A World Of Tomorrow .

Event Dimensions .

A Digital Future
From the days of silent films and radio to today’s emerging robotics, smartphones, and multiplayer online games, technology has always entered into the discourse of societies, raising new hopes and fears and necessitating shifts in societal practice. Yet the pace of recent advances in digital media – not to mention talk about smart homes, driverless cars, artificial intelligence and the ‘Internet of things’ – leaves many of us increasingly anxious about what these changes will mean now and in the future.

A Balanced Future
We all bear a significant historical responsibility to ensure comprehensive, balanced, and sustainable economic and social development for a global population. We look toward the future to promote development in the world as a whole, and promote durable common prosperity and equal opportunities to eliminate poverty while minimizing environmental abuse.

A Safer Future
Scientific and technological advances in recent decades have greatly improved our capacity to predict and protect ourselves from many natural and manmade disasters. However, we remain quite vulnerable both to natural elements and to unpredictability created through crime, wars and global terrorism. This dimension answers questions that seek to address ways to create a safer future for all.

An Expressive Future
Our world would be unimaginable if not for the philosophers, artists and musicians who have upturned the debate on what constitutes society, culture, expressive arts and valued social behavior.

An Inclusive Future
An inclusive world will embrace unity through diversity and recognize that differences based on race, color, religion, creed, social class, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, and disability have no place in an open society. An inclusive world will identify and remove barriers to achievement; for example, by finding innovative solutions for including economically disadvantaged children in the education process. Creating an inclusive future requires review and reconsideration of directions being set by governments across the globe.
Our Speakers .

Atta Ur Rahman
National Professor, University of Karachi

Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy
Professor, Physicist, Mathematician & Founder, Black Hole

Uldus Bakhtiozina
Artist, Photographer

Gelareh Kiazand
Freelance Camera/Producer

Aurélie Salvaire
Founder, Shift Balance

Alex Haines
Barrister at Law

Tina Sani
Ghazal Singer

Shahidul Alam
Artist, Photographer

Shubhendu Sharma
Director, Afforestt

Jibran Nasir
Political Activist & Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan

Kami Chouhdry
Trans Rights Activist

Martijn Van Strien
Founder, Post-Couture Collective

Ayesha Kasuri
Deputy Director Curriculum Development

Ali Tauqeer Sheikh
CEO, LEAD Pakistan

Ambreen Ahmad
Founding member/Advisor, Rozan (NGO)

Framji Minwalla
Programme Director, Communication & Design, Habib University, Karachi

Rina Saeed Khan
International Award-winning Environmental Journalist

Hammad Naqi Khan
Director General, WWF Pakistan

Farieha Aziz
Director, Bolo Bhi

Harris Khalique
Critic, Poet

Wajid Jawad
Industrialist & Public Servant

Sana Mir
Captain, Pakistan National Women's Cricket Team

Kashif Naseer
Blogger

Zain Mustafa
Architect

Nassir Kasuri
Executive Director, International Division, Beaconhouse School System

Harsh Narayan
Co-Founder & Executive Director, SPIC MACAY Network

Sheema Kermani
Classical Dancer & Founder, Tehrik-e-Niswan Cultural Action Group

Jehan Ara
Founder & CEO, Katalyst Labs

Abdul Hameed Nayyar
Social Activist

Nigar Nazar
Cartoonist

Syed Talat Hussain
Journalist & Anchor

Zebunnisa Burki
Deputy Editor, Oped pages of The News

Tahira Abdullah
Development worker & Humanrights defender

Norbert Almeida
Security & Crisis Manager

Sadia Khatri
Journalist

Afia Salam
Journalist, Media Trainer, Advertiser

Deepak Perwani
Fashion Designer

Sophia K. Kasuri
Project Director, The Early Years & Gymboree Pakistan

Gharida Farooqi
Senior Anchorperson, Express News

Ayesha Tammy Haq
Barrister

Kasim Kasuri
Chair SOT, CEO Beaconhouse School System

Dr Lawrence Burke
Chief Education Adviser, Beaconhouse

Hajra Khan
Captain, Pakistan National Women's Football Team

Qasim Jafri
Cluster General Manager, Avari Hotel

Mansoor Ali Khan
Senior News Anchor, ARY News

Jamshed Kazi
Country Representative, UN Women Pakistan

Ghazi Salahuddin
Senior Journalist

Salman Sufi
Sr Member Law and Order, CM Special Monitoring Unit

Naeem Bukhari
Senior Anchorperson

Saira Mubashir Butt
General Manager, Early Years Education, Beaconhouse School System

