Program - RDDC - NUST GTTN Joint Seminar V 30.0 14112016

PROGRAM

RDDC-NUST GTTN Joint International Seminar Peace, Growth and Empowerment: Promoting Regional Connectivity

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 Hotel Serena Serena Hotel) 0900-0950 Registration for the Seminar Jinnah Auditorium

Time Speaker Country Activity Venue Inaugural Session Mr. Amer Hashmi, Advisor NUST & Jinnah 1000-1010 Pakistan Welcome Remarks President NUST GTTN Auditorium Lieutenant General Naweed Zaman 1010-1015 Pakistan Opening Address “ (Retired), HI (M), Rector NUST H.E. Ole Thonke, Ambassador of 1015-1030 Denmark Opening Address “ Denmark to Pakistan General Ehsan Ul Haq (Retired), NI (M) Address by the 1030-1050 Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Pakistan “ Guest of Honor Committee (CJCSC) 1150-1055 Group Photograph “ Tea/Coffee Break CIPS 1100-1145 Dining Hall

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Session 1 – Plenary 1 Topic: UN Peacekeeping and International Humanitarian Law Time Speaker Country Activity Venue Lieutenant General Tariq Waseem Chair: Introductory Jinnah 1200-1210 Ghazi (Retired), Former Defence Pakistan Remarks Auditorium Secretary Topic: Developing a Social Discourse on Peacebuilding in the Region 1210-1230 Speaker: General Daya Ratnayake Sri Lanka Keynote “ (Retired), Ex-Chief of Army Staff, Sri Lanka Topic: International Humanitarian Law as preventive force in capacity 1235-1255 building Denmark Keynote “ Speaker: Major Steen Kjaergaard, Military Analyst, RDDC Topic: The Contours of UN Peacekeeping: Vision for Tomorrow 1300-1320 Speaker: Brigadier Mujahid Alam Pakistan Keynote “ (Retired), Senior Fellow NUST GTTN & Principal Lawrence College 1320-1400 Discussion Session Lieutenant General Tariq Waseem 1400-1410 Ghazi (Retired), Former Defence Pakistan Wrap up by the Chair “ Secretary CIPS 1410-1510 Working Lunch Dining Hall

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Session 2 – Plenary 2 Topic: Regional Reconciliation through Social Empowerment Time Speaker Country Activity Venue Mr. Humayun Gohar & Mr. Ali Akbar Chair: Introductory Jinnah 1515-1525 Velayati, Head of Centre for Strategic Iran remarks Auditorium Research Topic: Regional Organizations for 1525-1545 Peace & Development Pakistan Keynote “ Speaker: Mr. Owais Ghani, Senior Fellow, NUST GTTN Topic: Seeking Common Grounds for Social Inclusion Speaker: Dr. Attiya Inayatullah 1545-1605 Former Minister, Women’s Pakistan Keynote “ Development, Social Welfare & Special Education, Pakistan; Former Member, UNESCO Executive Board Topic: Participatory Development and Regional Transformation 1605-1625 - Keynote “ Speaker: Dr. Ijaz Shafi Gilani, Chief Executive Officer, Gallup Pakistan 1625-1715 Discussion Session “ Mr. Humayun Gohar & Mr. Ali Akbar 1715-1725 Iran Wrap up by the Chair “ Velayati 1730 Pickup – Departure for Serena Hotel (Guests staying in Serena Hotel)

1945 Pickup from Serena Hotel to NUST 2030-2200 Conference Dinner

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DAY – 2 Thursday 01 Dec, 2016 Time Activity Venue 0830 Pickup Time – Departure to NUST Hotel Serena (Guests staying in Serena Hotel)

Roundtables 1000-1200 hours Roundtable 1 Roundtable 2 Venue: Board Room Venue: Conference Room 1 Countering militancy, insurgencies, and terrorist Sharing experiences on border management and groups in Afghanistan. frontier policing: Afghanistan, Iran & Pakistan. Chairs: Lieutenant General Masood Aslam (Retired), Chair: Dr. Shoaib Suddle, Senior Fellow, NUST GTTN Senior Fellow, NUST GTTN

Initiators: Initiators:

Topic: The Spill-overs of Afghan Situation: Challenges Topic: Effective Regional Cross Border and Opportunities Administration - Policy Imperatives Speaker: Brigadier Mahmood Shah (Retired) Speaker: Brigadier Agha Ahmad Gul (Retired), Senior Fellow, NUST GTTN

Topic: The Role of Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran Troika Topic: Proposal for Present & Future of Regional for Establishing Regional Stability Border Management Speaker: Dr. Syed Rifaat Hussain, HoD Government & Speaker: Major General Ziauddin Najam (Retired), Public Policy, S3H - NUST Rector NUML & Senior Fellow, NUST GTTN

Topic: Understanding in order to counter religious Topic: International Law Perspectives in Border justifications of, and mobilization to, violence. Management Speaker: Ms. Mona Kanwal Sheikh, Senior Researcher Speaker: Major Steen Kjaergaard, Military Analyst, Danish Institute for International Studies RDDC

