Workshops

View the details of Workshops in DataFest 2025 Organised by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

Day-1 (12:00 to 13:00)

Organization:
i. State bank of Pakistan (SBP)
ii. Save the Childern, Pakistan

Presenter:

  1. Amir Ashraf
  2. Munazza Ali & Saeed Ullah Khan

Topic:

  1. EasyData- A Data Bridge- Making Data co-decision-maker
  2. Grassroots Action to End Child, Early & Forced Marriage(CEFM)

Chair: -

Organization:
i. APTAMA
ii. TVET SSP-GIZ

Presenter:

  1. Syed Absar Ali
  2. Sayed Asghar Shah

Topic:

  1. Barriers to Industrial and Export Growth in Pakistan
  2. National Labour Market (Skilled workforce demand)

Chair: -

Organization:
i. Department of Zoology, Islamia College Peshawar
ii. NUST

Presenter:

  1. Rehman Mehmood Khattak
  2. Dr. Asjad Shahzad

Topic:

  1. Challenges in data collection for our European Commission funded EUThyroid-2 Project; The Next Step Towards the Elimination of Iodine Deficiency and Preventable Iodine-related Disorders in Europe and Beyond
  2. AI-Driven Project: Building Data Ecosystems for smater Decision-Making in National and Industrial Project

Chair: -

Organization:
i. International Labour Organization(ILO)
ii. BOS, Punjab

Presenter:

  1. Rabia Razaq
  2. Muhammad Farooq

Topic:

  1. Punjab info portal

Chair: -

Organization: Pakistan Bureau of statistics (PBS)

Presenter:

  1. Mr. Attiq ur Rehman, Dr syed Jawad Ali shah
  2. Mr. Attiq ur Rehman, Dr Liaquat Ali

Topic:

  1. Data as an asset in 2025 SNA: Case study of Pakistan
  2. Supply & use table 2015-16

Chair: -

Day-1 (14:00 to 15:00)

Organization: FAST NUCES

Presenter:

  1. Syed Muhammad Kashif Raza
  2. Dr Muhammad Bilal

Topic:

  1. A Study of Memorization and Generation Quality in Unconditional Diusion Modelsfor Endoscopic Imagery
  2. Garbage In, Garbage Out: Ensuring Data Quality, Standards and Ethics in Data Collection and Prepartion

Chair: -

Organization: BOS, Punjab

Presenter:

  1. Mr. Ali
  2. Isaac Shehzad

Topic:

  1. Use of data for informed data Driven Decision making
  2. MICS 2024-Key findings

Chair: -

Organization: i. BOS, Punjab
ii. Eminent Solutions (SMC-Private) Limited

Presenter:

  1. Rashid Minhas
  2. Muhammad Jawad Mirza

Topic:

  1. Online statictical sysrem in punjab (OSSP) : Building unified data Ecosystem for evidence-based governance
  2. Importance of Visualization in Understanding the Core Concepts in Statistics and Mathematics Education

Chair: -

Organization: i. AJK Information Technology board
ii. PRIDE Consulting Institutional Profile

Presenter:

  1. Nadeem Taj
  2. Dr Lubna Shahnaz Umer

Topic:

  1. Progress opportunities and way forward of information technology
  2. From Data to policy :District Level labour Market Insights and the transition to Green Skills in Pakistan

Chair: -

Organization: Pakistan Bureau of statistics (PBS)

Presenter:

  1. Dr. Bahrawar Jan
  2. Mr. Rizwan basir /Syed hassan Raza

Topic:

  1. Quintile wise cost of living impact
  2. To measure the trend of production of LSM

Chair: -

Day-1 (15:10 to 16:10)

Organization: Directorate of Training, Research & Production, Health and Population Department, Punjab

Presenter:

  1. Mst. Rukhsana Kausar

Topic:

  1. FP2030:Tracking Progress, Challenges and Way Forward

Chair: -

Organization: Department of Statistics and Data Analytical Sciences, Air University

Presenter:

  1. Dr. Ammara Nawaz Cheema

Topic:

  1. Finance Growth Rate and Agriculture: Building Dashboards with PBS Data

Chair: -

Organization: i. Research and Development Solutions (RADS)
ii. NCWS

Presenter:

  1. Dr Aisha Irum; Muhammad Ibrahim
  2. Aftab Alam Afridi

Topic:

  1. Precision Planning: Small-Area Health Estimates to Optimize Resources
  2. NGDP as Pakistan’s Central Platform for Gender Statistics

Chair: -

Organization: i. University of Wah
ii. CECOS University of IT and Emerging Sciences

Presenter:

  1. Dr Bahrawar Said
  2. Dr Maryam Mashal Khan

Topic:

  1. Dashboard Power BI for Company Sales
  2. Open Data Governance

Chair: -

Organization: Pakistan Bureau of statistics (PBS)

Presenter:

