SANA is proud to announce its
34th Annual Convention in Washington D.C.
from 6th July to 9th July 2018.
(Marriott Hotel is Fully booked, we are working on alternative)
(Sold out)
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Hotel Address: 5701 Marinelli Rd, Rockville, MD 20852
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SCHEDULE
| ID | Start Time | End Time | Ballroom | Moderator | ||
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| 1 | Sindh – Knowledge-based society – Interactive | 11:00 | 14:00 | Pre-convention Session | Linden Oak | Dr. Mithal Vakassi |
| 2 | Break | 14:00 | 15:00 | |||
| 3 | Tea for 2 | 17:30 | 18:30 | Gupshup of families looking for Sindhi families | BrookSide | Shereen Abbasi, Naeema Soomro, Yasmeen Memon |
| 4 | Membership Registration | 16:00 | 21:00 | LOC and SANA Volunteers | Hall Corner | LOC |
| 5 | SANA EC/LOC Meeting | 18:00 | 18:30 | Khalid Memon | Linden Oak | General Secretary |
| 6 | Informal Dinner | 18:30 | 20:00 | Hafeez Abbasi,Imran, Nasrullah, Sanaullah, Jabbar | ABC | LOC |
| 7 | Formal Convention Opening | 20:00 | 20:15 | President, SANA | D | Dr Abbasi |
| 8 | Sindh, the land of art and poetry – Mushairo/literary papers |
20:15 | 22:00 | Abdul Ghaffar Tabassum, Syed Waqar Shah, Emily Hauze, Jami Chandio, Dr. Mithal Vakassi, Prof. Adal Soomro, Prof. Ayaz Gul, Sami Baloch Inayat Baloch, Maheen Hisbani |
D | Khair M Kolachi, Fareed Bhutto |
| 9 | Youth Program | 20:00 | 21:00 | Khulda Soomro, Numrah Shaikh, Komal Bhutto | White Oak | Komal Bhutto |
| 10 | Youth Icebreakers | 21:00 | 21:30 | Khulda Soomro, Numrah Shaikh, Komal Bhutto | White Oak | Komal Bhutto |
| 11 | Women Program | 21:30 | 22:30 | LOC Women | BrookSide | LOC |
| 12 | Youth Game | 21:30 | 22:30 | Khulda Soomro, Numrah Shaikh,Komal Bhutto | White Oak | Komal Bhutto |
| 13 | SANA Talent | 22:30 | 01:00 | Local Sindhis Talent Discovery Arman, Warisha, and many more | D | Jahanzeb Memon |
| 14 | Breakfast | 07:00 | 09:00 | Hotel Provided, only for room Registered Guest | ABC | Hotel |
| 15 | Membership Registration | 08:00 | 12:00 | LOC and SANA Volunteers | Hall Corner | LOC |
| 16 | Protest at Capitol | 08:00 | 10:00 | Ali Khaskheli, Ali Hassan | Capitol | General Secretary |
| 17 | Youth DC Tour | 09:00 | 16:00 | Komal Bhutto, Khulda Soomro, Numrah | Washington DC | Komal Bhutto |
| 18 | Sorrows of Sindh: Issue of Missing Persons | 10:00 | 10:30 | Aziz Narejo, Irshad Abbasi, Zakir Bullo | D | Mushtaq Rajpar |
| 19 | Sindh Vision | 10:30 | 11:00 | Ahmer Nadeem Memon, Faiz M Khoso | D | Aziz Narejo |
| 20 | Thar Coal | 11:00 | 12:00 | Shamsuddin Shaikh and Naseer Memon | D | Mushtaq Rajpar |
| 21 | Lunch | 12:00 | 13:00 | Hafeez Abbasi, Imran, Nasrullah, Sanaullah, Jabbar | ABC | LOC |
| 22 | Media Session Sindh, SANA and news media | 13:00 | 14:00 | Zakir Bullo | D | Zakir Bullo |
| 23 | Ranikot jaa raaz (Mysteries of Ranikot) | 14:00 | 14:20 | Ishtiaque Ansari | D | Aziz Narejo |
| 24 | Bilqees and Razia Trust | 14:20 | 14:40 | Sultan Laghari | D | Mushtaq Rajpar |
| 25 | Higher Education in Sindh | 14:40 | 15:15 | Dr. Fateh Muhammad Burfat , Dr. Anwar Ali Shah G.Syed, Dr. Faiz Muhammad Shaikh | D | Aziz Narejo |
| 26 | Tea for 2 | 15:00 | 16:00 | Gupshup of families looking for Sindhi families | BrookSide | Shereen Abbasi, Naeema Soomro, Yasmeen Memon |
| 27 | SDA: Small steps big diferrence | 15:15 | 15:30 | Dr Nazeer Dahar | D | Dr Abbassi |
| 28 | Sustainable Sciences | 15:30 | 16:00 | Dr Fayaz Memon | D | Fayaz Memon |
| 29 | Keynote Speech – The Idea of Pakistan – What Was It In 1947 And What Should It Be Now? |
16:00 | 17:00 | Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy | D | President |
| 30 | Break | 17:00 | 19:00 | ABCDE | ||
| 31 | Dinner | 19:00 | 21:00 | Hafeez Abbasi, Imran, Nasrullah, Sanaullah, Jabbar | ABCDE | LOC |
| 32 | Youth Skit | 21:00 | 21:45 | Komal Bhutto, Khulda Soomro, Numrah | ABCDE | Komal Bhutto |
| 33 | Music | 21:45 | 01:00 | Sanam Marvi and Rajab Ali | ABCDE | Maheen Heesbani |
| 34 | Breakfast | 07:00 | 09:00 | Hotel Provided, only for room Registered Guest | ABC | Hotel |
| 35 | Medical Seminar | 09:00 | 10:30 | Dr Nazeer Dahar, Dr Nada Memon, Prof M Akbar Nizamani(from Pak), Dr Saeed Sangi, Dr Imtiaz Channa, (Video on Stress) |
D | Chief Guest: Bikha Ram Devrajani Moderators:Dr Abbasi and Dr Sattar Shaikh |
| 36 | FAME | 10:30 | 11:00 | Zafar Agha | D | Dr Abbasi |
