In the second SIG, we will focus on how to gather information from the client in an effective way. This will include transforming vague requirements into good requirements, driving clients to obtain maximum benefits and the link between project success and effective requirement collection.

Pakistan Agile Development Society, founded in 2014, is defining the future of Agile in Pakistan. Today, the society consists of volunteer members from all over Pakistan having its chapters in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi. It has been successfully spreading its message through conferences, awareness sessions, and meetups. AgilePK provides a platform to agile experts to share their experiences and knowledge and add value in industry. Find more about Pakistan Agile Development Society, visit their website: (http://www.agile.org.pk/). This event is being conducted in collaboration with Pakistan Agile Development Society Islamabad Chapter (AgileISB).

Who should Attend:

Business Analysts
Scrum Masters
Developers
Testers

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Naeem Iqbal

Naeem Iqbal

Project & Program Management | Speaker | Trainer | Strategist | Storyteller
Naeem Iqbal has a decent 21 years of experience in IT/ Technology Management/Contract & Project Management, Planning, Implementation and Roll-out etc. He has managed cross cultural teams ranging from as low as 10 to as high as 500 members. He has spent more than 1450 hours of his life in delivering talks and training sessions. He has approx 3.9 Billion USD projects on his portfolio. Moreover, his experience includes engagements in Project management/implementation, Post Disaster Program Design, Implementation and Management, Social Safety net program management, Safety and Security projects execution (Smart City/Safe City Projects), Business Analysis, Training and Development, Coaching and Mentoring Start-ups.

Project & Program Management | Speaker | Trainer | Strategist | Storyteller

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2019fri19jul5:00 pmfri7:00 pm15th Networking EventNetworking is not collecting contacts, its about planting relations.5:00 pm - 7:00 pm 1969, Time Goes On, Garden Avenue Road، Near Shakarparian, Opposite Lok Virsa, Islamabad, Pakistan

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OPEN Islamabad’s signature event is back. After every three to four months, we present a Networking Event for professionals in Islamabad to interact, dine and grow their network in Islamabad, linking them to exciting professional and personal development opportunities. After all, Your Network is Your Net Worth!

OPEN Islamabad is giving you this great opportunity to connect with leaders of various industries while enjoying some fine food and ambiance. More specifically, you can expect to meet:

Charter members of OPEN
Top Executives from large enterprises
C-level Executives of IT companies
Deans, Professors, and Researchers from universities
Representatives of other cultural and civic organizations of Islamabad
Business owners from a variety of industry verticals like manufacturing, healthcare, etc.

Who Should Join:

Everyone working or studying in Islamabad, looking to benefit from the presence of esteemed professionals and experts at one place and

Participation charges:

Members: 500 PKR
Non-members: 1000 PKR

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1969, Time Goes OnGarden Avenue Road، Near Shakarparian, Opposite Lok Virsa, Islamabad, Pakistan

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2019wed17jul5:00 pmwed7:00 pmDesigning for the Next Billion UsersDesign Thinking - SIG - 055:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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Do illiterate women recognize icons and illustrations? Do we need to train farmers to use mobile applications? Do users in lower income segments understand the search icon on Amazon (or Google)?

Who are the next billion users? We have 7 billion people on this planet and they all have different needs, wants, aspirations, capabilities and skill levels. Platforms like facebook and google have impacted the lives of nearly 1.5 billion users, however, the next billion users who will adopt digital technologies are very different from the existing users. Technology products will need to be customized for these users to serve their needs. Learn about these insights and experiences from field research in Pakistan to design your products and services for the next billion users.

Who Should Attend

Program Managers from NGOs
Product Designers
UX designers
Service Designers
People wanting to understand how Human-centred design works in practice

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Alyzeh Rizvi

Alyzeh Rizvi

Designer-in-Residence, IDEATE Innovation
Alyzeh Rizvi is a designer based in Providence, US. With an undergraduate degree in architecture and a keen interest in building human-centered products and experiences, she is currently pursuing her graduate degree in Industrial Design at the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design. Alyzeh spent the last couple of years at Architizer, a tech start-up in New York City building tools to revolutionize architecture. This summer, she has traveled to Pakistan on a Graduate Commons Grant awarded by RISD to explore ‘How Sacrificial Rituals are Woven into the Fabric of Pakistani Manufacturing Processes’. She is currently working as a Lead Researcher at IDEATE in Islamabad on ‘Improving Financial Inclusion for Women in Pakistan’.

Designer-in-Residence, IDEATE Innovation
Umair Shafique

Umair Shafique

Chief Innovation Officer, IDEATE Innovation
Umair has 10 years of total experience and he is the Chief Innovation Officer at IDEATE Innovation which is Pakistan’s first dedicated UX design firm. He is a mechatronics engineer with a double master in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship from TUBerlin and Warsaw School of Economics with a Design Thinking certification from HPI Potsdam and UX certification from Neilsen Norman Group. He has co-founded two startups in Germany and Poland, in the domains of agriculture technology and shared economy sector, respectively. Previously, he has spent over 5 years in process engineering design, working closely with product technology centres in the FMCG sector. He is a strong believer in technology and its potential to solve greater challenges that technology combined with deep user insights can be served as a great tool to solve a lot of social problems, especially poverty. We can use right technological solutions to mitigate poverty from the regions of the underserved part of the world and that, we all, who are ‘privileged’ have an innate responsibility to give something back to where we think we belong.

Chief Innovation Officer, IDEATE Innovation

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2019fri28jun5:00 pmfri7:00 pmManaging OneselfLeadership - SIG - 085:00 pm - 7:00 pm WeCreate Center, Office #1, Select Plaza F-11 Markaz, Islamabad

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Leadership SIG series is back with its eighth episode, “Managing Oneself”. In the last session, we focused on the significance of setting goals and how to do it, now we are moving towards the art of self-management.

Managing yourself first is a prerequisite for managing others. Imagine your behavior to be mood driven instead of values or habits driven. You would generally be happy in the morning but become withdrawn in the afternoon, or vice versa. How can you change your perspective of your paradigms (thinking beyond thinking), we will discuss in this session.

Who Should Attend?

Professionals, Entrepreneurs and Students looking to work in a leadership role.

Participation Charges

Free for OPEN Members. PKR 500/- for Non-Members

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Mohsin Lodhi

Mohsin Lodhi

Enterprise Trainer and Executive Development Coach
Mohsin Lodhi is a founder, enterprise trainer & executive development coach at Mohsin Lodhi Training & Coaching Centre- a company specializing in training and coaching executives on a one-on-one basis on leadership, communication, emotional intelligence, team building and personal development skills. Mohsin has over 35 years' experience in leadership, management, consulting, sales, teaching & training experience by leading a team of 10-50 people. He has trained and coached over 14,000 executives in 7 years on a wide variety of topics. He was honored "Best Performance Teacher Award" three times at SEECS NUST-Pakistan with 97.5% feedback. He completed certifications in training from IFC World Bank (USA), Franklin Covey (USA), INSEAD Business School (France) and Stanford University (USA).

Enterprise Trainer and Executive Development Coach

WeCreate CenterOffice #1, Select Plaza F-11 Markaz, Islamabad

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2019fri21jun5:00 pmfri7:00 pmCracking the Big Data PipelineEmerging Technologies - SIG - 045:00 pm - 7:00 pm WeCreate Center, Office #1, Select Plaza F-11 Markaz, Islamabad

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We invite you to attend the upcoming SIG on Emerging Technologies titled, “Cracking the Big Data Pipeline”. It is the fourth in series of this SIG and is presented as a collaborative effort between OPEN Islamabad and Emumba.

Emumba is a boutique Software Services company based out of Islamabad and San Jose. Founded by Silicon Valley veterans, the company is 125 people strong serving customers from the Bay Area, London and Cambridge. The company specializes in building applications for Enterprise Networks, Data Engineering, Hardware Accelerated Software for FinTech, DevOps and Design/UX.

About the Session
When you gear up to build any big data system, the data pipelines can surprise you with various complications related to data duplication, out of order data, performance tuning, automated deployments, scalability, updates and patches, and much more. For the past 1.5 years, our speakers Wasaaq and Junaid have been involved in building and managing complex data pipelines at Emumba. During their journey, they learned many things, made mistakes, and most importantly they shipped high-quality software. During this talk, they will be sharing the key lessons they think are valuable for anyone who is interested in building and shipping data pipelines.

Who Should Attend

Big Data Developers
System/Technology Architects
Data Engineers
Interested CTOs

Participation Charges
Free for OPEN Members, PKR 500/- For Non-Members

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Junaid Razzaq

Junaid Razzaq

Data Engineer
Computer Scientist and Big Data enthusiast. Junaid has a passion for Distributed Systems, Data Engineering, and DevOps. Involved with Big Data stack, engineering software solutions and developing innovative systems.

Data Engineer
Muhammad Wasaaq

Muhammad Wasaaq

Technical Lead
Mr. Wasaaq is a professional software developer with 7 years of experience including 2.5 years of experience in Big data technologies. His expertise includes the development experience of Kafka/Cassandra/Postgres and various programming languages.

