SCHEDULE
Check in: SVAD COURTYARD | 2:00pm
DAY 1
FRIDAY – 19th MAY
Students to check-in at 2:45pm
1st year: SVAD 407
2nd Year + MA: SLASS Auditorium
3rd Year: BBA Auditorium
3:00pm – 3:15pm
Dean’s Address
Prof. Rashid Rana – Dean BNU-MDSVAD
Project Advisor: IEDA NothingFest ’23
Director’s Address
Rohma Khan – Associate Professor BNU-MDSVAD
Director: IEDA NothingFest ’23
Keynote
3:15pm-4:30pm
Dr. Arfa Sayeda Zehra – Pakistani Educationist, Urdu Language Expert
Dr. Faisal Khan – Neo Biologist, Innovator
“Synthetic biology on earth and beyond: Creating life from Zero?”
BREAK
4:30pm-5:00pm
Talkshops
Students to check-in at 4:45pm
SVAD + BBA | 5:00pm-6:00pm
Register for 1 Talkshop for Friday. Limited slots for each
Burhan Khan – Traveller, Musician, Artist
“In Search for Absolute Zero”
SVAD 406
Hamza Omar – Aerospace Scientist, Researcher
“The Value of Zero : Embracing nothingness as a key to Happiness”
SVAD 407
Zara Gul – Makeup Artist, Entrepreneur
“Looking Through Zero”
SVAD 207
Isfandyar Khan – Musician, Architect, Linguist
“The Sound of Zeros and Ones”
BBA 202
Bushra Sultan – Filmmaker, Stylist, Makeup Artist
“Circling the Zero: Art of Nothingness”
SVAD 201
Sarah Khan & Momal Agha – Artist, Dentist
“De Novo Protein Design: Creating Nature from Zero?“
SVAD 409
Maram & Abroo – Makeup Artist, Photographer
“Beyond Zero: Manifesting the extraordinary“
BBA 204
Ayesha Inam & Mehak Rashed – Software Engineer, Educationist
“Zero Waste Paradox – The Ethical Dilemma of Sustainable Living“
SVAD 322
BREAK
6:00pm-6:15pm
SLASS GROUND | 6:15pm-7:45pm
“Zero Activity”
Fahad Bandial – Fashion Designer, Photographer, Yoga Instructor
“Zero Thought – Introspection Within”
Usman Latif – Sound Specialist
“Zero or healed”
DAY 2
SATURDAY – 20th MAY
Keynote
Students to check-in at 2:45pm
1st year: SVAD 407
2nd Year + MA: SLASS Auditorium
3rd Year: BBA Auditorium
3:00pm-4:30pm
Fahad Mirza – Plastic Surgeon, Sculptor, Actor, Model
“Being and Non Being, One and Zero”
BREAK
4:30pm-5:00pm
Talkshops
Students to check-in at 4:45pm
SVAD + BBA | 5:00pm-6:00pm
Register for 1 Talkshop for Saturday. Limited slots for each
Izzah Zainab – Mental Health Therapist, Photographer and Interior Design Enthusiast
“Zero and the Therapeutic Canvas: Reimagining Self-Identity“
BBA 202
“My Journey – From Zero to Zero“
SVAD 406
Fatima Nisar – Pilot, Dentist, Rafter
“Zero Fear”
SVAD 322
Bushra Mahnoor – WASH & Gender Right Activist
“Menstrual Equity in Humanitarian Settings: Towards Zero Taboos and Zero Waste”
SVAD 207
Awais Khan – TedX Speaker, Award Winning Author
“Zero concern for Pakistani Authors”
BBA 204
Naveed Farooqi – Yoga Instructor, Meditation Master, ModMonk
“Zero Without Energy“
SVAD 407
BREAK
6:00pm-6:15pm
SVAD COURTYARD | 6:15pm-7:30pm
Faizaan Ahab – Choreographer, Art Educationist, Architect
“Zero Movement: And 5,6,7, Zero”“
“Zero Instrument: Body in Movement””
Lecture Performance
SVAD COURTYARD | 7:45pm-8:45pm
“The Jouney to Find Ground Zero“