Inaugural Session

Schedule	Event
0930-1000 hrs	Registration
1000 hrs	Arrival of Chief Guest
1000-1005 hrs	Recitation from Holy Quran
1005-1010 hrs	Introduction of Conference by Executive Director, CISS
1010-1015 hrs	Welcome Address by DG DEPO
1015-1025 hrs	Address by Minister for Defence Production
1025-1040 hrs	Address by Chief Guest
1040-1100 hrs	Tea Break

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Plenary Session I

Chief Guest:

Chief Guest: Maj Gen Syed Ali Hamid (Retd)

Schedule	Event
1100-1115 hrs	Address by Chief Guest
1115-1130 hrs Speaker:	Global/Regional Military Outlook, Trends and Challenges for Pakistan’s Defence Industry Dr. Rifaat Hussain, Professor, NUST
1130-1145 hrs Speaker:	Turkish Public-Private Partnership Model in Defence Production and Enhancing Defence Exports Prof Dr. Ismail Demir from Under Secretariat of Defence Industries, Ankara, Turkey
1145-1200 hrs Speaker:	Pakistan’s Defence Industry in the Global/Regional Security Milieu and contribution towards National Development including Prospects of Public-Private Partnership Lt Gen Tanvir Tahir (Retd) Former Secretary Defence Production
1200-1220 hrs Speaker:	Prospects of Defence Industry in National Development, including Public-Private Partnership in global/regional security environment Mr. Rumi Moiz, MD R&D Engineering (Pvt) Ltd
1220-1330 hrs	Discussion
1330-1430 hrs	Lunch Break

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Plenary Session II

Chief Guest: Senator Lt Gen Abdul Qayyum (Retd) Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Defence Production

Chief Guest: Mr. S. M. Muneer, Chief Executive, TDAP

Schedule	Event
1430-1445 hrs	Address by Chief Guest, Lt Gen Abdul Qayyum (Retd)
1445-1500 hrs Speaker:	Academia-Industry Relationship for promotion of Development in defence industry in Pakistan Lt Gen Muhammad Asghar (Retd) Rector NUST
1500-1515 hrs Speaker:	Industry-Academia Cooperation for Research and Development in Defence Industry in Pakistan Mr. Aamer Hashmi, President GTTN, NUST
1515-1530 hrs Speaker:	Capabilities of Private Sector in Defence Industry and Avenues of Cooperation with Public Sector Mr. Syed Naseem Raza, Executive Director, Wah Nobel Group, POF
1530-1545 hrs Speaker:	Capacity and Potential of Private Sector for Cooperation with Public Sector Defence Enterprises Dr. Ishrat Hussain, Dean and Director IBA, Karachi
1545-1700 hrs	Discussion
1700-1730 hrs	Tea