Technical Lead

WeCreate CenterOffice #1, Select Plaza F-11 Markaz, Islamabad

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2019thu13jun5:00 pmthu7:00 pmAvoiding Hefty Loss by Quickly Recovering from DisasterPostgreSQL - SIG - 165:00 pm - 7:00 pm Software Technology Park, Service Rd N, I-9/3, I-9, Islamabad, Pakistan

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Software businesses nowadays rely immensely on databases. Database disasters, resulting in downtime, have dire consequences in terms of direct loss in revenue. Thus it is very critically essential for businesses to recover from database disasters quickly. Participating in this session will help you understand how to perform a recovery operation for business-critical applications on PostgreSQL backends using Barman, Backup and Recovery Manager.

Barman standardizes your backup and recovery operations. It enables PostgreSQL DBAs and system administrators to easily integrate their PostgreSQL solutions in their disaster recovery plan. Barman features zero data loss backups, cooperation with standby servers, reliable monitoring integration, parallel copy for backup and recovery, backup catalogues, support for multiple servers, store backup data, full hot backup, incremental backup and recovery, retention policies, remote recovery, WAL files compression, and backup Information.

This talk will focus on effective planning for disaster recovery using Barman.

Who Should Attend?

Database enthusiasts, CTOs, IT Business owners, PostgreSQL Professionals

Participation Charges

Free for OPEN Members, PKR 500/- For Non-Members

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Muhammad Haroon

Muhammad Haroon

PostgreSQL Consultant
Muhammad Haroon is a PostgreSQL Consultant at 2ndQuadrant. Over a decade of experience in analyzing, designing/ developing applications, deployment, testing, configuration management, research and code reviews on diversified domains, platforms and technologies he is specialized in Database management, PostgreSQL, Technology Management,Business Intelligence, ETL, Configuration Management, VOIP & IVR based applications, SMS based applications,Call Center Solutions, Middleware, Databases.

PostgreSQL Consultant

Software Technology ParkService Rd N, I-9/3, I-9, Islamabad, Pakistan

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2019fri03may5:00 pmfri7:00 pmThe State of the Art in JavaScriptEmerging Technologies - SIG - 035:00 pm - 7:00 pm WeCreate Center, Office #1, Select Plaza F-11 Markaz, Islamabad

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We invite you to attend the upcoming SIG on Emerging Technologies titled, “The State of the Art in JavaScript”. It is the third in series of this SIG and is presented as a collaborative effort between OPEN Islamabad and Emumba.

Emumba is a boutique Software Services company based out of Islamabad and San Jose. Founded by Silicon Valley veterans, the company is 125 people strong serving customers from the Bay Area, London and Cambridge. The company specializes in building applications for Enterprise Networks, Data Engineering, Hardware Accelerated Software for FinTech, DevOps and Design/UX.

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React, Angular, Vue, ES6, TypeScript, Flow, Babel, Gulp, Webpack, Parcel, Sass, Less… done and dusted.

Will Front-end finally stabilize?

If stability means disruption, then by all means, yes!

There’s a whole new level of disruption coming. And it’s coming faster than before.

Are you ready for the storm?

Who Should Attend

Application Architects

Dev Managers

Front-end Developers

CTOs

Technical CXOs

(Technology) Startup Founders

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Overall Rating: 3 RatingsData

Thank you for organizing this event..Akhtar Malik on May 3, 2019 7:53 pm

It was quite informative, the point was "Rule of Javascript, efficiency and performance issues". One missing thing was information about stable JS frameworks and their feedback.Faisal Khan Janjua on May 8, 2019 12:01 am

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Ahmed Waleed

Ahmed Waleed

Front End Engineer, eMumba
Currently working with various teams to improve architecture and design, Ahmed Waleed loves to work on scalability and re-usability aspects of complex applications. He is very interested in exploring the upcoming web technologies and the possibilities they are going to unfold. He can be found contemplating about the future of tech atop Margallah hills on week-ends!

Front End Engineer, eMumba
Muhammad Ahmed Khan

Muhammad Ahmed Khan

Front End Engineer, eMumba
Muhammad Ahmed Khan is a JavaScript nerd and is proficient in many frameworks including React, Agular & Node. He is particularly passionate about graphics in JS and its evolving ecosystem around WebGL.

Front End Engineer, eMumba

WeCreate CenterOffice #1, Select Plaza F-11 Markaz, Islamabad

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2019thu25apr5:00 pmthu7:00 pmSetting GoalsLeadership - SIG - 075:00 pm - 7:00 pm WeCreate Center, Office #1, Select Plaza F-11 Markaz, Islamabad

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We cannot reach the destination unless we know where are we going. We set goals and after a while start beating the old track again. Setting goals seems to be trivial but it is the most challenging task for the new managers. In this session we will talk about outcome goals and performance goals and how can we set them to achieve our objectives.

Who Should Attend?

Professionals, Entrepreneurs and Students looking to work in a leadership role.

Participation Charges

Free for OPEN Members. PKR 500/- for Non-Members

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Overall Rating: 2 RatingsData

Always a treat listening to Mohsin Lodhi! The content was great and well-delivered. What I liked the most, was that he connected all the theoretical concepts with practical and real-life examples that we all see around. Looking forward to the rest of the sessions from this series.Farrukh Jamal on April 26, 2019 5:03 pm

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Mohsin Lodhi

Mohsin Lodhi

Enterprise Trainer and Executive Development Coach
Mohsin Lodhi is a founder, enterprise trainer & executive development coach at Mohsin Lodhi Training & Coaching Centre- a company specializing in training and coaching executives on a one-on-one basis on leadership, communication, emotional intelligence, team building and personal development skills. Mohsin has over 35 years' experience in leadership, management, consulting, sales, teaching & training experience by leading a team of 10-50 people. He has trained and coached over 14,000 executives in 7 years on a wide variety of topics. He was honored "Best Performance Teacher Award" three times at SEECS NUST-Pakistan with 97.5% feedback. He completed certifications in training from IFC World Bank (USA), Franklin Covey (USA), INSEAD Business School (France) and Stanford University (USA).

Enterprise Trainer and Executive Development Coach

WeCreate CenterOffice #1, Select Plaza F-11 Markaz, Islamabad

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2019thu18apr5:00 pmthu7:00 pmAccelerate Project Delivery with 100% ProductivityAgile - SIG - 015:00 pm - 7:00 pm WeCreate Center, Office #1, Select Plaza F-11 Markaz, Islamabad

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In the first SIG, let’s learn how to accelerate project delivery by changing your mindset, adjusting leadership style, embracing agility, creating a culture of teamwork and responding quickly to change. The session will help you understand how you can bring change by taking small steps. We have planned an interesting session for you, with an interactive presentation along with activities to engage all the participants in the learning process.

Pakistan Agile Development Society, founded in 2014, is defining the future of Agile in Pakistan. Today, the society consists of volunteer members from all over Pakistan having its chapters in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi. It has been successfully spreading its message through conferences, awareness sessions, and meetups. AgilePK provides a platform to agile experts to share their experiences and knowledge and add value in industry. Find more about Pakistan Agile Development Society, visit their website: (http://www.agile.org.pk/). This event is being conducted in collaboration with Pakistan Agile Development Society Islamabad Chapter (AgileISB).

Who Should Attend?

Professionals, Entrepreneurs and Students.

Participation Charges

Free for OPEN Members. PKR 500/- for Non-Members

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Overall Rating: 7 RatingsData

It was fantastic event organized by OpenISB collaboration with AgileISB. Topic and speaker were really great. Content helped us to improve ourselves. Look forward to more events in same pace.Naveed Ramzan on April 19, 2019 10:36 pm

Amazing event. Looking forward to the coming SIGs. on April 21, 2019 6:58 pm

It was an excellent event. A great opportunity to learn and boost project delivery. This session identified the key potential of Project Manager for agile Projects. Overall excellent gathering.Saad Akhtar on April 21, 2019 7:41 pm

As always OPEN Islamabad arrange such a great event, that not only increase your networking but also increases your knowledge, information and inspire you to be the one to bring positive change in your circle. Speakers talked about real industry issues and their solutions which is most helpful to those who want to start a startup in future and this is the reason, why OPEN is called a platform for entrepreneurs and professionals. Looking forward to more such great events.Shakir Rasheed Khan Khattak on April 21, 2019 8:36 pm

It was a very good start to the series of sessions on agility . In itself , and without context , the contents of the first session might seem to be irrelevant for the untrained eye. But with context , it is clear that the contents were v much justified and necessary. One cannot be agile i.e. repsond to change , without being convinced of a growth oriented mindset ! keep it up. regards, Taha CEO Dynasoft TechnologiesM.Taha Masood on April 22, 2019 8:43 am

Session was very informative and had brief insight of approaches related with mindset and its impact of overall project deliverance;Rashid Ali on April 22, 2019 12:19 pm

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Naeem Iqbal

Naeem Iqbal

Project & Program Management | Speaker | Trainer | Strategist | Storyteller
Naeem Iqbal has a decent 21 years of experience in IT/ Technology Management/Contract & Project Management, Planning, Implementation and Roll-out etc. He has managed cross cultural teams ranging from as low as 10 to as high as 500 members. He has spent more than 1450 hours of his life in delivering talks and training sessions. He has approx 3.9 Billion USD projects on his portfolio. Moreover, his experience includes engagements in Project management/implementation, Post Disaster Program Design, Implementation and Management, Social Safety net program management, Safety and Security projects execution (Smart City/Safe City Projects), Business Analysis, Training and Development, Coaching and Mentoring Start-ups.

