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The document is an event program for the Training & Development Show Middle East conference being held in Dubai in December 2014. The conference will feature keynote speeches, workshops, and exhibits on topics related to workplace learning, talent development, leadership development, and applying neuroscience research to human resources and organizational development. Some of the featured speakers will discuss how to harness new technologies to transform learning, develop leaders to drive business vision and values, and apply findings from neuroscience to create brain-friendly workplaces that optimize employee performance. The goal of the conference is to provide HR, learning and development, and talent management professionals with new strategies and tools to develop their workforce and grow their businesses.

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Bringing Workplace Learning to Life
Tomorrow's Learning Trends
Winning in a Technology Driven Learning Landscape
21st Century Leadership is Different!
It All Begins in the Brain
Day One: Agenda
Day Two: Agenda
Why Exhibit
Networking

Supercharging

the business
of talent

8-9 December 2014

Dubai International Convention
and Exhibition Centre, UAE

Keynote theatre
No. 1 exhibition
Premium networking
Official Patron

www.terrapinn.com/tdshow

Bringing workplace
learning to life
The Training & Development Show Middle East is transforming the 21st Century
workforce. Go back to the office with the tools to radically transform the workplace,
revitalize HR and L&D functions, engage employees and develop future leaders.

What will you take back to the office in 2014?

New ways of learning

Use cutting edge learning

techniques to upskill employees

Technology enabled
learning

Facilitate learning anywhere,

all the time and on demand
with the latest technologies

Redefining the L&D

function
Its a new world of
working and learning.
Improve your skills for a
competitive
advantage

High impact HR

Establish a people centric

culture to redefine the rules of
human resources

Listen, learn, lead

Cultivate leaders that will

successfully steer your
business through changing
times

Talent
pipeline and
development

Supercharge your
talent and enhance
your organizations
value through its
people

Tomorrows
learning trends
driving todays
people strategy

Book now
to save!

The regions largest talent and human capital management event is back for a third year with
bigger speakers, more solutions and better content than ever before! Every year 3000 HR, L&D
and talent management professionals walk through our doors looking for innovative learning
and training strategies. This year bench mark your strategy against the best and find out how
leading organizations are developing their people and growing their businesses.
Hear from world-renowned thought leaders in workplace
L&D. These guru speakers will transport you into the
future of workforce development, so that you can
prepare today for tomorrows challenges.

This is your chance to participate in industry-leading professional development

workshops to develop the skills you need to stay competitive. These full day
workshops will give you, and your team, a deeper understanding of key topics
driving corporate learning & development.

Pre-conference workshop

Roundtables

Presentations

Speed
networking

121 partnering

Seminars

Exhibition

Keynotes

Post-conference workshop
Delve into the key trends driving human capital management with
practical on-the-job insights from global and regional HR and L&D
experts excelling in your field. These practitioners will give you
actionable insights ready for the office.

With over 80 exhibitors offering the latest technologies and services for
workforce development its impossible for you to not find the right tools
and resources necessary to move you and your organization forward

Marc Prensky
Internationally acclaimed visionary
on education and learning,
Writer, Consultant

As the coiner of the terms Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants, Marc is
one of the worlds foremost experts on the connection between learning and
technology. Join Marc to discover the future needs of employees and how to
embrace the demands of the tech age.

Winning in a technology driven

learning landscape
About Marc
Marc has been acclaimed
as a thought leader a
forward-thinking innovator
with ideas that are generally
years ahead of the rest of the
world. His track recordwith
games, mobile technologies,
videos, programming and
many other things, shows
that typically he is right, and
the world eventually catches
up!
Marc will provide you with
a greater understanding
of where we are now in
corporate learning, and
actionable steps to get
where we need to be
tomorrow and well into the
future.

8 ways to turbo charge your learning technology strategy

Change the way learning

is done using revolutionary
technologies.

