Past Events

A refreshing view on the Team Management.Ahmad Mirza on October 24, 2019 8:51 pm

OpenIslamabad was a great event and have very much informative sessions. I just want to request to organizing team to invite those success stories those start with very less resources because i feel participants which you invite , many of them have enough resources to start their business .Rehan Butt on January 17, 2020 5:10 pm

Open Islamabad is providing consolidate business plans to people those who are stakeholders in knowledge economy, above all lots successful minds are sharing experiences which is landmark of this platform to build extraordinary network of astonishing minds. Being student I'm obliged for giving this great opportunity. Great event learned alot🎈Zain on January 2, 2020 10:26 am

OPENISLAMABAD annual events has always been most awaited events for me. This year’s PAKISTAN 2020 and Beyond was an event with purpose and commitment to make PAKISTAN digitally progressive. The team Islamabad chapter has done a marvellous job. Bad weather could not stop people attending from all over the pakistan. Kudos to OPEN ISLAMABAD.Shahid Aslam on January 2, 2020 10:39 am

A great event organized by Open Islamabad. It felt great to get an insight about the businesses other than technology. The best talk i saw was by the panel which elaborated the Digital Marketing aspect of business. Especially Junaid Akram who gave pointers that really put some perspective on an issue I've had starting my own YouTube channel. These events are the way to get the young generation to go towards entrepreneurship. Applause to all who organized this event.Nasar Altamash Khan on January 2, 2020 10:41 am

This was my first Open Islamabad event that I attended. The most important point to mention here is that I went away with more than what I came in with. That is, I gained a lot from the event in terms of knowledge and knowing more people. The guest speakers were well chosen and had very useful things to tell. Q&A was good and there was a hefty share of panel discussions, which I think have no match as event items and is what I generally go to events for. On the whole, it was a day we'll spent and I came all the way from Lahore, travelling by the night train, and I can happily give a big shout out to Open Islamabad for holding a wonderful event. We'll done Open Islamabad!Shahid Qayyum on January 2, 2020 10:43 am

This entire day was one of the best I’ve ever spent. I attend a lot of seminars, including ones by prominent people, the content was great. The delivery and the ambience was equally as great. Lots of brilliant ideas flying about. Salman Wasay was thoroughly inspiring to me.Muzammal Nawaz on January 2, 2020 10:44 am

The annual forum catered most dynamic, and versatile fields. Highlighted contemporary issues and opportunity potential in each area. A great learning experience for those who want to learn and influence masses. Loved the collection of speakers and wisdom imparted.Javeria Hassan Khan on January 2, 2020 10:49 am

The event was amazing! Every speech and panel discussion was motivational and inspiring!!!Dania Ilmas on January 2, 2020 11:03 am

I really liked the session on the retail sector of Pakistan because most of the time in such conferences, areas like retail are neglected because of negative perceptions. The presentation was very refreshing and gave me a lot of insights into this sector. I loved the session by Mr. Salman Wasey and why 80% of our entrepreneurs venture into this category. I always look forward to Shabahat's session where I can learn the government's efforts in supporting entrepreneurship. Overall it was very inspiring and informative, however, the timings could have been managed in a better way.Sabeena Abbasi on January 2, 2020 11:07 am

ExcellentSajeel Ahmed on January 2, 2020 11:08 am

I ve been organizing events for IEEE from past 3 years as well as went to different events but this event was something where we can taste true professionalism and learn about different aspects from young professionals. I ll suggest to invite more university students next time so we could learn more.Syeda Zillay nain on January 2, 2020 11:43 am

Great efforts by Open Islamabad team,Mind opening event, all the stuff shared was very helpful. Very conducive and well-managed environment. Thumbs up for entire Team :)Zainab Abbasi on January 2, 2020 12:47 pm

It's pleasure to attend annual open event that was full of with passion, technology and digital Pakistan.Irshad on January 2, 2020 12:56 pm

sir event sirf name tak mehdod ta, koie online videos treaming yia any news channel? yia koie live tv? nothing,,, just time pass. and koie hukomti wazir ayia? sirf time zyiaMuhammad Irshad on January 2, 2020 1:01 pm

Great event. Excellent line-up of speakers. Great effort by the organizers (despite the challenging weather on the day).Umer Maqbool on January 2, 2020 1:07 pm

