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Theme: Prism of Possibilities

This event occurred on
February 29, 2020
Lahore, Punjab
Pakistan

One of the greatest pleasures of life is to know the purpose of your journey. This life is your own book where you write your own ending. Your struggles are valid, your passion is valid. Whatever you believe in, stand for it, work for it and keep succeeding towards your dreams.
Nothing can define the perspective of our event better than its theme “Prism of Possibilities”. Do not miss your chance to ride along the road of infinite possibilities

Hladia Hall
93 Jail Road
Lahore, Punjab
Pakistan
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Speakers

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Ali Khan Swati

Digital & Social Media Expert
Powered by Intellect Driven by Values! Ali, the Digital world maestro, has been successfully working in the digital marketing domain from past 10 years with a bunch of companies in UK and USA. He now owns 2 companies RED TALE and AWAAMI. Red Tale started off with a mission to help brands tell their stories and amplify their visibility across the digital space. Now it has been working in Creating content on awareness related to startups and handling major clientele in advertisement and marketing like ICRC, National Incubation Center, UNDP and many others. AWAAMI is a digital platform working on the social issues and highlighting the major social causes to work on.

Alizey Khan

Social Activist
The goal of Alizey’s life is to help those who are left alone in this cruel world to deal with their worries and sorrows on their own. Her organisation, Ruhil, revolves around this goal of making the world less painful for widows and orphans who lost their loved one in tragic ways and were left hopeless by people around them in their bad times. Spread hope, spread happiness, in this tiresome world, lets be a shade in the scorching sun. She looks forward to not only to speak to you, but to raise a voice for the people who feel unheard, and let them know that we have not forgotten you.

Asrar Shah

Musician
When words fail, music speaks!! From an early age, Asrar Shah was inspired by Sufi music and he started writing his own songs. After receiving his early training from Ustad Sultan Ahmed Khan, in 2007 he participated in Pakistan Musical Conference and stood first. Despite the ups and downs in Pakistani music industry, there still exist artists who believe in less talk and more action. Asrar Shah is one such self-made artist who has in no time become a star in his own right. Known for his inclination towards devotional music, Asrar gained mass recognition through his Coke Studio stint and even made a name across the border. Showing his talented and much applauded skills Asrar has also started his own music production company named Soul Speaks.

Bilal bin Saqib

Conservation Activist
Expand your mind, Change your world! Bilal Bin Saqib is a Master’s graduate from the London School of Economics in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He is the founder of an NGO in Pakistan named as Tayaba, which helps the under-privileged, water-deprived communities in the country through the provision of H2O wheel which is an innovative water-carrying device. He is also the founder and director of a UK-based digital product agency, BBS & Co., through which he has helped individuals/companies/organisations in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia expand their businesses both locally and internationally. Bilal also serves as a mentor for business students at Queen Mary University of London. He has also served as a PostGraduate Students Officer (2018-19) at the London School of Economics and is a notable Public Speaker both in the UK and in Pakistan having spoken at prestigious universities such as Oxford, UCL and LSE.

Hamza Altaf

Technologist & Entrepreneur
Get rid of the fear of failure, work on something you are passionate about and be a contributor towards a better future. Hamza Altaf is a technologist and an entrepreneur who loves challenging himself with opportunities that test him to bring art, innovation, and technology into a business equation. He is currently leading an ed-tech startup, SOOP, focused on the digitization of the education sector of Pakistan. He is also part of an NGO “Umeed”, working to provide basic health and education facilities to the girls in the under-developed areas. Previously he was part of a healthcare startup that brought in $1 million dollars in seed round.

Iram Irshad

Psychologist
Empowered by Innovation!! Iram Irshad a highly ambitious woman with excellent abilities in the field of research and development of ‘LIFE SKILLS ‘in Pakistan is in the final phase of completing her PhD in positive Psychology and leadership. She is pro-actively involved in developing an optimism model to discover the scientific formula to make people more resilient. At the same time, Iram runs a YouTube channel with the name of Iram@life that promotes the value of personal development and self-awareness in order to live a meaningful life. Iram Irshad brings with her over 15 years of extensive experience in the field of leadership Training, Coaching and Teaching. As an Educationist, her decade long research in the areas of Optimism and adult learning style distinguishes her both local and international market. Apart from teaching and training leaders in Pakistan’s top MNCs, World Bank, WHO, and US Embassy; Iram has been actively involved in various humanitarian projects.

Noor-e-Hira Ahmer

Nutritionist & Traveler
Pushing the limits!! She is an impassioned Nutritionist who graduated with a Master’s of Public Health from King’s College, London and a Bachelor’s of Food Science & Human Nutrition from Kinnaird College, Lahore. She is also a Global UGRAD Alumnus, having represented Pakistan as a Cultural Ambassador to the US Department of State. During her time there, she experienced the first solo travel of her life and what came after that played a transformative role for her. She not only has experience of working at various public and private hospitals as a Volunteer Nutritionist but also of performing arts and photography and has had the honour of hosting the Annual TEDx hosted by King’s College in London. Besides her valuable and continuous achievements both in the fields of health and outside that, Ms. Ahmer, by utilizing her excellent management and influential skills, is also the Co-Founder of an online health service initiative called 'Sustainable Sehat'.

Organizing team

Ayesha
Khurshid

Lahore, Pakistan
Organizer