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Digital Youth Summit 2019
Digital Youth Summit 2019
Pakistan's Premier Tech Conference

Date: 28th - 29th September, 2019

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Digital Youth Summit 2019

#DYS19

About the Digital Youth Summit 2019

The Digital Youth Summit (DYS) is a technology focused conference that takes place annually in Peshawar, Pakistan. Since its inception in 2014, DYS has quickly become one of the premier tech conferences in Pakistan—differentiated by its focus on youth empowerment; its ability to attract high-profile domestic and international attendees and speakers and its unique venue: Peshawar, which is one of the oldest living cities in the world.

Where

Pearl Continental Hotel
Peshawar, Pakistan

When

27th - 29th September 2019
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#DYS19 Speakers

Great people who will speak at Digital Youth Summit 2019
Aamer Ejaz
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Aamer Ejaz
Chief Digital & Strategy Officer at Jazz
Aamir Iqbal
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Aamir Iqbal
Managing Director Green Hat World
Aban Haq
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Aban Haq
Innovation Challenge Fund Lead at Karandaaz Pakistan
Abbas Saleem Khan
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Abbas Saleem Khan
CEO of Optera Digital
Abdullah
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Abdullah
YouTuber from Peshawar
Ahad Wazir
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Ahad Wazir
Head of Investments at Teamup
Ahmed Khan
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Ahmed Khan
Founder at Cheetay Logistics (Pvt.) Ltd.
Aine Fatima
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Aine Fatima
Account Director - Brand786
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DYS Stories

Haroon Rasheed (ARRON)

Great seeing Imran and many others. The #DYS17 was a spectacular and much needed event to help boost Pak’s start up eco system

Haroon Rasheed (ARRON)
Founder of Taazi.com
Illango

DYS17 brought global inspiration, forward-looking digital strategy, new reforms &investment to create 75,000 new digital jobs

Illango
Country Director Pakistan | World Bank

Conference Schedule

Sessions arranged to make your time interesting.

Day 1 / 28 Sep 2019

Venue
Main Hall
09:45 - 10:00
Opening Remarks Recitation of the Quran
Venue
Main Hall
Speaker
Umar Saif
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Dr Umar Saif
Chief Digital Officer of the Jang/Geo group
10:00 - 10:20
Key Note: Technology for Good: Reflections on my time in Government
Venue
Main Hall
Speaker
Roy Tan
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Roy Tan
Politics & Government Outreach Manager for Asia-Pacific at Facebook
10:20 - 10:40
How Facebook is helping governments and citizens connect with each other in Asia
Venue
Main Hall
Speaker
Imran Ghazali
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Imran Ghazali
Consultant to UNICEF for Prime Minister Imran Khan’s initiative of Clean Green Pakistan
10:40 - 11:30
Panel Discussion: Media, Misinformation and Democracy in the Digital Age
Venue
Main Hall
Speaker
BIlal Khan
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Bilal Khan
Managing Partner and Head of Data at Deloitte
11:30 - 11:50
AI, Big Data and Economic Growth: How can the public and private sectors work together?
Venue
Workshop Room 1
Speaker
BIlal Khan
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Bilal Khan
Managing Partner and Head of Data at Deloitte
11:50 - 13:00
Q&A with Bilal khan
Venue
Facebook Room
11:50 - 13:00
Facebook Marketing 101
Venue
Main Hall
Speaker
Sidra Riaz
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Sidra Riaz
Program Manager for Pakistan at Facebook
11:50 - 12:40
Panel Discussion: Women’s entrepreneurship in Pakistan: Has the digital revolution moved the needle?
Venue
Workshop Room 2
Speaker
Dr. Umar Taj
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Dr. Umar Taj
Behavioural & Decision Scientist
11:50 - 13:00
Behavioral Design in Digital Products
Venue
Main Hall
Speaker
Nabeel Qadeer
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Nabeel Qadeer
CEO, InfinIT Global Labs
12:40 - 13:00
Idea Croron Ka
13:00 - 14:00
Break / Prayer / Lunch / Networking
Venue
Facebook Room
14:00 - 15:40
Engaging Audiences on Facebook and Instagram
Venue
Main Hall
Speaker
syed-jaffar-abbas-shirazi
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Syed Jaffar Abbas Shirazi
Head of Digital partnerships & Mobile payments
14:00 - 14:50
Panel Discussion: Digital Payments: The $40 billion Opportunity
Venue
Workshop Room 1
Speaker
Shafeeq
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Shafeeq Gigyani
Founder KasabGar
14:00 - 15:40
Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Tourism and Heritage
Venue
Workshop Room 2
Speaker
Dr Salman
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Dr. Salman Khan
Assistant Professor, UET Peshawar
14:00 - 15:40
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Venue
Main Hall
Speaker
Umar Farooq
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Umar Farooq
Founder & CEO Tech Valley & Durshal Abbottabad
14:50 - 15:40
Panel Discussion: How technology and local government can promote tourism?
15:40 - 16:00
Tea and Networking Break
Venue
Facebook Room
16:00 - 17:10
Career Options at Facebook
Venue
Main Hall
Speaker
Khurram Zafar
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Khurram Zafar
Country Director of 47 Ventures
16:00 - 16:50
Panel Discussion: Building an innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem: Lessons from Pakistan and Canada
Venue
Workshop Room 1
16:00 - 17:10
Intro to Unity and Game development and VR workshop
Venue
Workshop Room 2
Speaker
Shehryar Gul
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Shehryar Gul
Visual communication designer at KPITB
16:00 - 17:10
Q&A Session with Expert Visual Designers
Venue
Main Hall
Speaker
Sehar Tariq
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Sehar Tariq
Public Policy Manager, Pakistan at Facebook
16:50 - 17:10
Women in Technology: Be Confident
Venue
Main Hall
Speaker
Farooq Naiyer
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Farooq Naiyer
CISO at Ontario Research Innovation Optical Network (ORION)
17:10 - 18:00
Panel Discussion: Data Privacy, Cyber Security and the Future of Citizenship

