The 9th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences & Technology (IBCAST) will be held from 9 to 12 January, 2012 at National Centre for Physics (NCP), Islamabad organized by Centres of Excellence in Science & Applied Technologies (CESAT), Islamabad. In the last eight conferences more than eleven hundred papers have been presented and more than four 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: