ICAP holds CFO Conference 2022 at Lahore

              

The Professional Accountants in Business (PAIB) Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) organized CFO Conference 2022 on the theme ‘Embracing the role as Chief Value Officer’ on Thursday at a local hotel venue.

Mr. Samiullah Siddiqui FCA Chairman PAIBC & Council Member ICAP in his address welcomed all the key note speakers, dignitaries, sponsors and guests. He also thanked all the sponsors for coming forward in supporting CFO conference 2022 on much needed topic “Embracing the role as Chief Value Officer.

Mr. Ashfaq Yousuf Tola, President of ICAP welcomed the guests and congratulated the organizing committee, council members, sponsors, and the participants. He said that this conference is very valuable as it is providing 500 years of experience in just a single day. He said that after Covid -19 pandemic a very fast technological advancement can be seen clearly leading the world to move very fast. Mr. Tola highlighted that the economy is the key pillar of sustainability, and in order to have the value of ascertaining, one needs to be updated and make appropriate decisions towards sustainability.

Mr. Paul Papadimitriou Founder & CEO of Intelligencr delivered a keynote speech on "A Peek into the the World’s Financial & Economic Landscape. He said that Pakistan has a great potential to benefit from these faster dynamics as many rural areas in Pakistan are shifting into cities. Despite increasing inflation, Pakistan being a high-potential country is an opportunity for companies looking for outsourcing. CFOs need to be transcendent leaders who empower others in order to get maximum quality output. He said that technology is a great opportunity and always creates value in an organization irrespective of the fact that the country is rich or poor. He emphasized the importance of human assets that we have in the shape of youth. Around 2.5 billion people are entering the middle class and around 1 billion women are new emerging workforce.

Dr. Ahmad Junaid of KSBL presented the result of the CFO Survey 2022, the survey entailed collective insights from 300+ CFOs, Finance Directors, and Financial Controllers of diversified industries from within Pakistan. It will help businesses understand macroeconomic expectations, capital availability, tech perspective, workforce requirements, and other pressing concerns in Pakistan to make informed decisions. Sustainability is the burning topic these days and it is not a choice anymore, especially in Pakistan we have to make it available to everyone the reason to conduct this survey is to reduce the lack of communication among finance professionals

The conference hosted various key sessions on diversified subjects and featured prominent entrepreneurs and members of the business fraternity of Pakistan.

Huawei’s next-gen products and Smart-Watches for Healthy Living at the Huawei Flagship Launch Event

                     

Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) featured a variety of HUAWEI’s cutting edge hardware products at the Huawei Flagship Launch Event 2022, including: HUAWEI WATCH GT3 Pro, HUAWEI P50, HUAWEI WATCH FIT 2, HUAWEI WATCH D, HUAWEI Band 7 and HUAWEI Mate Xs 2. Huawei’s world-renowned Health App has aided consumers to lead a healthy lifestyle, globally.     

At the launch event, Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei CBG highlighted: “Huawei’s continuous dedication to optimising the user experience to fulfil its strategy and vision of an All-Scenario Seamless AI Life. He also highlighted the innovative features of the HUAWEI Health App+’s Stay Fit Plan. Users can create workouts and eating plans with automatic reminders, based on their personal training days, exercise goals and favourite foods. The Nutritional Analysis enables highly accurate calorie counts that can help the users meet their goals.”

HUAWEI WATCH GT3 Pro; with a “moon phase collection” interface design, this flagship smartwatch supports a healthy lifestyle, with Electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis and HUAWEI TruSeen™ 5.0+ data monitoring technology, for accurate heart-health measurement and blood-oxygen monitoring. The Titanium Edition of GT3 Pro comes with a 14 days battery life and 7 days of battery life in intense usage scenarios, while its Ceramic Edition comes with up to 7 days of battery life. Wireless fast-charging of just 10 minutes allows a full day of use. Users have access to over 100 workout modes & an AI Coach.

HUAWEI P50 Camera-Phone comes with a powerful Main-Camera Matrix and SuperZoom Matrix. The hardware is integrated with the HUAWEI XD Optics and HUAWEI XD Fusion Pro-image engine. It offers high-resolution images, 4K videography (Front & Rear), over 2,000 colours, True-Chroma Image Engine, Super HDR technology and AIS Pro True-Steady Shot technology. Its stunning 6.5 inch HDR display supports the full P3 colour gamut, for video and gameplay and 300 Hz touch sampling rate to provide fast response times. It also features AppGallery, IP68 safety-rating and 4100mAh long-lasting battery life, with 66W HUAWEI SuperCharge.

HUAWEI WATCH FIT 2: comes with many fashionable characteristics and is equipped with a 1.74-inch AMOLED HD HUAWEI FullView display with a chessboard launcher design for an interactive experience and the ‘Tap-to-Transfer’ feature. Equipped with Huawei Health App, it comes with a speaker and microphone, for pushing phone calls from smartphone to smartwatch via Bluetooth, to chat, on-the-go. Users can also play music directly on the smartwatch and gain access to HUAWEI Assistant∙TODAY, to check; the weather, flights, and other information. It has a large battery, allowing usage for up to 10 days.

HUAWEI Mate Xs 2: is a new flagship foldable and ultra-sleek smartphone that features the first 3D Fibreglass with a Falcon-Wing Design. HUAWEI’s innovative industry-leading composite screen absorbs all shock and buffer to make it ultra-reliable. Its 7.8-inch True-Chroma foldable display, with an Anti-Reflective Nano Optical layer, delivers high-resolution content. Multitasking capabilities and ‘Floating Window Swipe Gestures’ provide seamless control. Its Silicon-Based Anode battery has a larger capacity - 66W HUAWEI SuperCharge that allows a 90% charge within 30minutes.  

HUAWEI Health App: covers all aspects of a healthy lifestyle, including Fitness, Nutrition and Wellness. Users can enjoy a wide range of features to stay fit for both physical and mental health. HUAWEI Health+ is a new premium paid subscription service, with advanced health & fitness features. HUAWEI’s Breathing Training allows users to develop their own breathing-exercise routine. 

These new and unique devices enable and motivate the users to track their health and motivate themselves to live longer and perform better.