Program - RDDC - NUST GTTN Joint Seminar V 30.0 14112016

Program - RDDC - NUST GTTN Joint Seminar V 30.0 14112016

Tuesday 29 Nov, 2016 Time Activity Venue

1915 Pickup – Departure for NUST (Guests staying in Serena Hotel)

2000-2130 Icebreaker & Dinner NUST

DAY – 1 Wednesday 30 Nov, 2016

Time Activity Venue

0830 Pickup – Departure for NUST (Guests staying in

Serena Hotel) Hotel Serena

0900-0950 Registration for the Seminar Jinnah Auditorium

Time Speaker Country Activity Venue Inaugural Session

1000-1010 Mr. Amer Hashmi, Advisor NUST &

President NUST GTTN Pakistan Welcome Remarks

Jinnah

Auditorium

1010-1015 Lieutenant General Naweed Zaman

(Retired), HI (M), Rector NUST Pakistan Opening Address “

1015-1030 H.E. Ole Thonke, Ambassador of

Denmark to Pakistan Denmark Opening Address “

1030-1050 General Ehsan Ul Haq (Retired), NI (M) Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff

Committee (CJCSC)

Pakistan Address by the

Guest of Honor “

1150-1055 Group Photograph “

1100-1145 Tea/Coffee Break CIPS

Dining Hall

PROGRAM

RDDC-NUST GTTN Joint International Seminar

Peace, Growth and Empowerment: Promoting Regional Connectivity

Program - RDDC - NUST GTTN Joint Seminar V 30.0 14112016

Session 1 – Plenary 1 Topic: UN Peacekeeping and International Humanitarian Law

Time Speaker Country Activity Venue

1200-1210 Lieutenant General Tariq Waseem Ghazi (Retired), Former Defence Secretary

Pakistan Chair: Introductory

Remarks

Jinnah

Auditorium

1210-1230

Topic: Developing a Social Discourse on Peacebuilding in the Region Speaker: General Daya Ratnayake

(Retired), Ex-Chief of Army Staff,

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Keynote “

1235-1255

Topic: International Humanitarian

Law as preventive force in capacity

building Speaker: Major Steen Kjaergaard,

Military Analyst, RDDC

Denmark Keynote “

1300-1320

Topic: The Contours of UN

Peacekeeping: Vision for Tomorrow

Speaker: Brigadier Mujahid Alam

(Retired), Senior Fellow NUST GTTN

& Principal Lawrence College

Pakistan Keynote “

1320-1400 Discussion Session

1400-1410

Lieutenant General Tariq Waseem

Ghazi (Retired), Former Defence

Secretary

Pakistan Wrap up by the Chair “

1410-1510 Working Lunch CIPS

Dining Hall

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Session 2 – Plenary 2 Topic: Regional Reconciliation through Social Empowerment

Time Speaker Country Activity Venue

1515-1525

Mr. Humayun Gohar & Mr. Ali Akbar

Velayati, Head of Centre for Strategic

Research

Iran

Chair: Introductory

remarks

Jinnah

Auditorium

1525-1545

Topic: Regional Organizations for Peace & Development Speaker: Mr. Owais Ghani, Senior Fellow, NUST GTTN

Pakistan Keynote “

1545-1605

Topic: Seeking Common Grounds for Social Inclusion Speaker: Dr. Attiya Inayatullah Former Minister, Women’s Development, Social Welfare & Special Education, Pakistan; Former Member, UNESCO Executive Board

Pakistan Keynote “

1605-1625

Topic: Participatory Development and Regional Transformation Speaker: Dr. Ijaz Shafi Gilani, Chief

Executive Officer, Gallup Pakistan

- Keynote “

1625-1715 Discussion Session “

1715-1725 Mr. Humayun Gohar & Mr. Ali Akbar

Velayati Iran Wrap up by the Chair “

1730 Pickup – Departure for Serena Hotel (Guests staying in Serena Hotel)

1945 Pickup from Serena Hotel to NUST

2030-2200 Conference Dinner

Program - RDDC - NUST GTTN Joint Seminar V 30.0 14112016

DAY – 2 Thursday 01 Dec, 2016

Time Activity Venue

0830 Pickup Time – Departure to NUST (Guests staying in Serena Hotel)

Hotel Serena

Roundtables 1000-1200 hours

Roundtable 1 Venue: Board Room

Roundtable 2 Venue: Conference Room 1

Countering militancy, insurgencies, and terrorist groups in Afghanistan.

