Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman in his capacity as Organizing Secretary or Chairman has organized the following major international conferences.
| (1) | Drug Discovery & Therapy World Congress 2017, organized by the Chairman of International Advisory Board of DDTWC, July 10th – 13th, 2017, Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA, USA. |
| (2) | MMDR-6 Organized by Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman, FRS at the PCMD, November 6-9, 2017. |
| (3) | Global Biotechnology Congress 2017, organized by the Chairman of International Advisory Board of GBC, July 10th – 13th, 2017, Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA, USA. |
| (4) | An international Conference entitled, “14th EURASIA Conference” organized as the Chairman of International Advisory Board of EUCAS-14 at the ICCBS during December 15-18, 2016. |
| (5) | Drug Discovery & Therapy World Congress 2016 and Global Biotechnology Congress, (2016) organized at the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center, Boston, USA during August 22-25, 2016. |
| (6) | 7th International Conference on Drug Discovery and Therapy organized, (2016) at Dubai, UAE. during February 15-18. |
| (7) | NASIC-UiTM Symposium on “Drug Development from Indigenous Plants in Developing Countries", organized as the President NASIC at the Atta-ur-Rahman Institute for Natural Products Discovery, during October 4-7, 2016 at Universiti Teknologi MARA, Puncak Alam Campus, Malaysia. |
| (8) | An International Conference organized entitled, “5th International Workshop Cum Training Course on Molecular Medicine and Drug Research”, during January 12-15, 2015 at the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences. |
| (9) | An International Conference organized entitled, “Drug Discovery & Therapy”, during July 22-25 at John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center, Boston, USA. |
| (10) | An International Conferences organized entitled, “Global Biotechnology Congress 2015”, during July 22-25 at John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center, Boston, USA. |
| (11) | An International Conference Cum Workshop organized entitled, “NASIC Conference Cum Workshop on Herbal Drug Development for Socio – Economic Uplift in Developing World” during September 06-08, 2015 at Jordan. |
| (12) | President, organizing Committee, “NASIC Workshop on Modern Spectroscopic Techniques and their Applications in Structure Determination” held at ICCBS during December 1-3, 2014. |
| (13) | President of Organizing Committee of the “Drug Discovery and Therapy World Congress” 2014, held at , John B. Hynes Memorial Convention Center, Boston, USA Boston during June 16-19, 2014. |
| (14) | President of Organizing Committee of the “Global Biotechnology Congress 2014” 2014, held at Boston during June 16-19, 2014. |
| (15) | President of the organizing committee of “National Science Conference” held at ICCBS Institutions, in collaboration with Pakistan Academy of Sciences during May 01-03, 2014. |
| (16) | Chairman organizing committee of “IYCr South Asia Summit Meeting on vistas on structural chemistry” held at ICCBS Institutions during April 28-30, 2014. |
| (17) | President of Organizing Committee of the “6th International Conference on Drug Discovery and Therapy” held at Dubai during February 10th – 12th, 2014. |
| (18) | President Organizing Committee of the “Drug Discovery and Therapy World Congress” 2014 , held at Boston during June 03-06, 2013. |
| (19) | President Organizing Committee at the “5th International Conference on Drug Discovery and Therapy” held at Dubai during February 18th – 21st, 2013 |
| (20) | President Organizing Committee at the “2nd Biotechnology World Congress” 2014, held at Dubai during February 18-21st, 2013. |
| (21) | President Organizing Committee of the “4th International Conference on Drug Discovery and Therapy” held at Dubai during February 12th - 15th, 2012. |
| (22) | President of Organizing Committee at the “1st Biotechnology World Congress”, held at Dubai during February 14th - 15th, 2012. |
| (23) | President Organizing Committee at the “3rd International Conference on Drug Discovery and Therapy”, held at Dubai during February 7th - 10th, 2011. |
| (24) | President Organizing Committee at the “2nd International Conference on Drug Discovery and Therapy”, held at Dubai during February 1st - 4th, 2010. |
| (25) | President Organizing Committee at the “1st International Conference on Drug Discovery and Therapy”, held atDubai during February 4th - 7th, 2008. |
| (26) | President Organizing Committee at the 6th International Conference on Drug Discovery and Therapy (ICDDT), Dubai Women’s College, Dubai, UAE, during February 18th-21st, 2014. |
| (27) | Organized an International Conference entitled, “Drug Discovery and Therapy World Congress 2014” and World Biotechnology Congress 2014 at Boston, USA during June 3-6, 2013. |
| (28) | Chairman Organizing committee at the 4th MMDR Symposium cum Work shop at the Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) Institutions, and delivered lecture entitled, “Some Adventures in ”Natural Product Chemistry and Higher Education" on January 7, 2013. |
| (29) | President of Organizing Committee at the 5th International Conference on Drug Discovery and Therapy (ICDDT), Dubai Women’s College, Dubai, UAE, during February 18-21, 2013. |
| (30) | Organized an International Conference entitled, “Drug Discovery and Therapy World Congress 2013” and World Biotechnology Congress 2013 at Boston, USA during June 3-6, 2013. |