Harness technology to
engage staff and boost
productivity

Apply the top ten

technologies driving
corporate L&D

Differentiate the fads from the

fundamentals in cutting edge
technology

6
Adopt social and mobile
technologies

Facilitate knowledge sharing

with the cloud

8
Spark technology led learning
engagement strategies

Use technology for

communities of practice
and personalized employee
development

Ideas worth studying

Marc will be
speaking on
8th December @ 9:10 in the
keynote theatre: Harnessing
the full potential of disruptive
technologies to reengineer
corporate learning
10th December from 10:00
- 16:00 post-conference
workshop: Engaging and
educating digital native
employees

Work is changing, dramatically, and fast. Yet learning is barely keeping

up. Technology continues to revolutionize corporate learning and
development offering far greater variety. With this advancement in
learning also comes uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity for HR and
L&D professionals.
How can we adopt learning technologies that are accessible to
everyone?
Which technologies are the right ones to invest in?
How do these technologies work within my current L&D framework?
If these are the questions on the tip of your tongue then you cannot
miss Marcs session!
Marc will divulge the answers to these pressing questions and outline
the kinds of adaptations that are crucial for successful learning,
successful people strategy and a successful business in this new
millennium.

Nigel Jeremy
Chief Learning Officer
British Airways

Nigel Jeremy is a globally

recognized expert within
the HR and Learning and
Development profession with
experience spanning three
decades.
As Chief Learning Officer
at British Airways, Nigel is
responsible for all learning
and development activity
across this global business
and iconic UK brand. British
Airways employs over 40,000
people across 75 countries.
Nigel will give invaluable
insight into how you can
create an employee centric
culture. Dont miss out!

21st Century leadership is

different!
8 ways to develop legendary leaders

About Nigel
Nigel has led the L&D
and recruitment functions
for companies including
HBOS, Vodafone and
EasyJet. In 2009, Nigel
moved to the lead the
Learning, Recruitment and
Organisation Development
functions for Marks and
Spencer plc. operating
across 55 countries.
During this time, M&S
was voted most admired
company for Attracting,
Developing and Retaining
Talent . Nigel is currently
Chief Learning Officer for
aviation giant British Airways.
With deep expertise and
an impressive track record
in creating talent and
performance cultures, Nigel
will make the complex
issues of leadership and
management psychology
simple and practical so that
you can deploy them with
maximum effect.

Nigel will be
speaking on
9th December @ 9:10 in the
keynote theatre: Aligning
leadership behaviors to
vision, values, and culture

Drive talent and performance

by encouraging values-based
leadership qualities

Develop people and

performance by opening the
eyes of leaders to new ways
of doing business

2
Effectively lead yourself, team
and organization

Boost your organizations

leadership, management
and executive development
initiatives

6 Mitigate organizational risks

Refresh your approach to key
leadership

through vigorous, ongoing

application of leadership
development

8
Empower leaders at all levels
for maximum impact

Build a deep talent pipeline

for robust succession
planning

Time to take note

British Airways is renowned for taking talent management seriously.
At the top of the companys people agenda is leadership and the man
behind these world class initiatives, Nigel Jeremy, will be revealing
exactly how you can transform leadership strategy to drive your
organizations vision, values, and profitability!
Finding the right talent and keeping high potentials engaged with
a compelling leadership development experience continues to be
progressively more challenging.
Nigel will give you new ideas on all areas of leadership development
from identifying high potential leadership candidates with the right
competencies and new world skills to developing leaders who will drive
the corporate brand and vision.

Erika Garms

Author
The Brain Friendly Workplace,
PhD Owner, Principal Consultant,
Garms Group, Inc.

Dr. Erika Garms is a master

at making powerful research
applicable and practical!
Erika will reveal how she
has helped countless
senior leaders of Human
Resources to harness the
power of recent neuroscience
research, transforming their
organization into a brain
friendly environment where
employees excel.

It all begins in the brain

8 ways to become a brain boosting workplace

About Erika
Formally trained at the
NeuroLeadership Institute
and certified through the
Human Capital Institute in
Strategic Talent Leadership,
Erika is a renowned
expert in the application of
neuroscience for business
improvement. Having worked
very closely alongside the
HR function in multiple
consulting roles, she knows
this field its challenges,
its opportunities, and has
helped to shape a more
strategic HR function in the
private and public sector.
Join Erika and discover
how to cultivate the ultimate
learning organization.

