Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST, Karachi)

ACM Seminar Fall 2007: "Technology, Innovation and Design Learning to see the bigger picture"

Session – I
3:00 – 3:15	Introduction to ACM
	A brief introduction to the ACM and the Seminar
3:15 – 4:00	History of Technology, Innovation and Design
	Introduction of Technology, Innovation and Design
	The Culture of Improvement - (A Culture of Improvement)
	An introduction to Design and the importance of paying attention to detail and seeing the bigger picture – (Cornucopia ; Innovation, Policy and the Economy)
4:00 – 4:10	What Drives Change?
4:00 – 4:10	Necessity is the mother of Invention - (Innovating under Pressure - Innovation, Policy and the Economy; A Culture of Improvement)
4:10 – 4:45	How change takes place? The Process of Technology, Innovation and Design
	Patterns of Technological Innovations - ( Patterns of Technological Innovations)
	Introduction to Gift Economy - ( Cornucopia)
	Free and Open Source - (Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software)
4:45 – 5:00	Tea Break
*Session – II*
5:00-5:25	Why is the knowledge of TID important? Utilizing information for our own Benefit
	Free and Open Source - (Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software)
	Learning to forecast by understanding the future trends – (Innovation and the Economy)
5:25-5:45	Who,US ? What should WE do next?
5:25-5:45	Learning to utilize the knowledge imparted, by showing how all the books are related, and how we should utilize the information to develop and preempt the future prospects
5:45 – 6:00	Invitation to ACM and QA session

Date & Time:	Monday , November 19, 2007 at (3pm to 6pm)
Venue:	Room 104 , SZABIST 100 Clifton
Mandatory Attendance:	Mandatory attendance for BS/CS 5 and BS(IT) I And Open invitation to rest

Session – I