Pakistan Software Export Board is hosting an Online Awareness and Engagement Session under its GAIN programme on June 30, 2026, from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM PKT, focused on the theme of Future Technologies and Pakistan’s Digital Economy. The session is exclusively open to PSEB-registered IT and IT-enabled services companies, with registration available at https://lnkd.in/gwA-HgJw.
The session will be led by Dr. Maheera Abdul Ghani, a Cambridge-trained Materials Scientist, Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2026 honoree, and recipient of the Nature Portfolio Inspiring Women in Science Award 2025. Her academic and research background positions her as one of the most credible voices in Pakistan on the intersection of frontier science and commercial technology, bringing a perspective to the PSEB audience that goes beyond conventional software services into the deeper layers of the global technology value chain where semiconductors, advanced materials, and deep-tech innovation are increasingly determining which countries and companies hold strategic advantage.
Participants in the session will explore how frontier technologies including semiconductors, advanced materials, and artificial intelligence are transforming global markets and reshaping international supply chains, alongside strategies for technology commercialisation and innovation-led growth. The session will also cover pathways for positioning Pakistani IT firms in high-value international supply chains that go beyond traditional software outsourcing, approaches for building impactful academia-industry partnerships for research and development and talent development, and global best practices for scaling and protecting breakthrough innovations. For Pakistan’s registered IT and IT-enabled services sector, which has been performing strongly on export volumes but remains largely concentrated in conventional software development and business process outsourcing, a session on deep-tech commercialisation and frontier technology markets addresses a strategic question the industry has not yet answered at scale: how Pakistani firms move beyond being cost-competitive service providers into becoming participants in the global innovation economy where margins, valuation, and long-term competitiveness are structurally higher.
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