BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Karachi BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20091031T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0600 TZOFFSETTO:+0500 TZNAME:PKT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240712T180055Z UID:E53D906F-E63C-4386-ABCA-869D44525D9D DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Karachi:20240711T113000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Karachi:20240711T140000 DESCRIPTION:The International Women in Engineering Day event\, held on July 11th\, 2024\, was a resounding success. Organized by the IEEE Women In En gineering Student Branch Affinity Group at ITU in collaboration with the P unjab Information Technology Board\, the event focused on breaking barrier s and building bridges for women in engineering\, AI\, and 4IR technologie s.\n\nEvent Highlights:\n\n-\nPanel Discussion:\n\n- Topic: "Breaking Barr iers and Building Bridges: Cultivating Supportive Environments for Women L eaders in this era of AI and 4IR"\n- Moderator: Engr. Hadia Sajjad\n- Spea kers: Nadia Riaz (Chief Finance Officer\, PITB)\, Engr. Nausheen Fayyaz (D irector IT Operations\, PITB)\, Khadija Zahoor (Joint Director HR Operatio ns)\, Engr. Asiya Zahoor (Sr. Project Manager QA\, Automation Engineer)\, Dr. Abiha Zahra (Chairperson\, Department of Governance and Global Studies \, ITU)\n- The discussion highlighted the importance of creating supportiv e environments for women leaders in technology fields\, followed by an eng aging Q&A session.\n\n-\nTea Break:\n\n- Participants enjoyed refreshments and a cake-cutting ceremony\, providing a great opportunity for networkin g and informal discussions.\n\n-\nWorkshop:\n\n- Topic: Confidence Buildin g and Stress Management\n- Conductor: Ms. Maria Zubair\, GIS Expert and Sp atial Data Scientist\n- The workshop provided valuable insights and practi cal strategies for managing stress and building confidence\, crucial skill s for professional and personal growth.\n\n-\nGroup Photo and Goodie Bags: \n\n- The event concluded with a group photo session\, during which goodie bags were presented to the speakers and moderator as tokens of appreciati on.\n\nOverall\, the event was an enriching experience\, offering valuable insights\, practical advice\, and opportunities for networking. It succes sfully empowered and celebrated women in engineering\, reinforcing the com mitment to support and promote diversity in technology fields.\n\n[]\n\nAg enda: \nDate: Thursday\, July 11th\, 2024\nTime: 11:30 am to 2:00 pm\nVenu e: 3rd Floor Auditorium\, ASTP\n\n11:30 am - 12:30 pm: Panel Discussion\n\ n- Topic: "Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges: Cultivating Supportive Environments for Women Leaders in this era of AI and 4IR"\n- Moderator: En gr. Hadia Sajjad\n- Speakers:\n- Nadia Riaz\, Chief Finance Officer\, PITB \n- Engr. Nausheen Fayyaz\, Director IT Operations\, PITB\n- Khadija Zahoo r\, Joint Director HR Operations\n- Engr. Asiya Zahoor\, Sr. Project Manag er QA\, Automation Engineer\n- Dr. Abiha Zahra\, Chairperson\, Department of Governance and Global Studies\, ITU\n\n- 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm: Q&A Sessi on\n\n12:30 pm - 1:00 pm: Tea Break\n\n- Refreshments and Cake Cutting\n\n 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm: Workshop\n\n- Topic: Confidence Building and Stress Man agement\n- Conductor: Ms. Maria Zubair\, GIS Expert and Spatial Data Scien tist\n\n1:30 pm - 2:00 pm: Group Photo and Goodie Bags Presentation\n\n- G roup photo session\n- Presentation of goodie bags to speakers and moderato r\n\n2:00 pm: Event Conclusion\n\nRoom: 3rd Floor\, Auditorium\, Bldg: AST P\, 346-B\, Ferozepur Road\, Lahore\, Punjab\, Pakistan LOCATION:Room: 3rd Floor\, Auditorium\, Bldg: ASTP\, 346-B\, Ferozepur Road \, Lahore\, Punjab\, Pakistan ORGANIZER:wie@itu.edu.pk SEQUENCE:25 SUMMARY:International Women In Engineering Day 2024 URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/426960 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The International Women in Engineering Day event\, held on July 11th\, 2024\, was a resounding success. Organized by the IEEE Women In Engineering Student Branch Affinity Group at ITU in col laboration with the Punjab Information Technology Board\, the event focuse d on breaking barriers and building bridges for women in engineering\, AI\ , and 4IR technologies.