Sharing experiences on border management and frontier policing: Afghanistan, Iran & Pakistan.

Chairs: Lieutenant General Masood Aslam (Retired), Senior Fellow, NUST GTTN Initiators: Topic: The Spill-overs of Afghan Situation: Challenges and Opportunities Speaker: Brigadier Mahmood Shah (Retired) Topic: The Role of Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran Troika for Establishing Regional Stability Speaker: Dr. Syed Rifaat Hussain, HoD Government & Public Policy, S3H - NUST Topic: Understanding in order to counter religious justifications of, and mobilization to, violence. Speaker: Ms. Mona Kanwal Sheikh, Senior Researcher Danish Institute for International Studies Topic: Contemporary Challenges for Regional Peace and the Way Forward Speaker: Air Commodore Ghulam Mujaddid (Retired), Acting Dean, Faculty of Aero Space Sciences & Strategic Studies, Air University

Chair: Dr. Shoaib Suddle, Senior Fellow, NUST GTTN Initiators: Topic: Effective Regional Cross Border Administration - Policy Imperatives Speaker: Brigadier Agha Ahmad Gul (Retired), Senior Fellow, NUST GTTN Topic: Proposal for Present & Future of Regional Border Management Speaker: Major General Ziauddin Najam (Retired), Rector NUML & Senior Fellow, NUST GTTN Topic: International Law Perspectives in Border Management Speaker: Major Steen Kjaergaard, Military Analyst, RDDC Topic: Political Dimensions of Policing the Borders: Optimizing the Opportunities Speaker: Dr. Maria Sultan, DG SASSI

Program - RDDC - NUST GTTN Joint Seminar V 30.0 14112016

Participants: Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal, Director & Associate

Professor School of Political and International Relations

Dr. Tughral Yamin, Associate Dean CIPS Brigadier Zahir Kazmi, Director Arms Control

Disarmament Affairs - SPD Dr. Shabana Fayyaz, Assistant Professor

Defence & Strategic Studies, QAU Brigadier General Ahmed Vahidi, Head for

Centre for Defence and Strategic Research Dr. Simbal Khan, Governor Indus Global

Initiative Major General Abid Rafique, General Officer

Commanding Special Security Division Mr. Raza Shah, PTV World Atia Ali Kazmi, Senior Research & Policy

Analyst, NUST GTTN Ms. Liselotte Odgaard, Associate Professor,

RDDC Ms. Shanthie Mariet D’Souza, Research Fellow,

Institute of South Asian Studies at National University of Singapore

Lieutenant General Tariq Waseem Ghazi (Retired), Former Defence Secretary

Mr. Syed Muhammad Ali, SPD Mr. Abdullah Khan, Managing Director PICSS Brigadier Ishaq Ahmed (Retired), Director

International Security & Intelligence SASSI Mr. Ali Shah, Head of Research, NUST GTTN Mr. Umar Farooq Khan, Assistant Research

Officer, Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI)

Dr. Fardin Hashemi, International Relations Lecturer

Ms. Rahima Popal, International Relations Lecturer at University of Afghanistan

Mr. Halimullah Kousary, Researcher at Center for Violence and Peace Studies

Col. Kim Schmidt, Danish DA in Islamabad Mr. Andreas Fierro, Referent, RDDC

Participants: Mr. Sayed Ishaq Gailani, Founder & Chair of

National Solidarity Movement of Afghanistan and Member of Afghanistan Parliament.

