On July 23, Associate Professor Dr. Sikandar Ali Qalati delivered a Keynote speech on Smart Finance and contemporary trade at the 2022 International Conference on Economics, Smart Finance, and Contemporary trade held in Shanghai China. The conference was hosted by Academic Exchange Information Center, 20 online and over 25 offline participants (company representatives, scholars, teachers, and students) attended the session. In a keynote speech, Dr. Sikandar Ali Qalati highlighted the importance and challenges of smart financing.