[May 15th 2008: Karachi, Pakistan] Pakistan’s technology industry has seen numerous events, but very few events have given this voice the opportunity to rise above all else, and make a difference.
The CIO Leadership Conference is a symposium where influential people of various industries are meant to gather and share innovative ideas for overcoming challenges therefore, paving the way for mutual growth. Maj. Gen. (Retd) Shahzada Alam Malik, Chairman, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority inaugurated the conference, on 15th May 2008, at the Karachi Marriott Hotel.
The International CIO Leadership Conference was for the first time held in conjunction with CONNECT 2008. It featured four exclusive sessions conducted by the CIOs, CSOs, CMOs and CEOs of the corporate sector. The conference provided an excellent networking platform for the participants and was well attended by high profile industry professionals, decision makers, Government officials from IT and Telecommunication sector.
On the other hand, Perspective Roundtable was designed to give top tier managements of various organizations a means for information sharing and industry development. The Roundtable gave the executives a chance to network and discussed what is going on in the industry and their organizations giving them an opportunity to share their experiences. Key speakers to the event included Mr. Imtiaz Sheikh from Bank Alfalah, Mr. Ahmed Kamran from Faysal Bank, Mr. Furqan Qureshi from Wateen Telecom, Mr. Sabah uz Zaman from State Bank of Pakistan, Mr. Ammar Jaffery from FIA Headquarters, Mr. Adnan Shahid from Mobilink, Mr. Kamran Meer from NIFT, Mr. Khawaja Mohammad Ali from NR3C, Syed Qutub Ahmed from APvision, Mr. Sadiq Panjwani from IBM Pakistan, Mr. Ted Marra from Cyber Internet Services and Mr. Taimur Kiddiee from 3M Pakistan.
The CIO Leadership Conference and Perspectives Roundtable, part of the International Data Group or IDG portfolio of events, are in spirit designed to do just that. The group is a leading technology media, research, and Event Company in the world and its portfolio encompasses more than 300 publications, over 400 websites, and more than 170 events.
About IDG
International Data Group (IDG) is the world’s leading technology media, events, and research company. IDG also publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers, based in more than 90 countries. CIO Pakistan being an extension of the IDG group focuses on key issues and business challenges and is becoming an interactive community trusted by Pakistani CIOs and other high-level IT executives.
