GENERAL SESSION 1: INAUGURATION: A Federal and Provincial Blueprint & Governance for Combating Air Pollution

Time: 9:15 AM – 10:35 AM

• Welcome Announcement
• National Anthem & Recitation
• Welcome Address: NazAfreen Saigol Lakhani, CEO, Dawn
• Session Chair: Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary, Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives
• Keynote Address: Marriyum Aurangzeb, Senior Minister, Government of Punjab
• Address: Senator Musadik Masood Malik, Federal Minister for Climate Change & Environmental Coordination
• Address: Mohamed Yahya, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Pakistan
• Documentary: Environmental Protection Agency, Punjab

GENERAL SESSION 2: A Greener Punjab To Combat Air Pollution

Time: 10:45 AM – 11:05 AM

• Panelist: Silwat Saeed, Secretary, Environment Protection and Climate Change Department, Punjab
• Panelist: Dr. Imran Hamid Sheikh, Director General, Environmental Protection Agency, Punjab
• Panelist: Tariq Hussain, Project Director, Strategic Planning and Implementation Unit, Punjab Green Development Program, Environment Protection and Climate Change Department, Punjab

GENERAL SESSION 3: Financing Clean Air for Pakistan

Time: 11:20 AM – 12:30 PM

• Session Chair: Bilal Azhar Kayani, Minister of State for Finance, Government of Pakistan
• Online Speaker: Shafick Hoossein, Senior Environment Specialist, World Bank

Panel: Financing Clean Air for Pakistan

• Panel Moderator: Fatima Attarwala, Editor, Business & Finance Weekly, Dawn
• Panelist: Arslan Muhammad Iqbal, Chief Risk Officer, Bank of Punjab
• Online Panelist: Emma Fan, Country Director for Pakistan, Asian Development Bank
• Panelist: Rafay Alam, Environmental Lawyer
• Panelist: Bilal Anwar, CEO, National Disaster and Risk Management Fund

• Closing Remarks: Zafar Masud, Chairman, Bank of Punjab

GENERAL SESSION 4: The Smog Equation

Time: 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM

• Keynote Address: Zeelaf Munir, Managing Director & CEO, English Biscuit Manufacturers
• Keynote Address: Asif Baigmohamed, Chairman of the Board of Management, Pakistan State Oil

Panel: Who should we hold as the most significant polluters?

• Chaired & in conversation with: Zahid Zaman, Chief Secretary, Government of Punjab
• Panelist: Ali Zaidi, General Manager, Marketing and Brands, OMODA & JAECOO Nexgen Autos, Nishat Group
• Panelist: Mariam Durrani, Director, Marketing and Brands, Pakistan Cables
• Panelist: Romina Khurshid Alam, Coordinator to the Prime Minister on Climate Change
• Panelist: Kazim M. Saeed, CEO, Pakistan Agriculture Coalition

GENERAL SESSION 5: Judicial Activism and Litigation for Clean Air in Pakistan

Time: 2:10 PM – 3:10 PM

In conversation with:

• Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Senior Puisine Judge of the Supreme Court
• Justice Ayesha Malik, Honourable Justice of the Supreme Court
• Justice Jawad Hassan, Honourable Justice of the Lahore High Court
• Faisal Siddiqi, Advocate of the Supreme Court

GENERAL SESSION 6: Tackling Trans-Boundary Air Pollution in South Asia: Diplomacy and Regional Cooperation

Time: 3:10 PM – 4:00 PM

• Session Chair: Mohamed Yahya, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Pakistan
• Keynote Address: Professor Dr. Jian Gao, Deputy Director, Institute of Atmospheric Research, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences
• Speaker: Harshana Rajakaruna, Member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
• Speaker: Aban Marker Kabraji, Senior Regional Advisor for Climate and Environment to the Regional Director of UNEP Asia-Pacific
• Speaker: Nazifa Butt, Director Climate Action and Sustainability, WWF-Pakistan
• Video Message: Shazia Rafi, President and Convenor, AirQualityAsia
• Video Message: Amanda Michelle Curry Brown, CCAC Clean Air Flagship Coordinator, UNEP

GENERAL SESSION 7: Developing a National Air Quality Management Framework for Pakistan

Time: 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

• Session Chair & Panel Moderator: Dawar Butt, Climate & Sustainability Expert, Climate Finance Pakistan
• Panelist: Dr. Naveed Arshad, Director, LUMS Energy Institute
• Panelist: Abid Omar, Founder, Pakistan Air Quality Initiative
• Panelist: Dr. Omar Masud, CEO, Urban Unit
• Video Message: Christa Hasenkopf, Director, Clean Air Program, Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago

GENERAL SESSION 8: A Health Crisis in the Smog

Time: 4:45 PM – 5:30 PM

• Keynote Address & Panel Moderator: Dr. Dapeng Luo, World Health Organisation Representative in Pakistan
• Panelist: Khawaja Imran Nazeer, Provincial Health Minister, Government of Punjab
• Panelist: Dr. Saima Saeed, Director, Lung Health Program, Indus Hospital & Health Network
• Panelist: Pernille Ironside, UNICEF Representative in Pakistan
• Panelist: Dr. Rizwan Naseer, Secretary, Emergency Services, Punjab