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SF - Panel Discussion
The Fourth Industrial Revolution
The Fourth Industrial Revolution
Previous industrial revolutions liberated humankind from animal power, made mass production possible and brought digital capabilities to billions of people. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is characterised by a range of new technologies that are fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds, impacting all disciplines, economies and industries, and even challenging ideas about what it means to be human. Coined as such by Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, this era also raises concerns about the effects these changes will have on society and its institutions.
- Jeremy Rifkin (2016) argues, “The Third Industrial Revolution — the digital revolution — has yet to reach its vast potential, making it far too early to declare it over and done. It is possible that a new technology revolution, as powerful, expansive, and far-reaching in its impact on society as digitalization, will come along in the near or distant future, at which time we might affix the label ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution'." Can we then maintain that the Fourth Industrial Revolution does not yet exist?
- The call to adapt to the changing circumstances Schwab foresees make them appear like inexorable forces of nature. However, they are actually the results of decisions taken by legislators, regulators and others in power. How can citizens engage in and, if necessary, challenge such decisions, rather than simply adapt to whatever those in power decide the world should be like?
- How can we benefit from this era while addressing its challenges?
ModeratorMs Anoosha Shaigan  Anoosha Shaigan is an Advocate of the Lahore High Court and a Global Shaper of the World Economic Forum. She serves as the Vice President at Courting The Law, Pakistan's first legal news and analysis portal that leverages various technologies to innovate access to justice, and as the CEO of Advoguette, Pakistan's premier legal lifestyle e-zine.SpeakerMs Jessica White Jessica White is an educator, EdTech consultant and founder of an education charity Thinc. She has a wealth of experience as an EdTech Consultant with McGraw Hill Education and on portfolios of EdTech startups with EdTech partners. She is currently supporting startups with curriculum design and partnerships for product development. She spearheaded beta testing, education strategies and media exposure at two EdTech startups in Germany and also founded Thinc, a charity in Austria, managing several national and EU projects reforming education with technology and creativity as well as a focus on STEAM with girls. The last global project was with Google Arts and Cultural Institute empowering women in India. In Germany, she founded Te(a)chology, a series of events that are facilitating discussions on education, technology and society. She speaks publicly at EdTech conferences on how EdTech, creativity and AI impact learning environments and society.Ms Saba Gul Saba Gul is an MIT educated engineer turned entrepreneur. Currently she is an entrepreneur in residence at Venture-Dive. She is also Investment Committee Member of i2i ventures, a seed capital fund for early stage startups. Previously Saba was the Founder and CEO of Popinjay.
Saba holds bachelors and masters degree in Computer Science from MIT. Mr. Shahjahan Chaudhary Shahjahan Chaudhry is a tech entrepreneur and the current Director of National Incubation Centre Karachi, a public-private partnership funded by Ignite and managed by a consortium of LMKT, HBL, PTCL, PPAF and NED University. He has previously been on the board of P@SHA (Pakistan Software Houses Association) and PeachNiche (T2F). He is on the Advisory Board of P@SHA Social Innovation Fund and The Nest I/O, a Google-funded incubator in Karachi. Shahjahan is deeply interested in the interaction of technology, policy and entrepreneurship to lift up the bottom 100 million of Pakistan.Ms Sophia Hasnain Sophia Hasnain is the founder and CEO of Linked Things, a company that works across the IoT value chain to deliver superior solutions across industries. Sophia has previously been associated with the GSMA, Deutsche Telecom and Telenor Pakistan in different roles such as innovation, strategy and product management. She holds an MS in EE from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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UF - SOT Infinity
Be the Change
Be the Change
Developing an understanding of deep personal change, social change, or even global change can help us to navigate the discomfort that arises when we are asked to question what is familiar. Assisting people to align values and life choices, considering holistic wellbeing, and storytelling are just a few of the ways in which we can begin to understand that we are all change-makers.
- What are some of the ways in which change can be both understood and created at the individual, social and global level?
- What does it mean to be a change-maker?
- What do our institutions need to do to allow for change to take place?
PresenterMr Babur Habib Mr Babur is a tech entrepreneur who co-founded Kno Inc, an ed-tech company, reimagining how students consume content. The company was acquired by Intel Corporation, implementing innovative solutions in classrooms globally. Working with schools internationally, Mr Babur reevaluated how to serve each child's creativity, which led to the start of Portfolio School. Mr Benje Williams Benje Williams is the Co-founder, CEO of Amal Academy, an education venture that helps Pakistani youth reach their professional potential. In 2014, Amal launched the Career-Prep Fellowship, an intense three-month programme that develops the business skills, learning abilities and mindsets of university students entering the job market. Through support from Stanford University, Acumen and Echoing Green, they have worked with over 700 Amal Fellows – 85 percent of whom have gotten jobs within three months of graduating – and plan to reach 10,000 by 2020.
Before Amal, Benje was an Acumen Global Fellow in Lahore. He has also supported entrepreneurs through various roles at Acumen in Kenya and India, has launched an education centre (and a failed energy venture) in Nairobi, and has worked as a management consultant at PwC in New York, at Dalberg in South Africa and at TechnoServe in Kenya.
Benje holds an MBA from Stanford University and a BS from UC Berkeley.Ms Greta Rossi Greta Rossi (FRSA) is a changemaker and youth coach involved in multiple not-for-profit initiatives. She is the co-founder of Recipes for Wellbeing and Ākāśa Innovation. She is also an Ashoka changemaker and a facilitator for ChangemakerXchange. Additionally, Greta writes and speaks for changemakers. She spoke at TEDxBologna2016, TEDxPwCMilan2017, and the Women Power Summit 2018. Currently, she is an active contributor to The Wellbeing Project’s SHIFT media channel, writing about wellbeing and sharing tips and practices to boost individual and collective wellbeing. Greta holds a BA (Hons) in International Relations from Hult International Business School and graduated Valedictorian in August 2011.
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EF - Panel Discussion
Yahaan toh baat karnay ko tarasti hae zubaan meri
Yahaan toh baat karnay ko tarasti hae zubaan meri
The languages we use can have a profound effect on the way we think and see the world, as well as reflect the cultures we inhabit. Countless research studies have shown that people who are multilingual have superior cognitive abilities, and being exposed to more than one language advances brain development in babies. It can also help to broaden our perspectives and assist in problem solving. However, as language is intrinsically linked to identity, the issue of language has remained a sensitive one, and one that embodies a host of emotions – including the poignancy encapsulated in the title of the session, a line from Allama Iqbal’s poem, Tasveer-e-Dard. In Pakistan, where statuses of official, national, regional/indigenous and mother-tongue are complicated at best, and fraught at worst, even defining the difference between language and dialect cannot be apolitical. This session focuses on the importance of our national language, while recognising the pervasive influence of global languages and the vulnerability of regional languages.
