COMSATS launched its “Science Diplomacy” program on February 25, 2015, during a Roundtable Meeting held in Islamabad. Following the decision made by COMSATS Coordinating Council in its 17th meeting held in May 2014, the new initiative would be geared towards improving international relations among developing countries and supporting their efforts to achieve foreign policy objectives through …

The senior officials of COMSATS Headquarters, led by Dr. I.E. Qureshi, Executive Director COMSATS, held a luncheon meeting with H.E. Dr. Amina Obaid Ramadhan Alhajri, Deputy Director General ISESCO, on 21st February 2015, in Islamabad, in order to discuss matters related to expanding cooperation between the two organizations for the benefit of their common Member …

Prof. Dr. Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Director-General, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), visited COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) on 20th December 2014. He was accompanied by Dr. Rudiger Voss, Head of International Relations CERN. During the visit, the delegates were shown around the academic and technical facilities at the Institute, including Nanotechnology laboratory, Radiation laboratory, RF …

The Director-General CERN, Prof. Dr. Rolf-Dieter Heuer visited Pakistan on 19-20 December 2014, in connection with the signing of Pakistan’s accession agreement as CERN Associate Member. Availing the opportunity of his presence in Islamabad, the Executive Director COMSATS, Dr. I.E. Qureshi and senior officials of COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), including Rector CIIT, Dr. …

The 2nd meeting of COMSATS’ International Thematic Research Group (ITRG) on ‘Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)’ was held on 16th December 2014, at the Group’s Lead Centre, the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Islamabad, Pakistan. The event was held in conjunction with the International Workshop on ‘Applications of ICTs in Education, Healthcare and Agriculture’ …

COMSATS co-organized an International Workshop on ‘Applications of ICTs in Education, Healthcare and Agriculture’, in Islamabad, on December 15-16, 2014, in collaboration with Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO); Inter Islamic Network on Information Technology (INIT), and COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT). Over 50 scholars, researchers, subject-experts and academicians from Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran, …

The fourth International Workshop and Conference on ‘Nano-materials and Nano-devices (IWCN-2014)’ successfully concluded in Cairo, Egypt, on December 09, 2014. The IWCN was organized by the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) in collaboration with the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO). The event was hosted by COMSATS’ …

The Foundation Meeting of COMSATS’ International Thematic Research Group (ITRG) on ‘Mathematical Modeling’ was organized by the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) with the support of its Centre of Excellence in Nigeria, National Mathematical Centre (NMC), which is the designated Lead Centre of the Group. The meeting took place …

COMSATS-ISESCO-INIT Regional Workshop on National Innovation System and Intellectual Property for the African region was inaugurated by H.E. Dr. Amina Al Hajri, Deputy Director-General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), on November 25, 2014, in Rabat, Morocco. The three-day event is being jointly organized by ISESCO; Commission on Science and Technology for …

COMSATS-ISESCO Regional Consultative Workshop on National Innovation System (NIS) and Intellectual Property (IP) (African Region) was successfully held in Rabat, Morocco, from November 25-27, 2014. The second of its kind, the workshop was jointly organized by the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS); Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization …