Shafi Ahmed is also on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, Imperial College, Barts Medical School, Queen Mary University, and Bradford University, where he lectures on “Innovation and Digital Transformation.” Professor Shafi Ahmed is one of the 20 most important people in the world in digital health and innovation. More than 400 newspapers, journals, and TV news channels have carried various reports on him, including the BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, CNBC, Forbes, Guardian, The Times, etc.

Kunal chaired the session on AI & digital radiology hardware for automated and mass CXR screening at THe Lung Union conference, The Hague, 2018 and been a panelist at McGill TB summer course, NIRT/ICMR workshops, Union conferences in Cape Town (2015), Liverpool (2016). He was a part of Qure.ai core team during the launch of their Lung AI CAD at The Lung Union conference in Guadalajara, 2017. In 2012, Kunal co-founded Advenio (now ChironX) – an early leader in developing deep learning AI tools for medical imaging modalities such as chest x-rays, fundus & ultrasonography with funding from BMGF, The Unreasonable group amongst others.

Dr. Basher M. Atiquzzaman brings an exceptional level of expertise to the treatment of diseases and disorders that affect the stomach, colon, intestines, liver, pancreas, and esophagus. He also educates the next generation of doctors by training medical school students in the same treatments and techniques being utilized within his own practice.

His funded research areas include the search and discovery of novel phases of matter, emergent new particles, novel quantum effects, exotic superconductivity, quantum magnetism, spin liquids, Weyl magnets and superconductors, chiral materials, topological insulators, Higgs phenomena, kagome magnets and superconductors, anyon superconductivity, fractionalization, and Kitaev materials, Ultrafast & Nanoscale quantum phenomena among others. He has worked at both Stanford’s SLAC National Accelerator and at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the 2020 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award(Link is external) for groundbreaking discoveries in topological insulators, topological magnets, and Weyl conductors. He is the recipient ofthe American Competitiveness & Innovation Fellowship “for leadership in the field of physics” by the U.S. National Science Foundation and has been listed in the “World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds List” since 2014 onward. His research works have been featured in Physics Today, Physics World, Scientific American, Nature News, Science News, Discover magazine, New Scientist, and similar media multiple times over the last two decades. He has delivered many plenary, endowed, named, and honorific lectures around the world including the Bose-Einstein centenary lectures in quantum physics. He is an elected fellow to many professional societies including the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is the principal investigator of the Laboratory for Topological Quantum Matter and Advanced Spectroscopy at Princeton University since 2008.

She has been instrumental in developing flagship products such as Uber Maps, Bing Maps, Microsoft’s Augmented Reality Platform, Windows Phone, Speech Recognition systems, Microsoft Premium Mobile Experience, and MSN. As the Tech Lead for Uber’s Maps Data Platform, Eng. Sarah spearheaded the creation and scaling of multiple platform generations, managing the end-to-end lifecycle of Uber Maps data, which underpins Uber’s global Rides and Eats services. She played a critical role in Uber’s expansion into South Korea, the fifth-largest taxi market globally, and led the engineering guidance council, Ark, driving Uber’s architectural evolution and engineering culture. With a passion for innovation and leadership, Eng. Sarah Ahmed continues to shape the future of technology through transformative projects and platforms.

Munir holds degrees in Pharmaceutical Sciences from a Canadian national based in Dubai, an MBA from the University of Toronto, and a Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard University. He has also completed Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program and is pursuing sustainability studies at MIT. With a 25-year tenure at AKDN, Munir has spearheaded projects in health, education, and infrastructure, championing policy reforms and social entrepreneurship. Passionate about leveraging artificial intelligence and climate technology for global challenges, Mr. Munir envisions a sustainable future where innovation drives equitable progress for communities worldwide.

He has contributed a lot for the development of the world standard ICT industry in Bangladesh. Mr. Siddiqui graduated from Dhaka University in 1986 and evolved as a prominent entrepreneur in the Textile and ICT sector. He is a founder and Director of Asia Pacific General Insurance Company Limited, which is also a listed company. Mr. Siddiqui is also associated with other eight business houses as a chairman/Managing Director/Director. He widely traveled to many countries to attend commercial and business seminars & conferences and acquired vast knowledge in the field of commerce and business.

He served in the Ministry of Information also and his last working ministry was the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives before his retirement. An urban and local govt. specialist Mr. Mahbubul Alam has been also providing his expert support to UNDP as an advisor.