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Main Summit Day 2

Tuesday - 22 November 2011

08.00 Breakfast Briefing (By Invitation Only) Hosted By Cranfield Business School
Improve Performance With A World Class Business School

Cranfield School of Management is ranked by the Financial Times as the UK’s top provider of customised executive development and 1st in the world for international programmes. Bill Shedden, Director of Cranfield’s Centre for Customised Executive Development, will show how one of the world’s leading business schools can help your organisation:

Build leadership capability

Identify and develop key talent for the future

Improve individual and organisational performance

Achieve your strategic goals

Bill Shedden, Director, Centre for Customised Executive Development, Cranfield School of Management, UK

Workplace Practicality:
This briefing will explore how a world-class business school can harness its expertise and resources to meet the growing demands from organisations to make step change in the quality of their managerial and leadership talent.

08.15 Morning Refreshments And Networking

08.45 Opening Remarks From The Chair

Jacki McCartney, Balanced Scorecard and Organisational Development Specialist, Syat, UK and Middle East and Former Director of Training and Development, Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, Europe

Peak Performance

09.00 Peak Performance And Inspired Enterprise: Exploiting The Potential Of Your People

In Adrian’s inspired enterprise keynote, he will demonstrate that only when values, identity and purpose are properly aligned can organisations fully exploit the potential of the people. Adrian will mix movie clips with common sense wisdom and will provide a thorough analytical understanding of what makes human being perform at their best.

Adrian Gilpin, Chairman, Institute Of Human Development, UK

Workplace Practicality:
Adrian’s presentation will challenge you as a leader to unleash your vision and purpose. Leave this session with a clear understanding of what makes human beings perform
at their best with strategies that can be implemented within your organisation.

10.30
Morning Coffee And Networking In The Exhibition Hall

Veteran Keynote

11.00
Developing And Implementing A Global Human Resources Strategy: Integrating And Innovating Across Multiple Companies And Family Businesses (And Their Members)
A complete view of the contract between employer and employee properly encompasses an understanding of the employees as individuals who bring their unique skills and abilities to the workplace and who have individual needs and requirements.

These people develop a relationship with their employer that has complexities and subtleties that needed to be understood and managed, taking account of the environment, the cultural attitudes and values and beliefs that prevail both within the organisation and within the ambient culture. In recent years, we have seen how compensation and benefits has evolved to encompass recognition of these dimensions, and taking account of employees’ economic needs as well as their personal development wants and their sections of the quality of their whole lives, both at work and at home.

Items to be explored will be an understanding of our culture, of the way our people experience there working relationships within that culture, and the way in which organisations seek to provide appropriate recognition of the requirements of that culture.

What is total reward?

What is quality of worklife?

What is worklife balance?

What makes us unique in the region?

What do we all have in common?

How do you synthesise your understanding of these??

Geoff Veldhuis, Corporate HR, Corporate Reward Manager, SGS Group, Switzerland

Workplace Practicality:
Geoff will explore those aspects of total rewards which are only now gaining recognition in our region, and which will serve to support and enhance our efforts to develop an HR management approach which is appropriate to the region and its unique localisation efforts.

Recruitment

11.30
Positioning Your Corporate Brand To Become An Employer Of Choice And Attract The Best Candidates In A Competitive Job Market

Maximising the role and reach of your brand to attract new recruits

Integrating marketing and communications strategies into your HR recruitment strategy to build a living, breathing brand that people want to work for

Corporate vision: Ensuring successful translation and interpretation of your brand both externally and internally across a diverse workforce

Suha Mardelli Haroun, Human Resources Director, Bayt.com, UAE
Top Firm To Work For In The UAE

Workplace Practicality:
In a crowded and competitive market, the power of your brand can make the difference between attracting and recruiting the most talented workforce and having to settle for second best. The session will feature award winning strategies that propell brands to the top of the Best Firms To Work For In The UAE.

12.15
Harnessing The Power Of The Digital Revolution To Source And Recruit The Best Talent To Enhance Productivity And Profitability

What are the latest trends in social media and how are they relevant to human capital management?

Using the power of social media to attract generation Y and millennials to your workforce

Leveraging social media networks to project your brand, attract the best talent and make the on-boarding process more efficient

Furqan Nasri, Head of Strategic Programmes, Siemens, KSA

Workplace Practicality:
This session will give you an understanding of best practice tips and tools for maximising the different social media portals when sourcing, recruiting and onboarding new hires.