Saman Shamsie
Writer

Salman Hameed
Associate Professor, Integrated Science and Humanities, Hampshire College

Afshan Khalid
Educationist and Head of School Evaluation, Beaconhouse

Kamila Shamsie
Novelist, Writer

Zohaib Kazi
Artist, Producer, Director & Writer

Zehra Kamal
Clinical Psychologist

Tapu Javeri
Fashion & Art Photographer

Saad Hamid
Innovation & Community Lead, Invest2innovate

Yousuf Kerai
Musician & Associate Professor, Habib University

Insiya Syed
Award Winning Photographer

Qasim Aslam
Co-Founder, The History Project

Shafaat Ali Syed
Comedian/TV Host, GEO News

Nadia Naviwala
Global Fellow , Woodrow Wilson Center Public Policy

Kiran Khan
Pakistan Olympian Swimmer

Asma Sherazi
Senior Journalist

Isfundiar Kasuri
Tech Entrepreneur, Education Reform Specialist & Executive Director, New Globe

Lina Khalefa
Founder, SheFighter

Moni Mohsin
Writer

Sumair Ali Khan
Trans Activist, Sab Rang Society

Bilal Musharraf
Director Strategic Partnerships, Edmodo

Haider Ali Art
CEO, Phool Patti Truck Art

Monis Rahman
Founder, Dukaan, Rozee.pk & Finja

Ayla Raza
Director, All Pakistan Music Conference

Sonya Battla
Fashion Designer

Salman Rashid
Fellow, Royal Geographical Society

Anoosha Shaigan
Vice President, CourtingTheLaw

Hirra Babar
Co-Founder, SMAG

Amin Gulgee
Artist, Designer

Naznin Murtaza
Founder, Headstart School

Uzma Yousuf
Country Director, Cambridge International Examinations & Goodwill Ambassador SDGs

Fawad Asghar
Chief Technology Officer, We.R.Play

Usman Ansari
E-Commerce Expert

Junaid Iqbal
Managing Director, Careem Pakistan

Fasi Zaka
Political Commentator and Columnist

Sana Mahmud
Captain, Pakistan Women's Basketball Team

Shaheer Khan
Mind Reader

Tasneem Siddiqui
Architect

Hammad Husain
Architect

Gillian Rhodes
International Performer

Kaiser Bengali
Economist, Researcher & Policy Adviser

Arif Mahmood
Senior Photojournalist

Rehma Gilani
Doctor of Gynae and Obs

Herman Bergsma
Chief Technical Advisor Disaster Risk Management

Mowadat Hussain Rana
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Expert

Samar Minallah Khan
Anthropologist and Filmmaker

Qudsia Rahim
Vice-Chair, Lahore Biennale Foundation

Marriyum Aurangzeb
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting

Ivan Ivanissevich
Ambassador of Argentina to Pakistan

Atif Khan
Provincial Minister Of Education, Khyber Pakhtunkhwan

Nadeem Ahmad
SDG Team Leader, LEAD Pakistan

Christina Von Sperling Afridi
Founder/Chairperson, KKAWF

Faisal Javed Khan
Additional Secretary Information, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

Joanna Reid
Head, DFID Pakistan

Owais Tohid
Journalist, Senior Anchorperson

Nayyar Ali Dada
Senior Architect

Javaid Iqbal
Digital Futurist

Shakeel Qadir Khan
Secretary Home Department, Government Of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Iram Zia Raja
Textile Design Department, National College of Arts

Farooq Qaiser
Senior Artist

Aqsa Tariq
Editorial Head - Content, Communications & Conferences, IDG Pakistan

Shamyl Bin Mansoor
Assistant Professor Computing, NUST

Sarah Mehboob Khan
Professional Tennis Player

Sidra Iqbal
Journalist & TV Host

Jamal Shah
Federal Minister for Culture & Heritage, Actor & Cultural Advocate

Valerie Khan
Social Activist