Project & Program Management | Speaker | Trainer | Strategist | Storyteller

WeCreate CenterOffice #1, Select Plaza F-11 Markaz, Islamabad

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2019fri29mar5:00 pmfri7:00 pmEvent Over14th Networking EventNetworking is not collecting contacts, its about planting relations.5:00 pm - 7:00 pm 1969, Time Goes On, Garden Avenue Road، Near Shakarparian, Opposite Lok Virsa, Islamabad, Pakistan

2019thu14mar6:00 pmthu8:00 pmDisaster recovery in PostgreSQL databasesPostgreSQL - SIG - 156:00 pm - 8:00 pm Software Technology Park, Service Rd N, I-9/3, I-9, Islamabad, Pakistan

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In today’s world, databases are at the very core of the software business and recovering quickly from a database disaster is absolutely critical for business continuity. Downtime translates into direct revenue loss. If you run your business critical application on PostgreSQL backends, this talk covers important topics on what you need to know to perform a recovery operation of your company’s business critical PostgreSQL server using Barman, Backup and Recovery Manager.

Barman, standardizes your backup and recovery operations. It enables PostgreSQL DBAs and system administrators to easily integrate their PostgreSQL solutions in their disaster recovery plan. Barman features zero data loss backups, cooperation with standby servers, reliable monitoring integration, parallel copy for backup and recovery, backup catalogues, support for multiple servers, store backup data, full hot backup, incremental backup and recovery, retention policies, remote recovery, WAL files compression and backup Information.

This talk will cover how you can effectively use Barman for your disaster recovery plan.

Who Should Attend?

Database enthusiasts.

Participation Charges

Free

Speakers for this event

Muhammad Haroon

Muhammad Haroon

PostgreSQL Consultant
Muhammad Haroon is a PostgreSQL Consultant at 2ndQuadrant. Over a decade of experience in analyzing, designing/ developing applications, deployment, testing, configuration management, research and code reviews on diversified domains, platforms and technologies he is specialized in Database management, PostgreSQL, Technology Management,Business Intelligence, ETL, Configuration Management, VOIP & IVR based applications, SMS based applications,Call Center Solutions, Middleware, Databases.

PostgreSQL Consultant

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2019thu17jan6:00 pmthu8:00 pmJoin Heterogeneous Databases using PostgreSQL Foreign Data WrappersPostgreSQL - SIG - 146:00 pm - 8:00 pm Alachisoft, Plot 43, Street 36, G-10/4 G 10 Markaz, Islamabad

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PostgreSQL provides a way to communicate with external data sources. This could be another PostgreSQL instance or any other database. The other database might be a relational database such as MySQL or Oracle; or any NoSQL database such as MongoDB or Hadoop. To achieve this, PostgreSQL implements ISO Standard call SQL-MED in the form of Foreign Data Wrappers (FDW). This presentation will explain in detail how PostgreSQL FDWs work. It will include a detailed explanation of simple features, and will introduce more advanced features that were added in recent versions of PostgreSQL. Examples of these would be to show how aggregate pushdown and join pushdown work in PostgreSQL.

The talk will include working examples of these advanced features and demonstrating their use with different databases. These examples show how data from different database flavors can be used by PostgreSQL, including those from heterogeneous relational databases, and showing NoSQL column store joins.

Who Should Attend?

Database enthusiasts.

Participation Charges

Free

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Ibrar Ahmed

Ibrar Ahmed

FinTech Speaker Senior Software Engineer @ Percona
Ibrar Ahmed is a Agile Software / PostgreSQL Architect, Blockchain Crypto Currency / FinTech Speaker Senior Software Engineer @ Percona. He has 18+ years of Software development experience, ranges from architecting the software to extreme programming in C, C++, Visual C++, Java. Experience in development in Windows, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX and PowerPC.

FinTech Speaker Senior Software Engineer @ Percona

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2019wed16jan5:00 pmwed7:00 pmEmerging Technologies Session 6Emerging Technologies - SIG - 065:00 pm - 7:00 pm

2019tue08jan5:00 pmtue7:00 pmInternet of Things (IoT) : The State of the IndustryEmerging Technologies - SIG - 025:00 pm - 7:00 pm KNCT Hub, Plot 59G, Street 7, I-10/3 I 10/3, I-10, Islamabad

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Internet of Things (IoT) is taking digital transformation to a whole new level by integrating devices into the ecosystem of data, insights and actions that business have access to. Big companies like Microsoft, Amazon and Google are pouring billions into building out rich IoT platforms to enable and simplify these transformations.

In this session, Affan Dar will talk about why IoT is important, the state of the industry, current trends and future opportunities both in terms of business as well as engineering innovations.

Who Should Attend?

SW Industry: CEOs, CTOs, Engineering Leads, IOT Startups, IOT Companies
Academia: Deans, HODs, Research Leads doing IoT-centric work
Government: HEC (Curriculum Leads), Ministry of IT, Ignite
Telcos: IOT Groups, Heads of Maker Spaces

Participation Charges

Members: Free
Non-Members: Rs 500/-

Partner Organization: EMUMBA Private Limited
Special Thanks: www.rabtay.org

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Affan Dar

Affan Dar

Engineering leader in the Azure IoT (Internet of Things) Platform
Affan is an engineering leader in the Azure IoT (Internet of Things) Platform group responsible for building and running multiple high scale Azure services related to IoT. A few of the products that his team has built include: Azure IoT Hub Azure IoT Edge Azure IoT SDKs Prior to his foray in IoT, his professional experience has been around building and managing teams that build middleware, cloud platforms, high scale messaging services and tackling complex distributed systems challenges.

Engineering leader in the Azure IoT (Internet of Things) Platform

Schedule

Day 1

January 8, 2019
4:30 PM Registration4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM Talk 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
6:30 PM Q/A Session 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
7:00 PM Networking & Tea7:00 PM - Onwards

KNCT HubPlot 59G, Street 7, I-10/3 I 10/3, I-10, Islamabad

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2019mon07jan5:00 pmmon7:00 pmDevOps : How it is disrupting the software industry?Emerging Technologies - SIG - 01 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm KNCT Hub, Plot 59G, Street 7, I-10/3 I 10/3, I-10, Islamabad

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In this talk, Zohaib reviews the foundations of today’s software innovation, where it has been and what the future looks like. He will take a closer look at DevSecOps, what it takes to implement it to drive innovation and value that can be derived deploying it effectively. He will also share his experiences of selling and implementing DevSecOps solutions across various industries across USA. He will field questions on how we can benefit from it in Pakistan.

Kamran Kundi will share success story in implementation of DevOps in his organization.

Who Should Attend?

SW Industry: CEOs, CTOs, Engineering Leads, DevOps practitioners
Academia: Deans, HODs, Professors of Software Engineering, Research Leads doing development work
Government: HEC (Curriculum Leads), Ministry of IT, Ignite
Telcos: CIOs, Engineering Leads

Participation Charges

Members: Free
Non-Members: Rs 500/-

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Kamran Kundi

Kamran Kundi

Director of Technology Affairs at Elm, KSA
Kamran Kundi is the Director of Technology Affairs at Elm, which is a leading provider of digital services for public and private sector inside the Kingdom. Elm is in the middle of their digital transformation journey to better serve their customers and meet the challenges of the digital age. Kamran and his team are helping build a Dynamic Learning Culture to lay the foundation for a High Performing Organization, which is optimized for speed without sacrificing reliability or quality. Kamran has worked in the Silicon Valley for IBM and couple of startups before he moved to KSA to join Elm.

Director of Technology Affairs at Elm, KSA
Zoaib Khan

Zoaib Khan

Application Modernization Practice Lead, Red Hat, USA
Zohaib Khan is currently the Application Modernization Practice Lead for Red Hat Public Sector. He helps companies makes sense of emerging technologies like APIs, Microservices and Containers and use them to deliver new capabilities and business models, the Open Source way. He has been a regular speaker at Red Hat Summit and has presented at various conferences, including StackWorld and APIWorld. He writes about DevOps, Application Modernization, disruption with technology and innovation (at his blog https://stackinnovator.com). Prior to Red Hat, Zohaib was a senior manager in healthcare and financial services and experimented with entrepreneurship by co-founding a technology services company.

Application Modernization Practice Lead, Red Hat, USA

Schedule

Day 1

January 7, 2019
4:30 PM Registration4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM Talk 15:00 PM - 5:45 PM
5:45 PM Talk 25:45 PM - 6:30 PM
6:30 PM Q/A Session6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
7:00 PM Networking & Tea 7:00 PM - Onwards

KNCT HubPlot 59G, Street 7, I-10/3 I 10/3, I-10, Islamabad

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2018fri07dec(dec 7)5:00 pmsun09(dec 9)6:00 pmCivic Hackathon 2018Transforming Pakistan with Sustainable Development Goals5:00 pm - 6:00 pm (9) National Incubation Center, Street 6, Sector H-9/1 , Islamabad, Pakistan

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CALLING ALL CIVIC-MINDED GEEKS!

Jazz, Code for Pakistan and OPEN Islamabad brings the biggest and most exciting Hackathon of the year ‘Jazz SDG Hackathon’ happening in Islamabad on the second weekend of December 2018. This is going to be a 2.5 days long Hackathon starting on 7th December and concluding on 9th December, 2018.

If you believe you:

Have a great idea that you want to bring to reality.
Like working with intelligent people.
Have skills in web or mobile development, design, mapping, data analysis, research, subject matter expertise in SDGs or the civic space.
Have what it takes to innovate on top of government information and services.

