Disruptive insights
If you are a local entrepreneur or someone from the media or tech industry, you are probably aware that #021Disrupt – a two-day conference – took place on November 5 and 6 at Mövenpick Hotel, Karachi.
The conference, organised by The Next I/O, a technology incubator, established by the Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA), aimed to bring established entrepreneurs, venture capitalists (VCs) face to face with industry professionals and students, and give them an opportunity to share ideas, network and possibly collaborate on projects in the future.
021Disrupt attracted nearly 650 participants and 60 speakers, including 14 of whom had flown in from overseas and included Khurram Jamali, Country Lead, Google; PITB; Kulsoom Lakhani, Founder, Invest2Innovate; Sam Mallikarjunan, Executive Strategist, HubSpot; Felipe Milan, Community Development Manager, SendGrid; Shahid Mustafa, CEO, Telenor Microfinance Bank Pakistan; Shayan Tahir, CEO, Homeshopping.pk; Jeffery Paine of Golden Gate Ventures and Dr Umar Saif, Chairman, PITB. Sessions focused on topics such as artificial intelligence, quantum revolution, how to make business personal, email marketing and what VCs look for when they make investments.