Conference Programme

Day 1: Wednesday, 16^th November 2016

9:00 – 9:55

Registration

Inaugural Session

(10:00 - 11:30)

Before 10:00

Guests to be seated

10:00 - 10:05

Recitation from Holy Quran

10:05 - 10:15

Welcome Address

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Aslam Uqaili

Vice Chancellor, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET), Jamshoro

10:15 - 10:25

Objectives of the STIPM Conference

Prof. Dr. Arabella Bhutto by Conference convener

Co-Director, Mehran University Institute of Science, Technology and Development, MUET, Jamshoro.

10:25 - 10:40

Building Indigenous STI Policy and Management Capacity of Pakistan

Keynote Address by Prof. Dr. S.M. Qureshi

Former Federal Secretary of Science and Technology, Pakistan

10:40 - 10:55

Role of STEM Education towards STI Policy and Economic Development

Keynote Address by Prof. Dr. Manzoor Soomro

President ECO, Science Foundation

10:55 - 11:10

Science and Technology in Pakistan: Role of Pakistan Council for Science, and Technology

Keynote Address by Prof. Dr. Anwar-ul-Hassan Gilani

Chairman, Pakistan Council for Science and Technology, Pakistan

11:10 - 11:20

Remarks by Guest of Honour

Mr. Fazal Abbas Maken

Secretary of Ministry of Science and Technology, Pakistan

11:20 – 11:30

Address by Chief Guest

Honorable Mr Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani

Minister for Planning and Development Department, Government of Sindh

11:30 - 11:45

Tea Break

11:45 - 12:15

Signing of Memorandum of Understanding between Mehran University of Engineering and Technology and Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning

Signing of Memorandum of Understanding between Mehran University of Engineering and Technology and Pakistan Council for Science, Technology and Development

Signing of Memorandum of Understanding between Mehran University Institute of Science, Technology and Development and UTM Perdana School STI Policy

Technical Session 1 at Ball Room C

Science, Technology and Innovation Policy and Governance

12:15- 12:30

Experience of ISTIC with reference to STI Policies and South-South Cooperation

Keynote Presentation by Dato’ Dr. Samsudin Tugiman FASc

Chairman of ISTIC Governing Board

12:30- 12:45

A sequential model of Innovation Strategy

Dr. Lenggogeni Azhari

12:45- 13:00

Information Sharing: The Missing Ingredient in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy of Pakistan-Agriculture Perspective

Asmat Ali, Munir Ahmad and Mobushir Riaz Khan

13:00 - 13:15

Value Chain Governance in Pakistan’s Mango Industry: Issues and Options for Performance Improvement

Dr. Hamad Badar

13:15 - 13:30

Questions and Answers

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Manzoor Soomro

13:30 – 14:15

Lunch and prayer break

Technical Session 2 at Ball Room C

Innovation and R&D Management

Technical Session 3 at Arcade Hall

Economics of Innovation and Development

14:15- 14:30

Science, Technology and Innovation in Korea: Experience of Development and the Way Forward

Keynote Presentation by Dr. Youngah Park

President, KISTEP, Korea

Taluka Kotri resident’s socioeconomic living conditions: A public policy perspective

Farrukh Baig, Mir Aftab Hussain Talpur, Imtiaz Ahmed Chandio and Gopal Das Menghwar

14:30 - 14:45

Best Practices in Research and Development – Lessons for OIC Member states

Dr. STK Naim

The adoption of Innovative Measures to Estimate and Offset the future Pension Liabilities of engineering and Technology University – Case Study

Mir Muhammad Shaikh, Dr. Arabella Bhutto, Javaid Dars, Muhammad Saleh Ansari, Abdul Ghafoor Ansari

14 :45 - 15:00

Overcoming Challenge of R&D and Innovation Financing in Developing Countries: A Proposed Way Forward For Pakistan

Dr. Tariq Bashir, Farid Bakhtiar and Dr. Anwar-Ul-Hassan Gilani

Lighting Ergonomics: A Case Study towards Economic Energy Conservation

Atif Iqbal

15:00 - 15:15

Questions and Answers

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Iqbal Chowdhry

Questions and Answers

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Roshan Shah Rashdi

Technical Session 4 at Ball Room C

Innovation and R&D Management

Round Table Discussion at Arcade Hall

15:15 - 15:30

Development of Web Application for Identification of Research Capacities and Strength of Universities

Jagul Huma Lashari, Dr. Arabella Bhutto and Dr. Pir Roshan Shah Rashdi

Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Policy Components – Essentials for the Eco System of the Knowledge Based Economy in Pakistan

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Arabella Bhutto

15:30 - 15:45

Can social media act as a significant knowledge source for product innovation in FMCG firms?

Naheed Bashir and Dr. Khaleel Malik

15:45 - 16:00

Measuring awareness level of Research and Development funding opportunities in public sector universities of Sindh

Saima Fazlani and Dr. Arabella Bhutto

16:00 - 16:15

Questions and Answers

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Akram Shaikh

16:15-16:30

Tea Break

Technical Session 5 at Ball Room C

Economics of Innovation and Development

Technical Session 6 at Arcade Hall

Technology, Innovation and Development

16:30- 16:45

Analysis of Export Led Growth Hypothesis in Emerging Countries

Hummaira Jabeen, Muhammad Nadeem and Muhammad Walid

Crime Mapping the best option for Criminology: A Review

Humza Masood

16:45- 17:00

Thinking outside the box within a box: Sustainable social innovation to improve health outcomes

