7th August 2015
8th August 2015
9th August 2015
Friday, August 7, 2015
All Attendees
Friday Activities will take place at 285 Figueroa Street, Monterey (5 minute drive from hotel*)
Check-In
Collect your badge and register (if you have not completed the pre-event registration)
6:00 pm
7:00 pm
Welcome Reception and Networking
7:00 pm
9:00 pm
Casual Dinner
9:00 pm
10:00 pm
Campfire and s’mores on the beach
(Active wear and light jacket suggested)
Saturday, August 8, 2015
07:30 am
08:45 am
Breakfast (All Attendees)- Pebble Room
08:45 am
09:30 am
OPEN Vision (All Attendees)
08:45 am – 9:30 am
OPEN Global Vision with Dilawar Syed
Venue – Pacific Grove Room
Dilawar Saeed
President, OPEN Global
President, Freshdesk
09:30 am
10:20 am
Keynote: State of Tech Investing (All Attendees)
9:30 am – 10:20 am
Keynote: State of Tech Investing by Clair Lee
Venue – Pacific Grove Room
Claire Lee
Managing Director
Early-stage Investing Silicon Valley Bank
10:20 am
10:35 pm
Coffee Break - Monterey Terrace
10:35 am
11:30 am
Panel: Success Within - Spotlight on OPEN Charter Members
(Charter Members & Spouses)
10:35 am – 11:30 am
Venue – Pacific Grove Room
Hasnain Aslam, Founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer, The Resource Group (TRG)
Ayesha Hamid, Chairperson, American School of International Academics
Riaz Siddiqi, Founder and Managing Partner, Denham Capital
Faysal Sohail, Managing Director, Presidio Partners
Moderator: Haris Ahmed, Founder and CEO, Pragmatium Consulting Group, Inc.
11:30 am
12:30 pm
Lunch (All Attendees)-  Pebble Room
12:30 pm
2:00 pm
OPEN Global Initiatives Kick-off – (Charter Members Only)
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Parallel break-out sessions led by charter members. Each attendee will participate in one session:
  • Spurring Growth (Led by Imran Iqbal & Kewan Khwaja)- Beach Room
  • Increasing Connectivity, Engagement, and Involvement (Led by Faruq Ahmad)- Pacific Room
  • Exploring Partnerships (Led by Dilawar Syed)- Grove Room
2:00 pm
6:00 pm
Planned Activities for Charter Members and families.
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Planned Activities for CMs and Families. Options may include:
  • Golf on the Del Monte Course at Pebble Beach (Leader: Imran Iqbal)
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium visit (Leader: Raza Latif)
  • Monterey bike tour (Leader: Syed Javed Qamer)
  • Guided walking tour of Carmel (Leader: Anwer Hussain)
  • Guided sea kayaking (Leader: Farooq Cheema)
7:30 pm
8:00 pm
Reception and Group photo (All Attendees) at 7:45 pm 
(Monterey Terrace)
8:00 pm
10:00 pm
Annual OPEN Global Dinner – (All Attendees)
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Venue – Pebble Beach Room
Keynote: Trillion Dollar Opportunities with Advancing Technologies
Vivek Wadhwa,
Author, Researcher at Stanford University and Duke University Entrepreneur (Formal attire)
Sunday, August 9 2015
08:30 am
10:15 am
Keynote over Breakfast (All Attendees)
08:30 am – 10:15 am
Venue: Pebble Beach / Pacific Grove
Extraordinary Entrepreneurs. Unlikely Places
Elmira Bayrasli, Founder Foreign Policy Interrupted
Khurram Zafar, LUMS Center for Entrepreneurship
10:15 am
10:30 am
Coffee Break - Monterey Terrace
10:30 am
11:30 am
OPEN Chapter Updates (Charter Members Only)
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Venue: Pacific Grove Room
Chapter Presidents to provide updates
Moderator: Raza Latif, COO, NuAxis Innovations
11:30 am
11:45 am
Fundraising Discussion (Charter Members Only)
11:30 am – 11:45 am
Venue: Pacific Grove Room
Fundraising Discussion led by Naveed Sherwani & Nayeem Quereshi
11:45 am
12:30 pm
Recap, Action Planning, and Individual Commitments
Participants on their own for lunch on Sunday
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