- What are some of the ways in which we can create a greater appreciation and understanding of our national language?
- Given the economic benefits of knowing a global language, how can we strike a balance between preserving regional/indigenous languages without hampering anyone’s academic and professional success?
- Can we use poetry and artistic expression to develop an appreciation of a language? Or is fluency in the language a prerequisite?
- How will technology and a changing world order affect the future of language and language dominance?
ModeratorMr Wajid Jawad Wajid Jawad is a businessman and publisher and very fond of poetry. He is known in the Karachi literary circles as a respected scholar. He has been involved with various groups in promoting Urdu poetry. Wajid has produced pocketbook versions of the complete poems of Ghalib and Faiz and has spoken widely on Ghalib’s life and poetry.PanellistMr Afzal Syed Afzal Ahmed Syed is a contemporary Urdu poet and translator. He is the author of the modern nazm collections, An Arrogated Past, 1984, Death Sentence in Two Languages, 1990, and Rococo and Other Worlds, 2000. His collected work has been published under the title The Clay Mine, 2009.
Afzal’s poetry was anthologised in An Evening of Caged Beasts: Seven Postmodernist Urdu Poets (New York: OUP, 1999). The Wesleyan University Press Poetry Series has published a selection of his poetry in translation, titled Rococo and Other Worlds in 2010. A Hindi translation of some of his poems was published in 2018. Afzal is the author of the acclaimed first ever Urdu translation of Mir Taqi Mir’s Persian divan.
He is currently working on a representative selection of Persian master Abdul Qadir Bedil. Afzal has received the ‘Struggle for Democracy’ Literary Award from Benazir Bhutto in 1989.Ms Attiya Dawood Attiya Dawood was born in 1958 and is a celebrated Sindhi poet, writer, activist. She has been hailed as `the most important feminist writer in Sindhi’ by Shaikh Ayaz, the renowned Sindhi poet. Through her writings, Attiya highlights the oppression of women in Pakistani society in the name of tradition. She raises her voice against misogyny and bias, and advocates the empowerment of women. Her poems have been translated into German by Annemarie Schimmel, the noted scholar, who has written extensively on Islam and Sufism. They have also been translated into English and Urdu. Two of her poems were published in Jan Goodwin’s anthology, The Price of Honour. She has published six books, and her articles on women’s rights, peace, justice, and gender issues have appeared in major national dailies and literary journals. She is a recipient of the Sindh Adeeb Award from Akhil Bharat Sindhi Boli Ain Sahit Sabha, India.Mr Khalid Ahmad With a Master’s degree from University of California, Davis, Khalid Ahmad was initially trained as an engineer and taught for many years at NED University, Karachi. All this while, his interest in theatre and television continued to grow. In 1981, he finally decided to switch careers and went off to study theatre at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). Upon his return, Khalid devoted himself fully to the performing arts. Since then, his contribution to theatre and television drama has been immense. Khalid also has a long experience of actor training and is presently the Head of Dramatic Studies at the National Academy of Performing Arts, Karachi (NAPA) where he teaches voice and acting.Dr Soufia Siddiqi Soufia Siddiqui is PhD in Education from the University of Oxford. Currently, she is working as a consultant with the Chief Minister of Punjab’s Special Monitoring Unit with a focus on education and service design solutions. She is also a member of the Punjab government social cluster in the UN SDG Unit. Soufia was Pakistan’s 2010 Rhodes Scholar to Oxford and is now a member of the Rhodes Pakistan Selection Committee.
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BF - Panel Discussion
Sustaining our Future: Beyond the Buzzword
Sustaining our Future: Beyond the Buzzword
A 1987 report, Our Common Future, included what is considered the most widely recognised definition of sustainable development: “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It contains within it two key concepts:
- The concept of 'needs', in particular, the essential needs of the world's poor, to which overriding priority should be given; and - The idea of limitations imposed by the state of technology and social organization on the environment's ability to meet present and future needs.” Today, the concept is better known in the context of the UN General Assembly 2030 Development Agenda titled "Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" and 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outlined therein in 2015. The SDGs have been lauded for improving on their predecessor, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), by broadening the global development agenda to include environmental, social, economic and political concerns. - What does sustainable development mean today? By definition, has it become too broad to remain meaningful?
- Is sustainable development primarily to do with economic development? What is the connection between sustainable development and poverty? Is it the route to eliminating poverty, unequal distribution of wealth, and unequal access to healthcare?
- What responsibility do we bear for the wellbeing of the planet?
ModeratorMr Saad Hamid Saad Hamid is a technology entrepreneur and digital ecosystem builder based at the National Incubation Centre Pakistan as an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR). He is the CEO of DEMO which provides consultancy, trainings, services and research in impact-driven verticals such as innovation, entrepreneurship, skills development, technology and communications leading to the wave of the fourth industrial revolution.
Saad is also the founder of SkillsFirst, which is one of fastest growing digital skills development programme in Pakistan and also works as an advisor to national scale digital skill training programmes such as KP Youth Employment Programme in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Chief Minister’s eRozgaar programme in Punjab and DigiSkills Training Programme under the Ministry of IT and Telecom.
Saad is a Global Shaper at World Economic Forum, TED-Ed Innovator and an Acumen Fellow. He also runs the Google Developers Community in Islamabad as Pakistan’s first Google Developer Expert (GDE) and serves as an active mentor to the startups at in the ecosystem. Saad is an alumni of Telenor Youth Forum, State International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), Ashoka Changemakers and has long been affiliated with TED as Senior TEDx Ambassador to the region as licensee and curator of TEDxIslamabad and has also been awarded the Bill & Melinda Gates Fellowship for TEDxChange.
Saad has been recognised by the World Economic Forum as one of the Davos50 Innovators in 2018.SpeakerMs Annisa Hasanah Annisa Hasannah is a social entrepreneur and the founder of Ecofunopoly, environmental interactive board games. Her social enterprise, Ecofun Indonesia, aims to develop more understanding of environmental issues and science through interactive games. Annisa is also a founder and leader of the Ecofun Community, a voluntary community in Indonesia which has been active since 2009. Aside from developing Ecofunopoloy, Annisa recently authored two books under title 'Student Traveller', a book about her travel experiences to 33 countries with her game.Ms Solonia Teodros American-born-Taiwanese-Ethiopian, with life chapters spanning the US and Asia, Solonia Teodros identifies as a global citizen, humanist, entrepreneur and change catalyst – challenging conventional notions of identity and purpose, and evangelising life + work by design.
