Conclave Agenda & Schedule

08:30 – 9:00 am

Registration

09:00 – 9:45 am

Opening Address

  • Maleeha Lodhi

    Pakistani Diplomat & Former Representative of Pakistan to United Nations

09:45 - 10:45 am

Floods, Fevers, and Fatalities: Inside Pakistan's Deadly Climate Crisis

  • Dr. Adil Najam

    Dean Emeritus at Pardee School, Boston University and WWF President

  • Ahmad Rafay Alam

    Environmental lawyer, activist, and founding partner at Saleem, Alam & Co.

  • Dr. Erum Sattar

    Faculty in Sustainable Water Management at Tufts University

  • Dr. Junaid Abdul Razzak

    Vice Chair of Research and Professor of Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine.


Political Economy: Sick Man of the Global South — Is Pakistan Future Ready?

  • Uzair Younus (M)

    Chief Product Officer, The Asia Group AI

  • Miftah Ismail

    Former Federal Minister of Finance, Pakistan

  • Junaid Iqbal

    Founder and CEO Salt Ventures

  • Saad Siddiqui

    Managing Director, JPMorgan

  • Taimur Saleem Jhagra

    Former Provincial Minister for Health and Finance, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

10:55 – 11:55 am

Making it in Medicine: Lessons from Three Generations of Trailblazing Pakistani Physicians

  • Ayaan Sohail

    Social media influencer and medical student

  • Dr. Humeraa Qamar

    President of the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America

  • Dr. Omar Atiq

    Distinguished oncologist, Former President of the American College of Physicians

  • Dr. Saud Anwar

    Connecticut state senator, Deputy President Pro Tempore


Developing Human Capital: Pakistani Disruptors and Pioneers, Here & There

  • Mehlaqa Samdani (M)

    Human rights advocate and Executive Director, Community Alliance for Peace and Justice

  • Sahar Habib

    Multimedia Journalist and Community Builder

  • Sadaf Jaffer

    Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University

  • Adil Najam

    Dean Emeritus at Pardee School, Boston University and WWF President

11:55 am – 12:30 pm

Research Fair

12:30 – 01:40 pm

Lunch & Learn

The Gen X vs Gen Z Debate – Two Generations, One Identity, Several Questions

  • Wajahat Ali

    Columnist, Public Speaker, and Author

  • Sabrina Siddiqui

    National Politics Reporter, The Wall Street Journal

  • Wajahat S Khan

    Journalist and Founder & CEO, Pak Futures Foundation

  • Akbar Shahid Ahmed

    Senior Diplomatic Correspondent, HuffPost

01:50 – 02:50 pm

The Contagion Challenge: Pakistan's Ongoing Fight Against Communicable Diseases

  • Dr. Ali S. Khan

    Dean of the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center

  • Dr. Rana Jawad Asghar

    CEO of Global Health Strategists & Implementers

  • Dr. Rashid Chotani

    Professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center


Foreign Policy Conundrum: Navigating Between China & America

  • Michael Kugelman (M)

    Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Asia Pacific Foundation Canada

  • Sahar Khan

    Independent analyst and Former Research Fellow, Cato Institute

  • Kamran Bokhari

    Senior Director, New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy

  • Tamanna Salikuddin

    Senior Advisor on Indo-Pacific defense, Cambridge Global Advisors and Adjunct Senior Fellow, CNAS

03:00 – 04:00 pm

Stronger Systems, Healthier Futures: Health Infrastructure, Maternal/Newborn Care & Innovation

  • Dr. Amna Qayuum

    Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia, Fellow at Georgetown’s Faith and Global Health Initiative

  • Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta

    Founding Director of the Center of Excellence in Women and Child Health, AKU

  • Maheen Ghani

    Psychotherapist, Writer, and Mental Health Advocate


Era of Authoritarianism: Civil-Military Imbalance, Democratic Decline, Judicial Attrition & Transnational Repression

  • Wajahat S Khan (M)

    Journalist and Founder & CEO, Pak Futures Foundation

  • Aqil Shah

    Professor at Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

  • Zulfikar Bukhari

    Former Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development

  • Raza Rumi

    Author, journalist, and lecturer, City University of New York

04:30 – 06:00 pm

Closing Keynote

  • Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed

    Journalist, Geo-strategist, Author & Seasoned Politician