Very good and nicely done and always providing thrilled omens for being illuminated to join the community that leads to professionalism.Rizwan Gulzar on January 2, 2020 3:55 pm

I am thankful for the membership .it's a great chance for me to learn business.Thank youHifza Majeed on January 2, 2020 4:03 pm

Open Islamabad is doing a wonderful job by providing us opportunity of learning and enhancing our social networking. I love to join events organized by open Islamabad. Thanks for creation of this platform. This year I want to avail free membership for active participation. Regards Waqas liaqat Warraich Islamabad 0345-8608676Waqas Liaqat on January 2, 2020 5:50 pm

the open Islamabad is best website page which organize innovative and educational event .if anyone will join this page you will be very profited and your knowledge will increaseTalha Mukhtar on January 2, 2020 7:04 pm

Congratulation, Sir Farrukh Malik and his team done a tremendous job. No doubt the event got success beyond its exception with a huge number of participants. Also, Thanks to Open Islamabad for taking various organizations as "Outreach Partners", and NUCES- FAST Peshawar is one of it. Best of luck for your all upcoming events.MUBASHIR ZAINOOR on January 2, 2020 7:34 pm

Well it was a grand show of your capacity .It amazed me that how such a splendor show you arranged i would like to see so many from you in near future wish you all the very best in future Best Regards Saleem Razasaleem on January 3, 2020 10:06 am

Overall event was good but it was not started on time.Faizan Khan on January 3, 2020 10:58 am

You want a review right a review for the improvement of your organization's event. Here it goes...."It was a great event" as all the reviewers will say but what is important not how the event was organised or how the talks were held but did it affect someone because after all it was for people right. Follow up on the attendees and the speakers who came to the event ask how their life had something extra because of the event they attended what is something new they defined in their life. Emotions can be devious and people can link goodness of the event with the good food they ate or that the place where they were sitting was cozy so they told their mind you know what the event was really good.But if you ask most what specific and am saying again "specific" thing was good they won't know it because there wasn't anything or they could not perceive anything good thus they can't explain and their decision of the whole event is just based on the emotion they had and thus they will find a part of event and say it was good because this and that and mostly that would be just ...(I don't want to say the word) because "You find what you look for". So what I think you should be interested is not how the event was but how have it effected people's lives, isn't it why it is being held(open Islamabad). I believe in a lot of things but two of them are : thought then thought then thought .......and then action and thought then thought then thought then thought...... then action... so what is the action they took.........Shafeeq Jadoon on January 3, 2020 2:10 pm

OPEN Islamabad always holds event may those be completely technical or more on the social angle which have meaningful content. The events are always organized wonderfully and they almost never disappoints from the technical sessions to large scale conferences.Muhammad Waseem Khan on January 3, 2020 6:12 pm

Very well organized event by the OPEN Islamabad team, with a broad range of topics. The team did an excellent job bringing in some great speakers. It was my first OPEN event in Islamabad, and I was impressed by the attendance and participation by the many entrepreneurs, technologists, and business professionals that attended. I am looking forward to the next event.Taimur Rashid on January 3, 2020 7:05 pm

The impact of event as a whole was great. All the speakers added a good value proposition for the journey of our startups. But I would like to mention some quotaions of guest speakers which I liked the most: "Always put your team in front of media if you get success and always put yourself in front of media when you fail" Quotation by Shabahat ALI CEO National IT board Lesson: Take the ownership of your team and lead from the front. Giving the equal reward to your team is what make you a leader of your team. " There are three key points which you should take into account when you choose your Mentor or Advisor for your start-up: 1: He should be best in his field for which you are getting advice from him. 2: He should have a good network because network is your net worth. 3: There must be green blood in his body means he must be true patriot of Pakistan. For a service based company the most import thing is the team means the best strategy for a service based startup is: Hiring the best, Training the best and Retaining the best " Quotation by Owais Anjum CEO E-mumba " Hospitality of Pakistani culture is the unique selling point for the tourist from other parts of the world. If we can't put a good image of our country having 220 million people then no one else can do anything for us" Quotation by Komail Naqvi CEO Find my Adventure ThanksHammad Ali Tariq on January 3, 2020 8:20 pm

