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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
| 8:30 - 9:00 a.m.
| REGISTRATION
Continental Breakfast
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| 9:00 - 9:10 a.m.
| OPENING
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| Welcome:
| Hasan Usmani
President, Pak-Millennium Conference
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| Welcoming Remarks:
| Barry Hoffman
Hon. Consul General of Pakistan, Boston
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| 9:15 - 10:40 a.m.
| SOCIETY & DEVELOPMENT
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| Panelists:
| Safia Haleem
BBC Pashto Service, Author, journalist covering women’s
issues in Pakistan and Afghanistan
Surayya Jabeen
President, Family Planning Association of Pakistan
Dr. Faryal Khan
UNESCO,Focus: Education Policy in Pakistan
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| Moderator:
| Ambereen Mirza
Consultant
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| 10:45 - 12:15p.m.
| ECONOMY & MARKETS
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| Panelists:
| Dr. Shehla Javed Akram
President, Women’s Chamber of Commerce. CEO, Don
Valley Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Shahla Haeri
Director, Women’s Studies Program, Boston University. Author: “No Shame for the Sun: Lives of Professional Pakistani Women”
Dr. Adil Najam
Professor, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
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| Moderator:
| DR. Fareena Sultan
Professor, Northeastern University
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| 12:15 - 12:45 p.m
| LUNCH
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| 12:45 - 1:30 p.m.
| KEYNOTE SPEECH
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| Introduction:
| Shahid Ahmed Khan
Chairman, Pak-Millennium Conference
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| Keynote Speech:
| Mohammedmian Soomro
Chairman, Senate of Pakistan
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| 1:30 - 2:15 p.m.
| SPECIAL SESSION: CONVERSATION
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A Conversation with Mukhtaran Mai
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| Host:
| Dr. Adil Najam
Professor, Tufts University, The Fletcher School
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| 2:15 - 2:30 p.m.
| TEA/COFFEE BREAK
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| 2:30 -4:00 p.m.
| STATE & POLITICS
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| Panelists:
| Justice (retd) Fakhrunissa Khokher
High Court Judge
Beena Sarwar
The News Int’l, journalist, artist, filmmaker
Dr. Nuzhat Ahmad
Physician/activist, Co-founder: Ibtida & Chowrangi
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| Moderator:
| Hasan Usmani
President, Axim Systems
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| 4:00 - 5:15 p.m.
| ART & CULTURE
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| Panelists:
| Ambreen Butt
Miniature artist, focus: women in East and West
Siara Nazir
Publisher Woman International Magazine
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| Moderator:
| Niveen Sayeed
Architecture for Humanity
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| 5:15 - 5:30 p.m.
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| Closing Remarks:
| Siraj Khan
Treasurer, Pak-Millennium Conference
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