Through her work, she empowers individuals and organisations to create meaningful change and sustainable impact by building on shared values, inspired visions and bold actions.
As co-founder of The Change School, Solonia designs and facilitates transformational learning for harnessing self-awareness, entrepreneurial grit, and creative confidence. She is a storyteller, learning designer, and career strategist.
Solonia has been recognised as Asia's 50 Women Leaders for Leadership Excellence by CMO Asia, awarded for Global Training & Development Leadership by the World Training & Development Congress, and shared the stage with her co-founder Grace Clapham at TEDxAuckland to speak on the future of Global Citizenship.Mr Taimur Malik Taimur Malik is a partner at a global law firm, Clyde & Co, and represents clients across Pakistan, Middle East and Africa.
He is also the founder of Pakistan’s multi-dimensional law and justice initiative, Courting the Law, and is behind many technology enabled access to justice initiatives such as www.Mohtasib.pk, which enables users to generate and file online complaints to the administrative, banking and insurance Ombudspersons in Pakistan for free.
Taimur was called to the Bar from the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn and has studied for an MBA at Oxford University with a focus on social entrepreneurship and use of technology for delivering accessible and cost effective legal services.
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EF - Panel Discussion
The Evolving World of Communication
The Evolving World of Communication
Digital technologies of various sorts have influenced every aspect of our lives, including how we communicate. Whether among friends, at the workplace, or with the world at large, we now employ new means and mediums to express ourselves. From memes to emojis to GIFs, how we communicate with each other is evolving faster than we can adapt to it. Just for perspective, the Twitter hashtag turned 10 last year! As every moment is captured and “shared” and images flood our daily lives, as as our internal monologues are externalised, professions and institutions cannot help but be influenced. This session explores the way communication is likely to change, and how we will interact in the future.
- As children grow up talking to digital assistants and robots, what does the future of communication look like, and what will humankind gain and lose along the way?
- What is the future of photography in a world flooded with images?
- What will fields that are directly in the business of information and communication have to do to stay ahead of these imminent changes?
- Should schools accommodate changes in how we communicate? Should they accommodate or resist?
ModeratorMs Gelareh Kiazand Gelareh Kiazand, based between Tehran and Toronto, was born in Iran in 1981, and studied in London and Toronto. She worked in Iran's film industry for six years, initially as a film photographer for Iran's feature films and later as a director of photography for documentaries. During her time in Iran, Gelareh was nominated three times for best film photographer, won best cinematographer at the Basij Film Festival as well as best documentary at the Tehran film festival. She was chosen, alongside others, to have her work in the top 100 photos exhibited at the Museum of Modern Arts in Tehran as well as Arles Photo Festival in 2017. In 2010 she moved to Afghanistan working as a creative director and filmmaker, directing a 130-part documentary series across Afghanistan. In 2013, her freelance career took shape as a camerawoman and producer, working for various outlets such as VICE, Paramount, PBS, ARTE, and academy award winner producers. This led her to become one of Iran's first female Director of Photography for a Cinematic feature film post revolution.PanellistMr Abrar Ul Hassan Abrar-ul-Hassan holds a distinguishing professional edge in the media sector. He is the founder and festival director of the 60 seconds intl. film festival that aims to build the capacity of youth. Abrar is a contact fellow of the ‘Conflict Transformation and Peace Building Program’ at the World Learning SIT institute in Vermont, USA. He is instrumental in bringing about positive media reforms by creating responsible content on conflict transformation and peace building.Ms Jehan Ara Ms Jehan Ara is the President of the Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT & ITES (P@SHA). She has been spearheading efforts at P@SHA for the past 14 years during which time she was responsible for developing the P@SHA brand and for creating linkages between P@SHA and local and international partners.
Ms Jehan Ara has vast experience in marketing, communications and interactive new media. She is a motivator, an entrepreneur, a social activist and a strong propagator of extending the power and use of information and communication technologies beyond pure traditional business. She is a regular speaker at seminars and conferences and at colleges and universities across Pakistan and the region. Ms Jehan Ara also writes for various industry publications.
She sits on the advisory boards of the Punjab IT Board, Plan 9 Incubator, LUMS Center for Entrepreneurship incubator “The Foundation” and several universities including Habib University, IBA, IBA Sukkur and NED University. She is also the President of Bolo Bhi, a research-based civil society organisation that focuses on open access. Ms Sidra Iqbal A prominent Beaconhouse alumna, Ms Sidra Iqbal is an internationally acclaimed television journalist and development activist. She is the first Pakistani to be presented the GR8 Women Award for Journalism 2014 by the government of UAE and the Indian Television Academy. Ms Iqbal is an accomplished media communications strategist and has also served as vice president public relations at Ogilvy & Mather Pakistan. Her television career highlights include coverage of two national elections of Pakistan (2008 and 2013), special series of financial policy debates of Pakistan Federal Budgets through 2007 to 2014, covering and reporting the US-Pakistan and India-Pakistan strategic dialogues, among many others.
Ms Iqbal is a powerful advocacy voice and a youth icon with keen interest in youth education and women empowerment. Mr Tapu Javeri Mr Tapu Javeri is one of the foremost photographers in Pakistan, both in terms of fashion and art photography. Though he has worked with the country's leading newspapers and magazines for the past decade. Apart from his trademark risque fashion photos, Mr. Tapu's recent foray into the art world has established his penchant for the new and adventerous.
His new photo-art is heading off the dynamic new wave of photography that has hit the country.Mr Zarrar Khuhro Zarrar Khuhro is a Pakistani journalist who has worked in both print and electronic media. He started his career with The News and went on to work at Geo, Express, Dawn newspaper and Dawn News TV. He currently hosts `Zara Hut Kay`, a current affairs show on Dawn News.
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EF - Panel Discussion
Freedom of Expression: Where do we draw the line?
Freedom of Expression: Where do we draw the line?
The State of Artistic Freedom 2018 report documents and examines 553 cases of artistic freedom violations in 78 countries in the 2017 calendar year. It warns of the emergence of a new global culture of silencing others, where artistic expression is being shut down in every corner of the globe, including in the traditionally democratic West. In the digital space, artistic freedom continues to be a confusing space of control and standards, with social media platforms often blindly taking down posts and accounts that share art they deem indecent. In the context of the human and moral rights of artists, this panel explores these issues associated with censorship from philosophical and legal perspectives.
- How might different artistic forms and strategies advance freedom of expression and be used to confront censorship in contexts worldwide?
- The various ways in which the morality of art is legally regulated in different jurisdictions across the world has also allowed for the production of great art, as artists carve out a niche for themselves and push back against barriers to creativity. Is opposition necessary for great art?
