DICE 2009 was held on 23-24 December, 2009 at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore. Event was planned under technical guidance of Dr. Khurshid Qureshi, a leading industrial expert from USA. More than 80 projects were registered in discipline of Computer Science, Electrical, Chemical, and Mechanical Engineering from various universities throughout Pakistan. Among all 68 best projects were selected for final display and competition.
Event was innaugrated by Mr. Ahsan Iqbal, Ex-Federal Minister of Education, Chief Coordinator & Information Secretary, PML-N. Guests of honour include following names:
- Mr. Zafar Iqbal Chaudhary, Presidant Lahore Chamber of Commerce
- Dr. Naveed A. Malik, Vice Chancelor,Virtual University
- Dr. S.M. Junaid Zaidi, Rector COMSATS Institue of Information Technology
- Mr. Faisal Sher Jan, Director Strategic Planning, Jang Media Group
In this two day event following activities were organized:
- Project Exhibition
- Talks by Invited Speakers
- Seminars by Industry Experts
- Pannel Discussion
More than 200 students from various universities throughout Pakistan participated in this event.Following is the list of participating universities.
- University of Punjab, Lahore
- Wah Engineering College, Wah Cantt
- Dawood College of Engineering and Technology(DCET), Karachi
- Federal Urdu University, Islamabad
- University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore
- COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad
- COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore
- National University of Science and Technology(NUST), Islamabad
- International Islamic University, Islamabad
- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, NUST, Islamabad
- Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore
- University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila
- Air University, Islamabad
- Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad
- The University of Lahore, Lahore
- Military College of Signals(NUST), Islamabad
- COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Wah Cantt
- COMSATS Institue of Information Technology, Abbotabad
- Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Sindh
- NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi
- NWFP University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar
- GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, NWFP
Topic of Panel discussion was Industry academia collaboration: an inevitable need for progress and development in Pakistan and list of panelists include following names:
- Dr. Mudassar F. Wyne, National University, USA
- Dr. Khurshid Qureshi, Industrial Expert, USA
- Mr. Faisal Sher Jan, Director Strategic Planning, Jang Media Group
- Asif Kabani, E-Governance Specialist, Switzerland
- Maliha Asif Kabani, President ISDRC, Geneva