12.45 Meet The Speakers Networking Lunch And Networking In The Exhibition Hall

This lunch session will feature topic tables facilitated by the speakers of the HR Summit And Expo. Delegates will be able to choose the topic and table of their choice while having lunch.

Retention

13.45
Strategies To Engage And Retain Key Talent To Drive And Plan For Long-Term Growth

Implementing a team recruitment strategy to heighten loyalty, build supportive peer relationships and improve retention rates simultaneously

Assessing new recruitment and talent management strategies and their impact on performance and growth

Engaging employees as strategic partners for success by creating and maintaining a work environment that promotes and supports employee excellence

Knowing when to let go

Rania Abi Raad, Human Resource Director, Beiersdorf Middle East, UAE
Dr. Abhilasha Singh, Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management, Institute Of Management Technology, Dubai International Academy
Dr. Ayoub Kazim , Managing Director, Dubai Knowledge Village

Workplace Practicality:
This session will give you the strategies you need to ensure you are adapting to the changing motivations and goals of a younger generation of employees driven by high aspirations and not restricted by loyalty. You’ll leave this session with an understanding of the complexities of engagement and retention and their role in improving profitability.

14.30
Creating Subject Matter Experts: Identifying, Disseminating And Capturing Critical Knowledge Across Your Organisation To Improve Job Performance, Boost Work-Force Morale And Drive Better Business Results

How can the development of subject matter experts contribute to the further cultivation and formation of learning communities and knowledge-based corporate culture?

Recognising that the skills, talents and intelligence of your people constitute the master key to your business success and sustainable advantage

Moving up the employee relationship chain by creating long-term relationships that convert into high levels of retention and job satisfaction

Workplace Practicality: This session will explore how subject matter experts within your organisational structure can positively impact business results by capturing and capitalising industry specific and organisational knowledge

Diversity & Inclusiveness

15.00
Diversity And Inclusiveness: Harnessing The Individual And Combined Talents Of Your Team To Ensure They Achieve Their Full Potential

Creating a work environment where everyone feels encouraged and valued is paramount to the productivity and retention of your key associates. This session will discuss why it is essential that organisations engage in diversity and inclusiveness and will give you a complete understanding of:

What does diversity and inclusiveness mean?

What do organisations need to focus on and encompass to make it work?

Why is it critical that organisations engage in diversity and inclusiveness?

Why is this of particular importance for companies operating across the GCC?

Ginnie Carlier, Assurance Partner, Ernst & Young, UAE
Rachel Ellyard, Dubai HR Leader & MENA Reward Leader, Core Business Services, Ernst & Young, UAE

Workplace Practicality:
This session will give you a high-level overview of the importance of diversity and inclusiveness in your organisation and how engaging in such practices will increase the productivity and morale of your teams. You will leave the session with an understand of where to focus your efforts and why diversity and inclusiveness is more important now than ever before.

15.30 Afternoon Refreshments And Networking In The Exhibition Hall

Talent Management

16.00 Effective Career Development Plans To Raise The Quality Of Business Performance

Evaluating the latest developments in employee assessment and competency testing tools with the purpose of tailoring more effective career development plans to raise the quality of business performance

Adapting and modifying career development plans for national and expatriates as the business progresses and moves forward to sustain further growth

Improving leadership’s understanding of their role in the development and implementation of career development strategies

Ensuring your career development strategy is in sync with your succession planning strategy so that both work to support and compliment the other

Khalil Cotran, Managing Director, Human Resources, NBK Capital, Kuwait

Workplace Practicality:
This session will enable you to design a multi-faceted career development programme that prepares your employees with practical skills to move up the corporate ladder to support sustainable organisational growth.

16.30 Integrated Talent Management: Repositioning The Employee As A Major Player In Your Overall Business Strategy

Conducting organisational audits to assess the current standards of leadership in your organisation

Linking strategic planning to leadership requirements

Designing and delivering apt trainings and leadership development programmes

Bring in accountability through measurement, learning and improvement

Emad El Maghraby, Regional Professional Education Manager, Middle East, Egypt & Pakistan, Johnson & Johnson Middle East, UAE

Workplace Practicality:
Home grown leaders have an innate understanding of the intricacies of the workings of their organisations. The long term development and growth of the organisation becomes closely linked to their own aspirations. Leave this session with the knowledge to train and hone leadership qualities in employees and why this needs to be a part of your talent management strategy.