Embed brain-friendly
strategies throughout your
business

Enhance your employees

strengths and confidence
by applying big ideas from
neuroscience

Apply the latest findings

in neuroscience impacting
organizational L&D

Reap the rewards of brain friendliness in personal and

business improvement

Build and sustain a model

organizational culture
through neuroscience-based
approaches to management

4
Motivate employees to better
manage their brains at work

Uniquely support brain

friendliness in your role as an
L&D professional

Shape a more strategic

HR function through the
application of neuroscience

Big ideas to take to the boardroom

Erika will be
speaking on
8th December @ 9:40 in the
keynote theatre: Use it or
lose! Building a brain-friendly
workplace
7th December 10:00 - 16:00
pre-conference workshop:
Harnessing neuroscience for
improved talent management

Do you want to find fresh insights to unlock organizational and human

performance?
The neuroscience of talent management is rapidly breaking new ground
in employee learning and development. This is your opportunity to learn
how to maximize the potential of yourself and your team to improve
effectiveness at work and build better relationships.
Harnessing the connection between brain research and organizational
practice, Dr.Erika will give invaluable insight about how brain science
can have a transformative effect on your business.
Leave with strategies to drastically improve your organizations
performance and aid the creation of an agile learning organization!

08:00

Day One

Monday 8th December 2014

Registration and morning coffee

09:00

Welcome remarks by Terrapinn & Wilson Learning

09:05

SUPERCHARGING THE BUSINESS OF TALENT

Conference inauguration by official event patron Federal Authority for Government Human Resources
H.E. Dr. Abdul Rahman Al Awar, Director General, Federal Authority for Government Human Resources
09:10

KEYNOTE

Harnessing the full potential of disruptive technologies to reengineer corporate learning

Dont get left behind as revolutionary technologies change the way we learn forever. Find out the top ten technologies driving
corporate L&D.
Top tips to harness technology to re-invigorate corporate L&D, engage staff and boost productivity!
From MOOCs to next generation virtual learning environments find out the fads and the fundamentals
Marc Prensky, Internationally acclaimed thought leader on Education, Writer and Consultant
09:40

KEYNOTE

Use it or lose! Building a brain-friendly workplace

Understand how the latest findings in neuroscience impact organizational learning and development
Transform your organization into a best place to work by embedding brain-friendly strategies throughout your business
Learn five brain-friendly strategies that will enhance your employees strengths and confidence
Encourage your employees to develop their brains at work and reap the rewards of business improvement
Dr. Erika Garms, Author, The Brain Friendly Workplace, PhD Owner, Principal Consultant, Garms Group, Inc.
10:10

LESSONS LEARNT ON THE FRONT LINES:

Redefining HR & corporate learning

Learn to manage talent like a business by positioning your HR and L&D department as a profit center
Find out how to stay ahead of the curve as the way people learn and acquire skills continues to shift
Discover how the shift to business-centric learning has changed how high performing organizations approach the administration, design and delivery
of training

Tracy Al Saidi, Director of Learning and Development,

Emaar Hospitality Group

Jane Cotton, HR Director and a Deputy CEO, Oxfam

10:40

Koray Genckul, Senior Director Human Resources Operations Middle East & Africa, Hilton Worldwide

Morning refreshments and speed networking

SPEED MENTORING

This is your chance to get up close and personal with our guru speakers! Pick their brains and obtain actionable strategies to take back to the office.
On the expo floor groups of four to six people will be mentored for 10 minutes by our expert speakers. Dont miss out, get involved!
With
Marc Prensky, Internationally acclaimed thought leader on Education, Writer and Consultant
Dr. Erika Garms, Author, The Brain Friendly Workplace, PhD Owner, Principal Consultant, Garms Group, Inc
Jane Cotton, HR Director and a Deputy CEO, Oxfam

