First time ever in Pakistan, an International Seminar on Technology Foresight Exercise was held here in Islamabad, on the 17th October, 2009, hosted by Pakistan Technology Board, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of Pakistan.
The seminar was attended by large gathering of policy makers, scientists, researchers and members of civil society. International experts from Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Morocco, Sudan, Turkey, Indonesia, and Malaysia were also present at the occasion.
Secretary, MoST, presiding over the event (Center)
Director General, PTB, taking questions (Left)
Director General (PTB), Emphasizing upon the need of
Technology Foresight in Pakistan while opening seminar activities
“Technology Foresight Exercise in Pakistan” aims to provide valuable inputs to strategy and policy planning as well as to mobilize collective strategic actions. It will identify potential opportunities for the economy and society by considering how future science and technologies could address key future challenges for our country. Other countaries i.e. India, China, Japan, USA etc. have instated a recurrant mechanism to carry out this important activity. Pakistan, however, currently is in process to carry out its First Technology Foresight Exercise through Pakistan Technology Board, an organization working under Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of Pakistan.
To achieve these objectives, as a first step, Pakistan Technology Board has conducted rigorous studies on technology need assessment and prevailing technology trends. Based upon these findings activities like this International Seminar would be conducted in future as well, to bring togehter people from educational institutions, S&T and R&D institutions and from industry for brainstorming sessions. These sessions are expected to pin point key technology areas most relevant to our country which need to be strengthened to achieve significant economic growth .
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