Catalyst for 17:35 World View Panel D… Fawad Naseer, Head of School CSSE Kinza Anjum,
Change (Nationwide) - Beaconhouse Creative Director
International College, Dr. Aftab Maroof , - Mediagroves
Rector - Fast NUCES Islamabad - FAST-
NUCES Islamabad Campus

141 Eyes on MENAP: The VC 18:00 World View Panel D… Muhammad Omer Zabit, Principal - Carl Grant, CEO
Landscape & Pakistan as an Shorooq Partners, Mohammed Alzubi, - Connexa
Emerging Market Founder & Managing Partner - Nama Partners
 Ventures, Omar Shah, Founder & CEO -
COLABS, Areeb Zafer, Analyst - Indus
Valley Capital

142 Presentation: To Infinity & 19:00 - Special: Into … Presen… Gabe Gabrielle, Former Engineer for
Beyond 20:30 NASA -

143 Day Ends 20:30 Special: Into …

Venue: Orion Auditorium @…

144 Upskilling & Reskilling for 11:00 Future of work Panel D… Ibrahim Amin, Co-Founder & Chairman - Naveed Ahmed,
Survival in the Gig Economy Pakistan Freelancers Association Trainer at e-
Freelancing
(PAFLA), M Tanveer Nandla, CEO - iSkills, Rozgaar
Huzaifa Ali, CEO - Ecommerce Success Program PITB |
Pakistan Pvt Ltd, Dua Arshad, Founder & Independent
CEO - The International Institute of Creative
Entrepreneurship Consultant | Top
Rated Freelance
Designer - e-
Rozgaar
Program PITB

145 Building & Retaining Healthy, 11:30 Future of work Panel D… Yishel Khan, Chief Executive Officer - Hamza Tahir,
Productive Teams Remotely & DOT Mind Unlocked, Abeeda Haroon, Head of Dev Rel
Freelancing
the Future of the Office in the Head of Customer Experience - Polly, & Growth -
Remote World Maxine Cunningham, CEO & Founder - Future Fest
Pick My Brain, Maheen Wahid, Financial
Controller - Squadio

146 Growing beyond Solopreneur 12:05 Future of work Panel D… Umair Mansha, CEO & Founder - Areen Shahid ,
LazyMetrics Inc, Madiha Shamim, COO Program Lead -
Freelancing
HR Ways - HR Ways, Saad Allahwala , She Loves Tech
Director - Startup Grind karachi

147 Constant Learning: Staying 12:40 Future of work Panel D… Nilofar A. Gardezi , Associate Director & Tabinda Usman,
Relevant in the Future HRBP; Managing Director ConsultNG - Project Director
Freelancing
Corporate Research Investigations; - Enablers
ConsultNG (Pvt) Ltd, Ahmad Mushtaq,
Business Development Manager -
Sohoby, Rida Shamim, CEO/ Founder -
HRWAYS, Wajiha Ghazal, CEO & Founder
- Affordable.pk Pvt Ltd, Conceptbeans
Pvt Ltd, Dropesy Corporation

148 Future of Work: Post Pandemic 13:15 Future of work Panel D… Cynia Ejaz, Regional Head North - Aaqib Sayed,
and Beyond Daftarkhwan, Hassan Shahid, Co- Founder -
Freelancing
Founder - Kickstart, Irtaza Haider, Worksquad
Software Engineer - Google, Iffi Wahla,
Founder-CEO - Edge, Amir Attique, CEO
- PopCorn Studio

149 Equitable Design 14:00 Art, Design &… Panel D… Muhammad Junaid, Community Leader @ Muhammad Bilal
Toptal & Founder Softintex Studio - Javed
Softintex Studio, Salman Tariq, CEO - Ghumman,
Davaam, Javeria Masood, Head of Product Lead,
Innovation AccLab - Pakistan/ Regional Consumer
Innovation Specialist at Regional Solutions - Kapu
Innovation Center - Bangkok - UNDP, Tech
Romaisa Fawad, Senior Product Designer
- Taxfix GmbH

