COMSTECH Thematic Workshops in Frontier Technologies

The Coordinator General of COMSTECH in 2006 conceived the idea to offer thematic symposia, training courses and training courses in frontier technologies. The ultimate aim behind it was to build capacity of young scientists in the Islamic world, and to develop strategies to find solutions through the applications of advanced technologies. These strategies are hoped to provide guidance and prescribed agenda of research for various university laboratories and Research and Development organizations. Initially, the main thrust of the proposed programme was on emerging sciences and technologies under the broad umbrella of biotechnology, with the main outcome directed towards research programmes geared to impact national economies.

The first phase of this programme started in August 2006, and was completed in June 2009. The total cost in this phase amounted to US$ 0.566 million. The programme was jointly sponsored by COMSTECH and the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.

Originally, it was planned to organize 10 thematic training courses to benefit 200 researchers over a period of two years. The project was later revised and extended till June 2009 and, instead, 19 international training courses were offered within the same budget. Resource persons from Australia, Bangladesh, China, Cuba, Germany, Iran, Italy, Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, U.A.E.,

U.K., and U.S.A., made themselves available to train 447 scientists from 23 OIC member states. In addition a number of resource persons from Pakistani universities and institutes who were actively involved in research were also invited to conduct training sessions.

The list of workshops and training programmes held during 2011 – 2019

No.

Workshop Title

Date

Participants

Resource Persons

Total

Foreign

Local

Foreign

Local

  1.  

Synthetic Biology and its Dual Use

Feb. 3-5, 2011

24

4

20

10

7

  1.  

Biotechnology for Economic Development

Feb. 16-18, 2011

17

6

11

3

10

  1.  

Frontiers in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

March 28-30, 2011

25

4

21

7

10

  1.  

Essential Need of Nano-Education in OIC Countries

April 7-9, 2011

24

5

19

5

8

  1.  

Mathematical Sciences and their Applications

May 23-25, 2011

28

3

25

5

14

  1.  

Modern Techniques in Combinatorial Chemistry

June 14-16, 2011

27

9

18

2

5

  1.  

Green Technology

June 28-30, 2011

29

4

25

3

15

  1.  

Integrated Pest Management

July 4-6, 2011

25

9

16

2

10

  1.  

Biosafety Practices: Need & Necessity (Workshop for Laboratory Professionals)

Sept. 26-28, 2011

23

2

21

5

9

  1.  

Modern Techniques in Structural Biology (Venue: ICCBS, Karachi)

Oct. 1-4, 2011

45

10

35

2

3

  1.  

Biosafety, Biosecurity and Bioethics (for Managers)

Oct. 17-19, 2011

29

1

28

3

9

  1.  

Healthcare in the 21st Century: Importance of Interoperability

Nov. 21-23, 2011

36

1

35

2

10

  1.  

Advancement in Genetic Engineering of Plants

Dec. 20-22, 2011

34

2

32

1

8

  1.  

Latest Advancements of Mathematical Research

Dec. 27-29, 2011

27

0

27

2

20

  1.  

Nanotechnology and its Industrial Applications

Jan. 10-12, 2012

36

9

27

2

12

  1.  

High Performance Computing Using Multicore Processors

Feb. 6-8, 2012

14

4

10

0

2

  1.  

Applications of Modern Biotechnology in Muslim Countries- Specific Issues and Challenges

Feb. 27-29, 2012

26

1

25

8

5

  1.  

Vacuum Technology

Mar. 6-8, 2012

36

1

35

2

22

  1.  

Bioinformatics: Database Mining and High Throughput Genomic Analyses

Mar. 19-21, 2012

35

4

31

2

0

  1.  

Pakistan’s Energy Options: Availability and Affordability, and the role of regional grids

Mar. 29-30, 2012

40

5

35

5

10

  1.  

Recent Trends in Analytical Chemistry

April 3-5, 2012

31

0

31

0

5

  1.  

Ensuring Food Security through Prevention of Biodiversity Loss

April 18-20, 2012

14

4

10

10

3

  1.  

An update on Pathogenesis of Mycobacterial Diseases

April 25-27, 2012

18

3

15

1

3

  1.  

Computational Methods in Mathematics

May 7-9, 2012

30

2

28

4

10

  1.  

Green Economy

May 16-18, 2012

18

0

18

3

1

  1.  