Major General Ghulam Qamar, HI(M), DG ISSRA

Major General Mushtaq Ahmed Faisal, HI(M), DG NLC

Dr. Qasem Alidousti, Head of Defence Diplomacy Strategic Studies Centre (RAAD)

Ambassador Rustam Shah Mohmand, Institute of Policy Studies

Ms. Arshi Saleem Hashmi, Associate Professor, FCS - NDU

Ms. Maria S. Effendi, Assistant Professor, FCS - NDU

Mr. David Vestenskov, Consultant, RDDC Mr. Amjad Naveed, Postdoc University of

Southern Denmark Mr. Tom Børsen, Associate Professor Aalborg

University, Denmark Mr. Johannes Dragsbæk Schmidt, Associate

Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark Mr. Hamid Ali Khan, Director General

Counter Terrorism SASSI IG Islamabad Mr. Sayed Mahdi Munadi, Researcher at

Center for Strategic Studies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan

Dr. Mansoor Ehsan, Lecturer at Kardan University

Dr. Zakia Adeli, Lecturer at Kateb University Mr. Mohammad Daad Serweri, Political

Officer at the Danish Embassy in Kabul Major Thomas Damkjær, Danish Defence Col. Kim Poulsen, Danish DA in Kabul Mr. Christian Hansen, Referent, RDDC

Time Activity Venue

1200-1230 Coffee break Respective Venue

Program - RDDC - NUST GTTN Joint Seminar V 30.0 14112016

Roundtables 1230-1430 hours

Roundtable 3 Venue: Conference Room 2

Roundtable 4 Venue: Board Room

Roundtable 5 Venue: Conference Room 1

Forecasting the future: Regional cooperation for initiating successful and

relevant commercial projects in Afghanistan.

Promoting economic growth and creating social value

through entrepreneurship and innovation in Pakistan.

Cultural diffusion and collaboration in the Region.

Chair: Mr. Nasir Ali Shah, Chairman of KASB Corporation Limited Chair: Dr. Shanthie Mariet D’Souza, Research Fellow at Institute of South Asian Studies at National University of Singapore Initiators: Topic: The Prospects of B2B (Business to Business) Regional Cooperation: The Case of Afghanistan Speaker: TBD Topic: Bridging the Divide: Identifying key Sectors for Development in Afghanistan Speaker: Major General Muhammad Afzal, HI(M), DG FWO Topic: TAPI pipeline: A recipe for peace or instability? Speaker: Dr. Attaullah Wahidyar, Senior Advisor to Ministry of Education Topic: Business Strategy in emerging markets and developing countries Speaker: Mr. Amer Zafar Durrani, CEO Reenergia Enhar, Pakistan

Chair: Prof. Dr. Arshad Ali, Executive Director Higher Education Commission of Pakistan Initiators: Topic: Replicating the Global Culture of Successful Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Pakistan Speaker: Dr. Shahid Mahmud, CEO Interactive Group & Senior Fellow, NUST GTTN Topic: Maximizing the Potential of Foreign Investments in Pakistan for a Regional Win-Win Speaker: Dr. Ashfaque Hasan Khan, Principal S3H & Resident Senior Fellow, NUST GTTN Topic: CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) in Pakistan Speaker: Mr. Tom Børsen, Associate Professor Aalborg University, Denmark Topic: Regional economic growth, knowledge spillovers, labor productivity, entrepreneurship and innovation. Speaker: Amjad Naveed, Postdoc University of Southern Denmark

Chair: Dr. Liselotte Odgaard, Associate Professor, RDDC Initiators:

Topic: The Human Element of Regional Growth: People-Centric Policies and their Dividends Speaker: Dr. Uxi Mufti, Social

Scientist & Cultural Consultant

Topic: Tracking Historic Traits of Regional Cooperation for a Better Tomorrow Speaker: Mr. Kamran Lashari, Director General at Walled City of Lahore Authority Topic: Strengthening Strategic Relations through government company relations and development Speaker: Mr. Johannes Dragsbæk Schmidt, Associate Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark Topic: Trans-Cultural Diffusion and the Future of Multifaceted Collaboration Speaker: Dr. Waheed Chaudhry,

Chairman Department of

Anthropology, Quaid-e-Azam

University

Program - RDDC - NUST GTTN Joint Seminar V 30.0 14112016

Participants: Dr. Kazem Jalali, Head of

Islamic Parliamentary Research Centre

Mr. Omer Ghani, South Asia Regional Director, Enclude Solutions

Dr. Syed Bashir Hussain, HoD GPP - NDU

Dr Shaheen Akhtar, Assistant Professor Department of IR - NDU

Mr. Qazi Azmat Isa, CEO, Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF)

