Abstracts
1. Opening Plenary on 4 December 2018: South Asia Economic Summit (SAES XI)
2. Opening Plenary on 5 December 2018: Sustainable Development Conference (21st SDC)
3. Regional Economic Corridors in Central and South Asia – Panel Organisers: Dr Vaqar Ahmed and Ms Rabia Manzoor, SDPI
4. Role of Women’s Home Journals and the Development of Female Education in South Asia– Panel Organisers: Dr Humaira Ishfaq and Mr Ahmed Salim, SDPI
5. Whither Left Politics in South Asia? Past, Present and Future in the 21st Century – Panel Organisers: Dr Humaira Ishfaq and Mr Ahmed Salim, SDPI
6. Fiscal Policies in South Asia: Why is Revenue Mobilization so Challenging? – Panel Organisers: Mr Robert Beyer, World Bank and Dr Vaqar Ahmed and Mr Ahad Nazir, SDPI
7. Building Renewable Energy Supply Chains in South Asia - Panel Organiser: Mr Ahad Nazir, SDPI
8. Intraregional Trade in South Asia: Challenges and Opportunities - Panel Organisers: Ms Rabia Manzoor and Mr Asif Javed, SDPI
9. Harnessing the Potential of Agriculture Value Chains in South Asia - Panel Organiser: Mr Asif Javed and Mr Syed Shujaat Ahmed, SDPI
10. Blue Economy in South Asia: Prospects for Cooperation - Panel Organisers: Dr Imran Khalid and Ms Samavia Batool, SDPI
11. Intra-regional Investment Cooperation in South Asia for SMEs Development – Panel Organiser: Mr Wasif Naqvi, SDPI
12. Deepening Business-to-Business Engagement Processes in South Asia - Panel Organiser: Mr Wasif Naqvi, SDPI
13. Prospects of Regional Cooperation for Quality Education in South Asia – Panel Organiser: Mr Shahid Minhas, SDPI
14. Role of Judiciary in Promoting Women’s Access to Justice in South Asia – Panel Organisers: Ms Saman Ahsan, UNWomen, Ms Imrana Niazi and Ms Rabia Manzoor, SDPI
15. Creating Shared Value – Private Financing for the Sustainable Development Goals - Panel Organisers: Ms Komal Shakeel and Mr Bernhard Hartleitner, GIZ and Ms Amna Sandhu and Dr Shafqat Munir, SDPI
16. Redefining the Role of Civil Society Organisations in South Asia - Panel Organisers: Dr Nathalene Reynolds and Mr Junaid Zahid, SDPI
17. Achieving SDGs through Citizen-centric Health Reforms– Panel Organisers: Mr Rana Nazir and Ms Nabila Kanwal, SDPI
18. Strengthening Voices of Minorities: Countering Hate and Violence – Panel Organisers: Dr Shafqat Munir and Ms Uzma T. Haroon, SDPI
19. Knowledge and Technology Transfer under CPEC – Panel Organisers: Dr Sajid Amin and Mr Wajid Ali and Ms Ifra Baig SDPI and Dr Fahd Amjad, Centre of Excellence – China Pakistan Economic Corridor, Islamabad.
20. Practicing Fiscal Decentralisation: Gaps and Challenges – Panel Organisers: Mr Christian Seiler, GIZ, Dr Shafqat Munir and Ms Rabia Tabassum, SDPI
21. Poverty Reduction through Social Mobilisation in South Asia – Panel Organisers: Ms Shandana Khan, RSPN and Mr Muhammad Awais Umer, SDPI
22. Renewable Energy Landscape of South Asia – Panel Organisers: Ms Mome Saleem, HBS & Mr Muhammad Awais, SDPI
23. Pakistan and India: Tackling Air Pollution Together – Panel Organisers: Ms Rina Saeed Khan, Ms Bharati Chaturvedi and Mr Hassan Murtaza Syed, SDPI
24. Competition and IP regime in South Asia - Panel Organisers: Ms Rabia Manzoor and Mr Ahad Nazir, SDPI
25. Regional and Trans-Regional Integration – Panel Organisers: Mr Shakeel Ahmad Ramay, CEO Zalmi Foundation and Ms Aswah Munib Khan and Mr Talal Akhtar, SDPI
26. Readiness of the Private Sector to Tap into Business Opportunities in the Central Asian Region – Panel Organisers: Mr Shakeel Ahmad Ramay, CEO Zalmi Foundation and Ms Aswah Munib Khan and Mr Waqar Ahmed, SDPI
27. Regional Cooperation for Achieving SDGs in South Asia – Panel Organisers: Dr Nagesh Kumar, UNESCAP and Dr Sajid Amin, SDPI
28. Knowledge Corridors for Peace and Development across the Silk Road – Panel Organisers: Mr Shakeel Ahmad Ramay, CEO Zalmi Foundation and Ms Aswah Munib Khan and Mr Waqar Ahmed, SDPI
29. Connecting for Trade and Development: Issues and Prospects of Land Transport Corridors of South Asia – Panel Organisers: Dr Nagesh Kumar, UNESCAP and Mr Hassan Murtaza Syed, SDPI
30. Social Reconstruction: Corridors of Knowledge and Power in Perceptions of State – Panel Organisers: Dr Shehryar Khan and Ms Aoife McCullough-ODI
31. Climate Risk and Food Security Analysis – Panel Organisers: Mr Cristiano Mandra, WFP and Mr Ahmed Awais Khaver, SDPI
32. Pakistan's Changing Energy Market - Transition to New Realities – Panel Organisers: Dr Fatima Khushnood, IPPA and Engr Ahad Nazir, SDPI
33. Knowledge Connectivity between Asia and Europe – Panel Organisers: Dr Vaqar Ahmed, Mr Wasif Naqvi, SDPI; and, Mr Pierre Michel, EU Delegation
34. Pakistan’s Shared Water Resources: Time for Solutions – Panel Organisers: Dr Imran Khalid, SDPI; and, Nestle
35. Role of Private Sector in Climate Action – Panel Organisers: Mr Arif Rehman, Hashoo Foundation; and, Mr Ahmed Awais Khaver
36. Economy of Tomorrow - Future Drivers of Economic Growth and Job Creation – Panel Organisers: Mr Abdul Qadir, FES and Dr Vaqar Ahmed and Mr Syed Shujaat Ahmed, SDPI
37. Right-sizing the Health WARNING: Tobacco Control Initiative in Pakistan – Panel Organisers: Mr Waseem Iftikhar Janjua and Mr Wasif Naqvi, SDPI
38. Avenues for Climate-Resilient Development through Shared Research and Policy Initiatives – Panel Organisers: Dr Imran Khalid and Ms Samavia Batool, SDPI
39. Closing Plenary: H.U. Beg Memorial Lecture