Come, utilize your talent and creative skills in transforming Pakistan in line with 5 of the selected SDGs for the better.

During this weekend, you will learn design thinking, open-source hacking for social good, receive mentoring and input from domain experts in government and local organizations, have opportunities to network, and work in teams to create solutions — all for free.

You will form teams to create prototypes that address civic and social problems in line with the Sustainable Development Goals initiative of the UN. All you need to do is bring your creativity, skills, and enthusiasm! We at Code for Pakistan will do the rest. We will bring together great mentors to assist you. There will be lots of energy and excitement through creative activities. Not to mention a lot of food and swags.

SELECTED SDGS

SDGs selected for the hackathon are for participants to focus their projects and solutions on are:

SDG Goal 3: Good Health and Well Being
SDG Goal 4: Quality Education
SDG Goal 5: Gender Equality
SDG Goal 10: Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG Goal 11: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Schedule

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3

December 7, 2018
5:00 PM Registration + Tea + Networking5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
6:00 PM Code for Pakistan Intro6:00 PM - 6: 10 PM
6:10 PM Intro by Jazz6:10 PM - 6:20 PM
6:20 PM Agenda of the Day (Event Guidelines, Participation Rules, Judging Criteria)6:20 PM - 6:30 PM
6:30 PM Team Formation6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

December 8, 2018
9:00 AM Registration + Tea + Networking9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
09:30 AM Jazz - Digital Payments09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM IGDA - Gamification Workshop10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM Ideation + Hacking + Mentoring10:30 AM - 01:00 PM
01:00 PM Lunch Break01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
02:00 PM Ideation + Hacking + Mentoring02:00 PM - 09:00 PM
05:00 PM Tea/Coffee Break05:00 PM - 05:30 PM
08:00 PM Dinner Break08:00 PM - 08:30 PM
08:30 PM Day Closing08:30 PM - 09:00 PM

December 9, 2018
09:00 AM Registration + Tea + Networking09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
09:30 AM Talk About How to Pitch09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM Pitching Rules + Judging Criteria + Submission on DevPost and GitHub10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
10:15 AM Hacking10:15 AM - 01:00 PM
01:00 PM Final Submission (DevPost and GitHub)01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
02:00 PM Lunch Break02:00 PM - 02:45 PM
03:00 PM Final Demos and Judging03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
06:00 PM Partners Acknowledgement06:00 PM - 06:30 PM
06:30 PM Jazz Speaking Slot06:30 PM - 07:00 PM
07:00 PM Keynote07:00 PM - 07:30 PM
07:30 PM Prize Distribution and Event Closing07:30 PM - 08:00 PM
08:00 PM Dinner and Networking08:00 PM - 09:00 PM

National Incubation CenterStreet 6, Sector H-9/1 , Islamabad, Pakistan

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2018sat01dec9:00 amsat4:00 pmEvent OverFeaturedEntrepreneurs & Government (Annual Forum 2018)Connect - Innovate - Disrupt9:00 am - 4:00 pm 1969, Time Goes On, Garden Avenue Road، Near Shakarparian, Opposite Lok Virsa, Islamabad, Pakistan

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We are excited to announce that OPEN Islamabad is back with its flagship event – Annual Forum 2018! This year’s theme is “Entrepreneurs & Government” and is aimed at creating sustainable public-private partnerships.

This year’s event will bring together professionals from both Public and Private sector who will not only help establish a networking platform but will also look into collaborative efforts to b the existing governance systems. Our event will provide a chance to learn from renowned business leaders and government officials about:

Bridging the gap between Public & Private sector initiatives
Enhancing Private sector involvement in Public services
Creating opportunities for sustainable growth

The audience will be 400+ invite-only professionals from a diverse group including but not limited to corporate, startup, academia, government and development sectors. The event is comprised of a series of motivational talks, panel discussions as well as an excellent opportunity to network.

The event details are as follows:

Date: Saturday, 1 December 2018
Time: 09:00 am – 4:00 pm
Venue: 1969 and Time Goes On, Islamabad

Your participation is subject to availability of seats. Since we have limited capacity, please reserve your seat at the earliest.

We, at OPEN Islamabad, look forward to your collaborative efforts in creating a new tomorrow.

نیا زمانہ، نۓ صبح شام پیدا کر!

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Speakers for this event

Ali Zaidi

Ali Zaidi

Federal Minister Maritime Affairs
Ali Zaidi is one of the famous and leading Pakistani Politician who is the current Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs, in office since 11 September 2018. He has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018. His professional career includes being a successful entrepreneur and small business owner with vast experience of operating businesses in various sectors.Mr. Zaidi was Founding President of the Imran Khan Foundation US, an IRS tax-exempt 501 C-3 charity organization based in the US. He is currently a member of PTI’s Core Committee. Besides being a member of the Core Committee, also currently on the list of official Spokespersons of PTI.Furthermore, he served as International Coordinator from 2004 until 2008 and organized PTI chapters around the globe

Federal Minister Maritime Affairs
Ashar Aziz

Ashar Aziz

CEO | Founding CEO of SkyElectric
"Ashar Aziz is the Founder, Executive Chairman of SkyElectric Inc. He is also the creator of the core energy intelligence and management technologies embedded in the SkyElectric Smart Energy System. In 2018, Mr. Aziz received the most prestigious National award, Sitara-e-Imtiaz for his services in IT Industry. Previously, Ashar founded FireEye, Inc., (NASDAQ:FEYE), a global cyber-security company, in 2004. He served as the CEO of FireEye from 2004 until November 2012 and also served as its Board Vice Chairman, CFO and CTO. Prior to FireEye, Ashar founded Terraspring, Inc., which was acquired by Sun Microsystems, Inc., in November 2002. Following the acquisition, he and served as Chief Technology Officer of the Sun N1 program until October 2003. Ashar graduated from MIT with a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Mr. Aziz later received the University of California Regents fellowship at the University of California at Berkeley where he completed his MS in Electrical Engineering Computer Science."

CEO | Founding CEO of SkyElectric
Asma Khalil

Asma Khalil

Country Director Careem
Asma Khalil is one of the few leaders in the country having the experience of working in several key industries of the digital ecosystem. Asma currently a country Director at Careem, is the former COO of Daraz, a start up mentor at the NIC, an e-commerce consultant, and has held several key roles in big corporations like Telenor, Jazz and Nestle. Asma has also worked as an advisor to the government and the ministry of IT and Telecom in shaping up the e-commerce and digital policy for Pakistan. Developing the first mobile banking (easypaisa) strategy, running the first Telco/e-commerce partnership, leading the countrys first Daraz Black Friday and driving the first digital Pakistan website are a few of the many achievements that Asma has to her credit. We are glad to have her as part of our panel to share key insights on the challenges of digital ecosystem expansion in Pakistan and how well the government is supporting this mission.

Country Director Careem
Atif Rais Khan

Atif Rais Khan

Co-Founder & Chairman LMKR/LMKT
"Atif Rais Khan is Cofounder and Chairman of LMKR and LMKT; two distinct technology companies. An experienced CEO, Board Member, and entrepreneur with over 30 years of international business experience with private as well as government entities. Atif is also the majority shareholder and Chairman of StarTimes Communications Private Limited, a subsidiary of StarTimes Communications China - global provider of direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting which was recently awarded a DTH license by PEMRA."

Co-Founder & Chairman LMKR/LMKT
Dr. Arshad Ali

Dr. Arshad Ali

Chairman, OPEN Islamabad
"Dr. Arshad Ali is currently the Executive Director at the HEC. He has over 100 nationally and internationally acclaimed publications to his name. He has also been awarded numerous medals for being a distinguished scientist and researcher. He is actively working on various research projects with Stanford USA, Caltech USA, UWE UK, and University of South Brittany France. He has served as member of the International Advisory Board of the “International ICFA Workshop on HEP Networking, Grids, and Digital Divide Issues for Global e-Science”."

Chairman, OPEN Islamabad
Dr. Vaqar Ahmed

Dr. Vaqar Ahmed

Joint Executive Director - SDPI
Dr. Vaqar Ahmed is the Joint Executive Director at Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI). Earlier, he has served UNDP as Advisor, and has undertaken assignments with Asian Development Bank, World Bank, and Ministries of Finance, Planning and Commerce in Pakistan. He has published extensively in areas such as macroeconomic modeling, inclusive growth and infrastructure reforms, trade and taxation policies, regional trade agreements, trade in services, energy governance, border-related trade infrastructure, youth employment, women-led social enterprises, and social safety nets.

Joint Executive Director - SDPI
Faisal Aftab

Faisal Aftab

Lakson Investments Venture Capital Fund
"Faisal is Managing Partner of Lakson Investments Venture Capital (LIVC). He has over 18 years of experience as an executive, investor and entrepreneur in media-tech, real estate, venture capital, financial services and management consulting. He has been employed by, or acted as an advisor to several public and private sector corporations as well as the Government of Pakistan. Prior to leading LIVC, Faisal was an Executive Vice President in New York at CloudStream Media Inc., an Intel Capital backed Over The Top (OTT) content streaming service and technology provider."

