The 8th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences & Technology (IBCAST) will be held from 10 to 13 January, 2011 at National Centre for Physics (NCP), Islamabad organized by Centres of Excellence in Science & Applied Technologies (CESAT), Islamabad. In the last seven conferences around thousand papers have been presented and more than three thousand participants attended the conference. It is the largest scientific event in Pakistan which is held regularly. It covers a wide range of topics in applied sciences and technology. Among various distinctive features of this conference is holding of following six activities in parallel: