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SQL PASS Lahore – 2nd General Conference

SQL PASS Lahore (http://lahore.pass.org/) is organizing its 2^nd general conference in Lahore with collaboration of Confiz Limited.

SQL PASS Lahore Conference is where the largest community for technical data professionals come together for learning, networking & career development.

Details General Conference

Venue: Confiz Limited. LG Floor Leeds Center, Gulberg III, Lahore

Dated: Wednesday, May 24, 2017.

Timing: 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM.

To get shortlisted for the professional meetup, the only pre-requisite for registration is that you need to have at least 2 years of experience in software development.

Registration for the conference is mandatory. So make sure you’ve registered for the event in time and have received your confirmation email.

Registration Process

Send an email to lahore@sqlpass.org with title “SQL PASS Lahore Conference May 2017 Registration”
You need to include details about your organization, field of expertise and your experience.
A confirmation email from SQL PASS Lahore shall confirm your seat in conference.
Attached brochure shall list details of honorable speakers and their expert topics.

Conference Partners:

Confiz Limited
PASS
Microsoft

Global Entrepreneurship Summit: White House Invites Jehan Ara the Asian Pakistani tech entrepreneur

The leading Pakistani tech entrepreneur, Jehan Ara is invited by White House to speak at Stanford University for the next Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2016 (GES), updated on her latest social media post.

Jehan Ara pates Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT and ITES (P@sha), was founded in 1992 to give boost to software industry of Pakistan.

Ara will perform in panel discussion, invited on behalf of President Obama “‘investing in South Asia: What’s next for Entrepreneurship in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh’.

Jehan Ara heads P@SHA and its tech incubator ‘The Nest I/O’, that gives potential entrepreneurs with infrastructure, space, knowledge and facilities as well as space ACCESS to a network of mentors and potential investors.

She is supporting some major topics that include data protection, privacy and Cyber Crime. She is also part of an organization proposed on research backed advocacy named as Bolo Bhi.

Besides this all she is giving her services on an enterprise known as the ‘Women’s VIRTUAL NETWORK’ that will associate educated women with potential employers, peers remotely and mentors as well. However involving more women into the economic fold and managing a communal that will support professionals’ network for professional women.

About GES 2016

According to the website it purposes to present stimulating investors and entrepreneurs from all over the world boosting new opportunities for partnership, collaboration and investment, associate American investors with solid counterparts to present long term relationship and highlight entrepreneurship as means to meet international challenges.

The summit will come up with wide range of panels, mentoring, pitch competitions, ignite talks and networking sessions proposed to provide participants golden opportunities to get expertise and relationships that will support their ventures to grow.

Abacus Consulting Supporting Apigee API Management Platform Available in Pakistan

Recently Abascus consulting has contracted with APigee to become the supportive reseller partner for the Apigee API management platform. This agreement will permit Pakistani digital and FinTech associations to present themselves to outer world using APIs.

In more simple words using such an API engine in place companies as Daraz wil help them to present their data (specs, prices and listing as well) using API and who wish to utilize this data like marketers, payment processors and affiliate areas will quickly grasp the data in spite of scrapping the whole website.

This agreement will help Abacus and Apigee to deliver an intelligent API platform to support organizations hasten the stride of digital business. Furthermore it will support in creating an associated digital experience for consumers employees and partners.

Adding to this the Apigee API platform will help businesses to share data in secure mode and services across myriad tdevices and channels. The signing ceremony was held in Karachi where Mr. Saad Syed, Sales Director MEA for Apigee and Mr. Shoaib Khan, VP Abacus Consulting were present.

The synergy is boosted through this partnership is dignified to manage benchmarks of excellence in the industry and by helping complicated API deployments to be obtained via faster, simple and more effective process.

Mr. Abbas Ali Khan – MD Abacus Consulting said:

We welcome this new alliance and look forward to working with Apigee. We believe that through this partnership we will be able to unlock innovation and deploy digital business models with our customers.

Mr. Saad Syed – Sales Director MEA Apigee said:

APIs are already used as the currency for data exchange within and between organizations. Many organizations are now investigating the value of intelligent API management to help securely deliver and manage the APIs that power mobile applications and other digital initiatives. To assist these organizations within the country, Apigee is proud to partner with Abacus Consulting.

Apigee’s flagship product Apigee Edge gives a solution that connects the entire digital value chain, from the backend systems of record to the customer who connects through an app.

Microsoft Azure Conference held in Lahore

On the 25th of March Microsoft Lahore held a conference which was dedicated towards highlighting and untapping the potential of Microsoft Azure, at the “The Power of Cloud: Innovate with Microsoft Azure & Visual Studio Event”. OffRoad Studios, already being in collaboration with Microsoft Azure, was invited to present one of its products built upon the concept of monetization and gamification of Human Resource.

It was primarily a networking event for Microsoft partners, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Startups, all at one place. This unique networking experience, coupled with tech savvy sessions, was to help motivate more innovative solutions using the power of Microsoft cloud.