- Silencing and controlling artists is nothing new; what does the future hold for the world of artistic freedom, particularly in terms of accountability?
ModeratorMs Mehmal Sarfraz PanellistMr Ghazi Salahuddin Ghazi Salahuddin is a senior journalist who writes a weekly column for The News (English) and Jang (Urdu). Before he became the launch editor of The News in Karachi in February 1991, he served Dawn in many important positions. During the Martial Law of Gen Zia-ul-Haq, his column ‘Karachi Diary’ was a leading voice of dissent. He has also been associated with the electronic media and for some time was on the panel of PTV’s ‘Kasauti’ quiz show. In recent years, he hosted a programme on books on Geo. In his youth, he wrote Urdu fiction that was well-received. Ghazi Salahuddin is also a social activist and human rights defender. He is a recipient of President’s Pride of Performance Award in journalism and was presented with the Bibliophile of the Year Award 2011 by the National Book Foundation.Ms Nida Mushtaq Nida Mushtaq is a feminist-activist and co-founder of the Fearless Collective. The collective uses storytelling and public art to create spaces to move from fear to love in our narratives of social justice. Before transitioning full-time to Fearless Collective, Nida worked with the United Nations in three countries - Lebanon, Sri Lanka and Pakistan - designing and implementing social innovations programmes. Nida grounds her work in the experience of growing up in a conservative Pashtun society that has given her pain and poetry both. She channels her deep experiences of culture, traditions and religion into her vision for the collective as well as into her life and work in public spaces in Pakistan.Ms Salima Hashmi Salima Hashmi is an artist, curator and contemporary art historian. Professor Hashmi was the founding Dean of the Mariam Dawood School of Visual Art and Design at Beaconhouse National University, Lahore. She was Professor of Fine Art at National College of Arts [NCA] Lahore and was also principal of the college.
She has written extensively on the arts. Her book, Unveiling the Visible - Lives and Works of Women Artists of Pakistan, was published in 2002, and Memories, Myths, Mutations – Contemporary Art of India and Pakistan, co-authored with Yashodhara Dalmia for Oxford University Press, India in 2006. She has edited The Eye Still Seeks – Contemporary Art of Pakistan for Penguin Books, India in 2014.
The Government of Pakistan awarded her the president's medal for Pride of Performance for Art Education in 1999.
The Australian Council of Art and Design Schools (ACUADS) nominated her as Inaugural International Fellow, for distinguished service to art and design education in 2011. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Bath Spa University in 2016. She was awarded with title of Professor Emeritus from BOG Beaconhouse National University on the occasion of 12th convocation in 2017. She is council member of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
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BF - Panel Discussion
Building the Future: Architectural heritage
Building the Future: Architectural heritage
The frenzied development of the modern metropolis appears to raze everything in its wake, leaving behind no trace of its history. While it is easy to argue for housing and roads, it is less so to persuade people of the importance of built heritage, particularly as the value of the land it occupies continues to rise. New approaches to heritage conservation are being developed using virtual reality and historic building information models (HBIMs), putting digital technology in service to conservation. This session aims to discuss how we can strike a balance between the best of our architectural past and present, while building for the future.
- Is arguing for the preservation of architectural heritage a luxury we can ill afford in the race to the future? Is there value in heritage preservation that extends beyond the aesthetic?
- How do we protect our cultural heritages from the ravages of war and the proclivity towards a monoculture?
- What are ways in which we can incorporate digital media in heritage conservation?
ModeratorMs Javeria Masood Javeria Masood is a social development specialist with over nine years of experience (private/public sector) in the fields of urban/city planning, social innovation, academia, and design thinking. Currently, Javeria is the Innovation Lead at Code for Pakistan (CFP), empowering citizens to solve civic problems using technology. Javeria's focus is on defining, implementing and iterating on disruptive localised solutions challenging the status-quo by ensuring community participation, capacity building, and responsive leadership. Javeria has been a part of the core team (put together by the Law Commission of Pakistan) behind a first-of-its-kind policy to neutralise the growing urban housing crisis of the country. Javeria is a published researcher and teaches design, strategy, and ethnographic research at college level. She has been recognised as a Global Shaper by the World Economic Forum.PanellistMr Arif Hasan Arif Hasan is an architect planner in private practice. He has been associated with the Orangi Pilot Project since 1981 and is the founder Chairman of the Urban Resource Centre, Karachi and the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights, Bangkok. He is the author of a large number of books and monographs on urban development and sociology, especially related to the global south. Arif has taught at Pakistani and European universities and received a number of national and international awards for his work. His pro-poor and environmental activism has led not only to greater awareness of these issues but also changes in policies and projects, both at the national and international levels.Ms Marvi Mazhar Marvi Mazhar graduated from the Indus Valley School of Architecture (IVSAA) in 2009 and joined architect Yasmeen Lari's Heritage Foundation. After completing her masters from the University of Turin, Italy, in 2013 she established her own architecture and design studio, Marvi Mazhar & Associates.
Marvi served as Director at PeaceNiche (T2F), and is the co-founder of The Architectural Design Research Lab, housed within, and affiliated with, the Department of Architecture at the Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture - a research laboratory devoted to projects within the fields of architecture and urban design.
In 2016, she founded Pakistan Chowk Community Centre and became an appointed member of the Lahore Conservation Society, Karachi Biennale 2017 (Outreach Committee), Secretary to South Asia Foundation (SAF-Pakistan) & ICCOMOS. She was the Project Manager of National History Museum (Lahore, Pakistan), conceptualized by The Citizens Archive of Pakistan.
As an independent Heritage Consultant, she has collaborated on projects with Endowment Fund Trust for Preservation of Sindh, Arcop, NBCL, Shahab Ghani & Associates, Pursukoon Society, Planning, Development and Works Sindh / Culture, Tourism & Antiquities Department (PDMI).
She was recently appointed adviser to the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training, and National History and Literary Heritage Division.
Mr Vladimir Bataev Vladimir Bataev is an independent expert in smart and circular urban solutions — applications of novel technology in urban environments. He focuses on tight integration of transport, energy and urban infrastructure with the help of ICT. He facilitates strong collaborations between municipalities, urban designers, architects and technologists, with particular emphasis on startups and SMEs.
In 2015, he founded and headed the Smart Urban Solutions Unit at the smart transport and logistics solution provider EsperantoXL (NL). This unit focused on applied research, consulting and project implementation of smart urban solutions at the intersection of information technology, data analysis, urban design, architecture and policy frameworks.
In 2016, Vladimir was nominated for the Global Smart City Leader and Promoter Award by the Smart Cities UK programem.
In 2017, together with Boyd Cohen (the author of the definitive Smart City Wheel model), he developed and taught a people-/innovation-centric smart city induction course to the municipality officials at the Public Administration Academy of Kazakhstan.