  1. Shazia Begum
  2. Mr. M. Najjeb Ullah

Topic:

  1. Population Walfare Statistics
  2. Labour Force Survey

Chair: -

Day-2 (10:00 to 11:00)

Organization: Pakistan Meteorological Department

Presenter:

  1. Muhammad Irfan Virk

Topic:

  1. Weather Forecasting and Early Warning dissemination

Chair: -

Organization: i. QuantumsTech
ii. Ex-Principal Statistics Division

Presenter:

  1. Dr. Ayaz Hussain Bukhari
  2. Mr. Muhammad Younis

Topic:

  1. Challenges of Accuracy and Precision in Imbalanced Learning and Quantum Promise
  2. Salient Features of Official Statistics

Chair: -

Organization: i. Pakistan Revenue Automation (PVT) Ltd. (PRAL)(FBR)
ii. SMEDA

Presenter:

  1. Muhammad Umer Shabbir, Hammad Shabbir
  2. Ms. Nadia Jahangir Seth

Topic:

  1. Climate-Resposive Crop Yield Predication Using LSTM and GRU Models: A Data-Driven Approach for Pakistan's Agricultural Resilience.
  2. General Presentation on SMEDA Services for Information Dissemina tion amons visitors

Chair: -

Organization: Pakistan Bureau of statistics (PBS)

Presenter:

  1. Muhammad Ehtesham/Syed Farhan Ali
  2. Sabahat Nadeem

Topic:

  1. Secure End Digital Data Collection System
  2. AI-Powered Data Cleaning Solution for Census and Survey Data

Chair: -

Day-2 (11:10 to 12:10)

Organization: Wafaqi Mohtasib (Ombudsman)’s Secretariat

Presenter:

  1. Mr. Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmed

Topic:

  1. Data Management and Operations for Dispensation of Justice for Eradication of Mal-administration

Chair: -

Organization: NUST

Presenter:

  1. Dr. Sundas Younis, Dr Yasir Ahmed
  2. Dr. Afshan

Topic:

  1. There Are lies, Damn Lies and Statistics: Understanding the Enigmaof Data
  2. From Data to Decision

Chair: -

Organization: Dept of Software Engineering (NUML)

Presenter:

  1. Anam Taskeen (Lecturer)

Topic:

  1. AI-Drivren behvioural data analysis for Early detection of autism spectrum disorder

Chair: -

Organization: Renewable Firsts

Presenter:

  1. Rabia Babar

Topic:

  1. Data-driven decision making on climate and energy through PECI (Pakistan energy & climate insights) dashboard

Chair: -

Organization: Pakistan Bureau of statistics (PBS)

Presenter:

  1. Dr. Naveed Iqbal
  2. Ihsan ul Haq

Topic:

  1. Agricultural Census: Trends And Current Situation
  2. Financial Hardship and Catastrophic Health Expenditures in Pakistan: Insights from National Health Accounts 2023-24

Chair: -

Day-2 (14:00 to 15:00)

Organization: i. Bahria University
ii. Gesture Vox

Presenter:

  1. MS Nabeela Bibi (lecturer)
  2. Numaira Atif (Speaker), Hassan Ali Moderator

Topic:

  1. Privacy Preserving LLMS
  2. Health for All

Chair: -

Organization: Global Climate change impact studies Centre(GCISC) Ministry of climate change and enviromental coordination(MoCC&EC)

Presenter:

  1. Muhammad Adnan/Qudsia Zafar

Topic:

  1. Role of statistics in climate data analysis

Chair: -

Organization: Virtual University

Presenter:

  1. Dr. Muhammad Shakeel, Assistant Professor of Economics

Topic:

  1. Block chain, Crypto & Web 3 Data Insights for Pakistan’s Digital Future.

Chair: -

Organization: Pakistan Bureau of statistics (PBS)

Presenter:

  1. Ayesha Ashfaq
  2. Mazhar Hussain

Topic:

  1. Economy Census data for evidence-based planning
  2. Drift Discovery and Volatility Forecasting: Evidence from Cryptocurrencies

Chair: -

Day-2 (15:30 to 16:30)

Organization: Centre of advanced studies in pure and applied mathematics, BZU, Multan

Presenter:

  1. Dr. Imran Javaid

Topic:

  1. Data-Driven Recommender System for investment Portfolio selection

Chair: -

Organization: Govt College University Faisalabad

Presenter:

  1. Dr Shumaiela Farooqi

Topic:

  1. Exploration of University Teachers' Preceptions Regarding Integration of Enviromental Education in Curriculum.

Chair: -

Organization: Pakistan Bureau of statistics (PBS)

Presenter:

  1. Mr Muhammad Kaleem/Mr Zia ur Rehman
  2. Uzair Essa

Topic:

  1. Cyber security awairness and its importance with respect to data security
  2. Economy Financial Resonance: A Novel Framework for economist analysis and Policy Optimization.

Chair: -