Overall a great event hosted by the Microsoft Innovation Centre Lahore. We loved sharing and discussing the possibilities of tomorrow with a contagiously passionate crowd with an unwavering commitment to create and innovate. The top names from the technological tear attended and participated, a few of them are NetSol Technologies, OffRoad Studios, Infotech, Systems Pvt Limited, Descon and Soloinsight.

Code for Pakistan Brings Islamabad Civic Hackathon 2016

Code for Pakistan sponsored hackathon will take place in Islamabad welcoming people from Rawalpindi also for taking part in the event. It is Islamabad’s second civic hack day aimed for the “civic-minded” people of Islamabad to improve their city. People with coding, development, designing, data analysis skills are welcome for coming up with solutions to their city’s problems. It is an annual event and it is the second Islamabad Civic Hackathon event since it started last year. Such events are common around the world. Such an event taking place in Karachi on International Open Data Day.

Many programmers, designers, analysts, community organizers and government information is expected at this event for upgrading the local services using web, moblie and SMS applications. The target of the hackathon are the educational, health, sustainable development, justice energy, and environment, problems submitted by government or any particular city problem.

Details of the Event

Islamabad Hackathon will take place on the 23^rd and 24^th of April 2016.

Click here to apply for a place in the list of participants. Registration is free and the last date to apply is 1^st April 2016.

There are no specific requirements to take part in the event and anybody can apply. However, only accepted applicants will be able to participate. Participants will have to go through a proper submission procedure to submit their solutions to any problems.

Problem statements will be shared with all the participants on the 18^th of April but they will have the option of working on any idea having a civic aspect to it. After the 2-day event, three winners will be announced and will be awarded prizes. The prizes, judge panel, and the judging criteria will be announced later.

More information regarding the event will be available at the event’s homepage and its Facebook page.

Source: Propakistani

Haptika – Pakistani Startup Aims to Bring VR and Augmented Reality to You

VR gaming is in high demand and names like Sony, HTC, Facebook and Samsung are all into it with their prices above Rs. 50,000 range which out of limits for many and also restricts the ‘truly immersive gaming experiences’ for the average Pakistani gamer. There is a Pakistani startup presently that came in to bridge the gap between VR and AR gadgets in the country.

Haptika, a startup that wants to bring body-wide haptika feedback and virtual reality mode for your favorite PC games, and even medical and military applications. We need not keep the VR and augmented reality (AR) for entertainment only, when the technology can also assist in training doctors and soldiers also.

In Haptika, you will be the decision maker on the battlefield, survey war zones, and with the Haptika-developed force feedback-based body vest you can also feel bullets as you are fired upon by enemies. Players can use an aiming weapon (Virtua-Cop style), to take down threats onscreen.

Currently, Haptika features a 7-man strong team of dedicated technologists brought together by Muhammad Nabeel (Founder and CTO).

Nabeel gives credit of Haptika to a discussion with his brother Huzaifa (Founder and CEO) where the discussions led to the idea of something for Pakistani tech scene and went with the idea for a robotics-based startup

As a member of the Haptika team he found some dedicated students:

Iqbal Sajid Khan (Lead Hardware Designer and Developer)
Syed Kazim Hussain (Lead Software Developer)
Afzal Rana (Chief Marketing Officer)
Shahzaib Khan (Chief Finance Officer and Hardware Developer)
Mohammad Ahsan (Lead Technical Specialist)

Haptika Launch and Product Details

Haptika is launching today (26th March 2016), after successfully graduating from The Nest I/O.

You can check them out here.

Initially, the startup will be selling the Haptic Wearable Device (force-feedback body vest) for Rs. 8,000 apiece. The vest is available in many colors such as blue, army green, black and gray. For Counterstrike players, this gadget can bring a whole new meaning to their gaming experience.

We wish the Haptika team all the best and hope that they pave the way for more Pakistani startups to make a splash in the red-hot virtual reality space.

Source: ProPakistani

FBISE is on Its Path – Introducing New Online Services

An online application service for assisting the many students educated under the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) was launched by the board which will facilitate the students in the examination processes, admissions and results. They can apply for the rechecking of their results, document verifications, roll number slip correction from the FBISE website. The site will be offering the following services also.

Online appointments
Applications for Migration or NOC Certificates
Syllabus and papers, Date sheets
Online fee challan forms
Admission form submissions
Name corrections
UFM cases
Fee and scholarship information

Interested students can visit the FBISE online section(online.fbise.edu.pk) and download the challan form before filling the online application. Forms filled online do not require physical copies to be sent to the Federal Board. After payment of challan at a HBL branch students must enter the receipt number in the online form. Form can be submitted online and its status can also be viewed online.

The Board as an Institution Information Corner on the website where their affiliation status with the board can be checked and they can also get nomination forms, notifications, test result statistics and online admission applications. A live chat is also available on the site where the board’s staff will assist and help students and others through online chat in the office hours.