Since 2018, he is an international advisor in the Advice for Small Businesses initiative of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
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EF - SOT Infinity
Future Fashion
Future Fashion
Today, technology is transforming fashion at a faster pace than ever. From robots that sew and cut fabric, to AI algorithms that predict style trends, to VR mirrors in dressing rooms, to “connected apparel”, technology is already an integral part of fashion. Hyper-rapid design and supply-chain systems bring trends to market as quickly as possible, feeding an insatiable appetite and decimating the biannual seasonality that has long structured the fashion industry. In fact, fast fashion brands may issue as many as 52 weekly “micro-seasons” per year! This session explores the future of fashion as technology is in the process of automating, personalising, and speeding up every aspect of the fashion industry.
- Can the momentum in the fashion industry be utilised for social responsibility?
- Is there a downside to this rapid progression?
- Do we truly need “connected apparel” or is it yet another ‘hackable’ part of our life that we will need to worry about?
FacilitatorMs Hirra Babar Hirra Babar is a fashion entrepreneur working on the crossroads of design, fashion and manufacturing industry. She has a BSc degree in Economics and an MBA from LUMS. She founded her handbags and accessories label, WARP in 2016 with an intent to upgrade the leather fashion industry in Pakistan by fusing modern technology with traditional craftsmanship. In 2016, WARP launched its first collection of leather handbags made using innovative design techniques and local leather craftsmanship. Under WARP, Hirra is also working on making the first fashionable smartbag, SMAG, with built-in technology which will help women on-the-go stay connected at all times.PresenterMs Amneh Shaikh Farooqui Amneh Shaikh-Farooqui is a seasoned management-consulting professional and gender specialist with 12 years of experience in economic development, poverty reduction, environment and health initiatives. She holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Karachi and a Master’s degree in Public Policy with a specialisation in Development Administration from the Australian National University in Canberra where she received awards, both for the best graduate research project and for being the most outstanding student of the year.
Amneh supports and helps lead a not-for-profit organisation called the Entrepreneurship and Community Development Institute, which specialises in microenterprise, technical skills development and value chain development programmes focused on women and young people in Pakistan.
She also cofounded and runs a social enterprise called Polly and Other Stories (www.pollyandotherstories.com), an ecommerce initiative that helps develop and bring to market artisanal products, created by small producers or enterprises in their homes or in remote villages. She was a founding curatorial member for the Women of World festival, Karachi.Mr Deepak Perwani Winner of a record six Lux Style Awards, two MTV Style Guru Awards, a standing ovation at Milan fashion week, best International Designer Award at Miami Fashion Week, sixth Innovative Design House in the World Award by The European Fashion Council, Deepak Perwani is a design house to reckon with.
Deepak’s work for poverty alleviation and working with SMEDA for the rural women of Pakistan and numerous charities that he supports makes him an icon in Pakistan and an inspiration to both Pakistanis living home and abroad. He is also considered as one of the originators of Islamic Fashion Week in Malaysia. Recently, the house of Deepak Perwani has been awarded the brand of the year award by the world branding council held at the Kensington palace.Ms Vera de Pont Vera de Pont is researching on-demand fashion (items), based on her overarching vision to prevent waste materials immediately at the start of the production line. She aims for modular and locally produced footwear and garments that incorporate the consumer as a maker. Her projects investigate the role of technology within local fashion production and co-creation in order to analyse the benefits this may offer to create a more collaborative and environmentally, socially and economically sustainable fashion system. Vera graduated Cum Laude from the Design Academy Eindhoven, followed by a master’s degree in Sustainable Fashion at the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam.Mr Yousuf Bashir Qureshi Yousuf Bashir Qureshi’s talents and passions range from fashion design, photography and painting, to food science and farming. The cultivated man has been successful at anything he touches. Yousuf graduated from the University of Nebraska with a major in Food Sciences, a degree that would prepare him for his expected career as a landowner in the Interior Sindh of Pakistan. His transition into the art world began while he was working in the United States as a horse trainer, yet another unlikely inspiration. Yousuf’s creative streak was recognised immediately when he began to design clothes for himself for his work. The designs became very popular and brought an Indian cavalier charm to the horse shows. After graduation, Yousuf opened a fashion café in Lincoln, Nebraska, called the Silk Café, after the Silk Route that runs along the Pakistani border. It was here that Yousuf learned the technicalities and craftsmanship of fashion design. The designer moved to Los Angeles in 1997 where Hollywood noticed the unique South Asian artistry of his aesthetics. He moved back to Pakistan on the wish of his best friend, his late grandfather, Zahir-ud-din Qureshi. It is here where Yousaf built his brand and developed his passion.
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IF - Panel Discussion
Who Do You Think You Are? Diversity in Identity
Who Do You Think You Are? Diversity in Identity
Global organisations are slowly beginning to recognise the importance of diversity ??? that is, the value in our individual differences. These differences can be along the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies, and form the basis of our identity, or rather identities. However, diversity alone is not enough. Inclusivity means creating an environment in which all people feel valued and respected, and have access to the same opportunities. As individuals construct identities consciously ??? both real world and online ??? it is all the more important to understand differences in power and opportunity related to identity, as well as the changing status of various identities over time and space.
- What can we do to make our schools and societies more inclusive? How can we learn to effectively integrate various forms of diversity (in schools and society) in a way that will create a more inclusive future for all?
- How would an inclusive future address the needs of individuals who do not identify with binary genders? Can AI offer options to redefine existing notions of gender and gender identity?
- Will notions of diversity and inclusivity remain significant as we take more and more of our lives online? Is AI likely to challenge or reinforce differences?
ModeratorMs Ayesha Tammy Haq Ayesha Tammy Haq is a barrister-at-law with an LLB degree from the University of Kent, LLM from the London School of Economics. She is also a media personality. Ayesha has practiced law in the UK, Pakistan, the Philippines and the USA and has worked on several international projects particularly in power and telecom sectors. Her area of expertise is project development and finance.
She hosts 24seven, a current affairs talk show on Business Plus, where she has not just interviewed presidents, prime ministers and political leaders but those who advise on and formulate policy. She also writes opinion pieces for several newspapers and publications and hosts a radio show on FM89.