Dr. Abdur Rehman Cheema, Tahira Tarique, Manzoor Hussain, Bashir Anjum

A Conceptual Framework for Load Balancing in Working Memory of Social Robots

Wasim Ahmad Khan, Hafiz Sameeullah, Danial Hussain Butt, Muhammad Umar Tariq, Muhammad

17:00 - 17:15

Spillover Effects of Technology Transfer through Mutual Trade Flows and Sustainable Development in the ECO Region

Dr. Komail Tayebi and Zahra Zamani

Recreation Management in Residential Communities of Hyderabad

Afrae Zunaira, Azhar Ali Mangi, Ali Hassan Bhatti and Deepak Kumar

17:15- 17:30

Micro Credit and Female Entrepreneurs: A Comparative Analysis of Khushhali Bank Ltd Pakistan and Grameen Bank Bangladesh

Paras Abro, Sheeraz A. Katper and Dr. Asif Ali Shah

Self-Awareness Mechanism for Top Down Attention using Fuzzy Logic in Cognitive Agents

Wasim Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Furqan Khan, Muhammad Abubakar, Tooba Ramzan, Hamza Sarfraz and Ahmed Alvi

17:30- 17:45

Exploring the Work and Opportunities In Social Entrepreneurship in Pakistan

Haroon Bakari and Ifraz Adeel

Optimal placement of gateway node for real time healthcare monitoring using WBAN

Abd Ullah Khan

17:45- 18:00

Income Generation Capabilities in Technology University: A Case Study

Muhammad Saleh Ansari, Dr. Arabella Bhutto, Javaid Dars, Mir Muhammad Shaikh and Abdul Ghafoor Ansari

Determining the factors contributing in transportation management: A case study of education institution in Jamshoro city

Sajan Shaikh, Rizwan Ali Khoso and Faiza Abbasi

18:00 - 18:15

Questions and Answers

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Iqbal Bhanger

Questions and Answers

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Iqbal Panwer

Day 2: Thursday, 17^th November 2016

10:00- 10:15

Strategic Management of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy

Keynote presentation by Prof. Dr. Zamri Bin Mohamed

UTM Perdana School of STI Policy, Malaysia

10:15- 10:30

Improving Competitiveness of Pakistan’s Export-Oriented Manufacturing SMEs

Ahsan Munir

10:30 - 10:45

Knowledge, Perception and Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change among Rice Farmers in Hadeja and Kazaure Local Governemnt Areas of Jigawa State of Nigeria

Dr. Lawal Mohammad Anka and Dr. Kamleswar Lohana

10:45 - 11:00

Regional innovation system for tourism in Pakistan: In perspective of foreign students of higher education institutes

Noureen Bhutto

11:00 – 11:15

Korean R&D Investment Trend Analysis by Government R&D Policy

Dr. Hong Bum Kim

11:15 - 11:30

Questions and Answers

Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Anwar-ul-Hassan Gillani

11:30 - 11:45

Tea Break

11:45- 12:00

Key Problems is Science and Innovation Policy: From Practice to Theory

Keynote Presentation by Prof. Dr. Maria Nedeva

Manchester Business School, UK

12:00- 12:15

The Next Generation Entrepreneurial University

Keynote Presentation by Dr. Marina Ranga

Senior Researcher, H-STAR Institute, Stanford University

12:15-12:30

The Contribution of Incubation Centre in Developing Countries

Iqra Memon

12:30- 12:45

Role of NGOs in development of Entrepreneurs in Pakistan

Sheeraz A. Katper, Niaz H. Kori and Naveeda Katper

12:45-13:00

Analysis of Automobile Enterprises’ Product and Technological Process Innovation Practices in Pakistan: Case Study

Javaid Dars, Dr. Arabella Bhutto, Dr Roshan Shah Rashdi

13:00- 13:15

Promotion and Development of Energy Efficiency & Labeling in Pakistan

Amjad Ali, Muhammd Zuhaib, Uxiang Wang, Chi Xu, Dr. Zahid Memon

13:15- 13:30

Assessing Gaps In Ranking Criteria: Study of HEC (Pakistan), Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) and Times Higher Education (THE)

Nazish Baladi, Dr. Arabella Bhutto, Dr. Roshan Shah Rashdi and Dr. Qazi Moinuddin Abro

13:15 - 13:30

Questions and Answers

Session Chair: Dr. STK Naim

13:30 – 14:30

Lunch and prayer break

14:30-15:30

Intellectual Property Rights and Sustainable Economic Development

Moderator: Dr. Owais Hassan Shailk

Panelists:

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Bhanger, International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi Dr. Ashish Bharadwaj, Assistant Director, Centre for IP and Technology Law, Jindal Global Law School, India

Mr. Muhammad Ismail, Deputy Director, IPO Pakistan

Mr. Hamood-ur-Rub Jeffry, IP Lawyer, Sindh Bar Council and Member of Pakistan Industrial and Intellectual Property Association; International Trademark Association (INTA) and Asian Patent Attorneys Association

Concluding Session

(15:30-17:00 pm)

15:30 – 16:10

Conclusions, Recommendations and a Way forward

Dr. Arabella Bhutto, Dr. Zahid Ali Memon, Dr. Asif Ali Shah and Dr. Kamleshwer Lohana

16:10 – 16:40

Distribution of Shields and Souvenirs

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Aslam Uqaili

Vice Chancellor, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET), Jamshoro

16:30 – 16:40

Concluding Remarks by Chief Guest

Prof. Dr. Mohammad Ashraf

Chairman, Pakistan Science Foundation

16: 40 – 16:50

Vote of Thanks

Dr. Zahid Ali Memon

Conference Secretary

16:50 - 17:00

Group Photo