Topic: Contemporary Challenges for Regional Peace Topic: Political Dimensions of Policing the Borders: and the Way Forward Optimizing the Opportunities Speaker: Air Commodore Ghulam Mujaddid Speaker: Dr. Maria Sultan, DG SASSI (Retired), Acting Dean, Faculty of Aero Space Sciences & Strategic Studies, Air University

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Participants: Participants:  Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal, Director & Associate  Mr. Sayed Ishaq Gailani, Founder & Chair of Professor School of Political and International National Solidarity Movement of Afghanistan Relations and Member of Afghanistan Parliament.  Dr. Tughral Yamin, Associate Dean CIPS  Major General Ghulam Qamar, HI(M), DG  Brigadier Zahir Kazmi, Director Arms Control ISSRA Disarmament Affairs - SPD  Major General Mushtaq Ahmed Faisal, HI(M),  Dr. Shabana Fayyaz, Assistant Professor DG NLC Defence & Strategic Studies, QAU  Dr. Qasem Alidousti, Head of Defence  Brigadier General Ahmed Vahidi, Head for Diplomacy Strategic Studies Centre (RAAD) Centre for Defence and Strategic Research  Ambassador Rustam Shah Mohmand,  Dr. Simbal Khan, Governor Indus Global Institute of Policy Studies Initiative  Ms. Arshi Saleem Hashmi, Associate  Major General Abid Rafique, General Officer Professor, FCS - NDU Commanding Special Security Division  Ms. Maria S. Effendi, Assistant Professor, FCS  Mr. Raza Shah, PTV World - NDU  Atia Ali Kazmi, Senior Research & Policy  Mr. David Vestenskov, Consultant, RDDC Analyst, NUST GTTN  Mr. Amjad Naveed, Postdoc University of  Ms. Liselotte Odgaard, Associate Professor, Southern Denmark RDDC  Mr. Tom Børsen, Associate Professor Aalborg  Ms. Shanthie Mariet D’Souza, Research Fellow, University, Denmark Institute of South Asian Studies at National  Mr. Johannes Dragsbæk Schmidt, Associate University of Singapore Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark  Lieutenant General Tariq Waseem Ghazi  Mr. Hamid Ali Khan, Director General (Retired), Former Defence Secretary Counter Terrorism SASSI  Mr. Syed Muhammad Ali, SPD  IG Islamabad  Mr. Abdullah Khan, Managing Director PICSS  Mr. Sayed Mahdi Munadi, Researcher at  Brigadier Ishaq Ahmed (Retired), Director Center for Strategic Studies, Ministry of International Security & Intelligence SASSI Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan  Mr. Ali Shah, Head of Research, NUST GTTN  Dr. Mansoor Ehsan, Lecturer at Kardan  Mr. Umar Farooq Khan, Assistant Research University Officer, Islamabad Policy Research Institute  Dr. Zakia Adeli, Lecturer at Kateb University (IPRI)  Mr. Mohammad Daad Serweri, Political  Dr. Fardin Hashemi, International Relations Officer at the Danish Embassy in Kabul Lecturer  Major Thomas Damkjær, Danish Defence  Ms. Rahima Popal, International Relations  Col. Kim Poulsen, Danish DA in Kabul Lecturer at University of Afghanistan  Mr. Christian Hansen, Referent, RDDC  Mr. Halimullah Kousary, Researcher at Center for Violence and Peace Studies  Col. Kim Schmidt, Danish DA in Islamabad  Mr. Andreas Fierro, Referent, RDDC

Time Activity Venue 1200-1230 Coffee break Respective Venue

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Roundtables 1230-1430 hours Roundtable 3 Roundtable 4 Roundtable 5 Venue: Conference Room 2 Venue: Board Room Venue: Conference Room 1 Forecasting the future: Promoting economic growth Regional cooperation for and creating social value Cultural diffusion and initiating successful and through entrepreneurship and collaboration in the Region. relevant commercial projects in innovation in Pakistan. Afghanistan. Chair: Mr. Nasir Ali Shah, Chair: Prof. Dr. Arshad Ali, Chair: Dr. Liselotte Odgaard, Chairman of KASB Corporation Executive Director Higher Associate Professor, RDDC Limited Education Commission of Pakistan Chair: Dr. Shanthie Mariet D’Souza, Research Fellow at Initiators: Initiators: Institute of South Asian Studies at National University of Singapore Topic: Replicating the Global Topic: The Human Element of Culture of Successful Regional Growth: People-Centric Initiators: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policies and their Dividends in Pakistan Speaker: Dr. Uxi Mufti, Social Topic: The Prospects of B2B Speaker: Dr. Shahid Mahmud, Scientist & Cultural Consultant (Business to Business) Regional CEO Interactive Group & Senior

Cooperation: The Case of Fellow, NUST GTTN Topic: Tracking Historic Traits of Afghanistan Regional Cooperation for a Better Speaker: TBD Topic: Maximizing the Potential Tomorrow of Foreign Investments in Speaker: Mr. Kamran Lashari, Topic: Bridging the Divide: Pakistan for a Regional Win-Win Director General at Walled City of Identifying key Sectors for Speaker: Dr. Ashfaque Hasan Lahore Authority Development in Afghanistan Khan, Principal S3H & Resident