</p>\n<p><strong>Event Highlights:</strong></p>\n<o l>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Panel Discussion:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Top ic:</strong> "Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges: Cultivating Supporti ve Environments for Women Leaders in this era of AI and 4IR"</li>\n<li><st rong>Moderator:</strong> Engr. Hadia Sajjad</li>\n<li><strong>Speakers:</s trong> Nadia Riaz (Chief Finance Officer\, PITB)\, Engr. Nausheen Fayyaz ( Director IT Operations\, PITB)\, Khadija Zahoor (Joint Director HR Operati ons)\, Engr. Asiya Zahoor (Sr. Project Manager QA\, Automation Engineer)\, Dr. Abiha Zahra (Chairperson\, Department of Governance and Global Studie s\, ITU)</li>\n<li>The discussion highlighted the importance of creating s upportive environments for women leaders in technology fields\, followed b y an engaging Q&amp\;A session.</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Tea B reak:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Participants enjoyed refreshments and a cake -cutting ceremony\, providing a great opportunity for networking and infor mal discussions.</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Workshop:</strong></ p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Topic:</strong> Confidence Building and Stress Manag ement</li>\n<li><strong>Conductor:</strong> Ms. Maria Zubair\, GIS Expert and Spatial Data Scientist</li>\n<li>The workshop provided valuable insigh ts and practical strategies for managing stress and building confidence\, crucial skills for professional and personal growth.</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n< li>\n<p><strong>Group Photo and Goodie Bags:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>The e vent concluded with a group photo session\, during which goodie bags were presented to the speakers and moderator as tokens of appreciation.</li>\n< /ul>\n</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Overall\, the event was an enriching experience\, o ffering valuable insights\, practical advice\, and opportunities for netwo rking. It successfully empowered and celebrated women in engineering\, rei nforcing the commitment to support and promote diversity in technology fie lds.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;<img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/med ia/display/0c4e8cdf-5f09-4e09-9e05-07384bd3485b" alt="" width="500" height ="500">&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p><strong>Date:</strong> Thur sday\, July 11th\, 2024<br><strong>Time:</strong> 11:30 am to 2:00 pm<br>< strong>Venue:</strong> 3rd Floor Auditorium\, ASTP</p>\n<p><strong>11:30 a m - 12:30 pm:</strong> Panel Discussion</p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Topic:</str ong> "Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges: Cultivating Supportive Envir onments for Women Leaders in this era of AI and 4IR"</li>\n<li><strong>Mod erator:</strong> Engr. Hadia Sajjad</li>\n<li><strong>Speakers:</strong>\n <ul>\n<li>Nadia Riaz\, Chief Finance Officer\, PITB</li>\n<li>Engr. Naushe en Fayyaz\, Director IT Operations\, PITB</li>\n<li>Khadija Zahoor\, Joint Director HR Operations</li>\n<li>Engr. Asiya Zahoor\, Sr. Project Manager QA\, Automation Engineer</li>\n<li>Dr. Abiha Zahra\, Chairperson\, Depart ment of Governance and Global Studies\, ITU</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li><stron g>12:15 pm - 12:30 pm:</strong> Q&amp\;A Session</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>1 2:30 pm - 1:00 pm:</strong> Tea Break</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Refreshments and Cake Cutting</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>1:00 pm - 1:30 pm:</strong> Workshop</p>\ n<ul>\n<li><strong>Topic:</strong> Confidence Building and Stress Manageme nt</li>\n<li><strong>Conductor:</strong> Ms. Maria Zubair\, GIS Expert and Spatial Data Scientist</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>1:30 pm - 2:00 pm:</strong > Group Photo and Goodie Bags Presentation</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Group photo sess ion</li>\n<li>Presentation of goodie bags to speakers and moderator</li>\n </ul>\n<p><strong>2:00 pm:</strong> Event Conclusion</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR