Speakers            

Former Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States; Former Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan; Board Member of Atlantic Council

Asim Rehman is the Chief Administrative Law Judge and Commissioner at the New York City Office of Administrative Trials & Hearings
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Saema Somalya (YC 99, YLS 02) is a seasoned executive with over two decades of experience in consumer products and innovation
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Hira Mustafa is a New York City-based law student, beauty influencer, and digital storyteller who seamlessly blends her Pakistani heritage with modern media
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Attorney, advocate, New America's Future Security fellow author of the New York Times bestseller “Adnan’s Story”
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Omer Aziz is an author of Brown Boy: A Memoir. Born to working-class parents of Pakistani origin in Toronto, Canada, with the help of scholarships
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Soniah Kamal is an award-winning novelist, essayist, public speaker. Her novel, Unmarriageable: Pride and Prejudice in Pakistan
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Dur e Aziz Amna is the author of the novel American Fever, winner of the SABA Book Award and the APALA Award for Literature, as well as the forthcoming novel
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Zarrar Said was born in Lahore and spent his childhood between Dubai and the US. His debut novel, Pureland, published by Harper Collins
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VP at National Grid and seasoned entrepreneur; a driving force in cutting-edge technologies. Her expertise in AI positions her at the critical intersection of technological advancement and public policy

Kalsoom is the Co-founder & General Partner at i2i Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund for Pakistan, and the country’s first female-founded VC fund, which opened its doors in 2019
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Nabeel Kaukab is the Founder and CEO of Jaan Health, a software company transforming chronic disease management with AI-powered virtual care
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Sonny is the founder of Paani Project, a nonprofit working to bring clean water and empower communities in rural Pakistan
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Founder, Nerve Analytics; Former Yale Goldberg World Fellow; Adjunct Professor, George Washington University; renowned policy expert, innovator, and a published author named in Forbes 30 Under 30
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Director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center; leading specialist on Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan and their relations with the United States
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Wajahat Ali is an overweight, middle aged dad of three kids who drives a minivan and shops at Costco
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Journalist covering politics, technology and business in the Middle East and Pakistan for Bloomberg News, Reuters, The Daily Star and Rest of World
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Director of Voice of America’s South and Central Asia Division; forme chief of Voice of America’s Afghanistan and Pakistan bureau based in Islamabad

Jibran Ilyas is a Consulting Leader at Mandiant (now part of Google Cloud). He has investigated some of the world's largest breaches in the financial, health, retail and technology sectors
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Ayaan Sohail is one of the first Pakistani Division 1 Men’s basketball players in NCAA history. A full-ride Division 1 scholarship athlete at Lamar University
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Sobia A. Shaikh is a San Francisco-based digital content creator specializing in fashion, travel, wellness, and lifestyle, with a combined following of 800K on Instagram and TikTok
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Syra Madad, DHSc, MSc, MCP, CHEP, is an internationally recognized public health leader, biosecurity expert, and epidemiologist specializing in infectious disease preparedness and response
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Founding Dean, Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health at UT Southwestern

Award winning journalist, educator and cultural organizer; Lecturer and Associate Research Scholar at the Yale Divinity School

Rida Ali is an aspiring journalist and digital media producer dedicated to documenting and amplifying stories from South Asia
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Editor, The Baloch Hal and Writer for U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center; leading specialist on Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan and their relations with the United States
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Award-winning Creative Director and a multi-disciplinary artist

Actor and Writer (Deli Boys, Ms Marvel, The Marvels)

Author of Gather & Graze; senior art director at Harper Collins

Artist and Creative Director who works with calligraphy; collaborations with Meta & Disney

Celebrated Visual Artist

Emmy-nominated journalist and author, Wajahat is the founder of the Ivy Future of Pakistan Conference
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Former U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan

Former Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States; Former Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan; Board Member of Atlantic Council

President of WWF; former inaugural Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University