Conference Schedule

09:30 – 10:00
Registration and Network

10:00 – 10:05
Opening Remarks by
Hanif Jakhura – Chairman Conference Organizing Committee, MPF (Memon Professional Forum) and  CEO, CDC (Central Depository Company)             

10:05 – 10:10
Welcome Address by
Engr. Pervez Abubaker – President, Memon Professional Forum            
10:10 – 10:35
Conference Keynote:
Hussain Dawood – Chairman, Karachi Education Initiative / Karachi School for Business and Leadership, Engro Corporation and The Dawood Group

10:35 – 11:00
Address by the Chief Guest
Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh – Minister for Finance           

11:00 – 11:20
Tea Break

SESSION ONE – INVESTMENT & BUSINESS CULTURE

11:20 – 11:40
Interactive Networking Session
Umair Jaliawala – Chief Turning Officer, Torque

11:40 – 11:55
Presentation: “Access to finance for Entrepreneurs and business opportunities in Pakistan”
Arif Habib – Chairman, Arif Habib Group

11:55 – 12:40
Panel Discussion: “Creating an Entrepreneurial Culture: From Employee Mindset to Entrepreneurial Mindset”

Panelists: (Names to be announced)

Moderator: Rafiq Rangoonwala – CEO, Cupola Pakistan             

12:40 – 01:00
“Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Pakistani IT industry – Successes, Opportunities, Lessons and Challenges”.      
Zia Imran – Managing Director, Pakistan Software Export Board              
01:00 - 02:00
Lunch & Prayer Break
02:00 – 02:40
Special Session: Coffee with Shazad Dada – A fascinating, fast paced knowledge sharing session.
Host: Shazad Dada – Managing Director & Country Head,
Barclays Bank Pakistan
Guest: Peer Mohammad Diwan – Chief Executive, Gatron Industries Ltd. and Chairman, Memon Medical Institute

SESSION TWO – SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND TECHNOLOGY

02:40 – 03:00
“Ethical & Social Entrepreneurship”
Dr. Asher Hasan – Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Naya Jeevan

03:00 – 03:20
“Online Entrepreneurship”
Badar Khushnood – Country Consultant Pakistan, Google Inc.

03:20 – 3:40
Tea Break

03:40 – 04:40
Panel Discussion: “Business Technology Leadership for Sustainable, Accountable Growth”

Panelists:  (Names to be announced)

Moderator: Rabia Garib – Chief Editor, CIO Pakistan

SESSION THREE – SUCCESSION PLANNING & CORPORATIZATION

04:40 – 04:45
Introduction of the topic
Moin M Fudda onzm,s.i. – Country Director, Center for International Private Enterprise - CIPE

04:45 – 05:45
Panel Discussion: “Issues Hampering the Corporatization of Businesses in Pakistan and the Road Ahead”

Panelists:  (Names to be announced)

Moderator: Moin M Fudda onzm,s.i. – Country Director, CIPE

05:45 – 05:50
Key takeaways
M. Ashraf Bawany – Company Secretary & Director of Finance,
BOC Pakistan Limited

05:50 – 05:55
Vote of Thanks