17.00 Close Of HR Summit

17.30 Close Of HR Expo

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Main Summit Day 2

08.00	Breakfast Briefing (By Invitation Only) Hosted By Cranfield Business School Improve Performance With A World Class Business School Cranfield School of Management is ranked by the Financial Times as the UK’s top provider of customised executive development and 1st in the world for international programmes. Bill Shedden, Director of Cranfield’s Centre for Customised Executive Development, will show how one of the world’s leading business schools can help your organisation: Build leadership capability Identify and develop key talent for the future Improve individual and organisational performance Achieve your strategic goals Bill Shedden, Director, Centre for Customised Executive Development, Cranfield School of Management, UK Workplace Practicality: This briefing will explore how a world-class business school can harness its expertise and resources to meet the growing demands from organisations to make step change in the quality of their managerial and leadership talent.
08.15	Morning Refreshments And Networking
08.45	Opening Remarks From The Chair Jacki McCartney, Balanced Scorecard and Organisational Development Specialist, Syat, UK and Middle East and Former Director of Training and Development, Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, Europe
Peak Performance
09.00	Peak Performance And Inspired Enterprise: Exploiting The Potential Of Your People In Adrian’s inspired enterprise keynote, he will demonstrate that only when values, identity and purpose are properly aligned can organisations fully exploit the potential of the people. Adrian will mix movie clips with common sense wisdom and will provide a thorough analytical understanding of what makes human being perform at their best. Adrian Gilpin, Chairman, Institute Of Human Development, UK Workplace Practicality: Adrian’s presentation will challenge you as a leader to unleash your vision and purpose. Leave this session with a clear understanding of what makes human beings perform at their best with strategies that can be implemented within your organisation.
10.30	Morning Coffee And Networking In The Exhibition Hall
Veteran Keynote
11.00	Developing And Implementing A Global Human Resources Strategy: Integrating And Innovating Across Multiple Companies And Family Businesses (And Their Members) A complete view of the contract between employer and employee properly encompasses an understanding of the employees as individuals who bring their unique skills and abilities to the workplace and who have individual needs and requirements. These people develop a relationship with their employer that has complexities and subtleties that needed to be understood and managed, taking account of the environment, the cultural attitudes and values and beliefs that prevail both within the organisation and within the ambient culture. In recent years, we have seen how compensation and benefits has evolved to encompass recognition of these dimensions, and taking account of employees’ economic needs as well as their personal development wants and their sections of the quality of their whole lives, both at work and at home. Items to be explored will be an understanding of our culture, of the way our people experience there working relationships within that culture, and the way in which organisations seek to provide appropriate recognition of the requirements of that culture. What is total reward? What is quality of worklife? What is worklife balance? What makes us unique in the region? What do we all have in common? How do you synthesise your understanding of these?? Geoff Veldhuis, Corporate HR, Corporate Reward Manager, SGS Group, Switzerland Workplace Practicality: Geoff will explore those aspects of total rewards which are only now gaining recognition in our region, and which will serve to support and enhance our efforts to develop an HR management approach which is appropriate to the region and its unique localisation efforts.
Recruitment
11.30	Positioning Your Corporate Brand To Become An Employer Of Choice And Attract The Best Candidates In A Competitive Job Market Maximising the role and reach of your brand to attract new recruits Integrating marketing and communications strategies into your HR recruitment strategy to build a living, breathing brand that people want to work for Corporate vision: Ensuring successful translation and interpretation of your brand both externally and internally across a diverse workforce Suha Mardelli Haroun, Human Resources Director, Bayt.com, UAE Top Firm To Work For In The UAE Workplace Practicality: In a crowded and competitive market, the power of your brand can make the difference between attracting and recruiting the most talented workforce and having to settle for second best. The session will feature award winning strategies that propell brands to the top of the Best Firms To Work For In The UAE.
12.15	Harnessing The Power Of The Digital Revolution To Source And Recruit The Best Talent To Enhance Productivity And Profitability What are the latest trends in social media and how are they relevant to human capital management? Using the power of social media to attract generation Y and millennials to your workforce Leveraging social media networks to project your brand, attract the best talent and make the on-boarding process more efficient Furqan Nasri, Head of Strategic Programmes, Siemens, KSA Workplace Practicality: This session will give you an understanding of best practice tips and tools for maximising the different social media portals when sourcing, recruiting and onboarding new hires.
