Professor Dr. Rashad Ramzan frm FAST National University Islamabad, delivered a talk on "Innovation, Knowledge-Based Economy & Chip Design" on June 27th. In his talk, he emphasized that innovation is the backbone of a knowledge-based economy. He explained the cycle of innovation using examples of vaccine quality monitoring microchips and plant water sensing systems. These packageless microchips utilize nanowatt temperature and humidity sensors, wireless power transfer, backscattering, and a new class of AC-powered logic gates and processing elements.