The first Forum meeting was held in Lahore, Pakistan, hosted by the Lahore University of Management Sciences and co-sponsored by the Syed Babar Ali Foundation. Meeting highlights included:

• 40 leaders from both societies, with track records of success in education, public policy, governance, agriculture, health, media, and entrepreneurship, held 3 days of professionally facilitated discussion.
  
• Participants talked frankly and in depth about their perceptions of their own societies, the U.S.-Pakistan relationship, the role of the media, and the challenges and opportunities for long-term partnerships.
  
• Participant working groups developed ideas for civil society partnerships in three major areas: primary and secondary education, higher education, and agriculture. Participants also explored the potential for partnerships for local governance and peace-building.
  
• Fifteen concrete partnership plans emerged from the working groups, supported by participant commitments to engage directly in follow up planning and implementation. The partner plans include:

--> Pilot sister schools program between 25 U.S. and Pakistani independent schools

--> Relationship with Pakistani schools and U.S. teachers to expand teacher-training capacity

--> Long-term university-to-university collaboration among U.S. and Pakistani public universities

--> Program to connect Pakistani and U.S. youth through facilitated Web and real-time exchanges

--> Development of the mango industry in Pakistan and increased access to U.S. markets

--> Development of the dairy industry in Pakistan to help realize its growth potential

--> Collaboration to develop a robust agricultural commodity futures exchange in Pakistan

• Following the Forum, USMEI hosted two separate planning meetings with Pakistani entrepreneurs and media leaders, to plan for the next U.S.-Pakistan Leaders Forum events.