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Code For Pakistan at Digital Youth Summit 21

Published: 28 December 2021

Code For Pakistan at Digital Youth Summit 21

The Digital Youth Summit (DYS) is a technology-focused annual conference in Peshawar, Pakistan. Starting in 2014, DYS has become one of the largest, longest-running premier tech conferences in Pakistan. DYS 21 saw over 8,000 visitors at its Peshawar venue & 29,000 plus people tuning in online.

KPITB (one of Code for Pakistan’s earliest partners) hosts DYS in Peshawar, where we have a large network of technologists. Also, the conference’s goal overlaps with Code for Pakistan’s mission of using technology for good, so it made sense for us to provide a helping hand in organizing the conference. Apart from all the behind-the-scenes workings, Code for Pakistan was also an official content partner for DYS 21.

Samina Rizwan (Country Head — CfP) was part of the panel on women entrepreneurship & leadership in Tech. Alongside Jehan Ara (Katalyst Labs), Madiha Hamid (Chefling Tales), Sidra Imran (MPA Sindh), Ruici Tio (Facebook), and Samar Hasan (Epiphany) hosting the panel.

Left to Right: Samar Hasan, Jehan Ara, Madiha Hamid, Samina Rizwan, Sidra Imran, Ruici Tio
Samina Rizwan speaking on the panel of women entrepreneurship in Tech
Left to Right: Junaid Akram, Taimoor Jhagra, Dr. Hassan Akhtar, Amna Baig, Sohail Muneer
Read Tweets about panel discussion ‘Designing for Good Governance’
Winners of GovTech Hackathon and GovTech Innovation Challenge receiving prize money
pictures from the DYS 21