Jan 2023 9th Annual USA Quran and Science Symposium

saturday January 21st, 2023, 10 AM to 5:15 PM (Eastern standard time)

at Bait-ur-Rahman Mosque, Silver Spring, MD

9:00 aM - 10:00 AM

Refreshments, Onsite Registration, Meet & Greet

10:00 aM - 11:30 am

Session 1: A career path to reaching the highest echelons

Objective: To hear from experts about novel tools to study the Holy Quran as scientists and to inspire youth to pursue the highest academic circles

Location: Women, Lajna Dining Hall; Men, Men’s Prayer Hall

Moderators: Sohail Z. Husain, MD, M. Nusrat Sharif, PhD

• Tilawat, by Muneeb A Sharif (Holy Quran, 55:1-14)

• Welcoming, AAMS-USA President, Sohail Z. Husain, MD

• Attaching your Research to the Holy Quran, by Salman Sajid, BA | Slides | Video

• Getting into your dream college or training program, by Sardar Anees Ahmad, JD | Slides | Video

• A PhD journey to reaching the stars, by Munazza Alam, PhD

• Panel discussion

11:30 AM - 11:45 am

Coffee or tea break

11:45 am - 12:45 pm

session 2 (parallel sessions) of the two Ahmadi Scientist Associations, as well as an interactive program for Atfal and Nasirat

Session 2a: [men’s] AAMS session: Rapid fire snippets from active Ahmadi Scientists | Men’s Prayer Hall

Moderators: Mohiuddin Ovee, PhD, Chairul Bahri, PhD, Fizan Abdullah, MD, PhD

• Honey bees dance to their own beat, by Mohamed Alburaki, PhD | Slides | Video

• Nature or Nurture? Examining the Role of the Microbiome, by Fatir Qureshi, PhD | Video

• A Novel Enabling Semiconductor Technology for Next Generation Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits, by Hameed Naseem, PhD | Slides | Video

• Supercomputing, by Mujeeb Malik, PhD | Video

• Panel discussion

Session 2b: [women’s] AWSA session: Raising the next generation of Ahmadi women scientists | Lajna Dining Hall

Moderator: Shanaz Butt, PhD

• Tilawat (Holy Quran, 3:191-193), by Tayyaba Bhatti, MPH

• Welcoming, AWSA-USA President, M. Nusrat Sharif, PhD | Slides |

• Guidance of the Holy Quran in scientific research, by Amtul Rehman Ahmad, MD | Slides |

• My journey and challenges to becoming a Medical Radiation Physicist, by Summer Ahmad, PhD | Slides |

• Continuing the legacy by laying the foundation through High School education, by Sadia Khulood Sharif, MA | Slides |

• Panel discussion

• Closing remarks and dua, M. Nusrat Sharif, PhD

Session 2c: Atfal and Nasirat Chemistry Kitchen on renewable energy and jeopardy finals | Chemistry Kitchen PDF |

Location: Atfal, Basement, outside the offices; Nasirat, Lajna Prayer Hall

12:45 pm - 1:15 pm

Session 3: Abdus Salam Science Fair Live Judging

• AWSA Live Judging, Olivia Barber, PhD (candidate), Atiya Tul-Haye Malik | Location: Lajna Prayer Hall

• AAMS Live Judging, Karim Sharif, PhD, Syed Abdul Majid Shah, PhD | Location: Men’s Dining Hall

1:15 pm - 2:30 pm

Session 4: Namas, lunch, (2:00 PM) elections of the two associations

AWSA Elections: Lajna Prayer Hall; AAMS Elections: Men’s Prayer Hall

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Session 5: Tech recharged: from batteries to health

Objective: Highlight the impact of tech breakthroughs on society

Location: Women, Lajna Dining Hall; Men, Men’s Prayer Hall

Moderators: Rashid Waraich, PhD, Amtul Rehman Ahmad, MD

• ONE: A paradigm shift of the EV Battery, by Mujeeb Ijaz, BS | Video

• Unmasking Pakistani genetics, by Shareef Khalid, MS | Slides | Video

• Clear steps to opening the gates to healthcare through AI, by Adeel Malik, BS | Video

• Panel discussion

4:00 pm - 4:15 pm

Coffee or tea break

4:15 pm - 5:15 pm

Session 6: Following in the footsteps of Professor Abdus Salam

Objective: Probe the aspirational goal of achieving 100 Abdus Salams

Location: Women, Lajna Dining Hall; Men, Men’s Prayer Hall

Moderators: Hamid ur Rahman, MD, Sohail Z. Husain, MD, Hafiz Mubarak Kukoyi, MD

• Tilawat, Hafiz Mubarak Kukoyi, MD (Holy Quran, 10:56-58) | Video |

• Short video clip from an epic address of Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V (aba) | Video | Transcript (excerpt from 2019 AMRA UK speech)

• Keynote: Reminiscences of Professor Abdus Salam, by Aziza Rahman, PhD | Speech | Slides |

• Travel Award update (Tayyaba Bhatti, MPH), Abdus Salam Science Fair announcement (Abdul Naseer Malmi-Kakkada, PhD), Science Kitchen (Ijaz Ahmed, PhD), Jeopardy (Sadia Khulood Sharif, MA).

• Remarks from Canadian Ahmadi Muslim Scientists, by Fasih Rahman, PhD candidate

• Announcing the 10th Annual Quran and Science Symposium at the July 2023 Joint Meeting of AMMA-AWSA-AAMS, by Fizan Abdullah, MD, PhD, M. Nusrat Sharif, PhD, Sohail Z. Husain, MD

• Introducing the National Taleem Dept Salam Initiative and concluding remarks, by Nusrat Sharif, PhD | Slides |

• Concluding Dua

5:15 PM

Namas and dinner

Event co-hosted by the Ahmadi Women Scientist Association (AWSA) USA and the Association of Ahmadi Muslim Scientists (AAMS) USA