Lakson Investments Venture Capital Fund
Maleeka Bokhari

Maleeka Bokhari

Parliamentary Secretary - Law & Justice
Barrister Maleeka Bokhari is currently serving as parliamentary secretary of law & justice. She has over 8 years experience of working in various legal/advisory roles in both UK and Pakistan. She also established a broad civil practice which includes advice on all corporate, regulatory, property and employment law matters. She also works as a lead transaction advisor for a number high profile clients in the oil and gas industry, public-private partnership projects, in addition she also advised and assisted in drafting legislation and legal amendments for a political party in Pakistan, which includes the Anti-Terrorism Act 1996, Islamabad Local Government Amendment Act 2013, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtsesab (Accountability) Commission Act 2016 and Arbitration Amendment Act 2013. She was appointed as a member the judicial commission legal task force on 2013 general elections rigging, and a member of the joint opposition legal team on Panama Papers in Pakistan, involved in drafting the terms of reference for the proposed judicial commission on the aforesaid matter.

Parliamentary Secretary - Law & Justice
Meenah Tariq

Meenah Tariq

Consultant and Head of Strategy at Invest2Innovate (i2i)
Meenah Tariq’s latest position was the Head of Strategy and Accelerator at Invest2Innovate Pakistan. In her role at i2i, Meenah supported hundreds of entrepreneurs since 2015, across a wide variety of industries and geographies. She is a passionate supporter of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Pakistan and has been designing and implementing programs to practically support women entrepreneurs, encourage entrepreneurial mindsets in young people, and equip entrepreneurs across the country with the business acumen required to scale high-impact businesses and SMEs. Beyond running the i2i Accelerator program, she conducts trainings on business creation and scale, mentors a number of startups, and teaches entrepreneurship at local business schools at the undergrad level. Meenah is also constantly experimenting with business ideas of her own - the latest is an experiential gift delivery platform operating in Islamabad and Pindi! Prior to I2I, Meenah was completing her MBA at Babson College, as a Fulbright Scholar.

Consultant and Head of Strategy at Invest2Innovate (i2i)
Melinda Good

Melinda Good

Operation Manager World Bank Pakistan
Melinda Good is the Operations Manager in the World Bank Pakistan office. She oversees the World Bank’s approximately $8b investment program in Pakistan, covering human development, sustainability, infrastructure and economy and competitiveness. Melinda has worked in the World Bank’s Washington, DC and Indonesia offices. Melinda began her career as a lawyer in private practice, and worked with the Asian Development Bank and the Millennium Challenge Corporation.

Operation Manager World Bank Pakistan
Mohsin Termezy

Mohsin Termezy

ICT Sector Specialist at USAID Small & Medium Enterprise Activity Program
Mohsin seeks passionate talent who are out to write new stories. He is a fintech professional evangelizing and supporting organizations preparing themselves for digital transformation. Born into an expat family, his belief in entrepreneurship, diversity and inclusion helped him traverse a journey of 22 years from flight simulators to payment systems to development sector engagement. Working for global brands like Citibank, Samba Financial Group, Dhabi Holdings taught him growth but his true pride is his experience of building the first true mobile app development company of Pakistan in 2001 raising money with TMT Ventures- the first VC fund of Pakistan. He is currently building ICT sector interventions with USAID Small and Medium Enterprise Activity (SMEA) program to help IT/ITES enterprises achieve growth , enable SME digitization and access to finance. He holds a bachelors in Avionics Engineering, MBA from IBA, Karachi and diploma in Supply Chain Management

ICT Sector Specialist at USAID Small & Medium Enterprise Activity Program
Mudassar Hussain

Mudassar Hussain

Board Member | Member Telecom, Ignite, USF, PSEB. PTCL | MOITT
Mr. Mudassar Hussain is currently serving as a Member (Telecom) in the Ministry of Information Technology & Telecom. He sits on the board of PTCL, ,Ignite, USF and PSEB. He is an expert in Telecom Policy, Information Technology, strategy formulation and Telecommunications research. Prior to joining MoITT, working as Telecom Policy & Regulatory Consultant with Ufone and being at the MoITT as Director he served on the Boards of the National Telecommunications Corporation, the Telecom Foundation and the National Radio Telecommunications Corporation.

Board Member | Member Telecom, Ignite, USF, PSEB. PTCL | MOITT
Naeem Zamindar

Naeem Zamindar

Ex Chairman Pakistan Board of Investment
Naeem Zamindar is CEO of Zamindar Capital and Former Minister of state and chairman of Pakistan Board of Investment. Naeem has on his credit the setting up of Pakistan fund initiative as Acumen Pakistan chief executive officer. Previously, Naeem had served as Wateen Telecom CEO; Mobilink (now Jazz) CEO, and a senior investment manager at Intel Capital in Silicon Valley, where he was involved in over 20 investments in high tech firms. He is a professional certified by the State of Washington as a CPA and has an MBA from the prestigious INSEAD Business School. His vision is to promote and enable Pakistan as an attractive investment destination.

Ex Chairman Pakistan Board of Investment
Owais Anjum

Owais Anjum

CEO eMumba
Owais is currently CEO of eMumba. He is a Silicon Valley trooper for a good number of years, is a Spartan armed with an MBA from San Jose State University, the oldest public institution on the West Coast of USA. He has led a subsidiary of a Silicon Valley Company in Pakistan and is now administering his own startup, eMumba. One of the biggest achievements of his startup is “Cricout – A Social Network for Cricket” available online and in the form of smartphone apps. Owais is an esteemed and distinguished member of the Islamabad entrepreneurial circle and volunteers his time for mentoring. He has also been an active member of OPEN Silicon Valley chapter in the past.

CEO eMumba
Owais zaidi

Owais zaidi

Co-Founder CreditFix
Owais is the Co-founder and CEO of CreditFix, Pakistan’s first Digital Lending Company. CreditFix utilizes Machine Learning and Big Data and combine to enable low income borrowers to borrow for big ticket loans for starting or growing business. It is the only digital lending player in emerging market that is doing ticket sizes up to ,000 completely digitally. Owais also founded The Hive, Pakistan’s most premium co-working space which is currently in growth mode and expanding across Pakistan. He actively evangelizes open source technology and believes in power of collaboration through crowdsourcing and social networks. He has delivered lectures across South Asia and Middle East on electronic payments and commerce, founding and managing startups and financial inclusion. He is passionate about value creation through use of technology for business and social development."

Co-Founder CreditFix
Rabeel Warraich

Rabeel Warraich

CEO Sarmayacar
Rabeel Warraich is the Founder of Sarmayacar, a recently launched seed fund syndicate dedicated for Pakistani startups. He is currently vice president at private equity firm GIC Investment Management based in London. He specialized in Economics from University of Oxford and Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has experience of working with Morgan Stanley, Convergent Wealth Advisors etc.

CEO Sarmayacar
Sayyed Ahmad Masud

Sayyed Ahmad Masud

CEO | Co-Director of Change Mechanics | Founders Institute
Sayyed Ahmad Masud is CEO & Co-director of Change Mechanics | Founders Institute.He is an advertising & branding guy with over 3 decades in the industry who now helps build Start-ups and develop an innovation economy. He used to mentor and coach the new generation of Start-ups and aspiring entrepreneurs. Previously he is not only the part of Pakistan’s entrepreneurial ecosystem but also had a wide network in Asia and Silicon Valley. He was also the part of The Indus Entrepreneurs and the Islamabad Director for the Global Tech Accelerator. He is also teaching Entrepreneurship at the Master’s level and also in the Advisory Committees of 3 leading Universities.

CEO | Co-Director of Change Mechanics | Founders Institute
Shandana Gulzar Khan

Shandana Gulzar Khan

Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of Commerce
Shandana is Parliamentary Secretary at Ministry of Commerce. She is experienced Trade and investment Legal professional with a demonstrated history of working in the legal services industry. She is Skilled in Negotiation, International Trade, International Economic Law, Policy Analysis, Strategic legal frameworks and Dispute Settlement. Strong, disciplined legal professional with a Master of Laws (LL.M.) focused in Corporate Governance; Economics of Law and Regulation; WTO and International Economic Laws from University of Cambridge.

Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of Commerce
Syed Ahmed

Syed Ahmed

Chairman | CEO of PASHA | DPL
"Syed Ahmad is the Founder and CEO of DPL, a leading IT exports company based in Islamabad. He is also an industry leader . Currently, he is the Chairman of P@SHA, the only Govt licensed representative IT trade body in Pakistan. He is also the author of Digital Policy of PTI, which is part of PTI’s manifesto. At present, he is a member of Prime Minister's Task Force on IT & Telecom. Syed is currently serving various government entities such as Pakistan Software Export Board, KPIT Board and incubators such as NEST I/O and Comsats Cubator-1ne."