It was my first experience at Open Islamabad forum as a volunteer organizer. Whole day was full of grasping experiencial learning. I admired the efforts Farrukh and his whole team put into making this event an amazing platform for thousands of youth attendees a channel to enhance their business outlook and emerge as a confident start-ups. Surely, such forums are an integral source of motivation and inspiration. Panelist discussions and overall program content was inspiring and thoughtful. Kudos to all the enthusiastic team players! Open Islamabad is a success and will prove to be the leading forum event in future too. All the best!Amber on January 4, 2020 2:15 am

The event was very well managed and it was nice to see the team of volunteers doing a marvelous job. Invited talks and panel discussion were very informative.Usman Qayyum on January 4, 2020 7:27 am

Open Islamabad is one of the Pakistan’s leading professional networking platform. OPEN collaborate with companies, universities and individuals and design emerging market oriented sessions and opportunities to address the unique needs, that helps working students & professionals achieve their career goals. OPEN is helping professionals thrive, not just survive.Qadeer Akhtar on January 4, 2020 10:08 pm

The event organized by open association Islamabad was incredible, as it was well organized. open Islamabad invited all the relevant speakers, who shared their life achievements and their whole life and career experience, which I think was a very motivational thing for new comers. The speakers highlighted the lack of industry and academia linkage, as I think due to this gap, Pakistan is facing energy, financial, research, economic and technological crises and we are far behind from developing countries like Bangladesh who are empowering day by day more than us. Open Islamabad invited speakers from all fields which we need to make & can be made stronger for prosperity of Pakistan like tourism, food business, e commerce, who motivated and welcomed young students towards freelancing and entrepreneurship. Location for event was awesome and arrangements were outstanding.Ali mirza on January 6, 2020 2:33 pm

This entire day was one of the best I’ve ever spent. I attend a lot of seminars, including ones by prominent people, the content was great. The delivery and the ambience was equally as great. Lots of brilliant ideas flying about. Salman Wasay was thoroughly inspiring to me.Zain Ul Ebad on December 28, 2019 2:10 pm

This entire day was one of the best I’ve ever spent. I attend a lot of seminars, including ones by prominent people, the content was great. The delivery and the ambience was equally as great. Lots of brilliant ideas flying about. Salman Wasay was thoroughly inspiring to me.Zain Ul Ebad on December 28, 2019 2:10 pm

I am greatly surprised by the talks and some extra business type tips .I hope that the youngsters would learn many.Saqib on December 28, 2019 2:10 pm

Event is just amazing, however as of yet discussion on time management is missing which is the key factor to everyone's success. Participants should have been on time mentioned for this event...Kashif Hussain on December 28, 2019 2:10 pm

Open Islamabad is a platform which is actually giving definition and absolute transparent roadmap to people those who want to enter in circle of knowledge economy in the light of previous events of successful people. And also enabling people from various Sectors to learn from circle of successful Entrepreneurs.Rashid Noor on December 28, 2019 2:11 pm

I am greatly thankful to have this type of event. We had learn many business stuff from this event. Thank youHifza Majeed on December 28, 2019 2:12 pm

OPEN Islamabad always has been innovative in organising events. I have been attending OPEN annual events from last 2 years n in every conference they focus on a specific industry theme and bring the best line of speakers, that leads to tons of learning. OPEN Islamabad is the best community so far.Mariam Aslam on December 28, 2019 2:13 pm

One of my first conferences as an undergraduate. Open islamabad today, gave me an amazing opportunity to contect with people in the industry and learn more about the trends and cultures in the real world. Glad I came and will definately be a part again. A thumbs up for the entire teamLaiba Imran on December 28, 2019 2:13 pm

An enthusiastic and hopeful kind of forum full of experienced people who can be a mentor for us and yes, OpenIslamabad made sure for it. Interesting Talk by Salman Wasay and E-commerce Panel. Looking for more platform like these for youth. ❤️Arsala Zahid on December 28, 2019 2:15 pm

What a mix! It's great to see diversified productive gathering put up by open Islamabad and totally set a new benchmark for the current advancements. This community is doing great to help Pakistan 2020 be epic! Ranging from talks and panel discussions on tech, real estate, digital media, ecommerce, food for thought on food business and even tourism of Pakistan under one roof is commendable while being a need of the hour for Pakistani Entrepreneurs to learn, build and grow.Saba Kalsoom on December 28, 2019 2:15 pm

