A day long conference on "Pakistan Economic and Social Development" will be held at the MIT Sloan School of Management in Cambridge MA, USA, on Saturday March 07 1998.


Chowk will host the event live at the Chowk Chatroom, starting from 9:30am EST (6:30am Pacific Time) on Saturday March 07. Chowk Associate covering the event at MIT will be logged on live at the Chatroom throughout the event. They will take questions and comments from Chowkwalas around the world, convey them to the speakers, and relay back their responses at the Chatroom.


The text of the speeches will placed on Chowk as they are made available by the conference delegates. With some presentation texts already on Chowk and with detailed profiles of all speakers, Chowkwalas will be able to utilize the live chat coverage well. The text for the remaining speeches shall be placed on Chowk thereafter.


Enter here for conference schedule and speaker profiles


The Pakistan Economic & Social Development Conference will be held at the
MIT Sloan School of Management on Saturday, March 7, 1998. The day-long
conference, featuring the theme "Integrating Pakistan Into the New Global
Economy", will be addressed by nearly 20 speakers from business, academia,
government, and non-governmental organizations. Panel discussion sessions
on Social Development, Economic Issues, and Political Environment will be
complemented by a screening of the recent documentary "Mr. Jinnah: The
Making of Pakistan" as well as a keynote address by Mr. Shaukat Aziz,
Executive Vice President of Citibank. The event has been organized by
Pakistani students at several Boston-area colleges and is primarily
sponsored by Citibank, the Government of Pakistan, and MIT. Conference
organizers have defined broad goals of:


Providing a forum to discuss the various political, economic, and social
issues affecting Pakistan
Providing realistic evaluations and recommendations for policy makers
and institutions
Fostering positive and innovative initiatives for the improvement of
Pakistan's situation


The conference is expected to attract an audience of nearly 300 university
students and young professionals. Pre-registration is strongly recommended.

Visit http://pakistan.mit.edu. Or contact the organizers at:
Phone: (1) 617 225-8418
Fax: (1) 617 577-9124
Email: pakistan@mit.edu


The Speakers at the conference include:

His Excellency Riaz Khokhar, Pakistani Ambassador to the U.S.
Mr. Shaukat Aziz, Executive Vice President, Citibank
Dr. Khurram Khan Afridi, Chief Technology Officer, Techlogix Inc.
Mr. Iqbal Noor Ali, CEO, Aga Khan Foundation USA
Dr. Tahir Andrabi, Professor of Economics, Pomona College
Dr. Nasim Ashraf, President Emeritus, Association of Pakistani
Physicians
Mr. Shahreyar Azhar, Vice President, Citibank
Dr. Durdana Gillani, President, Association of Pakistani Physicians
Ms. Masooma Habeeb, Economist
Dr. Shahla Haeri, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Director of
Womens Studies Program, Boston University
Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy, Professor of Physics, Quaid-e-Azam University
and University of Maryland
Dr. Nadeem ul Haque, Advisor, International Monetary Fund
Ms. Hina Jillani, Human Rights Commision - Pakistan
Mrs. Mona Kasuri, CEO, Beaconhouse School System, Pakistan
Dr. Mohammad Nizamuddin, Director, U.N. Population Fund
Dr. Marvin Weinbaum, Professor of Political Science, University of
Illinois