Mr. Rashid Aziz, Former Senior Energy Specialist World Bank

Mr. Ahmed Qureshi, Anchor Neo News

Ms. Saadia Afzal - Anchor Dr. Naukhez Sarwar,

Principal NBS Dr Athar Maqsood Ahmed

HoD Economic NBS Mr. Ali Shah, Head of

Research, NUST GTTN Mr. Umar Farooq Khan,

Assistant Research Officer, Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI)

Mr. Sayed Mahdi Munadi, Researcher at Center for Strategic Studies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan

Dr. Fardin Hashemi, International Relations Lecturer

Mr. Mohammad Daad Serweri, Political Officer at the Danish Embassy in Kabul

Mr. David Vestenskov, Referent, RDDC

Participants: Mr. Mirwais Yasini, MP &

Ex-Deputy Speaker of Lower House

Major General Agha Masood Akram, HI(M), DG DEPO

Brigadier M. Nadeem Aslam, Director Admin Heavy Industries Taxila

Dr. Aamir Murad, Executive Director HR & OD, POF Wah

Mr. Ather Imran, CEO Sybrid & President OPEN Islamabad

Mr. Owais Anjum, CEO eMumba & Member OPEN Islamabad

Mr. Muazzam Arsalan Bhatti, Founder & CEO Alfoze Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Engr. Salman Absar, Dir CIE

Dr. S. M. Hassan Zaidi, Principal SEECS

Mr. Adnan Faisal, GM Technology Incubation Center, NUST

Dr. Mansoor Ehsan, Lecturer at Kardan University

Ms. Rahima Popal, International Relations Lecturer at University of Afghanistan

Ms. Mona Kanwal Sheikh, Senior Researcher Danish Institute for International Studies

Col. Kim Schmidt, Danish DA in Islamabad

Mr. Andreas Fierro, Referent, RDDC

Participants: Mr. Mostafa Zahrani, Head of

Institute of Political & International Studies

Ms. Diana Barakzai, Chairperson Diana Afghan Social Foundation

Dr. Asma Shakir Khawaja, Assistant Professor, FCS - NDU

Ms. Puruesh Ch, Founder of Agahi Foundation

Mr. Kamal Hyder, Media Mr. Steen Kjaergaard, Major,

RDDC Ambassador Syed Hasan

Javed, Director CSC Ms. Maria Qadri, GM

University Advancement Office, NUST

Mr. Halimullah Kousary, Researcher at Center for Violence and Peace Studies

Dr. Zakia Adeli, Lecturer at Kateb University

Major Thomas Damkjær, Danish Defence

Col. Kim Poulsen, Danish DA in Kabul

Mr. Christian Hansen, Referent, RDDC

1430-1530 Lunch Break - Jinnah Auditorium Dining Hall

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Program - RDDC - NUST GTTN Joint Seminar V 30.0 14112016

Closing Session

1545-1745

Time Speaker Country Activity Venue

1545-1600 Chair: Amb Riaz Khokhar, Senior

Fellow, NUST GTTN Pakistan Introductory remarks

Jinnah

Auditorium

1600-1610 Chair Roundtable 1 Wrap up Roundtable 1 “

1610-1620 Chair Roundtable 2 Wrap up Roundtable 2 “

1620-1630 Chair Roundtable 3 Wrap up Roundtable 2 “

1630-1640 Chair Roundtable 4 Wrap up Roundtable 4 “

1640-1650 Chair Roundtable 5 Wrap up Roundtable 5 “

1650-1700 Col. Nicolas Teodors Viecherts,

RDDC Denmark

Closing Remarks/vote

of thanks

“

1700-1710 Lieutenant General Naweed

Zaman (Retired), HI (M),

Rector NUST

Pakistan

Closing Remarks/vote

of thanks

“

1710-1715 Group Photo “

1720

onwards

Hi-Tea Jinnah Auditorium Dining Hall

1745 Pickup – Departure for Serena Hotel (Guests staying in Serena Hotel)

Guests Departure

Note: This program is subject to changes.