Date/Time
31/07/2018 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Location
UCL london

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BPF partnered with UP-SIGN (UK-Pakistan Science and Innovation Global Network) to launch the BPF “Academic Forum” at a seminar and networking event entitled “Pakistan’s Global Challenges” at University College London (UCL) on Tuesday 31st July from 10:00am to 4:00pm for the purpose of attracting collaboration opportunities between the academia in the UK and Pakistan with a particular emphasis on meeting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The following distinguished speakers presented at this seminar:

• Shahryar Mohammad Khan (Former Foreign Secretary of Pakistan)
• Baroness Sheehan (Liberal Democrat Life Peer, House of Lords)
• Professor Jawwad Darr (Professor of Materials Chemistry at University College London and Founder UP-SIGN)
• Dr Tariq Banuri(Chairman, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan)
• Dr Tina Barsby (CEO, NIAB)
• Dr Farid Panjwani(Director, Centre for Research and Evaluation in Muslim Education at the Institute of Education, University of London)
• Dr Maryam Rab (Director, Research, Evalution and Monitoring Unit at the British Council, Pakistan)
• Zahra Shah (CEO, British Pakistan Foundation)
• Professor Nicola Lowe (Professor of Nutritional Sciences at University of Central Lancashire and Co-Director of the International Institute of Nutritional Sciences and Food Safety Studies)

For more information about the seminarClickhere

Find out more about UP-SIGN here