Ayesha currently sits on several boards, advisory committees and task forces and was a member Pakistan’s 5-Year Plan working group in 2004. A civil rights activist, she is involved with human rights and other rights-based organisations in Pakistan. She has been CEO of Fashion Pakistan, the Fashion Design Forum and organised Pakistan’s first-ever fashion week.PanellistMs Kami Chouhdry Kami Sid is a social activist known for working for Pakistan’s transgender community. Her powerful debut photo-shoot in the fashion world drew public attention to issue of trans phobia. Kami has also used her participation in several documentary projects (Chuppan Chupai, BBC 3 documentary & ‘How Gay Is Pakistan’) to raise global awareness on trans and LGB issues in Pakistan. Apart from these kind of creative projects, she is also working with the government’s policy-making team that is developing inclusive rights for the transgender community in the National Assembly.
Since 2015, Kami has been engaged with different public and private forums to promote and sensitize mainstream society on transgender issues and the hurdles that the trans community faces in the country. She is currently in the process of establishing Sub Rang Society in Karachi.Ms. Lynette Viccaji Lynette Viccaji was born in 1955 in Karachi. She has an MA in English from Karachi University and B.Ed
from Notre Dame Institute of Education.
Lynette has been in the field of education for over 30 years. She has taught O Level Language and
Literature, A Level Literature, serving as coordinator and head of department, and English Curriculum
Studies at B.Ed level. Currently she is head of department at Cedar College.
Lynette served on the jury for the fiction prize for the Karachi Literature Festival, has taken part in
various conferences and seminars organized by the British council, Oxford university press and SPELT.
She has been a consultant for English textbooks for OUP. Her interests include music and drama and she
has directed over 20 school plays. She published her memoir, Made in Pakistan, in December 2017.Mr Qasim Aslam Nominated 30 under 30 changing classrooms globally by International Literacy Association, Qasim Aslam is the founder of Beyond The Classroom Education, an organisation that imparts education through behavioural activities to inspire 21st century leadership amongst school going students. The programme started in fall 2016 and has worked with 1200 teachers and 4200 students across Lahore and Karachi.Mr Richard Geary Richard Geary is the founder and Executive Director of Family Educational Services Foundation (FESF), a non-profit educational foundation operating in Pakistan since 1984. Pakistan has a paucity of educational opportunities available for deaf children, with less than 5% out of over 1 million deaf children attending school countrywide. Under his leadership, FESF has developed the Deaf Reach Programme (http://www.deafreach.com) unique in its holistic approach in providing KG-college academic education and marketable skills training for deaf children. There are six Deaf Reach schools and colleges across Pakistan. Richard’s team has led the way in developing innovative and ground-breaking digital learning resources in Pakistan Sign Language (PSL) which are being used countrywide to improve the quality of deaf education, resulting in FESF being chosen as winner of the global 2018 WISE Award for Education, and the 2018 PASHA Award (http://www.psl.org.pk). Richard has worked in the field of Social Development for the past 45 years, and served as a consultant to the Pakistan government in matters pertaining to assistive services for special needs children. FESF has been honoured with the prestigious appointment of Special Consultative Status to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations. Ms Solonia Teodros American-born-Taiwanese-Ethiopian, with life chapters spanning the US and Asia, Solonia Teodros identifies as a global citizen, humanist, entrepreneur and change catalyst – challenging conventional notions of identity and purpose, and evangelising life + work by design.
Through her work, she empowers individuals and organisations to create meaningful change and sustainable impact by building on shared values, inspired visions and bold actions.
As co-founder of The Change School, Solonia designs and facilitates transformational learning for harnessing self-awareness, entrepreneurial grit, and creative confidence. She is a storyteller, learning designer, and career strategist.
Solonia has been recognised as Asia's 50 Women Leaders for Leadership Excellence by CMO Asia, awarded for Global Training & Development Leadership by the World Training & Development Congress, and shared the stage with her co-founder Grace Clapham at TEDxAuckland to speak on the future of Global Citizenship.
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UF - Panel Discussion
Navigating Global Surveillance Societies
Navigating Global Surveillance Societies
Surveillance societies function, in part, because of the extensive collection, recording, storage, analysis and application of information on individuals and groups as they go about their lives. Retail loyalty programmes, website cookies, identity schemes, routine health screening and no-fly lists all qualify as surveillance, with data used for the specific purpose of governing, regulating, managing or influencing what people do in the future. “Smart cities” are further blurring lines between what is necessary and what is too much shared information.
- How can we navigate societies in which, for reasons of convenience, efficiency, or ubiquity, we readily hand over our personal data?
- When everything is known, will it become acceptable to discriminate against people based on data we have on their lives?
- How long should our data be kept? Should there be an expiry date or statute of limitations to sensitive information about individuals? Do we truly have the right to be forgotten?
ModeratorMs Farieha Aziz Ms Farieha Aziz is a Karachi-based, APNS award winning journalist. She is a co-founder and Director at Bolo Bhi. She has a Master's degree in English Literature. Ms Aziz worked with Newsline from July 2007 to January 2012 and also taught literature. She served as an amicus curiae in a case filed in the Lahore High Court in 2013, challenging the ban on YouTube, and is currently a petitioner on behalf of Bolo Bhi in a case filed in the Islamabad High Court challenging government's censorship on the Internet and the powers of the regulator. When she is not raging over Internet censorship or poor Internet connectivity, Ms Aziz chooses to turn to cricket, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and qawwalis for sanity. PanellistMs Nighat Dad Ms Nighat Dad is the Director of Digital Rights Foundation, Pakistan, a research-based not-for-profit organisation focusing on ICTs to support human rights and digital governance. She is also a development consultant, researcher and professional lawyer. She is a Member of the Facebook Oversight Board.Mr Norbert Almeida Mr Norbert Almeida aka NORBALM is a Security and Crisis Manager with over 19 years of experience in the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Pakistan. As a subject expert in Incident and Crisis Management as well as Safety and Security, Mr Almeida has delivered trainings and lectures at numerous local and international forums. His audience has included serving government officials, both in Pakistan and abroad, security professionals, students, parents and the general public.
Mr Almeida is a certified Trainer of Trainers in areas such as Crisis Management, Business Continuity, Detection of Counterfeit Visas, Passports and Currency.
Passionate about volunteer work, he is a qualified First Responder who has worked on disaster management during natural disasters, arson and accidents within Pakistan. He regularly conducts trainings for local communities and interest groups in basic safety.
Mr Almeida writes a security advisory column for Dawn newspaper’s magazine and blogs at www.norbalm.com. He is actively found sharing security updates on his twitter handle @norbalm.
Ms Olga Yurkova Olga Yurkova is a journalist and cofounder of StopFake.org, an independent Ukrainian organisation that trains an international cohort of fact-checkers in an effort to curb propaganda and misinformation in the media. Olga teaches different audiences how propaganda works and how to identify fake news, consulting a range of organisations and public structures and collaborating with mainstream media as a journalist.