The FBISE Secretary, Muhammad Sarwar said that these services are in the test phase and many applications are received online and improvements will be needed for making this available always to help the students. Students from far areas will be benefitting from these services otherwise who have to travel to Islamabad for applications and those with internet access can submit applications from their home itself.

DHA to Get Digitized with Zong 4G Services

This development which is in relation to the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ceremony on Monday, is where the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) employees getting access to Zong’s telecom services and high-speed 4G technologies following a corporate agreement between the two parties.

DHA Lahore is switching to Zong for the ensuring of trouble free telecom services and giving his views on the occasion, Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Zong Niaz A Malik said the corporate collaboration between Pakistan’s 4G cellular network and the housing society will help the latter get equipped with the most reliable and speedy voice and data services. “This will surely stimulate the professional efficiency of DHA Lahore.”

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Pak-China IT Park in Islamabad Goes to Execution Phase

A “Go Ahead” is given for the finalization of the land identified with the stakeholders and for completion of other formalities for establishment of Science and Technology Park in Pakistan to The Xinjiang No.13 Division of Construction Corp, Hami, China.

Sources revealed that Xinjiang No 13 Division asked for providing the digital map of land Islamabad city for working on the plan and the starting of the feasibility study. The details of the component companies in this venture from Chinese will be provided very soon.

The establishment of Pak-China international science and technology & commercial and logistic park in Pakistan looking at an investment to around $1.5 billion under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was agreed to by China.

The area of construction will be in the stretch of 500 hectares and completion of the project will be a period of 10 years in 3 distinct phases of 3, 4, and 3 years respectively.

The structure of investment is equity participation by providing land by Pakistan, while the finance is from China. This is a co-ownership venture between Pakistani side and Chinese side and Chinese partners will pull in merchants and project investment. An employment generation of up to 150,000 personnel is looked at during this period.

The project has two parts:

Establishment of Science and Technology City
Establishment of Commercial and Logistics Park

COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) will be undertaking Science and Technology City along with Chinese companies. A commercial and logistic park proposed to be co-owned by National Logistics Cell (NLC) from Pakistan side is also agreed upon by the Chinese.

The key functions of the Science & Technology Park are:

To provide an exhibition and developmental platform for academia and industry (local and international)
To develop knowledge-based enterprises by undertaking research based routes to the development and commercialization of ideas and technologies
To act as a knowledge provider by establishing university research and education infrastructure, applied research laboratory facilities by public bodies at the Technology Park
To be a dynamic business and trading platform for local and international industries
To showcase Pak-China commodities in order to provide impetus to the existing collaborative ventures while simultaneously encouraging new linkages
To act as a wholesale and retail market
To provide Financial support services such as through establishing venture capital entities, regional development agencies and/or banks at the Technology Park
To provide modern e-commerce platform keeping up with latest global trends
To act as an investment and financing platform for novel startups and technologies
To set-up Business Incubators and Business Development Centers, both for male and female entrepreneurs alike.

The Technology Park will be a real-estate development entity owned by the Pakistan government / COMSATS Institute of Information Technology and taken care of by qualified professionals.

It looks for supporting innovation, entrepreneurship, promotion of S&T ventures, providing interface to academia and industry and kindling the competition of the geographic environments by locating knowledge producing, adapting and using enterprises.

The positive factors behind the Pak-China IT Park are increased economic activity via investments and jobs creation, enhancing capability, making the knowledge ventures more visible, and knowledge workers knowledge workers mobility.

Pakistan IT Sector Offers Liberia Technical Assistance

While talking with the Minister for Education of Liberia, Mr. George Kronnisanyon, Pakistan’s Minister for Information Technology, Mrs. Anusha Rahman said that Pakistan is now known to be a top investment destination of Telecom and IT in South Asia. She was in Paris for attending the Mobile Learning Conference under the auspices of UNESCO, the agenda being to find new ways of tapping into the mobile learning potential for socio-economic development.

Mrs. Rahman said that Pakistan’s freelancers are in the No.4 position in the world and mentioned to the Liberian Minister about the accelerated digitalization programme to increase the socio-economic growth in the country. She spoke about the ICT for Girls Programme started recently which targets passing the benefits of ICT to this less privileged section of the marginalized society where girls from sections would be given training in coding and computing with Microsoft’s Partnership for improving their chances of employment.

Also, Pakistani government is putting billions of rupees for providing telecom and broadband facilities under the Universal Service Fund. And with CISCO and Microsoft, a complete IT education programme for ICT schools is under making. She also said that the recent telecom policy which was approved is appreciated by the industry and other stake-holders as a landmark.

The steps taken by the Government of Pakistan for socio-economic development by using the ICT effectively were much appreciated by Mr. George Kronnisanyon and wanted Paksitan’s expertise in the ICT field, The Ministry of ICT agreed to provide all support in the fields of ICT and education and promised to work the issues for a MoU between the two countries.
Ambassador of Pakistan to France and permanent delegate to UNESCO, Mr. Ghalib Iqbal, and Member HR Ministry of IT, Mr. Tahir Mushtaq were also present during the meeting.