11:30-12:30

PEER TO PEER ROUNDTABLES

These 60 minute interactive sessions are designed to give you a chance to discuss, debate and deliberate the hottest topics in the learning and development sector
Leadership: Leaders - Are they born or made?
Are leaders born or are they developed through great management and leadership development programs? Brainstorm best practices related to leadership development and how
competency frameworks and performance management can be implemented along with your leadership development program to help your organization make great leaders.
Host: Dima Hindi Khatib, Manager, Management Development and Learning, Mohamed Abdulrahman Al Bahar
Technology enabled learning: Leveraging the latest In brain science to develop the next generation of E-Learning
How is brain science research set to change the world of corporate learning? At this discussion, you will learn about the three key areas of brain research expected to have the biggest
impact on e-learning solutions and see some real corporate examples of improvements in knowledge retention, learning transfer, and the bottom line.
Host: Hazel Jackson, CEO, biz-group

11:30 -12:30

Developing local talent: Engaging and retaining Gen Y nationals

Its becoming a greater challenge to find enough young talent to meet recruitment and succession planning targets. Come and discuss strategies to effectively recruit and retain top local
talent.
Host: Dr. Dana Al Hafeed, VP Human Resources, MARS Inc
Employee engagement: Real blended learning
Brainstorm strategies to create a truly rich blended learning environment. Discuss how to design, plan and implement skills development programs and certifications through online and
blended learning approaches.
Host: Vishvakanth Alexander, Manager Learning and Development- Collaborative Learning, du
Maximizing Service Performance roundtable: Delivering a world class service experience
Explore how training your people to adopt the optimal mindset, language and actions of service can transform their interactions with each other and your customers, setting your
organization apart and delivering tangible benefits in customer satisfaction and employee engagement.
Host: Stefan Kapota, Senior Consultant. Mary Gober
Employee engagement: How to attain the power to be your best
Motivating employees to work at the best every day is a challenge. Come and learn how to implement small steps that will create a working environment that stimulates people to
perform at their best.
Host: Kamran Ahmed Siddiqui, Corporate Competence Senior Analyst, Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Limited (Gasco)

13:50

12:30

Lunch & welcome address by lunch sponsor Kalleo People Group

The science of learning - integral to talent management or fad trend?

Explore the discoveries in neuroscience that are relevant to human resources, talent management and human development in organizations.
With the discoveries in neurosciences and the advent in the organizational world, does it make old developmental theories and practices redundant?
Can the development practices be integrated with neuroscience based
Triptta Neb, Executive Director, Neuro Intelligence
Willie Maritz, Founder and Managing Director, Kalleo People Group

14:20

Fearless adoption-the impact of technology and the new learning capabilities it creates
Find out how organizations can shift culture and attitudes to truly harness the power of technology for learning
Create a technological foundation in your organization for connected learning
Learn from millennial employees to use and implement effective technology strategies
Linda Al Ansari, Manager, Learning and Development Technologies, Emirates Group

14:50

Savvy social learning

Secure employee participation and open lines of communication with social tools
Realize the transformative capability of social platforms to share knowledge, increase communication and collaborate using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Google+
and many more!
Simon Muskett, Head of Learning & Development - Middle East & Africa Region, Ericsson

15:20

TECHNOLOGY ENABLED LEARNING

Adaption and adoption! Key ingredients to engage employees in e-learning

Introduce organizational mandates for e-learning adoption as a foundation for
future initiatives
Discover key methods to increase support and assistance for learners to encourage greater use of online learning programmes beyond the office
Hormuzd Umrigar, eLearning Manager, Emirates NBD
15:50

Afternoon refreshments and speed networking

16:20

International keynote: HRevolution

Find out how Jane has developed a HR strategy at Oxfam that fully aligns and supports business goals.
Discover how to enhance learning in relational organizations where technological solutions arent always effective
Jane Cotton, HR Director and a Deputy CEO, Oxfam

16:50

HIGH IMPACT HR

Panel: Reskilling the HR function across the Middle East

Exploring how the HR function is perceived across the Middle East
Analyzing how HR challenges differ across GCC countries
Strategies to make your company attractive to local and global talent
Suha Mardelli Haroun, Human Resources Director, Bayt.com
Robin Windley, SVP, Human Capital, DP World
Chris Lipscomb, Regional Head of Human Resources, Al Tamimi & Company
John Vickerman, Senior Vice President Human Resources, OSN
17:30