Olga has 15 years of experience in journalism. For fighting propaganda, she was included into the list of New Europe 100 and was named a TED Fellow in 2018.Mr Saad Khalid Saad Khalid is an information designer based out of Lahore. He has founded Plotree, an information design startup where he also works as a data visualisation engineer. Plotree’s work on visualising results from Pakistan’s national election 2018 was widely shared and appreciated on social media.
Prior to Plotree, Saad worked as a lead analyst for a Punjab-wide health survey. A graduate of Economic and Political Development programme at Columbia School of International and Public Affairs, Saad was also a public school science teacher in Shirin Jinnah Colony, Karachi under the Teach for Pakistan programme from 2012 -14.
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SF - Presentation with Q&A
The App Generation: Technology and Young Minds
The App Generation: Technology and Young Minds
Technology isn’t necessarily the problem, it is the way in which we use technology. There is little doubt that new technologies, led by the Internet, are shaping how we think in ways that have both advantages and costs. The uncertain reality, however, is that this new technological frontier is still in its infancy. The rapid pace at which it continues to develop means that we have neither the benefit of historical hindsight, nor the time to ponder or examine the value and cost of these advancements in terms of how they influence our children.
- How will excessive exposure to technology at a young age impact the adults of tomorrow? Will these impacts vary across geographical, cultural and socioeconomic dimensions?
- What are some of the ways in which educators and parents can minimise the negative effects of technology on children without putting them at a disadvantage in an increasingly technology-driven world?
- What has research revealed so far about the effect of technology on our ability to think, anxiety levels and physiology?
FacilitatorMr Nassir Mahmud Kasuri Mr. Kasuri is a Director at Beaconhouse and is the head of Beaconhouse International College, a new initiative by the group to offer a range of transnational undergraduate programs in the country. He also heads Beacon Energy Limited, a novel renewable energy company set up by the group. With a keen interest in the use of technology in education, he is on the board of Knowledge Platform; a company focused on leveraging AI and Machine learning in Pakistan. As part of the organisation's philanthropic efforts, he sits on the board of Teach for Pakistan which aims to place university graduates in government schools to enhance teaching and learning.PresenterMs Cris Rowan Cris Rowan is a paediatric occupational therapist, biologist, renowned author of the book, Virtual Child, and international speaker passionate about changing the ways in which children use technology. Cris’s concept, Balanced Technology Management, urges more engagement in four critical factors for development and learning: movement, touch, human connection and nature.
Citing over 300 research studies showing technology’s detrimental impact on children in four domains – physical, mental, social, and cognitive, Cris poses the question, “Are the ways in which we are raising and educating children with technology sustainable”?
Cris is CEO of Zone’in Programs Inc. offering workshops, programmes, training, and consultation services to parents, health professionals and educators worldwide.
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EF - Presentations
The Power of Add-venture
The Power of Add-venture
Presentation by Reza Pakravan, adventurer, filmmaker & author. A fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and listed amongst the world’s top 20 most seasoned travellers, his recent expedition was crossing the Amazon rainforest along the Transamazonian highway. In 2011, Reza set the Guinness World Record for cycling across the Sahara Desert. In 2013, he cycled the length of the planet from Norway to South Africa, a 102-day journey of over 11,000 miles.
Reza uses his record-breaking journeys to demonstrate the key qualities necessary for success, including personal motivation, resilience and the tapping of potential. Before his life of adventure, he spent a decade working for leading companies in the London Financial Market. Using his own story as a case study, Reza provides relatable lessons to businesses, of how by adding-venture he managed to transform himself from an apathetic employee stuck in a rut to a corporate intrepreneur who undertook and executed major projects, and then later transformed himself even further into a serial entrepreneur. He now produces and presents successful television series which have sold around the world.
PresenterMr Reza Pakravan Reza Pakravan is a filmmaker, adventurer and author. He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and listed amongst the world’s top 20 most seasoned travellers. He has presented and produced prime time TV series aired worldwide on networks such as the BBC, Channel 4, Fox, Aljazeera, CBC and SRF.
Reza’s constant thirst for adventure has earned him the Guinness World Record for crossing the Sahara Desert by bicycle. Pushing his ultra-endurance limits further, he cycled the 11,000-mile length of the planet from north to south in the record time of 102 days.
Much of Reza’s recent work has focused on the issues faced by remote, indigenous peoples: revealed in his recent TV series “Transamazonica” and his upcoming project about the tribes of Chad. He is currently a featured contributor to The Outdoor Journal and Adventure.com.
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IF - Panel Discussion
Better futures with community spaces
Better futures with community spaces
As many principles, concepts and methods of an Industrial Age society have become increasingly obsolete, it is imperative that we turn our attention to working at the level of local communities to prepare for a constantly changing, interconnected and increasingly complex society. Such work involves questioning long-held notions of what ‘capacity building’ and ‘empowerment’ truly mean, what ‘development’ looks like, and how we can embody the spirit of participation in all projects that claim to work at the local level. Partnerships that come about through two way exchanges of knowledge, experience and skills are more likely to benefit future generations, for which spaces and events provide platforms for awareness and advocacy.
- Is it possible to build inclusive communities that embrace the inherent potential of every individual?
- Can community spaces be considered safe for everyone on a religio-political spectrum or are they, by their very nature, a counterpoint to particular views?
- What are some of the ways in which local community spaces can facilitate meaningful and sustainable social change?
ModeratorMs Salima Hashmi Salima Hashmi is an artist, curator and contemporary art historian. Professor Hashmi was the founding Dean of the Mariam Dawood School of Visual Art and Design at Beaconhouse National University, Lahore. She was Professor of Fine Art at National College of Arts [NCA] Lahore and was also principal of the college.
She has written extensively on the arts. Her book, Unveiling the Visible - Lives and Works of Women Artists of Pakistan, was published in 2002, and Memories, Myths, Mutations – Contemporary Art of India and Pakistan, co-authored with Yashodhara Dalmia for Oxford University Press, India in 2006. She has edited The Eye Still Seeks – Contemporary Art of Pakistan for Penguin Books, India in 2014.
The Government of Pakistan awarded her the president's medal for Pride of Performance for Art Education in 1999.
The Australian Council of Art and Design Schools (ACUADS) nominated her as Inaugural International Fellow, for distinguished service to art and design education in 2011. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Bath Spa University in 2016. She was awarded with title of Professor Emeritus from BOG Beaconhouse National University on the occasion of 12th convocation in 2017. She is council member of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
PanellistMr Arieb Azhar Sharp eloquence, humanist philosophies and mystic poetries are given a global voice by Arieb Azhar – acclaimed musician, cultural promoter and a pioneer of contemporary Sufi music in Pakistan. With an eclectic mix of his own compositions and arrangements based on Sufi Kalaam and the folk music of multiple cultures, Arieb has performed in all major venues and festivals of Pakistan as well as toured abroad extensively.
