Asad is an ER physician by day (and sometimes by night too when on call) and an author/blogger/innovator whenever he’s off. He recently initiated a novel multi-disciplinary training, education and research program at the Aga Khan University (AKU), that promotes critical, creative and innovative thinking relevant to bio-medicine and healthcare, as well as social innovation for resource-limited settings. Through that program, called Critical Creative Innovative Thinking (CCIT), he has been running the Ignite forum at AKU for the last two years to mobilize students and trainees to think out of the box. The first-ever Medical Hackathon at AKU in August 2016 was the next logical step to encourage students and others to ideate, create and innovate in a more structured manner so that AKU could harness that potential further.

With a recent MSc in Creativity and Change Leadership, Rumman works with Pakistani corporates to lay the foundation for building a culture of innovation.

His forte is working with top management and he counts among his clients UBL Fund Managers, Engro Fertilizer, Engro Corp., Aga Khan University Hospital and others. He is a regular speaker at innovation conferences and also conducts specialized workshops and problem solving sessions for his clients.

In addition, he holds an MBA from IBA, Karachi. KLIC conference is Rumman’s brainchild with the aim of bringing a change in Pakistani corporates and making them more innovative.

http://www.rummanahmad.com

Muhammad Aliuddin Ansari was appointed as the President & CEO of Engro Corporation during in May 2012 and was concurrently Chairman of all its subsidiaries till May 2015.

In previous roles he has been instrumental in launching Online Trading, Venture Capital and Private Equity in Pakistan, and also set up Pakistan’s first independent drilling company which he led as its CEO before joining Engro. He has served on a number of corporate boards and has also chaired the National Clearing Company of Pakistan. He is a graduate of Business Administration with a specialization in Finance & Investments.

Ingrid De Clercq is co-founder of CONGAZ, focusing on “Tuning your organisation and people for Innovation”. Themes she has been working on: How to compose an innovative team?  How to deal with diversity which is crucial for innovation but difficult to handle? How to change a static, hierarchical company culture into an agile, innovative and entrepreneurial one.

She counts among her clients the Belgian Post, AkzoNobel, Pfizer, Roche, Amcor, and many more.

Strategic Innovation professional. Strategy Innovation consultant at Strategos (founded by Gary Hamel) from 2000 to 2010. Founder in 2008 and Business Development VP at Exago (Innovation software and solutions based on Collective Intelligence).

Passionate about building corporate innovation capabilities that are sustained over time and that transform individuals, companies and industries.

Ismet is a change catalyst. She started her career as a financial consultant and evolved to become a serial entrepreneur. She was first drawn to the field of creativity and innovation when she became a parent. She speaks intimately about her journey on the TEDx stage.

Her acumen for translating creativity from theory into practice is evident in her diverse range of projects and clients. Ismet has worked with large organizations, entrepreneurs, governments, academics, not-for-profits, educators, parents, and children all over the world. Her clients range in age from 5 to “undisclosed” and include the Office of New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo and the National Institute of Education Sciences for the People’s Republic of China. Her most recent work includes the creation of a coaching model that is currently being used for leadership development in one of Europe’s largest aerospace organizations.

Asad S. Jafar is the Chairman & CEO of Philips Pakistan Limited, a role that he has held since January 2009. His association with Philips spans a period of over 18 years, working in diverse cultures and roles across the ASEAN- Pacific Market in Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand, and Indonesia. Asad also worked with ICI Pakistan for 8 years prior to joining Philips. He has extensive experience in the areas of general management, manufacturing, supply chain management, business excellence and leading change.

Hasan is a multidisciplinary designer, currently specializing in experience design. He helps companies connect with their customers through a human centered design approach. He holds two Masters degrees in Digital Media Management and Digital Experience Design from Hyper Island. He enjoys working on projects which bring about a positive social impact. In his free time he conducts Design Thinking workshops and mentors upcoming Start Ups.

Dr.Sara Saeed Khurram is the Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer, doctHERs, a novel healthcare market place focused on establishing an enhanced 2.0 version of technology-enabled healthcare delivery in Pakistan. The goal of doctHERs is to promote the inclusion of home-based female physicians in the workforce in order to provide quality and affordable healthcare to the underprivileged using tele-medicine. It aims to impact 16 million lives by 2020.

Gulraiz Khan is a transdisciplinary designer who uses human-centered design methodologies to develop enabling systems for disparate stakeholders and organizations wrestling with complex problems. He is currently working as a Lecturer in Communication & Design at Habib University in Karachi. Prior to this, he received an MFA in Transdisciplinary Design from Parsons The New School for Design in New York. He works at the intersection of design, research and urbanism, and has worked with organizations to develop human-centered design capabilities, including design research, stakeholder workshops and prototyping.

Shazad Dada is a seasoned banker and a prominent capital markets professional, with over 25 years of diverse experience with renowned financial institutions in the United States and Pakistan. Currently he is the Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan) Ltd., having earlier led Barclays Pakistan, and Deutsche Bank AG Pakistan. He is a graduate with honours from University of Pennsylvania with Bachelors of Science and Bachelors of Arts degrees, and also has an MBA from the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania. He loves golf and chess.