End of conference day one

Day Two

Tuesday 9th December 2014

09:00

THE WORKPLACE OF THE FUTURE: BUILT FOR US

Welcome remarks by Terrapinn & Wilson Learning

09:10

KEYNOTE

The power of persuasion aligning leadership behaviors to vision, values, and culture

Uncover how to drive talent and performance by demonstrating values-based leadership qualities
Key takeaways to effectively lead yourself, team and organization
Overcome the challenges of developing people and performance in a global business by opening the eyes of leaders to new
ways of doing business
Nigel Jeremy, Global Head of Learning, Recruitment and Organization Development, Marks and Spencer plc
09:50

KEYNOTE

Leading from within the real power of leadership essence

Find out how leaders can successfully engage others in committing their full energy to the creation of value and
success in your organization
Discover how leaders can ensure their organizations achieve targeted business results by going beyond
direction to inspire and harness others talents
Strategies to build effective leaders who get everyone focused on growing valuegrowing both themselves
and their organization.
Tom Roth, COO, Wilson Learning Worldwide
10:20

THE LEARNING EXPERIMENT:

Creating the ultimate learning organization

Imagine an organization where the CLO has unlimited resources and funding to create the ultimate learning environment.
What would this organization look like? How does the role of the CLO evolve and change with full support from senior decision makers?
Welcome to Futurefication Inc. where these imaginings are a reality.

Join leading CLOs as they map out their optimal learning and development strategy for Futurefication ` Inc.

Together with these CLOs you will draw out the roadmap for the future of learning and development professionals in the workplace.

11.00

Explore how the CLOs at Futurefication Inc.

Drive engagement, learning, and collaboration
Improve employee performance, alignment, and skills
Vigilantly initiate change and prepare for the future

Pancham Hariramani, Director, Academie Accor

Salman Al-Shobaki, Chief Learning Officer, Aramex

Sangeeth Ibrahim, Assistant Vice President and Head of

Training and Development, Sharjah Islamic Bank

Mayank Langer, Head - Learning and Development, Jumbo

Electronics LLC

Mumtaz Hussain, Head of Learning and Development, Du

Frank Farrell, Vice President - Learning Centre, Abu Dhabi

Commercial Bank

Morning refreshments
PEER TO PEER ROUNDTABLES
These 60 minute interactive sessions are designed to give you a chance to discuss, debate and deliberate the hottest topics in the learning and development sector

11:30-12:30

Employee engagement: Educating Gen Z, new tools for the digital natives
Delve into cases of flipped learning implementations and uses of social media in fostering employee L&D strategies and engaging digital native employees.
Host: Sangeeth Ibrahim, Assistant Vice President and Head of Training and Development, Sharjah Islamic Bank
Learning transformation: Are you ready to do this? experience in learning implementation
Discuss how to ensure individuals and managers are ready to learn, acquire the skills and tools they need, whilst continuing to apply and integrate the learning to deliver
improved productivity.
Host: Ian Macdermott, Senior Learning Consultant, Wilson Learning Middle East
Employee engagement: Top tips to encourage self-directed learning
Discuss best practices to arm employees with tools to plan and carry out their own learning
Explore how to encourage staff to actively engage in L&D beyond mandatory training
Host: Sara Abdelhameed, Assistant Manager Intranet, Information Technology, Atlantis The Palm
New ways of learning: How does your team get into the micro-learning mindset?
Micro- learning is gaining popularity. Small chunks of information like five minute learning videos are more easily adopted in the modern workers hectic lifestyle. Brainstorm how your
organization can develop an effective micro-learning strategy and create micro-content.
Host: Prakash Santhanam, Head of Learning & Development & Employee Engagement, DAL Group

11:30-12:30

Developing local talent: Creating a compelling localization strategy

Find out how to recruit and retain talented nationals in all areas of the organization
Discover how to create compelling incentive programs, nationalization strategies and development programs that are aligned with your businesss goals
Willie Maritz, Founder and Managing Director, Kalleo People Group
12:30