Speaker: Major General Senior Fellow, NUST GTTN Topic: Strengthening Strategic Muhammad Afzal, HI(M), DG FWO Relations through government Topic: CSR (Corporate Social company relations and development Topic: TAPI pipeline: A recipe for Responsibility) in Pakistan Speaker: Mr. Johannes Dragsbæk peace or instability? Speaker: Mr. Tom Børsen, Schmidt, Associate Professor at Speaker: Dr. Attaullah Wahidyar, Associate Professor Aalborg Aalborg University, Denmark Senior Advisor to Ministry of University, Denmark

Education Topic: Trans-Cultural Diffusion and Topic: Regional economic the Future of Multifaceted Topic: Business Strategy in growth, knowledge spillovers, Collaboration emerging markets and developing labor productivity, Speaker: Dr. Waheed Chaudhry, countries entrepreneurship and innovation. Speaker: Mr. Amer Zafar Speaker: Amjad Naveed, Postdoc Chairman Department of Durrani, CEO Reenergia Enhar, University of Southern Denmark Anthropology, Quaid-e-Azam Pakistan University

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Participants: Participants: Participants:  Dr. Kazem Jalali, Head of  Mr. Mirwais Yasini, MP &  Mr. Mostafa Zahrani, Head of Islamic Parliamentary Ex-Deputy Speaker of Institute of Political & Research Centre Lower House International Studies  Mr. Omer Ghani, South  Major General Agha  Ms. Diana Barakzai, Asia Regional Director, Masood Akram, HI(M), DG Chairperson Diana Afghan Enclude Solutions DEPO Social Foundation  Dr. Syed Bashir Hussain,  Brigadier M. Nadeem  Dr. Asma Shakir Khawaja, HoD GPP - NDU Aslam, Director Admin Assistant Professor, FCS -  Dr Shaheen Akhtar, Heavy Industries Taxila NDU Assistant Professor  Dr. Aamir Murad,  Ms. Puruesh Ch, Founder of Department of IR - NDU Executive Director HR & Agahi Foundation  Mr. Qazi Azmat Isa, CEO, OD, POF Wah  Mr. Kamal Hyder, Media Pakistan Poverty  Mr. Ather Imran, CEO  Mr. Steen Kjaergaard, Major, Alleviation Fund (PPAF) Sybrid & President OPEN RDDC  Mr. Rashid Aziz, Former Islamabad  Ambassador Syed Hasan Senior Energy Specialist  Mr. Owais Anjum, CEO Javed, Director CSC World Bank eMumba & Member OPEN  Ms. Maria Qadri, GM  Mr. Ahmed Qureshi, Islamabad University Advancement Anchor Neo News  Mr. Muazzam Arsalan Office, NUST  Ms. Saadia Afzal - Anchor Bhatti, Founder & CEO  Mr. Halimullah Kousary,  Dr. Naukhez Sarwar, Alfoze Technologies Pvt. Researcher at Center for Principal NBS Ltd. Violence and Peace Studies  Dr Athar Maqsood Ahmed  Engr. Salman Absar, Dir  Dr. Zakia Adeli, Lecturer at HoD Economic NBS CIE Kateb University  Mr. Ali Shah, Head of  Dr. S. M. Hassan Zaidi,  Major Thomas Damkjær, Research, NUST GTTN Principal SEECS Danish Defence  Mr. Umar Farooq Khan,  Mr. Adnan Faisal, GM  Col. Kim Poulsen, Danish DA Assistant Research Officer, Technology Incubation in Kabul Islamabad Policy Center, NUST  Mr. Christian Hansen, Research Institute (IPRI)  Dr. Mansoor Ehsan, Referent, RDDC  Mr. Sayed Mahdi Munadi, Lecturer at Kardan Researcher at Center for University Strategic Studies, Ministry  Ms. Rahima Popal, of Foreign Affairs of International Relations Afghanistan Lecturer at University of  Dr. Fardin Hashemi, Afghanistan International Relations  Ms. Mona Kanwal Sheikh, Lecturer Senior Researcher Danish  Mr. Mohammad Daad Institute for International Serweri, Political Officer Studies at the Danish Embassy in  Col. Kim Schmidt, Danish Kabul DA in Islamabad  Mr. David Vestenskov,  Mr. Andreas Fierro, Referent, RDDC 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 Jinnah Pakistan Introductory remarks Fellow, NUST GTTN 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, Closing Remarks/vote “ Denmark RDDC of thanks 1700-1710 Lieutenant General Naweed Closing Remarks/vote “ Zaman (Retired), HI (M), Pakistan of thanks Rector NUST 1710-1715 Group Photo “ 1720 Hi-Tea Jinnah Auditorium Dining Hall onwards 1745 Pickup – Departure for Serena Hotel (Guests staying in Serena Hotel)

Guests Departure

Note: This program is subject to changes.

Program - RDDC - NUST GTTN Joint Seminar V 30.0 14112016