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List of Panels & Plenaries

• Opening Plenary: Rethinking Development in an Age of Disruption – Plenary Organiser: Hassan Murtaza Syed, SDPI
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• Connecting Ideas, Investment and Impact for Resilient Development – Session Organisers: Ms Zainab Naeem & Mr Umar Farooq, SDPI
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• Water Security, Hydro-diplomacy and Regional Peace: Dialogue Amid Disruption -– Session Organiser: Mr Naseer Memon & Dr Shafqat Munir, SDPI
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• Rethinking Tobacco Control in Pakistan: Advancing Fiscal Policy, Environmental Accountability, and Regulation of Emerging Nicotine Products – Session Organiser: Syed Ali Wasif Naqvi and Dr Waseem Iftikhar Janjua, SDPI
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• Rethinking Development through the Three Es – Session Organiser: SDC Unit, SDPI
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• From Primary Production to Secondary Value: Scaling an Integrated Circular Textile Economy – Session Organisers: Ms Zainab Naeem & Ms Amna Urooj, SDPI
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• Integrating Climate Finance and Climate Budget Tagging (CBT) into Public Financial Management ? – Session Organisers: Ms Zainab Naeem & Mr Umar Farooq, SDPI
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• Mountain Cryosphere Change and Community Adaptation in Pakistan – Session Organisers: Ms Zainab Naeem & Ms Nelam Pari, SDPI
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• Smog Management in South Asia: From Local Action to Regional Cooperation – Session Organisers: Ms Zainab Naeem & Mr Umar Farooq, SDPI
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• One Property, Three Values: Is a Common Valuation System the Answer for Pakistan? – Session Organisers: Mr Abdullah Khalid, Mr Atteq ur Rehman, Ms Amber Tasawwur & Ms Hayya Hanif, SDPI
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• One Firm, Many Regulators: The Case for Regulatory Harmonisation – Session Organisers: Syed Ali Wasif Naqvi, Atteq ur Rehman, Asim Zahoor & Hayya Hanif, SDPI
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• Are Pakistan’s PPPs Delivering Value for Money? – Session Organisers: Syed Ali Wasif Naqvi, Mr Atteq ur Rehman, Mr Asim Zahoor & Ms Hayya Hanif, SDPI
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• Towards Operationalising Country Platforms for Climate Finance in Pakistan: Readiness & Gaps – Session Organisers: Engr. Ubaid ur Rehman Zia, Ms Nismah Rizwan & Mr Imran Mushtaq, SDPI
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• Global Development Initiative – Session Organiser: Engr. Ubaid ur Rehman Zia, SDPI
• Towards Integrated Economic Governance in Pakistan – Session Organisers: Mr Muhammad Umar Ayaz & Mr Muhammad Sameer, SDPI
• Financing the Future – Session Organisers: Ms Aqsa Naveed & Ms Fatima Muzammil, SDPI
• Reforming Pakistan's Real Estate Sector – Session Organisers: Ms Aqsa Naveed & Mr Muhammad Umar Ayaz, SDPI
• The Middle East Crisis: Implications for Global Economy – Session Organisers: Ms Aqsa Naveed & Ms Fatima Muzammil, SDPI
• Innovating Financing for Affordable Low-Cost Housing – Session Organisers: Mr Muhammad Umar Ayaz & Asif Javed, SDPI
• Private Sector at the Nexus of Climate Action, Geopolitics, and Global Competitiveness – Session Organiser: Ms Saleha Qureshi, SDPI
• Annual State of Renewable Energy 2026 – Session Organisers: Dr Khalid Waleed, Engr. Ubaid ur Rehman Zia & Ms Saira Adnan, SDPI
• Regenerating Agriculture: Crop Residues, Clean Energy and the Future of Sustainable Agriculture in Pakistan – Session Organisers: Dr Kashif Majeed Salik & Ms Saifa Waris, SDPI
• Closing Plenary: Where Reforms Matter the Most for Growth? -– Session Organiser: Dr Irfan Chatha, Mr Junaid Zahid, Ms Amber Tasawwur & Mr Abdullah Khalid, SDPI
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