2^nd Day: Tuesday, 4 March 2008

8:00 – 9:30

Registration & Coffee

9:30 – 09:35

Moderator Address:
Dr. Charles Savage - The Exciting New Challenges for HR and T&D
Rashid E 

09:35 – 10:10

Key Note Address:
H.E Sultan Al Mansouri – UAE Minister of Economy – Rashid E

10:10- 10:35

Key Note Address:
Dr. Abdulla Al Karam, Chairman, Board of Directors and Director General of Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA)
Rashid E

10:35 – 11:10

Keynote Address:
Allan Schweyer – President & Executive Director – HCI – Rashid E

11:10 – 11:30

Coffee Break Maktoum - C & B

11:30 – 12:30

Concurrent sessions

Parallel

• Ahmad Al-Failakawi – E-learning facts in ME region
• Hussein Ismail-Emotional Intelligence (EQ): Why it can matter more than IQ
• Anwar Al Nimir – Dubai Police - Knowledge Management
• Dr. R. Palan- Talent Management: Don’t forget the B players – Dubai D

11:30 – 12:30

Concurrent sessions

Parallel

• Bob Morton – Embedding innovation in the workforce
• Dr. Philip Rutherford – Making Vocational Training Work: 5 simple steps to taking control and achieving real outcome
• Mohamed Ally – Emerging training technologies for human resource development 
• Mohammed Al Maskari - Microsoft Business Certification, Improving Organizational Performance

         - Dubai C

11:30 – 12:30

Parallel

 Workshop#1:

 Kevin Wong – Innovative trance state learning – Dubai B

11:30 – 12:30

Parallel

Workshop#2:

Dr. Ulla Nagel – A global model for organizational health and vitality - Dubai  E

12:30 -14:00

Prayer & Lunch
Maktoum C & B

14:00 – 14:45

Key Note Address:
Dr. Hischam El Agamy - Director of Corporate Development
IMD - International Institute for Management Development - Rashid E

3^rd Day: Wednesday, 5 March 2008

8:30 – 8:50

Moderator address
Dr. Charles Savage – Rashid E

8:50 – 9:35

Key Note Address
Lt. General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim

Commander–in–Chief – Dubai Police - Strategies for development of Knowledge Workers in a Police department  - Rashid E

9:35 – 10:20

Key Note Address
Dr. Charles Savage
President and Mentor, Knowledge Era Enterprises International

10:20 – 10:50

Coffee Break

10:50 – 12:00

Concurrent sessions

Parallel

• Alex Ow C.K. – Factors influencing lateral thinking and its application in decision making process
• JMC Kramer – What Make a Cultural Divers Team Different from a mono-cultural team.
• Mohamed Buheji - Director of Itqan Management Consultancy

         Excellence & KM Consultant

                                                                                                 Dubai E

10:50 – 12:00

Concurrent sessions

 Parallel

• Kalpana Sampath – Enhancing organizational consciousness to retain and develop knowledge workers
• Mohammed Sahlawi- Saudi Petroleum University
• Dr. Suzanne Armstrong – Impact one the performance of workplace assessors                                                       Dubai C

10:50 – 12:00

Parallel

Workshop#3:  - Dubai B

Paolo M. Nagari – Intercultural Intelligence: Managing cultural differences for successful global virtual teams (please register to attend this session)

12:00 – 13:30

Prayer & Lunch – Maktoum C & B

13:30 -14:15

Key Note Address: - Rashid E 

Bob Selden, Managing Director, The National Learning Institute

14:15 -15:15

Key Note Address: - Rashid E 

Dr. Barry Oxtoby & Antony Twigger– Sustaining Development through Change Leadership

15:15 – 15:45

Coffee Break

15:45 – 16:45

Concurrent sessions

• Dr. Zenaida Bejasa – HRD’s Contribution to management – developing training metrics
• Marie Dayton – International standards of excellence – certification for L&D professionals
• Leena Farook – Manager Training & Development – Emirates Group - Implementing the LMS successfully – Dubai C

17:00

Closing

4^th Day: Thursday, 6 March 2008

08:30 – 09:00

                                Coffee Break

09:00 – 09:20

Moderator address:
Dr. Charles Savage – Rashid E

09:20 – 10:05

Key Note Address:
Dr. Mansour Al Awar – Total Transformational Thinking in Higher Education: How to build a society of learners? – Rashid E

10:05 – 10:50

Key Note Address:
Nabeel A. Al-Jama’ – General Manager, Training and Career Development, Saudi Aramco-  Rashid E

10:50 – 11:20

Coffee Break

11:20—12:20

Concurrent sessions

• Shailesh Thaker- The Challenging Roles of HRD Professionals
• Dr. Magdy Habib – Dubai Institute for Human Resource Development 
• Robert Armstrong – Impact of Introducing an Apprenticeship Program into an organization.

11:20- 12:20

• Dr. Emad Hussain- Advisor of Capacity Building and Interaction- Securities and Commodities Authority
• Dr. Badr Al Jaberi- Expert Planning and Public Administration, Ministry of Justice
• Mr. Khalid Al Loush- UNDP Representative to the UAE

                                                                                               Rashid E

This session will be held exclusively in Arabic

12:20 – 13:00

Discussion 

Closing address

Awards & Recognition - Rashid E

13:00– 15:00

Farewell Lunch  - Maktoum C&B  

CONFERENCE END