Chairman | CEO of PASHA | DPL

Schedule

Day 1

December 1, 2018
08:45 AM Registration & Greetings08:45 AM - 9:45 AM
9:40 AM Welcome Note - Dr. Arshad Ali 9:40 AM - 10:00 AM Speakers: Dr. Arshad Ali
10:00 AM Talk - Ali Zaidi - Keynote Speech10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Ali Zaidi brings with him immense experience of entrepreneurship and businesses in multiple sectors in the country, coupled with his insight on government initiatives and policies that would promote business activity and the spirit of entrepreneurship in Pakistan. Speakers: Ali Zaidi
10:30 AM Talk - Naeem Zamindar - Enabling an Entrepreneurial Revolution in Pakistan10:30 AM - 11:00 AMAmidst the ongoing wave of entrepreneurship, Naeem Zamindar is one of the key persons, possessing insight on how entrepreneurs can be enabled and what can be done to make Pakistan an attractive investment destination. His diverse experience of corporate, government and entrepreneurship gives him a unique position when it comes to being an enabler.Speakers: Naeem Zamindar
11:00 AM Talk - Syed Ahmad - A Retrospective of IT Industry from Govt Perspective11:00 AM - 11:30 AMThe IT industry has always been a major sector for churning out entrepreneurs. The government policies directly impact the IT industry and its growth. Syed Ahmad, having worked actively on government policy and industry association, which makes him the perfect person to shed light on the prominent happenings of the IT industry from a government perspective.Speakers: Syed Ahmed
11:30 AM Literary & Performing Art - Haider Farooq11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
11:50 AM Fireside Chat - Melinda Good - Equal Economic Growth Opportunities for Everyone11:50 AM - 12:15 PMEquality is paramount when one considers economic growth. In light of the tremendous work that the World Bank has been doing on equality of economic growth, Owais Anjum chats with Melinda Good around the building blocks for equal economic growth and what role the government, private sector and various other entities have to play to promote such a growth. Speakers: Melinda Good, Owais Anjum
12:15 PM Panel Discussion - Government as Enabler12:15 PM - 1:00 PM This panel discussion would revolve around the theme of ‘government as an enabler for inclusive growth’ and how government can redirect its policies, plans and budgets to nurture the entrepreneurial activity and promote job creation. The panel would take a multi-dimensional view of the challenges faced by the private sector and small and medium businesses and how government can assist businesses in overcoming constraints through governance reforms. Speakers: Asma Khalil, Dr. Vaqar Ahmed, Maleeka Bokhari, Sayyed Ahmad Masud, Shandana Gulzar Khan
1:00 PM Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Literary & Performing Art - Siyal Khan2:00 PM - 2:15 PMMusic tends to bring people closer - enjoy the fine melodies courtesy Siyal Khan who is a Rabab player, hailing from Peshawar.
2:15 PM Talk - Ashar Aziz - The Art and Science of Scalability 2:15 PM - 2:45 PMFor most entrepreneurs and startups, the question of scalability is an important one – the importance of the timing, the limited resources and policy constraints are only some of the hurdles they need to overcome to take their businesses to the next level. Ashar Aziz is someone who has done it with the companies he has founded and has tremendous experience when it comes to mastering the art and science of scalability. Speakers: Ashar Aziz
2:45 PM Fireside Chat - Atif Rais Khan - A Public Private Partnership leading to Multimillion $ Global Success2:45 PM - 3:10 PMPrivate-public partnership is paramount for the success of businesses. Atif Rais Khan has done it all, from starting his own companies and mentoring startups to investing in them and now having started incubators in Peshawar and Karachi. Given his diverse experience of working with the public sector, he is the right person to shed light on how businesses can become global brands through public-private partnerships. Speakers: Atif Rais Khan, Meenah Tariq
3:10 PM Panel Discussion - Access to Finance for Startups & Early Stage Companies3:10 PM - 3: 50 PMEarly stage startups are often posed with the question of raising money to build and grow their businesses. Various experts specializing in access to finance come together in this panel to discuss the significance of startups’ readiness to receiving capital, the right mindset when it comes to investment and the opportunities available to startups to explore opportunities of accessing capital. Speakers: Faisal Aftab, Mohsin Termezy, Mudassar Hussain, Owais zaidi, Rabeel Warraich
3:50 PM Closing Note - Farrukh Malik3:50 PM - 4:00 PMFarrukh is President at OPEN Islamabad. He will be talking about the milestones achieved by OPEN so far and will briefly sum up the future plans and activities.
4:00 PM Tea & Networking4:00 PM - till end

1969, Time Goes OnGarden Avenue Road، Near Shakarparian, Opposite Lok Virsa, Islamabad, Pakistan

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2018fri26oct5:00 pmfri7:00 pm13th Networking EventNetworking is not collecting contacts, its about planting relations.5:00 pm - 7:00 pm 1969, Time Goes On, Garden Avenue Road، Near Shakarparian, Opposite Lok Virsa, Islamabad, Pakistan

2018wed26sep6:00 pmwed8:00 pmPostgreSQL performance tuningPostgreSQL - SIG - 136:00 pm - 8:00 pm Software Technology Park, Service Rd N, I-9/3, I-9, Islamabad, Pakistan

2018wed18jul6:00 pmwed8:00 pm12th Networking EventNetworking is all about marketing of what you stand for.6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 1969, Time Goes On, Garden Avenue Road، Near Shakarparian, Opposite Lok Virsa, Islamabad, Pakistan

2018fri11may6:00 pmfri8:00 pmMulti-Master replicationPostgreSQL - SIG - 126:00 pm - 8:00 pm Software Technology Park, Service Rd N, I-9/3, I-9, Islamabad, Pakistan

2018fri02mar6:00 pmfri8:00 pmWhat's New in PostgreSQL 10? (Part-2)PostgreSQL - SIG - 116:00 pm - 8:00 pm Software Technology Park, Service Rd N, I-9/3, I-9, Islamabad, Pakistan

2018fri23feb5:00 pmfri7:00 pm11th Networking EventThe currency of networking is generosity.5:00 pm - 7:00 pm 1969, Time Goes On, Garden Avenue Road، Near Shakarparian, Opposite Lok Virsa, Islamabad, Pakistan

2018fri26jan6:00 pmfri8:00 pmWhat's New in PostgreSQL 10? (Part-1)PostgreSQL - SIG - 106:00 pm - 8:00 pm Software Technology Park, Service Rd N, I-9/3, I-9, Islamabad, Pakistan

2017mon13nov3:30 pmmon5:30 pmTechnology for EntrepreneursA Talk by Rebecca Garcia3:30 pm - 5:30 pm The Hive, 1st Floor, Plot # 14-E, Manzoor Plaza, Fazl-e-Haq Road,Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan

2017tue31oct3:00 pmtue5:00 pmThe Importance of Cyber Security in Today’s InternetFireside chat with Hussein Kanji3:00 pm - 5:00 pm The Hive, 1st Floor, Plot # 14-E, Manzoor Plaza, Fazl-e-Haq Road,Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan

2017fri29sep6:00 pmfri8:00 pmPostgreSQL VacuumPostgreSQL - SIG - 096:00 pm - 8:00 pm Software Technology Park, Service Rd N, I-9/3, I-9, Islamabad, Pakistan

2017thu14sep5:00 pmthu7:00 pmLeading with Emotional IntelligenceLeadership - SIG - 065:00 pm - 7:00 pm The Hive, 1st Floor, Plot # 14-E, Manzoor Plaza, Fazl-e-Haq Road,Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan

2017sat19aug(aug 19)9:00 amsun20(aug 20)8:00 pmSDG HackathonIgnite Civic Innovation9:00 am - 8:00 pm (20) National Incubation Center, Street 6, Sector H-9/1 , Islamabad, Pakistan

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Calling All Civic-Minded Geeks!

Do you have ideas about how to fix things? Do you like working with other intelligent people? Have skills like web or mobile development, design, mapping, data analysis, research? Or subject matter expertise in SDGs or the civic space? Want to innovate on top of government information and services?

Join us and apply your tech or creative skills to transform Pakistan for the better.

Announcing Pakistan’s first SDG Hackathon 2017!

Join us in Islamabad the weekend of August 19-20 and learn how your tech, creative, and problem solving skills can be used to make a positive impact at a national scale. During this weekend, you will learn design thinking, open-source hacking for social good, receive mentoring and input from domain experts in government and local organizations, have opportunities to network, and work in teams to create solutions — all for free.

You will form teams to create prototypes that address civic and social problems in line with the SDGs. All you need to do is bring your creativity, skills, and enthusiasm!

The SDG Hackathon will bring together programmers, designers, urban mappers, data analysts, community organizers, researchers, journalists, and government information to reboot local services by creating open source web, mobile, and SMS applications. Imagine a peace corps of geeks for civic betterment.

Selected SDGs for participants to focus their projects and solutions on are:

Good Health & Well-Being
Quality Education
Industry Innovation & Infrastructure
Sustainable Cities and Communities
No Poverty
Zero Hunger
Decent Work and Economic Growth
Responsible Consumption and Production

Participation in the hackathon is FREE, but while we’d love to include everyone, space and logistical constraints mean that admission is open only to those accepted from the pool of applicants. So apply now before space runs out! The application deadline is August 12, 2017.

If you are interested in being a Mentor or Partner at the event, please send us an email by August 12 at islamabad@codeforpakistan.org

The SDG Hackathon is brought to you by Ignite (formerly known as the National ICT R&D Fund) – Ministry of IT & Telecom, co-organized by Code for Pakistan and its Islamabad Civic Innovation Lab, a joint program with OPEN Islamabad.

