OPEN Multi-City Conference

OPEN Silicon Valley’s in partnership with OPEN Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore and will host the first ever OPEN Multi-City Conference in partnership with LUMS, IBA and NUST

The Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs (OPEN) Silicon Valley in partnership with OPEN Islamabad, OPEN Karachi and OPEN Lahore will host the first ever OPEN Multi-City Conference, held in four different cities on November 12, 2022.

The OPEN Multi-City Conference will be hosted in Pakistan’s three major cities in partnership with premier educational institutions – LUMS University in Lahore, National University of Sciences and Technology in Islamabad and Institute of Business Administration in Karachi.

The conference will give attendees, including students, a chance to network with and hear from business professionals, entrepreneurs and VC’s within Pakistan and around the world. Each city will host a renowned Keynote Speaker, who is a top professional in their field.

OPEN SIlicon Valley’s Annual Forum will be livestreamed to these three cities, and attendees will have the incredible opportunity of being part of a live Keynote Speaker Session, streamed directly from Silicon Valley. This year, the forum will have three tracks, Metaverse & Gaming, Tech & Beyond and Invest in Pakistan, as part of its Annual Forum, of which select sessions will be presented in various cities through the OPEN Multi-City Conference. OPEN SIlicon Valley with its partner organizations in Pakistan, is excited to embark on this history-making mission of launching Pakistan’s first of a kind multinational, multi-city live conference.

The Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs (OPEN) is a network of more than a hundred thousand Pakistani entrepreneurs and professionals all around the world, working and leading some of the most innovative companies of our time. OPEN Charter members have raised more than $1 billion in fundings for their startups and have had exits of more than $10 billion. We are proud of our heritage and impact during the past two decades. Over the years, OPEN has made significant contributions to business, science and technology. Five publicly known unicorn founders in the U.S. are part of our network and have set up AI and Chip design centers in Pakistan amongst other business ventures in the U.S., Pakistan, U.K, Netherlands, China, Middle East and Malaysia to name a few. Founded in 1998 in Boston, OPEN has grown to eleven chapters in the U.S, U.K. Canada, Middle East and Pakistan.