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Thursday, May 24, 2018

Logistics in the Age of AI Artificial Intelligence at OPEN Silicon Valley Forum 2018




Logistics in the Age of AI Artificial Intelligence at OPEN Silicon Valley Forum 2018
Moderator: Raheel  Bodla, Program Manager, Bart Manufacturing
Panelists:
Bindia Vakif Founder and CEO of Regolin
Waheed Umerani, Supply Chain & Manufacturing Lead at Argo AI
Babar Yasin, Founder and CEO of Sourcing Ease

Sunday, May 13, 2018

OPEN Forum 2018 miscellaneous photos






"Kamran on bike"




Through a slide show of stunning photos, photographer, bicyclist, and traveler Kamran Ali--German citizen originally from Layyah, Pakistan--talked about the lessons he learned traveling through various countries of Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

'The IoT opportunity and pitfalls'



Ahsan Baig of Alameda-Contra Costa Transit; Jawad Tareen of AT&T Smart Cities; Farooq Anjum of GroGuru; and Supreet Oberoi of Oracle talked about 'The IoT (Industrial Internet of Things) opportunity and pitfalls', with Waqas Khan of TowerJazz moderating the discussion.

'An Entrepreneur's Journey. Amir Khan'






Amir Khan (left), Founder of Viptela, described his journey in life as an entrepreneur. The talk was moderated by Faruk Bhagani of Oracle.

OPEN Fourm 2018


Panelists of a discussion on 'To College and Beyond.'

OPEN Forum 2018

Mobashar Yazdani, President of the Silicon Valley chapter of OPEN.







'Healthcare: How Patient Experience is About to Change'






A discussion on 'Healthcare: How Patient Experience is About to Change' with Fahad Aziz, CTO Caremerge; and Sahar Arshad, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of CloudMedx.

[Please help me identify other people in this photo]

'Breakthrough innovations in life sciences'






Dr. Maheen Mausoof Adamson's talk on 'Breakthrough innovations in life sciences' focused on her research work related to brain injuries.  Adamson was introduced by Mir A. Imran, a well-known Silicon Valley entrepreneur and venture capitalist; Mir Imran holds patents in multiple fields, including in health sciences.

'Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain'





Naveed Sherwani moderated a talk on Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain.  The speakers included Raj (representing Gangesh Ganesan, co-founder of Peernova); Irfan Burney; Ryan Singer, Co-founder at Chia Network; and Riaz Karamali, Corporate Partner at PillsburyWinthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.

'Autonomous Driving and the Era of Massive Change'



A discussion on 'Autonomous Driving and the Era of Massive Change' with panelists John Della Penna, Angel Investor, Sand Hill Angels; Mohammad Musa, Founder & CEO at Deepen AI; Ben Landen, Director of Business Development at DeepScale; and Faisal Mushtag, VP Technology, Globaltechnology; and moderator Shoeib Yunus.

OPEN Silicon Valley Forum 2018



A contingent of Fulbright scholars from Pakistan with Pakistani businessman and morning keynote speaker Hussain Dawood.



OPEN Forum 2018

The annual flagship program of the Organization of the Pakistani Entrepreneurs of North America (OPEN), OPEN Silicon Valley Forum 2018, held at the Santa Clara Convention Center, was attended by over 300 people.  The event was dubbed 'Inspiring Entrepreneurs to Creatively Solve Global Problems.'  With three parallel tracks of talks on Technology, Startup Essentials, and Impact and Leadership, there was plenty to learn in the day long program, in terms of dreaming big, setting goals, staying focused, putting together a winning team, making quantifiable progress, and inspiring others.

Dr. Maheen Adamson at OPEN Forum 2018