Arieb founded the Music Mela Festival of Islamabad which he curated for three years, and is Founder and Director of Art Langar – a festival that connects music and arts with the spirit of charity and community integration.
Arieb is presently Executive Director of T2f (The Second Floor), cult community space, art gallery and café founded by the late Sabeen Mahmud. He is also part time columnist and regular speaker on the topic of culture and Sufi poetry of Pakistan; and has produced several documentary films on music and musical heritage.Ms Marvi Mazhar Marvi Mazhar graduated from the Indus Valley School of Architecture (IVSAA) in 2009 and joined architect Yasmeen Lari's Heritage Foundation. After completing her masters from the University of Turin, Italy, in 2013 she established her own architecture and design studio, Marvi Mazhar & Associates.
Marvi served as Director at PeaceNiche (T2F), and is the co-founder of The Architectural Design Research Lab, housed within, and affiliated with, the Department of Architecture at the Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture - a research laboratory devoted to projects within the fields of architecture and urban design.
In 2016, she founded Pakistan Chowk Community Centre and became an appointed member of the Lahore Conservation Society, Karachi Biennale 2017 (Outreach Committee), Secretary to South Asia Foundation (SAF-Pakistan) & ICCOMOS. She was the Project Manager of National History Museum (Lahore, Pakistan), conceptualized by The Citizens Archive of Pakistan.
As an independent Heritage Consultant, she has collaborated on projects with Endowment Fund Trust for Preservation of Sindh, Arcop, NBCL, Shahab Ghani & Associates, Pursukoon Society, Planning, Development and Works Sindh / Culture, Tourism & Antiquities Department (PDMI).
She was recently appointed adviser to the Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training, and National History and Literary Heritage Division.
Mr Saad Rabbani Saad Rabbani was born and raised in Karachi. This city’s first few lessons were taught to him while he was doing his master’s degree in Mass Communication from KU where he met people from different class systems, professions and societal contexts. One thing, he noticed was how these variables influence people’s worldly opinions and their art, making it distinct. Resultantly, Saad decided to create a public space where everyone could create a ground for diverse-minded people meanwhile providing a space for them to correlate. According to him, his aim has always been to create acceptance for differences.
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BF - Panel Discussion
Living Spaces: Rethinking Urban Design
Living Spaces: Rethinking Urban Design
With the rise of industry, zoning regulations in cities created spatial separation for different functions such as working, living and commerce. As industry becomes more digital and agile, mobility is influenced: whereas zoning called for particular types of roads and tracks to accommodate commutes and work hours, the mixed use of space can create opportunities to rethink urban design. And as algorithms shape everything from medicine and media to elections and policing, they are also changing how we understand and design cities. This session aims to understand the ways in which our urban landscapes are changing and what we can expect in the future.
- As we move towards becoming more emission-free, how can we envision the mix of working, living, and leisure, assuming energy consumption becomes more sustainable? Will autonomous vehicles force us to redesign our roads?
- What are the opportunities in a dynamic world - characterised by digital disruption, migration, demographic shifts and an increasing urban-rural divide - to create urban areas based on social equity and resilience?
- How will environmental factors like changing weather patterns and water scarcity impact urban design?
ModeratorMr Tariq Alexander Qaiser TAQ is the Principal Architect at TAQ Associates. His focus has been on the design of schools and hospitals, they have also undertaken office buildings, commercial interiors and residences.
In addition to his Architectural practice, Tariq designs boats - Dhows, mobile libraries, kitchens and retail outlets on vehicles.
He is a photographer & paints. He writes poetry and prose. And is the author of two books, the first “Baltistan, Apricot Bloom”, and the latest “Samandar Par”. Several are currently in progress.
He is associated with the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, (IVSAA) and periodically teaches design there. TAQ has been a faculty member at the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, (2008 to 2016), For the summer course “Building Design and Engineering Approaches to Airborne Infection Control”
TAQ’s interests in science, art, craft & prose have taken him towards sculptural symbolic works in architecture, its allied arts and the written word.PanellistMr Farhan Anwar Farhan Anwar did his Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering. He has extended consulting services to the World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Japanese International Corporation Agency (JICA), the World Conservation Union (IUCN), WWF Pakistan and several prominent Pakistani consulting firms. He is presently working as an Urban Planning Consultant to the World Bank on the Karachi Transformation Strategy Project, aimed at transforming Karachi into a liveable city. Farhan is a member IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) and sits on the Standing Committee on Environment – Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI). He also serves as a visiting faculty at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, where he teaches a Bachelor’s course – Sustainable Cities and Communities. Farhan is the lead author of the Sanitation Strategy, Government of Sindh and the author of Pakistan’s National Strategy and Action Plan for the Mangroves of the Future Regional Programme. He has a number of publications to his credit and contributes a weekly column – Elasti-cities focused on urban planning, environment, and development issues of Karachi City in Express Tribune.Ms Javeria Masood Javeria Masood is a social development specialist with over nine years of experience (private/public sector) in the fields of urban/city planning, social innovation, academia, and design thinking. Currently, Javeria is the Innovation Lead at Code for Pakistan (CFP), empowering citizens to solve civic problems using technology. Javeria's focus is on defining, implementing and iterating on disruptive localised solutions challenging the status-quo by ensuring community participation, capacity building, and responsive leadership. Javeria has been a part of the core team (put together by the Law Commission of Pakistan) behind a first-of-its-kind policy to neutralise the growing urban housing crisis of the country. Javeria is a published researcher and teaches design, strategy, and ethnographic research at college level. She has been recognised as a Global Shaper by the World Economic Forum.Mr Vladimir Bataev Vladimir Bataev is an independent expert in smart and circular urban solutions — applications of novel technology in urban environments. He focuses on tight integration of transport, energy and urban infrastructure with the help of ICT. He facilitates strong collaborations between municipalities, urban designers, architects and technologists, with particular emphasis on startups and SMEs.
In 2015, he founded and headed the Smart Urban Solutions Unit at the smart transport and logistics solution provider EsperantoXL (NL). This unit focused on applied research, consulting and project implementation of smart urban solutions at the intersection of information technology, data analysis, urban design, architecture and policy frameworks.
In 2016, Vladimir was nominated for the Global Smart City Leader and Promoter Award by the Smart Cities UK programem.
In 2017, together with Boyd Cohen (the author of the definitive Smart City Wheel model), he developed and taught a people-/innovation-centric smart city induction course to the municipality officials at the Public Administration Academy of Kazakhstan.
Since 2018, he is an international advisor in the Advice for Small Businesses initiative of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
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