I have been attending since 2015, and it’s always exciting to attend OPEN annual event, it’s always learning, and enlightening to be here. OPEN Islamabad leadership has been always supportive for whole ecosystem, personally appreciate the efforts and hard work done by all team members who keep organising events to educate, inspire and connect the people. Over the years, the platform has been kind and helping for us to replicate the practices in our city Faisalabad. Kudos once again for another successful event.Muhammad Bilal on December 28, 2019 2:16 pm

Open Islamabad is providing consolidate business plans to people those who are stakeholders in knowledge economy, above all lots successful minds are sharing experiences which is landmark of this platform to build extraordinary network of astonishing minds. Being student I'm obliged for giving this great opportunity.Qaisar Ansar on December 28, 2019 2:16 pm

Open Islamabad is providing consolidate business plans to people those who are stakeholders in knowledge economy, above all lots successful minds are sharing experiences which is landmark of this platform to build extraordinary network of astonishing minds. Being student I'm obliged for giving this great opportunity.Qaisar Ansar on December 28, 2019 2:16 pm

Place for all. This event covered all the fields/platforms through which youth can do a lot. A lot of confusions got cleared by attending this event. It paid me off the time and miney i spent to came from peshawar and attend this event. Thank you all organizers. 🙂Sabahat Ijaz on December 28, 2019 2:17 pm

Came for the technology and ecommerce panels, absolutely thrilled by the real estate and food business speeches. Great effort by OPEN Islamabad to bring together speakers from such diverse industries. I'm hookedSohaib Tariq on December 28, 2019 2:21 pm

Open Islamabad really took great steps for fulfilling gap between academia and industry. Being a student and interested in starting a startup, got a lot of insights for a great initiatives. I really loved Salman Wassay's way of communication and clear cut bussiness mufeed Mashware. Our society needs such great growing mindsets along with trust in new startups. This open islamabad event helped in creating this awareness among local community. The ice broke finally. Bol k lab azad hain tere.😁 Best wishes team open Islamabad😀😁 you people have started the trend 🤗Sara Durrani on December 28, 2019 2:23 pm

It is good to see success cases sharing their ideas for running a sucessful business related to the chosen themes especially in PakistanDr. Kashif Munir on December 28, 2019 2:25 pm

It was a very informative and engaging event. I learned a lot attending Pakistan 2020 & Beyond. I came in with a lot of questions in my mind but I am thankfully leaving with most of them answered. The environment was very conducive and event very well-managed. Had a great & productive time! Would love to join in future events.Tatheer Fatima on December 28, 2019 2:25 pm

Honestly for me it was mind opening. The panel talk were amazing and their qna session were very genuinely answered. This event definitely helped me to achieve that kind of motivation I need to dream big. Big thanks to all the speakers. Definitely a time we'll spend.Faiza khan on December 28, 2019 2:27 pm

All sessions are really informative, interactive and helpful. Got high motivation for start ups.Laiba on December 28, 2019 2:28 pm

the best thing Open Islamabad has done is to inspire the youth towards entrepreneurship and to guide them on this through already successful people in the potential fields/key areas. Really really the best thing that's happened in islamabad in 2019! Hats off 👏👏Muhammad Shoaib on December 28, 2019 2:36 pm

Overall the event was a very good experience for me. I am student and thinking of a startup. I have attended many events but the exposure I got today is wonderful. Specifically Adeel Shaffi, Umar Qamar and Salman Wasay were stupendous for me.Asim Mahmood on December 28, 2019 2:39 pm

A great event organized by Open Islamabad. The event was about executives and professionals sharing their experiences with the inexperienced ones. It was really good to get an insight about the businesses other than technology. These events are the way to get the young generation to go towards entrepreneurship. Applause to all who organized this event.Nasar A. Khan on December 28, 2019 2:43 pm

Hi. I am a CS graduating student and my reviews for this event is very very good. I would keep it simple and will say i learnt a lot from this event that a graduating student want to learn. All the speakers are very nice and they all talked about their experience of real lives. All i was expecting from this event was to learn something fruitful. And this event fullfilled my expectations. I am looking forward for more these types of events. Thanks for the events.Muhammad Abdullah on December 28, 2019 3:12 pm

A club of major sector growth in the ICT and Start-up level. Wishing best luckArbab Roohullah on December 28, 2019 3:14 pm

A very informative session with relevant speakers in different industries. Summed up the state of Pakistani current state. I wasn't expecting it to be this good. This after i recently attended WebsummitInaam Khan on December 28, 2019 3:20 pm

