Lahore Management Summit 2009 TiECON

On 20th of June here in Lahore @ PC Hotel in Crestal Hall i was invited for Lahore Management Summit 2009 hosted by NUTSHELL FORUM & TiE Lahore.

Woh it was excellent, it was a very good experiece i am very much sure people who were there to attend this summit they really enjoyed a lot. All speakers & their topics was really good, theme of the summit was "Managing in Turbulent Time - The Way Forward"

The Summit started at 09:45am with Recitation of Holly Quran & then National Anthem, welcome address given by Mr. Azfar Ahsan the CEO of both Nutshell & Asian Leadership Society, then Mr. Ted Marra the Chief Strategy Officer of Sybrid shared very informative information with us his topic was "Recession, Servival & an Opportunity" after then Mr. Parvez A. Shahid the Co-Chairam of Bnak Alfalah Ltd & Director of Warid & Wateen Telecom came on the stage & he start boouring most of the attenders , he was totally out of his topic "Managing in Turbulent Time -The way Forward" infect its was the whole summit theme, but any how....

Then Mr. Monis Rahman came for vote of thanks, he his President of TiE & CEO of Rozee.pk, after then we enjoyed wonderful Tea Break with cakes & sandwich.... :)

The Second Session was all about the panel discussion their topic was "The Leadership Challenge - Sustaining Growth, Expanding the Boundaries" the name of the panellists who took a part in this discussion : Mr. Sohail Wajahat (M.D Siemens Pakistan Engineering, Pakistan), Mr. Khuram Rahat (M.D Teradata Pakistan), Mr. Kamal Ahmed (Country Manager Microsoft, Pakistan), Mr. Amir jahangir (CEO SAMAA TV), Mr. Humayun Bashir (Country G.M IBM Pakistan), Mr. Saad Waraich (Country Director Nokia Siemens Network Pakistan) the Moderator of this discussion was Mr.Leon Menezes (Director General Manager HR Pakistan, Midle East, Central Asia & Srilanka, Shell).

After the discussion two presentation was presented one by Mr. Haroon Bhatti (Director people Excellence & BPI, Telenor Pakistan) his topic was "Why Changes is bad " and after this presentation Mr. Basharat Cheema came on board, i think i don’t need to tell the name of his origination because from last couple of years each & every Pakistani is very much familiar from name & his origination, yes you all right he is PEPCO, he came to tell us which we all knows & listing from his & difference ministers mouths....any how his topic was "Efficient Engery Use in Turbulent Times"... and this was the end of 2nd session....And we did delicacies Lunch.

3rd Session start was really very good & i sure it was a new experience for most of the attender, Mr Fredrik Nillson (M.D Oriflame Pakistan) came on stage & he ask all of the attenders for clapping actually he was waking all of us after the Lunch, he give us presentation on "Harnessing Sustainable Growth in Emerging Markets" . After this Ms.Sheeza Mohsin Dhanani (CEO Complete Solutions & leadership Strategist. USA) came & give good presentation, she involved all of the attenders by asking questions & Answers, her topic was "Managing Talent & Oranizational Conflict During a Downturn" . Then Dr. Khalid Javed Chowdhry (Member Board of trustee, TiE Global Inc) gave the wonderful speech, its was really very impressive, his topic was "Entrepreneurship Opportunities in the downturn" .

Last Presentation was the best from all of the day which i liked very much it was by Mr. Badar Khushnood (Country Consultant, Google Inc, Pakistan) his topic was "Marketing in Challenging Times" he told us, infect he proved how companies can save their marketing cost by doing E-marketing of their products on the internet.

Last address was given by the chief Guest Mr. Sartaj Aziz (V.C Beaconhouse University & Ex- Federal Minister of Finance & Foreign Affairs).

That is all from my side, now comment & share your views.