GENERAL SESSION 1: INAUGURATION

Time: 9:15 AM – 10:05 AM

• National Anthem & Recitation
• Session Chair: Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan
• Keynote Address: Maryam Nawaz Sharif, Chief Minister, Punjab
• Speaker: Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary, Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives

GENERAL SESSION 2(a): Governance and Perspectives on Air Pollution

Time:10:05 AM – 10:35 AM

• Session Chair: Senator Musadik Masood Malik, Federal Minister for Climate Change & Environmental Coordination
• Speaker: Mohamed Yahya, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Pakistan
• Keynote Address: Marriyum Aurangzeb, Senior Minister, Government of Punjab
• Documentary: Environmental Protection Agency, Punjab

GENERAL SESSION 2(b): 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
• Speaker: Shafick Hoossein, Senior Environment Specialist, World Bank
• Speaker: Zafar Masud, Chairman, Bank of Punjab
• Panel Moderator: Fatima Attarwala, Editor, Business & Finance Daily Dawn
• Panelist: Xiaoqin Fan, Country Director for Pakistan, Asian Development Bank
• Panelist: Rafay Alam, Environmental Lawyer
• Panelist: Bilal Anwer, CEO, National Disaster and Risk Management Fund

GENERAL SESSION 4: The Smog Equation

Time: 12:30 PM – 1:40 PM

• Session Chair: Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari, Federal Minister for Energy
• 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 Pervaiz Malik, Federal Minister for Petroleum
• Panelist: Representative from Nishat Group
• Panelist: Mariam Durrani, Director Marketing and Brands, Pakistan Cables
• Panelist: Romina Khurshid Alam, Coordinator to the Prime Minister on Climate Change
• Panelist: Representative from Haier Pakistan
• 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

Faisal Siddiqui, Advocate, Supreme Court, 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

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

Time: 3:10 PM – 3:55 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 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
• Speaker (Online): Shazia Rafi, President and Convenor, AirQualityAsia

GENERAL SESSION 7: The Pressing Need for Nationwide Air Quality Standards

Time: 3:55 PM – 4:25 PM

• Session Chair: Pervez Rashid, Member of the Senate of Pakistan
• Panel Chair: 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, Chicago Clean Air Award

GENERAL SESSION 8: A Health Crisis in the Smog

Time: 4:35 PM – 5:20 PM

• Keynote Address & Panel Moderator: Dr. Luo Dapeng, World Health Organisation Representative in Pakistan
• Panelist: Khawaja Imran Nazeer, Provincial Health Minister, Government of Punjab (To be confirmed)
• Panelist: Dr. Saima Saeed, Director, Lung Health Program, Indus Hospital & Health Network
• Panelist: Pernille Ironside, UNICEF Representative in Pakistan