| 10:30–11:00 |
Registration |
| 11:00–11:15 |
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Rizwan Ibrahim
Chairman, OPEN Washington DC |
| 11:15–11:30 |
Contribution of Entrepreneurship in the American Society
The Honorable Chris Van Hollen
United States House of Representatives from Maryland’s 8th Congressional District |
| 11:30-11:45 |
Overview of OPEN
Malik Khan
CEO, Converged Access; Director, OPEN New England |
| 11:45–12:00 |
Entrepreneurship and the Pakistani-American Diaspora
Shahid Javed Burki
Ex-VP, The World Bank |
| 12:00-12:20 |
Leveraging Opportunities for Entrepreneurship in Pakistan
Humayoon Akhtar Khan
Federal Commerce Minister, Government of Pakistan
Ishrat Hussain
Governor, State Bank of Pakistan |
| 12:20-12:50 |
Perspectives from a Serial Entrepreneur
Gurujot Singh Khalsa
CEO, Worldbridge International; Entrepreneur |
| 12:50-01:30 |
LUNCH |
| 01:30–01:50 |
Creating World Class Management and Technical Talent in Pakistan
Mohammad Sadiq
Charge d’ Affaires a.i., Embassy of Pakistan
Syed Babar Ali
Chairman, Packages Group, Pakistan; Pro Chancellor, Lahore University of Management Sciences |
| 01:50-02:20 |
Panel on OPEN Leadership and Achievements
Imran Sayeed, President, OPEN New England
Shahid Khan, President, OPEN New York
Mohammed Khaishgi, COO, The Resource Group
Irfan Virk, President & CEO, CambridgeDocs
Ali Asghar, President, OPEN Washington DC
(Moderator) |
| 02:20–02:30 |
Closing Remarks: Ali Asghar
President, OPEN Washington DC |
| 02:30–03:30 |
Networking |
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