| (31) | Organized an International Conference, World Biotechnology Congress 2013 at Boston, USA during June 3-6, 2013. |
| (32) | The 1st International Symposium and Pakistan-U.S. Bi national Workshop on Natural Products Chemistry held in Hotel Intercontinental Karachi, from 5th - 9th February 1984. The proceedings of this conference have been published by Springer-Verlag in 1986 and marketed internationally (Editor: Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman). |
| (33) | Organized and participated in the 2nd International Symposium, Pakistan-U.S. Bi national Workshop and U.N.E.S.C.O-S.C.A.M.A.P. Workshop on Natural Products Chemistry at Hotel Holiday Inn, Karachi from 18-25 January, 1986. The proceedings of the conference have been published and marketed internationally by Elsevier (Holland), (Editors: Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman and Prof. Philip W, Le Quesne). |
| (34) | Organized and participated in the International Workshop on Isolation and Structure Elucidation of Natural Products using spectroscopic Techniques at Hotel Pearl-Continental, Karachi from 11th-16th January 1987. |
| (35) | Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman organized the 3rd International Symposium and Pakistan-US Binational Workshop on Natural Product Chemistry from 9th - 14 January 1988. The proceedings have been published by Springer-Verlag, West Germany, (Editors: Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman and Prof. P.W. Le Quesne). |
| (36) | Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman organized the 4th International Symposium and Pakistan-US Binational Workshop on Natural Product Chemistry at Hotel Holiday Inn, Karachi from January 1990 (conference inaugurated by President of Pakistan, inaugural lecture presented by Nobel Laureate Prof. H.C. Brown). |
| (37) | Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman organized the 2nd National Chemistry Conference in KarachiUniversity from 28th-30th December, 1990. |
| (38) | Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman organized the 5th International Symposium and Pakistan-U.S. Binational Workshop on Natural Product Chemistry at Hotel Holiday Inn, Karachi from 5-9 January 1992. The Inaugural Lecture was presented by the Nobel Laureate Prof. Sir D.H.R. Barton. |
| (39) | Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman was Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 19th IUPAC Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products in January 16-20, 1994 in Karachi, Pakistan. |
| (40) | Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman was the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 6th International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products and Pak-US Binational Workshop on GCMS in January 4-8, 1996 in Karachi, Pakistan. |
| (41) | Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman was the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the University Industry-Interaction Workshop in September 12-13, 1997 in Karachi, Pakistan. |
| (42) | Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman was the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Workshop on Science and Technology in December 16-17, 1997 in Islamabad, Pakistan. |
| (43) | Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman was the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 7th International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products in December 28, 1997-January 1, 1998 in Karachi. Pakistan. |
| (44) | Organized the Natural Product Chemistry section at 9th IUPAC Congress on Pesticide Chemistry at London, U.K., 2-7 August, 1998. |
| (45) | Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman was the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 8th International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Product in January 18-January 22, 2000 in Karachi, Pakistan. |
| (46) | Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman was the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 7th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences, March 8-12, 2002, Karachi, Pakistan. |
| (47) | Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman was the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 9th International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry, January 10-13, 2004 in Karachi, Pakistan. |
| (48) | Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman was the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 10th International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry, January 6-9, 2006 in Karachi, Pakistan. |
| (49) | Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman was the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 11th International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry, 29th October to 1st November, 2008 in Karachi, Pakistan. |
| (50) | Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman was the Co-Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 11th Eurasia International Conference on Chemical Sciences, October 6-10, The Dead Sea, Jordan. |
| (51) | Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman was the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 12th International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry, November 22-25, 2010 in Karachi, Pakistan. |