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2017fri18aug5:00 pmfri7:00 pm10th Networking EventSucceeding in business is all about making connections.5:00 pm - 7:00 pm 1969, Time Goes On, Garden Avenue Road، Near Shakarparian, Opposite Lok Virsa, Islamabad, Pakistan

2017mon17jul3:30 pmmon5:30 pmFinance for EntrepreneursA Talk by Dr. Andrew Scheuermann3:30 pm - 5:30 pm The Hive, 1st Floor, Plot # 14-E, Manzoor Plaza, Fazl-e-Haq Road,Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan

2017mon15may4:30 pmmon6:30 pmEntrepreneurial MarketingA Talk by Dr. Terence Jackson4:30 pm - 6:30 pm The Hive, 1st Floor, Plot # 14-E, Manzoor Plaza, Fazl-e-Haq Road,Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan

2017mon24apr6:30 pmmon8:00 pmIntellectual Property Rights and Contract Law.A Talk by Haris Zaheer Bajwa6:30 pm - 8:00 pm The Hive, 1st Floor, Plot # 14-E, Manzoor Plaza, Fazl-e-Haq Road,Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan

2017fri14apr6:00 pmfri8:00 pmBackup and Recovery ManagerPostgreSQL - SIG - 086:00 pm - 8:00 pm Software Technology Park, Service Rd N, I-9/3, I-9, Islamabad, Pakistan

2017mon10apr(apr 10)5:30 pmfri04aug(aug 4)7:30 pmUX Beyond SoftwareDesign Thinking - SIG - 04(april 10) 5:30 pm - (august 4) 7:30 pm The Hive, 1st Floor, Plot # 14-E, Manzoor Plaza, Fazl-e-Haq Road,Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan

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When we talk of UX the first thing that comes to our minds is a website, a software or a mobile application. But we often forget that user experience is one of the main components of any industry. “People don’t buy products anymore, they buy experiences that are meaningful to them”. Pepsico’s Chief Design Officer.

The behaviors of customers are changing: the way they look at things now is different than 20 years ago. They have so many channels of communication and information that their decisions are being influenced by the current and future trends. In order to stay competitive we have to work along with the user in the design process to address each and every need which increases the chances of our products and services to have a good customer base.

Speakers for this event

Aneeqa Ishaq

Aneeqa Ishaq

Practitioner and Teacher of Design Thinking and User Experience
Aneeqa is a practitioner and teacher of Design Thinking and User Experience. She helps business redesign and digitize their services, products and experiences which wow their customers. Since graduating from Stanford University five years ago, Aneeqa has exposed 1,000+ professionals to Design Thinking, led design-focused change movement at the leading Telco, Telenor, and designed well-praised products, solutions and programs for companies, clients and collaborators.

Practitioner and Teacher of Design Thinking and User Experience
Franziska Scheinhardt

Franziska Scheinhardt

Senior Strategic Designer at BCG Digital Ventures
Franziska Scheinhardt is based in Berlin, Germany. As a passionate Design Thinker and Social Innovator she deeply believes in the principles of user-centered design. Franziska has worked at Education Innovation LAB, Germany, to foster innovations in the educational sector, concluding a comprehensive user research and product development project about digital learning in schools.

Senior Strategic Designer at BCG Digital Ventures
Ludger Herget

Ludger Herget

Rental-preneur / Airbnb superhost
Ludger Herget is studying Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management at TU Berlin, is a rental-preneur from Germany. He is researching the housing market for short term accommodation in Berlin. As an Airbnb superhost, he has curated user experience for guests from all over the world. By sharing and living with more than 1000 guests in his home, Ludger has a few stories about meaningful UX from real life experience.

Rental-preneur / Airbnb superhost

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2017tue28mar3:30 pmtue5:30 pmEntrepreneurship Do’s and Don’tsA Talk by Rhett Power3:30 pm - 5:30 pm The Hive, 1st Floor, Plot # 14-E, Manzoor Plaza, Fazl-e-Haq Road,Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan

2017wed15mar5:00 pmwed7:00 pmFostering Leadership In WomenLeadership - SIG - 055:00 pm - 7:00 pm The Hive, 1st Floor, Plot # 14-E, Manzoor Plaza, Fazl-e-Haq Road,Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan

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It’s the spirit, not the statistics which matters. If we get into statistics, we will hardly get an encouraging image of female presence in the leadership role in Pakistan. Owing to the common challenges, women leadership is on the rise at an astonishing pace. We have seen a significant number of women making it on multiple fronts during the last decade.

In celebration of rising women excellence, OPEN’s 5th Leadership Drive session is dedicated to all those emerging women leaders, managers, entrepreneurs who are making their way forward by cutting through the social and cultural stigmas. The session aims to serve as a catalyst to women at all career levels who aspire to develop leadership acumen, learn the art of breaking the glass ceiling, overcome self-limiting beliefs, to strategically navigate through the leadership maze!

The session will provide a learning and networking platform which encourages participation of young females from all education and career levels who aim to develop and polish their leadership & management acumen in corporate, government or business sector.

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Ayesha Iqbal

Ayesha Iqbal

Private Equity Investment Professional, Investor, and Entrepreneur
A senior private equity investment professional with extensive deal experience across emerging markets.

Private Equity Investment Professional, Investor, and Entrepreneur
Shahnaz Kapadia

Shahnaz Kapadia

Founder and CEO at Empowerment thru Creative Integration (ECI)
Shahnaz has thirty years of national and international experience working as a master trainer, instructional designer and implementer of large-scale cascade projects and programs. As founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Empowerment thru Creative Integration (ECI), Shahnaz specialized in large-scale cascade training for the development sector and the Government. During her 23 years leading ECI, she worked with the Federal and Provincial Governments, over 200 Civil Society Organizations, and a very large number of international NGOs and development agencies.

Founder and CEO at Empowerment thru Creative Integration (ECI)

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2017fri24feb5:00 pmfri7:00 pm9th Networking EventYour network is your net worth.5:00 pm - 7:00 pm 1969, Time Goes On, Garden Avenue Road، Near Shakarparian, Opposite Lok Virsa, Islamabad, Pakistan

2017fri03feb5:30 pmfri7:30 pmThe future of Immersive Experiences: Design Thinking & UXA Talk by Asad J. Malik5:30 pm - 7:30 pm The Hive, 1st Floor, Plot # 14-E, Manzoor Plaza, Fazl-e-Haq Road,Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan

2017thu26jan5:00 pmthu7:00 pmIntellectual Property, Patents and Related Matters for Technology OrganisationsA Talk by Haris Zaheer Bajwa5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Higher Education Commission, Sector H-9, East Service Road، Service Rd E، H 9/4 H-9, Islamabad, Pakistan

2017fri20jan6:00 pmfri8:00 pmPerformance & TuningPostgreSQL - SIG - 076:00 pm - 8:00 pm Software Technology Park, Service Rd N, I-9/3, I-9, Islamabad, Pakistan

2017wed04jan5:15 pmwed7:45 pmRole of User Experience (UX) Design in Product DevelopmentDesign Thinking - SIG - 035:15 pm - 7:45 pm The Hive, 1st Floor, Plot # 14-E, Manzoor Plaza, Fazl-e-Haq Road,Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan

2016thu29dec8:00 amthu5:00 pmData Science Workshopby Dr. Raja Iqbal8:00 am - 5:00 pm FAST NUCES, A.K. Brohi Road, H-11/4 H 11/4 H-11, Islamabad, Pakistan

2016fri23dec5:00 pmfri7:00 pmGetting & Staying Out of the BOXLeadership - SIG - 045:00 pm - 7:00 pm The Hive, 1st Floor, Plot # 14-E, Manzoor Plaza, Fazl-e-Haq Road,Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan

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Getting in and staying in the box restricts our perspective and makes us sick, unlikable, and mediocre performer.

We get stuck when we have problems we can’t see. Since we can’t see them, we don’t even know they exist. We mistakenly think the problems are something else, ignoring the real issue. Put yourself in the picture. Since you can only see things from your closed and limited perspective – and since, like most people, you probably resist the suggestion that the truth lies outside of things you’ve considered – you are primarily in a box, that is “cut off, closed up, and blind.”

Are you aware of your shortcomings? Or maybe, the problem is that you don’t know them.

Leadership is AUTHENTICITY, not a STYLE.”

Success and power of influence depends on being out of the box.

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Mohsin Lodhi

Mohsin Lodhi

Enterprise Trainer and Executive Development Coach
Mohsin Lodhi is a founder, enterprise trainer & executive development coach at Mohsin Lodhi Training & Coaching Centre- a company specializing in training and coaching executives on a one-on-one basis on leadership, communication, emotional intelligence, team building and personal development skills. Mohsin has over 35 years' experience in leadership, management, consulting, sales, teaching & training experience by leading a team of 10-50 people. He has trained and coached over 14,000 executives in 7 years on a wide variety of topics. He was honored "Best Performance Teacher Award" three times at SEECS NUST-Pakistan with 97.5% feedback. He completed certifications in training from IFC World Bank (USA), Franklin Covey (USA), INSEAD Business School (France) and Stanford University (USA).

Enterprise Trainer and Executive Development Coach

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2016sat26nov9:00 amsat5:00 pmFeaturedAnnual Forum 2016Entrepreneurship: Finding Order in Chaos9:00 am - 5:00 pm NUST, NUST HQ، Scholars Avenue، H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan

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For the 3rd year in a row, OPEN Islamabad brings you its flagship event, Annual Forum 2016! Themed around “Entrepreneurship: Finding Order in Chaos”, this year we will focus on the various challenges faced by an entrepreneurial venture at different stages of its lifecycle. Our speakers are people who have “been there, done that” and are in an excellent position to share their experiences and key takeaways for all of you!
As an attendee, you can expect to be walked through the different phases in an entrepreneurial journey, from conception, through building teams, leveraging a mentor network, and scaling, highlighting the challenges an entrepreneur faces at each phase and how to tackle them.