Marine Biology – Ecology and Applications, Advancements & Issues of the 21st Century

June 26-28, 2012

25

2

23

3

2

  1.  

Industrial Biotehcnology

July 10-12, 2012

26

7

19

3

5

  1.  

High Altitude Ecosystem and Climate Change

Sept. 3-5, 2012

22

3

19

1

3

  1.  

Laser-Matter Interaction

Sept. 11-13, 2012

24

0

24

2

5

  1.  

Adaptation to Natural Hazards under the Changing Global Climate Scenario

Sept. 25-27, 2012

27

5

22

5

8

  1.  

Nonlinear Problems in Mathematics

Oct. 9-11, 2012

20

1

19

4

10

  1.  

Water Quantity and Quality Assessment

Oct. 16-18, 2012

31

3

28

4

6

  1.  

Food Production and Processing Technologies

Nov. 6 – 8, 2012

26

1

25

3

10

  1.  

Plasma Science

Nov. 19-21, 2012

36

0

36

2

9

  1.  

Radiotracers: Production Technology and Applications

Oct. 21-23, 2013

27

2

25

2

5

  1.  

Sustainable Water Management

Oct. 28-30, 2013

22

1

21

4

3

  1.  

Disaster Management and Risk Reduction

Nov. 19-21, 2013

14

0

14

1

5

  1.  

Advances in Food Analytical Methods: Oil/Fat and Phenolics

Dec. 4-6, 2013

23

0

23

2

2

  1.  

Market Analysis for Technology Innovations

Jan. 27-29, 2014

14

0

14

1

2

  1.  

Solutions of Differential Equations from Transform Techniques

Jan. 30- Feb.1, 2014

17

4

13

7

2

  1.  

Innovation in Drug Discovery, Delivery and Pharmacy Practice

May 13-15, 2014

39

6

33

2

8

  1.  

Saponins, a Group  of Useful Natural Products

June 24-26, 2014

31

5

26

2

2

  1.  

Bioinformatics: Ensembl Database Mining and Whole Genome Sequencing Analysis

Dec.
16-18, 2014

33

5

28

4

0

  1.  

Current Developments and Applications of Mathematical Sciences

5 – 7 Jan, 2015

30

0

30

4

18

  1.  

Integrating Clinical Pharmacy Education, Practice & Research: Bridging the Gap

22 – 24 Feb, 2016

39

13

26

5

2

  1.  

Application of Nuclear Radiation in Agriculture, Medicine, Non-Destructive Testing and Nuclear Regulatory Practices

18 – 23 Apr, 2016

35

16

19

5

37

  1.  

Genomics & Genome Editing

24 – 27 May, 2016

27

14

13

3

9

  1.  

Nano-sciences: Education and Industrial Applications

Dec. 13-15, 2016

16

8

8

7

8

  1.  

Science Communication: Enhancing Public Understanding

Jan. 10-11, 2017

19

3

16

4

16

  1.  

Dr. S. Qasim Mehdi Symposium – Human Population and Disease Genomics

Apr. 10-12, 2017

20

8

12

5

12

  1.  

Rational Design of Materials for Energy Needs: Computation & Experimentation

May 22-26, 2017

12

2

10

7

10

  1.  

A Public Lecture by Prof. Mark Tester on “Food Security in Perspective of Advances in Increasing the Salinity Tolerance of Crops”

March 15, 2018

100

0

100

1

0

  1.  

Singularity University Islamabad Chapter’s First Event on Technology for the Greater Good

March 16, 2018

90

0

90

5

1

  1.  

International Workshop on Plant Genetic Resources and Genebank Operations Management System

May 8-11, 2018

29

19

10

4

10

  1.  

Options for an Energy Mix: Issues of Cost and Sustainability

June 26-28, 2018

66

4

62

5

20

  1.  

RSC Pakistan 1st Int’l Conference on Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery

Oct. 18-19, 2018

217

3

214

21

12

  1.  

Use of Genome Editing and Other New Breeding Technologies for Global Food Security

Apr. 8-10, 2019

97

18

79

12

10

  1.  

2nd Annual Biodiversity and Health Big Data (BHBD) Alliance Meeting

&

International Symposium on Global Biodiversity and Health Big Data

July 18, 2019

202

2

200

8

4

  1.  

International Workshop on Renewable Energy: Affordable & Clean Energy for All

29-31 Jul 2019

41

41

0

10

2

 

2188

289

1899

247

469

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