Smart Entrepreneur Society is hosting the first annual SES Women Summit 2026 on Saturday, May 23, 2026, from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM at DHA Suffa University in Karachi, bringing together women leaders, entrepreneurs, educators, and innovators for an afternoon of spotlight sessions centred on women leadership, global collaboration, innovative education, and youth development. The summit is organised by Smart Entrepreneur Society and managed by ACMEEM, with gold sponsorship from Jubilee Corporation and Wrackler, silver sponsorship from JS Bank, Sapphire, and SAMA, and supporting partnerships from Meezan Bank and other institutional partners. Those interested in participating or exploring sponsorship opportunities can reach the organisers through the contact details listed at sespk.org.
The summit’s spotlight session will feature two speakers whose work spans the intersection of global business, education, and youth development. Abeer Saleem Gul, Chief Representative for Pakistan at Dubai International Chamber, brings to the session a perspective shaped by her role as the primary bridge between Pakistani businesses and one of the Gulf region’s most active trade and investment promotion bodies. Dubai International Chamber, which operates under the broader Dubai Chambers framework, works to attract international companies to Dubai while simultaneously supporting businesses from markets like Pakistan in establishing connections and presence within the emirate’s commercial ecosystem. Her involvement in the SES Women Summit places a globally oriented, commercially grounded voice at the centre of the conversation about women leadership and international connectivity.
Seema Danish, Thinker-in-Chief and Chief Learning Officer at Kidspreneur Club and Co-Director at School of Scholars, contributes to the summit a perspective rooted in the development of entrepreneurial and leadership capabilities in young people. Kidspreneur Club operates at the intersection of education and entrepreneurship, working to introduce children and young learners to the mindset and skills of entrepreneurship at an age when those orientations are most effectively formed, and her role at School of Scholars adds a formal educational institution dimension to her profile as a practitioner in the space of future-focused learning. The pairing of her perspective with that of Abeer Saleem Gul creates a spotlight session that addresses women leadership across two distinct but complementary dimensions, one oriented toward global business and international opportunity, and the other toward the development of the next generation of leaders through education and youth programming.
The summit’s theme focus spans global connectivity, future learning, youth development, and leadership development, a combination that reflects Smart Entrepreneur Society’s intent to position the SES Women Summit as a platform for conversations about the full arc of women leadership from the development of young talent through to the exercise of leadership at the highest levels of business and institutional life. For the first annual edition of the summit, the choice of DHA Suffa University as the venue places the event within an academic setting that reinforces the programme’s emphasis on education and future-oriented thinking, while the range of corporate sponsors reflects the commercial credibility the event has attracted even in its inaugural year.
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