Dr. Q M Mahtab-uz-Zaman, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture has been selected as one of the International Scientific Committee Members for the 2nd Mega-cities Conference 2006, Guangzhou, P R China, to be held in December 2006. Dr. Mahtab-uz-Zaman was the convenor and one of the organisers of the First Mega-cities Conference held in 2000 in Hong Kong.