Besides hearing the speakers, you can expect this to be an excellent opportunity to network. Your fellow-attendees will be 500+ invite-only entrepreneurs and professionals from a diverse group including but not limited to corporate, startups, academia, government and development sectors.

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Adnan Shahid

Adnan Shahid

Digital Transformation and Technology Executive
Adnan is a former corporate C-level executive, entrepreneur and now Chief Commercial Officer of the biggest telecommunications company of Pakistan.

Digital Transformation and Technology Executive
Dr. Arshad Ali

Dr. Arshad Ali

Chairman, OPEN Islamabad
"Dr. Arshad Ali is currently the Executive Director at the HEC. He has over 100 nationally and internationally acclaimed publications to his name. He has also been awarded numerous medals for being a distinguished scientist and researcher. He is actively working on various research projects with Stanford USA, Caltech USA, UWE UK, and University of South Brittany France. He has served as member of the International Advisory Board of the “International ICFA Workshop on HEP Networking, Grids, and Digital Divide Issues for Global e-Science”."

Chairman, OPEN Islamabad
Dr. Syed Ismail Shah

Dr. Syed Ismail Shah

International Telecommunication Union\\\'s (ITU) Representative for Southeast Asia and Timor-Leste
Dr Syed Ismail Shah, a prolific researcher and the force behind Pakistan’s foray into 3G and 4G space, currently serves as Chairman PTA, Acting CEO ICT&RD and also a Charter Member of OPEN Islamabad.

International Telecommunication Union\\\'s (ITU) Representative for Southeast Asia and Timor-Leste
Mohsin Lodhi

Mohsin Lodhi

Enterprise Trainer and Executive Development Coach
Mohsin Lodhi is a founder, enterprise trainer & executive development coach at Mohsin Lodhi Training & Coaching Centre- a company specializing in training and coaching executives on a one-on-one basis on leadership, communication, emotional intelligence, team building and personal development skills. Mohsin has over 35 years' experience in leadership, management, consulting, sales, teaching & training experience by leading a team of 10-50 people. He has trained and coached over 14,000 executives in 7 years on a wide variety of topics. He was honored "Best Performance Teacher Award" three times at SEECS NUST-Pakistan with 97.5% feedback. He completed certifications in training from IFC World Bank (USA), Franklin Covey (USA), INSEAD Business School (France) and Stanford University (USA).

Enterprise Trainer and Executive Development Coach
Muhammad Nasrullah

Muhammad Nasrullah

Founder and CEO at Integry
Nasrullah, popularly known as Nash, is a technologist who co-founded Pring, a social network that works on every phone in Pakistan with 5 million users. He's started and has sold several companies. Currently, he works as VP of Customer Solutions at Convo.

Founder and CEO at Integry

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2016fri04nov6:00 pmfri8:00 pmIntroducing PostGISPostgreSQL - SIG - 066:00 pm - 8:00 pm Software Technology Park, Service Rd N, I-9/3, I-9, Islamabad, Pakistan

2016fri30sep5:30 pmfri7:30 pmChallenges a Leader FacesLeadership - SIG - 035:30 pm - 7:30 pm The Hive, 1st Floor, Plot # 14-E, Manzoor Plaza, Fazl-e-Haq Road,Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan

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People don’t fail because they don’t have any goal or a plan. They fail because of wrong strategy or tactics. Leadership is not through position, title, or power but leadership is through actions. Successful leaders know what to do in the times of adversity and prosperity.

Is the leadership being a role model or is it acting before the crisis? Is leadership leading the under performers to peak performance or is it coaching the good to greatness? What is the real leadership?

It’s not what you know but how quickly you learn from others. So let’s learn from the experienced who have established the footprint of success for others to learn in the upcoming OPEN SIG Drive by meeting our worthy panelists “ Mr. Wahaj Siraj CEO of Nayatel, and Mr. Ather Imran, CEO of Sybrid Pakistan”

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Ather Imran

Ather Imran

Chief Executive Officer, Sybrid (Pvt) Limited
Ather Imran currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and Director on Board of Sybrid Private Limited, a company of the prestigious Lakson Group of Pakistan, and as President of OPEN Islamabad. Sybrid is a Business Process Outsourcing company that provides customer support and managed services to clients in Pakistan, UAE and United States. With offices in Karachi, Islamabad and Sharjah (UAE)

Chief Executive Officer, Sybrid (Pvt) Limited
Wahaj Siraj

Wahaj Siraj

CEO and Co-founder of Nayatel
Wahaj Siraj is the CEO and co-founder of Nayatel, one of the largest connectivity providers in Pakistan, and has championed the causes of IT industry for decades.

CEO and Co-founder of Nayatel

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2016sun25sep5:00 pmsun7:00 pmTeam Engagement- Commitment or Compliance.Leadership - SIG - 025:00 pm - 7:00 pm The Hive, 1st Floor, Plot # 14-E, Manzoor Plaza, Fazl-e-Haq Road,Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan

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Commitment, which appears to be a rare commodity found among the employees, invites us to revisit our strategies for employee engagement for boosting the performance. Performance getting through unleashing the potential instead of following the job descriptions needs the team members’ commitment. Commitment ensures success to achieve goals. In present times, getting a commitment is a leader’s biggest challenge because commitment is the result of choice, not circumstances. The difference between someone who’s not engaged vs. someone who is; is similar to the distinction between compliance and commitment. When someone is compliant, they just obey – doing what’s asked of them but no more. Typically they’re doing just enough to keep their job. Conversely, a committed employee will spend time and effort outside of regular business hours thinking about the work and solving problems, finding better ways to get the job done, seeking out new insights, and then acting on them.

Committed team members are involved, and research states that only 10% of the total employees are fully engaged in their jobs. Rest are either partially involved or not involved. Greater team engagement means accelerated financial returns through increased sales, higher profits, and satisfied customers.

Leaders’ capability to engage their teams is critical to employee engagement to elicit commitment, not compliance. So let’s discuss and find out how can you build team engagement strategies into your leadership development pursuit during the forthcoming OPEN Leadership Drive SIG discourse.

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Mohsin Lodhi

Mohsin Lodhi

Enterprise Trainer and Executive Development Coach
Mohsin Lodhi is a founder, enterprise trainer & executive development coach at Mohsin Lodhi Training & Coaching Centre- a company specializing in training and coaching executives on a one-on-one basis on leadership, communication, emotional intelligence, team building and personal development skills. Mohsin has over 35 years' experience in leadership, management, consulting, sales, teaching & training experience by leading a team of 10-50 people. He has trained and coached over 14,000 executives in 7 years on a wide variety of topics. He was honored "Best Performance Teacher Award" three times at SEECS NUST-Pakistan with 97.5% feedback. He completed certifications in training from IFC World Bank (USA), Franklin Covey (USA), INSEAD Business School (France) and Stanford University (USA).

Enterprise Trainer and Executive Development Coach

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2016fri23sep6:00 pmfri8:00 pmDeploying PostgreSQL on AzurePostgreSQL - SIG - 056:00 pm - 8:00 pm Software Technology Park, Service Rd N, I-9/3, I-9, Islamabad, Pakistan

2016fri02sep5:00 pmfri8:00 pm8th Networking EventNetworking is an essential part of building wealth.5:00 pm - 8:00 pm 1969, Time Goes On, Garden Avenue Road، Near Shakarparian, Opposite Lok Virsa, Islamabad, Pakistan

2016fri26aug6:00 pmfri8:00 pmHigh Availability - Replication and AutofailoverPostgreSQL - SIG - 046:00 pm - 8:00 pm Software Technology Park, Service Rd N, I-9/3, I-9, Islamabad, Pakistan

2016thu18aug5:00 pmthu7:00 pmLean Startup MethodologyStartup - SIG - 015:00 pm - 7:00 pm The Hive, 1st Floor, Plot # 14-E, Manzoor Plaza, Fazl-e-Haq Road,Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan

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OPEN Islamabad is starting a SIG (Special Interest Group) on the topic of Lean Startup Methodology to help local startups understand the basic principles of lean and its practical implementation.

We believe 90% of startups fail because they do not build what their customers need. Lean Startup Methodology is a technique that helps understand the needs of the customers and reduces the odds of failure.

“Success is not delivering a feature, it is learning how to solve customer’s problem” – Eric Ries, Founder of Lean Startup Methodology”

According to Steve Blank, “a startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model”, so the faster a startup learns, the lower would be its odds of failure.

This SIG would be run by Awais Naseer who is a Lean evangelist and practitioner for past several years. Awais has helped several local and international startups build dozens of products on lean principles. He is the founder and CEO of Softoven (Pvt.) Ltd., a lean product development agency based out of Islamabad with clients across the world.

Topics to be covered
The first Lean Startup SIG would cover the following topics:

a. Introduction to lean.
b. Why (with some stories) and how?
c. Introduction to lean terms (Prototype, MVP, Pivot etc.).
c. Introduction to Lean Canvas.

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Awais Naseer

Awais Naseer

Founder and CEO of Softoven (Pvt.) Ltd.
Awais Naseer who is a Lean evangelist and practitioner for past several years. Awais has helped several local and international startups build dozens of products on lean principles. He is the founder and CEO of Softoven (Pvt.) Ltd., a lean product development agency based out of Islamabad with clients across the world.

Founder and CEO of Softoven (Pvt.) Ltd.

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