150 Keynote: Aftab ur Rehman Rana 14:30 Tourism Keynote Aftab ur Rehman Rana, Managing
Director - Pakistan Tourism
Development Corporation (PTDC)

151 The Future of Tourism in 14:40 Tourism Panel D… Tariq Tanveer , CEO & Founder - Agri Q. Sonia
Pakistan: Exploring New Tourism Development Corporation of Kashmiri,
Avenues Pakistan, Mohammad Salman Arain, CEO Associate
- Umrah Companions, Hajira Saquib, Professor -
Owner - The Red Door Cafe Beaconhouse
National
University
152 Circularity and Sustainability in 15:20 Textile Panel D… Sohail Ali Naqvi, Director - WWF-
Textiles PAKISTAN, Sheraz Ahmad, Associate
Professor/ Chairman - National Textile
University, Yasir Nawab, Dean/ Associate
Professor - National Textile University,
DR AYYAZ UDDIN, CEO - PAKISTAN
CIRCULAR FASHION COUNCIL

153 Future of Textile 15:55 Textile Panel D… Abher Rasheed, Associate

Professor/Chairman - National Textile
University, Munir ASHRAF, Associate
Professor - National Textile university,
Dr. Muzzamal Hussain, Assistant
Professor - National Textile University,
Umair Azam, CEO - Integration Xperts
Pvt Ltd, kashif junaid, CEO - Denim by
mood

154 Keynote 2: Dr Yasir 16:30 Textile Keynote Yasir Nawab, Dean/ Associate Professor -
National Textile University

155 Information Warfare 16:40 Media & Jour… Firesid… Puruesh Chaudhary, Founding CEO - Amir Jahangir,
Foresight Lab, Azaz Syed , Senior Chief Executive
Correspondent on - Geo News/The News Officer - Mishal
Pakistan

156 Is Youth Ready for the Future? 17:10 Media & Jour… Panel D… Ramma Cheema, Anchor/Founder - Eisha Zeb,
Using Media for Advocacy PTV/Beti, Sana Maqbool, General Partner -
Manager Corporate Relations - NUST, OVentures
Noor Waheed, Senior Research Associate
- Digital Rights Foundation, Durlabh
Ashok, Global Board Member - Plant-for-
the-Planet Initiative

157 Keynote: Badar Ikram 17:45 Media & Jour… Keynote Badar Ikram, Senior Vice President - hum
network Limited

158 Panel: Digital Health 18:00 Health & Well… Panel D… Samad Saleem, CEO - Digi Trends Pvt Dr. Zakiuddin
Ltd., M. Haroon Qassim, Managing Ahmed, CEO -
Director - PharmEvo (Pvt.) Ltd, Asad Digital Care
Haider Khan, Cofounder & CEO -
MEDZnMORE Pvt Ltd

159 Digital Health: Are we Ready for 18:35 Health & Well… Panel D… Bilal Mumtaz, Founder - FreshStart, Ayesha Leghari,
the future Kamran Iqbal, Co-Founder & CEO - Country Director
PayCare, Dr. Saira Siddique, CEO and - Population
Founder - medIQ Smart Healthcare, Services
Hamza Iqbal, Founder & CEO - international
Healthwire

160 Day Ends 20:00

Venue: Roundtable Room

161 Roundtable Name TBD 11:30 - Health & Well… Roundt… Pashmeen
13:00 Lakhani ,
Director -
Revive labs

162 Digital Pharma MOOT 19:00- Health & Well… Roundt… M. Haroon Qassim, Managing Director - Samad Saleem,
20:30 PharmEvo (Pvt.) Ltd CEO - Digi
Trends Pvt Ltd.

Venue: Aries Room @Expo

163 Product Design: How to Art, Design &… Master… Wasif Hussain, Creative Director -
convert your ideas and COLABS
concepts into feasible products

164 How to find a job you love: Master… Mahrukh Ghouri, Head of Business
Filling the gap between Development - Dukan.pk
 academics and the corporate
Future of work
world
Freelancing

165 The Art and Science of Marketing & … Master…

Storytelling in PR