This year the Open Annual Forum highlights most essential spaces where Pakistan's Gargantuous entrepreneurial potential lies, bringing forth real insights from success stories from the budding ecosystem. The forum creates the much needed atmosphere of reflection, inspiration and connectivity fundamental to nurture Pakistan's Entrepreneurial LandscapeShahzad Badar Qazi on December 28, 2019 3:25 pm

A really good event. We got to hear about the experiences of some of the most successful personalities of Pakistan. All of the guest speakers came with their experiences and conveyed it to us.Muhammad Ahmed on December 28, 2019 3:42 pm

Such a great event and also i am again big fan of Junaid Akram love you yar ap ka styleMuhammad Ahmed on December 28, 2019 3:45 pm

A great event organized by Open Islamabad. Great to get an insight about the businesses other than technology. Panel discussion was best to elaborated the Digital Marketing aspect of business. That really put some perspective on many issues . These events are the way to get the young generation to go towards entrepreneurship.Mian Saleem Akhtar on January 12, 2020 11:31 pm

People talk about the negatives things happening in Pakistan all the time. But after attending OPEN Islamabad event, I can say we need more events like these to generate positivity in people of Pakistan. From panel discussions to all the sessions, everything was quite insightful.Zain Zafar on December 28, 2019 5:18 pm

It was a great event with good panelist’s and speakers. It would be really great if there were some speakers explaining how the good design can impact your business and convert a user into the customer and how bad design can increase user bounce rate. How to gain ROI. How branding effects a business. Thanks for arranging such great event. Looking forward for mor great events.M.Haris on December 28, 2019 6:30 pm

Wonderful event, opportunity to interact with successful and experienced People. Event was mind blowing. Thanks Open Islamabad for Annual forum 2019 ♥ ♥.M Rehman Gul on December 28, 2019 9:03 pm

It was such an amazing and well organized event. Specially pannel discussion was so informative and interactive. Hope to attend openISB next year. THUMBS-UPSaba Mushtaq on December 28, 2019 9:25 pm

Thats how you earn 5 star rating... Chilly n foggy day to start with but hot cups, and smiling face of second cup coffee team ensured participants remain energetic throughout the day. Job very well done. Event was well designed, from co-operative registration desk to discussions which were comprehensive yet brief, talks infotainment ensured diverse audience engaged and last but not the least lunch was delicious. Openites' execution was near to perfect. Bravo. Suggestion: how to's were missing. Again understandable due to limited time.Adeel Ashraf Cheema on December 28, 2019 10:48 pm

Kudos for the Event OPEN ISLAMABAD. This year’s event went marvellous and powe packed gala with the purpose to make PAKISTAN digitally progressive and engaged all the dynamic and versatile like mined people around. Bad weather could not stop people attending from all over the Pakistan. The annual forum catered all the contemporary issues and opportunity potential in each area. A great learning experience for those who want to learn and influence masses. Loved the collection of speakers and Penalist.We,the team #JumpStart are thankful for being a part of it .Looking forward !! #JumpStart_PAKISTAN #LIFTingPAKISTANBina Syed on January 15, 2020 7:38 pm

Open Islamabad is a platform which is actually giving definition and absolute transparent roadmap to people those who want to enter in circle of knowledge economy in the light of previous events of successful people. And also enabling people from various Sectors to learn from circle of successful Entrepreneurs.I am greatly thankful to have this type of event. We had learn many business stuff from this event. Thank yousalman iqbal on December 30, 2019 11:15 pm

So, overall the event was really good, the best thing I liked was that there was something in there for everyone, like every tech business was touched. Its great to see people doing and talking so much about Pakistan. Though the sessions were back to back, I think we need to take a small break in between, as I also felt like having a coffee or to get something to eat but I also did not wanted to miss the talks too, so I think we need to look into that. Other then that, it was Great! Godspeed!Ammad Khawaja on January 2, 2020 10:40 am

This year the Open Annual Forum highlights most essential spaces where Pakistan's Gargantuous entrepreneurial potential lies, bringing forth real insights from success stories from the budding ecosystem. The forum creates the much needed atmosphere of reflection, inspiration and connectivity fundamental to nurture Pakistan's Entrepreneurial Landscape.Shahzad Badar Qazi on December 28, 2019 3:02 pm