| (52) | Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman was the member of Scientific Committeee of the International Symposium on “New Challenges in Natual products Chemistry”, Conference in honour of Prod. Dr. Ayhan Ulubelen, and deliver a lecture entitled, “Some adventures in natural product chemistry and Higher Education”, Istanbul-Turkey, September 12-13, 2011. |
| (53) | Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman was the chairman of organizing committee and presented a lecture entitled, “Discovery of Lead Molecules against Prevailing Diseases and Decade of Change in the landscape of Higher Education in Pakistan” on January 03, 2011 on 3rd International Symposium-cum-training course on Molecular Medicine and Drug Research at International center for Chemical and Biological Sciences on January 3-6, 2011. |
| (54) | Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman was the Chairman organizing committee and participated as the Chief Guest at the inauguration of the “2nd International Conference on Molecular Medicine and Drug Research” at Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, on Jan, 12, 2009, held during Jan 12-15 2009, at ICCBS Karachi. |
| (55) | Prof Atta-ur-Rahman was the chairman organizing committee of 2ND International Conference on Drug Discovery and Therapy during 1-4 February, 2010 at Dubai, UAE |
| (56) | Prof. Atta–ur-Rahman was the Chairman, organizing committee of the 12th International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry held at HEJ during November 22-25, 2010 and presented a lecture entitled “Discovery of Bioactive Constituents of Natural Origin and changes in Landscape of Higher Education in Pakistan” on November 22, 2010 at Karachi. |
| (57) | Prof. Attah –ur-Rahman was the Chairman, organizing committee of the 3rd International Symposium-cum-training course on Molecular Medicine and Drug Research held during January 3-6, 2011 at Karachi. |
| (58) | Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman is the President of organizing committee of the 4th International Conference on Drug Discovery and Therapy, held during February 12, 2012 at Dubai, UAE. |
| (59) | Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman was the chairman organizing committee of the 13th International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry” held during November 22-25, 2012 and presented a Plenary lecture entitled,“Entitled “Some recent discoveries in Natural Products Chemistry and rise and fall of Higher Education in Pakistan A lesson not learned” on September 22, 2012 at Karachi. |
| (60) | Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman was the president organizing committee of NASIC International Conference entitle, “Biodiversity in Desert Areas: Present Status, Threats & Remediation” during September 12-13, 2012 at Rabbat, Morocco. |
| (61) | Prof. Atta–ur-Rahman was the Chairman, organizing committee of the 3rd International Symposium-cum-training course on Molecular Medicine and Drug Research held during January 3-6, 2011 at Karachi. |
| (62) | Prof. Atta–ur-Rahman was the Chairman, organizing committee of the 3rd International Symposium-cum-training course on Molecular Medicine and Drug Research held during January 3-6, 2011 at Karachi |
| (63) | An online Keynote Address entitled, “Importance of creative skills in Developing a Knowledge Economy delivered at World Youth Skill Day at National Skills University on July 15, 2020. |
| (64) | An online lecture entitled “Knowledge Economy Challenges and Opportunities”, delivered as Keynote Speaker Punjab Higher Education Commission Webinar on July 16, 2020. |
| (65) | Attended an International online Conference on Digitalization and Cyber Security as a Pannel Member on August 12, 2020 |
| (66) | Lecture delivered on an online Webinar entitled, "Science Diplomacy During COVID-19: Partnerships, Innovations and Opportunities" on August 19, 2020. |
| (67) | Delivered an on-line lecture as a Plenary Speaker in UPSIGN event about Knowledge Exploitation Interactive webinar: Knowledge Exploitation Models for Pakistani Academics on December 02, 2020. |
| (68) | Lecture delivered as Chief Guest and Keynote speaker at the inauguration of the Workshop on “AI Implications in National Security and Hybrid Warfare” on Jan 16, 2020. |
| (69) | Lecture delivered as a Keynote Speaker at the National Seminar on Artificial Intelligence Implications on National Security by Institute for Strategic Studies, Research and Analysis (ISSRA), organized by the National Defense University on January 28, 2020. |
| (70) | Lecture delivered as a Chief Guest at the 17TH International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology on January 17, 2020 |
| (71) | Lecture delivered as the Chief Guest at the 35th IEEE Conference organized by DHA Suffah University on January 29, 2020. |
| (72) | Keynote Address entitled, “Disruptive Innovations and the 4th Industrial Revolution”, delivered as a Chief Guest at the International Conference on Information Science and Communication Technology (ICISCT’20) on February 08, 2020. |
| (73) | An online Keynote Address and the message of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, delivered at the inauguration of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Organisation of Professional Associations of Sri Lanka (OPA) on June 27, 2020. |
| (74) | Keynote Address entitled, “Knowledge Economy”, on Leveraging Science and Technology for Building National Innovation Systems in the 21ST Century and the Road Map to kick starting Knowledge Economy on March 04, 2020. |