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Roll
Back Time...Celebrate NED and its Heritage
NEDians Convention 2007
September 8, 2007 - Silicon Valley,
California
Dress
Code: Business Casual - Semi Formal
Day
Program and Conference :
8:30
AM - 4:30 PM
Venue: Network
Meeting Center (Tech Mart), Santa Clara, CA
8:30
- 9:30 AM:
Registration/Continental
Breakfast
9:30
- 9:40 AM:
Conference Opening, Riaz
Haq, President of NED Alumni Association of Silicon
Valley, CA
9:40
- 10:30 AM:
Morning
Keynote Speech by NEDian
Tanweer A Mallick, Principal, ASR Associates
Return
to Glory - … And
today, as we gather here in Silicon Valley, let
us remind ourselves who and what made our journey
possible ...
10:30
- 11:30 Panel 1:
From
NED to NASDAQ - Is
getting your company to NASDAQ a panacea for technology
entrepreneurs? Is successful M&A as rewarding?
Is it better to self fund the company all the
way? What are advantages and limitations of one
versus another? Learn from NEDian panelists who
have been successful on all sides of the spectrum.
You will hear from Panelists whose companies have
gone public or been acquired to VC funded private
startups to self funded successful companies in
their own right.
Moderator:
Asghar
Aboobaker (Managing Director, K2
Ventures, LLC, Venture Partner Horizon
Ventures)
Panelists:
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Rashad
Ali - Founder of IP Mobile (sold to Cisco),
Mavenir (Founder), now in a Stealth-mode StartUp)
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11:30
- 1:00 Lunch/networking
1:00
- 2:15 PM Panel 2:
NED
History and Heritage - What
NED means to NED Alumni. How it impacted our lives.
What is so unique about NEDians that sets NED
apart from all other institutions in the Country.
Is it the highly competitive admission criteria,
is it the dedication of the staff and faculty
or is it the post NED Life of NEDians? How can
we explore and exploit the rich history and heritage
of one the oldest institution in the subcontinent
to make NED better? Remembering pleasant memories
of our lives in NED, the Student activities like
welcome parties, Annual Functions, Industrial
Tours of the Country, the Students week, sporting
events. What do the panel member remember as the
most outstanding memory? Hear the panel members
talk about how the torch was passed by one generation
to the next, creating a great Network of NEDians.
Moderator:
Rashid
Ali Baig (CE-1983). Past President NEDSU
Panelists:
2:15
- 2:45 Networking break
2:45-
4:00 PM Panel 3:
Beyond
Engineering - People
with advanced degrees in fields of science and
engineering often go beyond their areas of training.
Many have pursued professions in Creative Arts,
Finance and other Non-Engineering areas. In the
Beyond Engineering Panel discussion we will meet
several such NEDians. Why did they make this transition?
Does their engineering training help them in their
chosen professions? Did they enter engineering
programs because our education system treats engineering
degrees as a status symbol? Given the choice again,
would they choose a different degree program?
How does the Right and Left brain live in harmony?
What can we learn from women engineers who clearly
go beyond engineering by working in technical
positions and simultaneously raise a family …
giving start-ups a new meaning …
Moderator:
Safwan
Shah,
Co-Founder Chowk & President of Infonox, Inc.
Panelists:
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- Sabahat
Ashraf - Writer, Activist, Blogger
- Nadeem Moghal - IT Consultant
- Arif Gafur - Social and Political
Activism
- Nabiha Mauiyyedi - Ex-President
of International Organization of Pakistani Women
Engineers (IOPWE)
4:00
PM Closing remarks by Riaz
Haq, Chair of Convention 2007 Steering Committee
Evening
Program and Banquet :
6:00PM - 12:30 AM
Venue: Crowne
Plaza Hotel Downtown San Jose, San Jose, CA
6:00
- 7:30 PM
Registration and Reception
7:30
- 8:30 PM - Dinner
8:30
- 9:15 PM - Keynote Speech by
Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy, Professor and Chairman
of Physics Dept, Quaid-e-Azam University
THE
POWER OF IDEAS AND THE MODERN UNIVERSITY: Ideas
rule the world, drive our actions, inform our
beliefs, and unleash mighty revolutions. Universities
in the developed world are the powerhouses of
ideas, the engines of progress, and repositories
of accumulated wisdom. How can Pakistani universities
follow suit, and how must Pakistan's higher education
system be changed for it to succeed?
9:15-9:30
PM - Awards
Presentation by Riaz
Haq, Conference Chair
9:30
- 10:00 PM - Networking
break
10:00-
12:30 AM - Entertainment
Comedy Performance by British-Pakistani Comedienne
Shazia Mirza
Music by NEDian and local talents
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