Day 2 / 29 Sep 2019

Venue
Main Hall
09:45 - 10:00
Opening Remarks Recitation of the Quran
Venue
Main Hall
Speaker
Asad Umar
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Asad Umar
Former Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs Minister of Pakistan
10:00 - 10:20
Key Note: Towards a Knowledge Economy
Venue
Main Hall
Speaker
Ather Imran
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Ather Imran
Chief Executive Officer, and Director on Board of Sybrid (Private) Limited
10:20 - 10:40
Business in the age of AI and Pakistan
Venue
Workshop Room 1
10:40 - 11:50
Early Age Programing
Venue
Main Hall
10:40 - 11:30
Panel Discussion: Digital Connectivity in Pakistan: From Access to Inclusion
Venue
Main Hall
Speaker
dr-faisal-khan
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Dr. Faisal Khan
CEO Averos and Cofounder, Peshawar 2.0
11:30 - 11:50
The Century of Biology: the next big data and engineering discipline
Venue
Workshop Room 2
Speaker
Salman
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Salman Saeed
Founder & CEO Nucleus
11:50 - 13:00
Public Speaking & Communication (powered by Google)
Venue
Main Hall
Speaker
Saad Hamid
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Saad Hamid
Developer Relations team at Google managing communities for SAF
11:50 - 12:40
Panel Discussion: Role of online platforms in boosting the digital economy
Venue
Facebook Room
Speaker
Umar Farooq
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Umar Farooq
Founder & CEO Tech Valley & Durshal Abbottabad
11:50 - 13:00
Big Data
Venue
Workshop Room 1
Speaker
Umer Memon
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Umer Memon
3D production lead at Quixel Pakistan
11:50 - 13:00
Quixel Tools Workshop
Venue
Main Hall
Speaker
Jhagra
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Taimur Saleem Khan Jhagra
Minister Finance Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
12:40 - 13:00
Ease of Doing Business and Regulatory Reform in KP
13:00 - 14:00
Break / Prayer / Lunch / Networking
Venue
Workshop Room 1
14:00 - 15:40
Thinking Differently; Solving Complex Challenges: Facilitated by UNDP
Venue
Workshop Room 2
Speaker
Kashif Taj
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Kashif Taj
Founder and CEO TechEase Solutions
14:00 - 15:40
Mobile Site Optimization (Powered by Google)
Venue
Facebook Room
Speaker
Aamir Iqbal
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Aamir Iqbal
Managing Director Green Hat World
14:00 - 15:40
Q&A with Freelancing and Blogging Experts
Venue
Main Hall
Speaker
Abbas Saleem Khan
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Abbas Saleem Khan
CEO of Optera Digital
14:00 - 14:50
Panel Discussion: How Gamification can prepare us for the future
Venue
Main Hall
Speaker
Meenah Tariq
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Meenah Tariq
Partner at Karavan Venture Capital
14:50 - 15:40
Panel Discussion: Investor Roundtable
15:40 - 16:00
Tea and Networking Break
Venue
Workshop Room 2
Speaker
Khurram Zafar
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Khurram Zafar
Country Director of 47 Ventures
16:00 - 17:10
Master Class Raising capitals for startups
Venue
Main Hall
Speaker
Maryam Arshad
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Maryam Arshad
Founder and Director at Impact Dynamics
16:00 - 16:50
Panel Discussion: Skills required to create world-class digital services products and companies
Venue
Facebook Room
Speaker
Farhad Jarral
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Farhad Jarral
Researcher at the Kettering Foundation
16:00 - 17:10
Fake News Identification and Eradication
Venue
Workshop Room 1
Speaker
Alifya Khandwala
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Alifya Khandwala
Founder & Director at Jugnu Films
16:00 - 17:10
Story Telling and World Building For Animation
Venue
Main Hall
Speaker
Dr. Umar Taj
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Dr. Umar Taj
Behavioural & Decision Scientist
16:50 - 17:10
Life by Design: Using insights from behavioral science to achieve your goals
Venue
Main Hall
Speaker
Muhammad Uzair
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Muhammad Uzair
Founder & CEO Blimp
17:10 - 18:00
Panel Discussion: Social Media Influencers: Reaching Millions
18:00
Closing + Awards Ceremony
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Great people who have spoken at DYS

Tech industry experts, political leaders, policymakers, entrepreneurs and more!
Anna-O'Donnell
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Anna O'Donnell
Senior Social Development Specialist
asra-nadeem
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Asra Nadeem
Venture Partner at Draper Ventures and VP Entrepreneurial Programs at DraperU
Aurélie-SALVAIRE
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Aurélie SALVAIRE
Social Entrepreneur
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Imran Khan
Prime Minister of Pakistan
Melinda-good
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Melinda Good
Country Manager - World Bank Pakistan
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Neil Buhne
UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Pakistan
Rabeel-Warraich
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Rabeel Warraich
Founder and CEO of Sarmayacar
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Syed Ali Naseer
Chief Corporate & Regulatory Affairs Officer Jazz

#DYS2019 Brings

This time Digital Youth Summit is beyond than just a conference
Keynotes
Keynotes
Keynotes
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Mentor-Hour
Mentor-Hour
Self explained guide.
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Panel Discussions
Panel Discussions
24Hrs Support available
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Workshops - Breakout sessions
Workshops - Breakout sessions
Well tested secure codes.
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Digital Freelancers Award 2018-19
Digital Freelancers Award 2018-19

To recognize the tremendous work already done by established freelancers, as well as to encourage more youth to the industry, KPITB is pleased to a

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Startup Expo 2019
Startup Expo 2019
Startup Expo 2019
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DYS19 has been brought to you by

Supporting Partners

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world bank
MDTF

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Official Media Partners

Jang Media Group
Geo TV
Interlink

Development Partners

UNDP Pakistan
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Digital KP

During DYS 2017, the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa launched the Digital KP Strategy—a vision to use digital technologies to create jobs, improve services and boost citizen engagement in the province. Have a look at some of the projects under Digital KP
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