12.45	Meet The Speakers Networking Lunch And Networking In The Exhibition Hall This lunch session will feature topic tables facilitated by the speakers of the HR Summit And Expo. Delegates will be able to choose the topic and table of their choice while having lunch.
Retention
13.45	Strategies To Engage And Retain Key Talent To Drive And Plan For Long-Term Growth Implementing a team recruitment strategy to heighten loyalty, build supportive peer relationships and improve retention rates simultaneously Assessing new recruitment and talent management strategies and their impact on performance and growth Engaging employees as strategic partners for success by creating and maintaining a work environment that promotes and supports employee excellence Knowing when to let go Rania Abi Raad, Human Resource Director, Beiersdorf Middle East, UAE Dr. Abhilasha Singh, Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management, Institute Of Management Technology, Dubai International Academy Dr. Ayoub Kazim , Managing Director, Dubai Knowledge Village Workplace Practicality: This session will give you the strategies you need to ensure you are adapting to the changing motivations and goals of a younger generation of employees driven by high aspirations and not restricted by loyalty. You’ll leave this session with an understanding of the complexities of engagement and retention and their role in improving profitability.
14.30	Creating Subject Matter Experts: Identifying, Disseminating And Capturing Critical Knowledge Across Your Organisation To Improve Job Performance, Boost Work-Force Morale And Drive Better Business Results How can the development of subject matter experts contribute to the further cultivation and formation of learning communities and knowledge-based corporate culture? Recognising that the skills, talents and intelligence of your people constitute the master key to your business success and sustainable advantage Moving up the employee relationship chain by creating long-term relationships that convert into high levels of retention and job satisfaction Workplace Practicality: This session will explore how subject matter experts within your organisational structure can positively impact business results by capturing and capitalising industry specific and organisational knowledge
Diversity & Inclusiveness
15.00	Diversity And Inclusiveness: Harnessing The Individual And Combined Talents Of Your Team To Ensure They Achieve Their Full Potential Creating a work environment where everyone feels encouraged and valued is paramount to the productivity and retention of your key associates. This session will discuss why it is essential that organisations engage in diversity and inclusiveness and will give you a complete understanding of: What does diversity and inclusiveness mean? What do organisations need to focus on and encompass to make it work? Why is it critical that organisations engage in diversity and inclusiveness? Why is this of particular importance for companies operating across the GCC? Ginnie Carlier, Assurance Partner, Ernst & Young, UAE Rachel Ellyard, Dubai HR Leader & MENA Reward Leader, Core Business Services, Ernst & Young, UAE Workplace Practicality: This session will give you a high-level overview of the importance of diversity and inclusiveness in your organisation and how engaging in such practices will increase the productivity and morale of your teams. You will leave the session with an understand of where to focus your efforts and why diversity and inclusiveness is more important now than ever before.
15.30	Afternoon Refreshments And Networking In The Exhibition Hall
Talent Management
16.00	Effective Career Development Plans To Raise The Quality Of Business Performance Evaluating the latest developments in employee assessment and competency testing tools with the purpose of tailoring more effective career development plans to raise the quality of business performance Adapting and modifying career development plans for national and expatriates as the business progresses and moves forward to sustain further growth Improving leadership’s understanding of their role in the development and implementation of career development strategies Ensuring your career development strategy is in sync with your succession planning strategy so that both work to support and compliment the other Khalil Cotran, Managing Director, Human Resources, NBK Capital, Kuwait Workplace Practicality: This session will enable you to design a multi-faceted career development programme that prepares your employees with practical skills to move up the corporate ladder to support sustainable organisational growth.
16.30	Integrated Talent Management: Repositioning The Employee As A Major Player In Your Overall Business Strategy Conducting organisational audits to assess the current standards of leadership in your organisation Linking strategic planning to leadership requirements Designing and delivering apt trainings and leadership development programmes Bring in accountability through measurement, learning and improvement Emad El Maghraby, Regional Professional Education Manager, Middle East, Egypt & Pakistan, Johnson & Johnson Middle East, UAE Workplace Practicality: Home grown leaders have an innate understanding of the intricacies of the workings of their organisations. The long term development and growth of the organisation becomes closely linked to their own aspirations. Leave this session with the knowledge to train and hone leadership qualities in employees and why this needs to be a part of your talent management strategy.
17.00	Close Of HR Summit
17.30	Close Of HR Expo