Theme: Prism of Possibilties

The theme revolves around just one line i-e the world is indeed what we make of it. The words remind us that we actively participate in defining reality even when -- and perhaps especially when -- we place limits upon what is possible. Restoration of a primal human awareness achieved by invoking landscapes of the mind large enough to contain what we know, what we wonder and what we never dreamed we could perceive. We humans are a tangled mesh of want and worry. What is real? What is possible? Do we dare imagine more? What changes if we do? These are the questions we wish our speakers to answer in the light of their experiences through our platform

Chemical seminar Hall
University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore.
Lahore, Punjab, 54810
Pakistan

Maliha abbas

artist

A self-taught artist living in the city of San Francisco and art for her stands as her passion through which she expresses her emotions and ideas. As an artist, she celebrates the love affair of colors and emotions. Whenever she comes across great yet untold stories that can make a positive change in the world, she tries to portray them through her work.

Naseem Khan Achakzai

youth activist

Naseem is a young activist from the historic lands of Balochistan.He is a leader, an ambassador and consultancy partner of different organizations,such as CDRS (Comprehensive Disaster Response Services) and Sonic Peace Makers, working towards peaceful, serene, healthy, wealthy and educated Pakistan. A Masters in Public Administration, Naseem is the Founder and CEO of a youth led non-profit organization, HILA and Former Chairperson IYC United Nation– Pakistan Chapter.

Nigar Nazar

cartoonist

NigarNazaris the first Pakistani female cartoonist from Pakistan and the Muslim Worldand has been drawing cartoons professionally since 1971. She has graduated in Fine Arts from University of Punjab and is a Fulbright scholar from University of Oregon , Arts department.Nigar has attended UNICEF-sponsored training session on animated films at “Hanna-Barbera Studios” and has received “Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah Award” from the government of Pakistan for her contribution in the field of arts. She is the Chief Executive Officer atGogi Studios. Her character Gogi is an urban Pakistani woman struggling with her infirmity in the context of gender-discriminate social norms. Her cartoons have been published in Pakistan, Turkey, Libya and other parts of Africa.

Orchestral readings

Theatrical group

A group of young performing artists who’ve bring forth a combination of artistic performances and music in a new, distinct genre of performing arts by amalgamating all genres of performance at one common platform. Their aim is to rekindle the art of musical story-telling and dramatic readings.

Rafay Ansari

entrepeneur

Raffay is a 16-year-old self-taught Pakistani boy who has been an iOS and full-stack developer for over three years now. The boy who didn’t let Ataxia define his life used the sleepless nights caused by it to self-learn game development and learned and earned so much that, now, he is on the brink of launching his own startup “Odyssy”. For his achievements and extra-ordinary coding skills, he’s been featured in multiple tech-blogs including Tech in Asia. Apart from freelancing, Raffay, the teen prodigy, works as a technical consultant for startups at Lahore-based startup incubator, Plan9.

zenith Irfan

traveller

Lahore-based Zenith Irfan is a 20-year old daredevil who, defying social boundaries and norms, travelled through the Kashmir belt, riding different motorcycle models including Honda 125, Honda CD -70 and Suzuki GS-150.Zenith documented her journey in a personal photo blog on Facebook, “Zenith Irfan: 1 Girl 2 Wheels” and believes that her carefully documented journey can serve as a guide for future women adventurers, who dare to end gender stereotypes of Pakistan’s society.