What Was Held In 2012

  • Over 90% new speaker faculty
  • Best Employer Insights from DHL, SHUAA Capital, The One Home Experience and PepsiCo
  • A holistic perspective of career development with contributions from across 15 industries
  • New and interactive formats to showcase debates and discussiosn including: Roundtables, Insight Exchange, Open Forum, Innovation Express and Many more
  • 3 new workshops tackling today's most critical career development challenges

2012 Silver Sponsor



2012 Exhibitor



2012 Strategic Media Partner

The HR Review

2012 Media Partners




The 12th Career Development Conference 2012 which took place from 18-22 March 2012 at the Movenpick JBR Hotel in Dubai has proven to be a success. This event provided a platform for HR professionals including those responsible for Training, Learning and Development, Talent Management and Organisational Development to discuss some of their most pressing concerns that continue to plague the GCC HR landscape.

The event delivered, as promised, practical take aways and discussions to fuel better ideas – facilitated by the expert speaker panel which included:

  • Henry Fares, Senior HR Director, DHL Express
  • Fahad Abdulkarim, HR Director, P&G
  • John McGurk, Advisor – Learning and Development, CIPD
  • Dana Al Hafeed, Regional Talent and MARS University Director, MARS
  • Cheryl J. Thornton, Head of People Capability, Abu Dhabi Airports Company
  • Brett Preston, General Manager, Group Learning and Development, Al Futtaim
  • Sangeeth Ibrahim, AVP and Head of Training, Sharjah Isalmic Bank
  • Tom Raftery, former VP Human Resources, Arc International
  • Akif Tashkandi, Head of Talent Management, Nestle Middle East
  • Karen Thorburn, Regional Director of Training, Kempinski Hotels
  • Ramnath Venkatraman, Head of Business Learning, Noor Islamic Bank
  • And many more
What the attendees had to say:
“Excellent and far reaching programme. A must attend for all HR practitioners”
Eze Onwuneme, Nigerian National Petroleum

“A great opportunity to network with peers from the region”
 Lea Lonsted, Maersk Oil Qatar
“A well put together event with great learning opportunities”
Ladipo Oyeyemil, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation

“The event enlightened me on how to creatively achieve strategic goals”
Shatha Akbar, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation

“Excellent event. Everything was very clear”
Noora Nasser Alsouqtri, Abu Dhabi Police

We would also like to take this opportunity to once again thank our Sponsors HEC Paris and Exhibitors Hult International Business School


13th Career Development Conference 2013

Save the dates!

13th Career Development Conference 2013
17-21 March 2013, Dubai, UAE


We are looking to build on the success of 2012 and develop an even better event for 2013. Would you like to be involved in next year’s event? Please contact ed.haines@iirme.com to share topics or subject areas that we have to address next year.