| 37 | State of Education in Sindh | 11:00 | 11:30 | Nisar Siddiqui, … | D | Dr Abbasi |
| 38 | Session with Saif | 10:00 | 11:00 | Saif Samejo, Khulda Soomro, Numrah Shaikh | White Oak | Komal Bhutto |
| 39 | SSDP / Model Village Project | 11:30 | 12:00 | Dr Ghulam Qadir Mallah / Ali Hasan Bhutto | D | Dr Abbasi |
| 40 | Career Panel | 11:00 | 12:00 | Khulda Soomro, Numrah Shaikh | White Oak | Komal Bhutto |
| 41 | Lunch | 12:00 | 13:00 | Hafeez Abbasi, Imran, Nasrullah, Sanaullah, Jabbar | ABC | LOC |
| 42 | Sindhi Philosophy | 13:00 | 13:20 | Javaid Bhutto | D | President |
| 43 | Shaheed Allah Bux Trust | 13:20 | 13:30 | Ms Rufina Soomro | D | President |
| 44 | Keynote – Sindh – What then must we do? | 13:30 | 14:30 | Shahab Usto | D | President |
| 45 | SANA and Computing | 14:30 | 15:00 | Majid Bhurgari | D | President |
| 46 | SANA -Vision 2028 | 15:00 | 16:00 | Various Speakers | D | General Secretary |
| 47 | General Body | 16:00 | 17:30 | Khalid Memon | D | General Secretary |
| 48 | Membership Registration | 18:00 | 19:00 | LOC and SANA Volunteers | Hall Corner | LOC |
| 49 | Tea for 2 | 17:30 | 18:30 | Gupshup of families looking for Sindhi families | Brookside | Shereen Abbasi, Naeema Soomro, Yasmeen Memon |
| 50 | Break | 17:30 | 19:00 | ABCDE | ||
| 51 | Annual Banquet | 19:00 | 21:30 | Hafeez Abbasi, Imran, Nasrullah, Sanaullah, Jabbar | ABCDE | LOC |
| 52 | Transforming Thar Documentary by Thar Coal |
19:00 | 19:15 | Thar Progress Documentary | ABCDE | Dr Abbassi |
| 53 | Award Presentation | Various Awards presents | ABCDE | Dr Abbassi | ||
| 54 | Donor Recognition screen slides | Projector Screen | ABCDE | Dr Abbassi | ||
| 55 | Dinner | Hafeez Abbasi, Imran, Nasrullah, Sanaullah, Jabbar | ABCDE | Dr Abbassi | ||
| 56 | Music | Saif Samejo(The Sketches), Sanam Marvi | ABCDE | Maheen Heesbani | ||
| 57 | Music Program Registration | 21:30 | 22:00 | LOC and SANA Volunteers | Hall Corner | LOC |
| 58 | Youth Banquet | 22:00 | 23:30 | Youth Activities in Separate Hall | White Oak | Komal Bhutto |
| 59 | Breakfast | Hotel Provided, only for room Registered Guest | ABC | Hotel | ||
| 60 | Convention Ends | 07:01 | 07:01 | |||
Hotel Map for check-in location and metro location
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If you are Riding Metro
Click here to watch live metro movement in Washington DC
Fare info:
from Ronald Reagan National Airport to White flint is : Peak time $6.00 — Off Peak $3.85
from Dulles International (Reston metro Station) to White flint is : Peak time $6.00 — Off Peak $3.85
You will need SMARTTRIP for travelling on metro, which you can get from vending machine at metro station, that can be refilled later from any metro station.
For complete details, please watch this video :
Metro riders please look for METRO CENTER station for Red line train going towards “Shady Grove” and hotel is at White Flint Metro station, which is across the street from hotel.
If you are coming from Regan National Airport (use Blue Line going toward METRO CENTER) or from Dulles Internaltion Airport (use Silver line) you need to change train (Red Line) at Metro Center going toward “Shady Grove”; Leave metro on White Flint metro station and across the road is Bethesda North Marriott Hotel.
Metro Map from Reagan National Airport:
Metro Map from Dulles International Airport:
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If you are Riding Uber
From Ronald Reagan National Airport to SANA Hotel
From Dulles International Airport to SANA Hotel
From BWI Internaltion Airport to SANA Hotel
From Union Train station to SANA Hotel
Supper Shuttle
Transportation from Dulles Airport Supper shuttle cost 33 dollars one person from Airport to Hotel for two persons cost 44 dollars
Uber 40 to 50 dollars from Airport depends on traffic and timings
From Ronald Reagan Airport : Supper Shuttle cost 33 dollars one person from Airport to Hotel for two persons cost 44 dollars
Uber 40 to 50 dollars from Airport depends on traffic and timings
From BWI Please call supper shuttle 1800 258 3826
Keep visiting this page for
Updates about 34th annual Convention Washington D.C.
2017-09-30: Dr Abbasi Provided details to EC
2017-09-24: Convention Theme decided to “SANA-Vision 2028”
Dr Abbassi visited Hotels and received quotes.
2017-07-27: Initial community meeting scheduled: Aug 12th, 2017 Mehran Restaurant, Springfield VA.
2017-07-24: Convention Dates and Location decided: Jul 6th – Jul 9th in Washington D.C.