ATD Middle East Learning Lab Seminars 2019: Full Schedule

A series of free to attend practical seminars taking place in a dedicated room on the exhibition floor, open to visitors, delegates and exhibitors.

10:00am GMT+04

Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers and Changemakers

Behind all the high technology is low technology that includes index cards, paper and sticky notes. Gamestorming is a set of best practices to encourage engagement, innovation, creativity and agree action with groups of people. This short workshop would supply the tools and rules that would start to build a toolkit for teamwork and collaboration at work. People support what they co-create!

Speakers

Dylan Dolan

Senior Manager - People & Change, Transguard Group

Developing his personal learning strategy based on being ahead of the curve in thinking and engagement meant that Dylan started setting up the first World Institute of Action Learning in the Gulf. He has been at the forefront of bringing “game storming” concepts to the region... Read More →

Sunday April 14, 2019 10:00am - 10:45am GMT+04
Room 2

Learning Technologies & Digital Learning

10:00am GMT+04

Making Learning Stick Through Organizational Culture

One of the biggest challenges L&D professionals face in today’s workplace is how to make the learning stick and see its application within the business. Whether you’re deploying the latest technology trends or applying cutting-edge development tools, you want to see the value. But how? During this session, we will explore how we can achieve impactful behavioural change and application, by building a learner-centric ecosystem. From Organizational Relevance, Strategic Needs and Corporate Culture, to Community-Based Learning and Workplace Support, your multi-pronged approach will yield the results you’re looking for.

Speakers

Omar Hayat

Director, CCM Consultancy

Omar joined CCM Consultancy in 2011 as a Consultant, quickly progressing to Director in 2016. He brings over 10 years of leadership experience in Human Resources Development and Financial Services and is an accomplished public speaker and facilitator, having delivered over 300 interventions... Read More →

Sunday April 14, 2019 10:00am - 10:45am GMT+04
Room 1

Science of Learning and Development

11:00am GMT+04

Is Your Talent Management System Fit for Purpose?

The market is flooded with numerous talent management systems, each claiming superiority over the other. So how do you know which is the best fit for your organisation? With rapid advancements happening in learning and talent management, organisations need to regularly evaluate their technology to ensure they continue to deliver the best experience for their employees in the most cost-effective way. This seminar will focus on the key features you should look for – both vital and ‘nice to have’, plus all attendees will be given access to a best practice RFP template to help them evaluate talent management systems

Speakers

Venkatesh Palakkad

Principal Consultant and Business Head, RAB HR

Venkatesh is the Principal Consultant and Business Head of RAB HR and Co-founder of MPower HR. He has 28 years’ international experience in HR of which 18 years has been at a senior level.In appreciation of his contribution towards the HR profession, he was awarded the Global HR... Read More →

Sunday April 14, 2019 11:00am - 11:30am GMT+04
Room 2

Talent Management and Engagement

11:00am GMT+04

Taking a Step Back into the Future

Revolutionary changes through time have brought massive opportunities that never existed beforehand, and this will continue to happen at an even faster rate with so many advancements in technology on the rise. What remains to stand the test of time is people themselves. As the world gets more complex, humans instinctively become more agile to adapt. In order to gain more clarity of challenges ahead and to effectively respond rather than react, we need to take a step back to refocus our own stance. So why should you be there? In this session Camil will shed light on why you are still indispensable in an ever-changing environment.

Speakers

Camil el Khoury

Senior Partner, Ideas Group

Camil is an international speaker, author, and vision coach, with a strong entrepreneurial spirit and a successful professional record in consulting and training. Camil’s passion for sharing knowledge drove him to become an exceptional learning and development expert. He has helped... Read More →

Sunday April 14, 2019 11:00am - 11:30am GMT+04
Room 1

Talent Management and Engagement

11:45am GMT+04

5 Tools for Engagement in Blended Learning Design

An ATD Research Report surveyed 405 Global Managers and Leaders in the Talent Development Profession and 70% of respondents said a blended approach will characterize workplace learning in 2020. This Learning Lab will talk about blended learning as a strategic approach to instructional design and how this immersive, learner-centered approach can prepare us for the future of Talent Development. We’ll discuss 5 Tools being used for optimal learner engagement to enhance your blended designs like social peer-to-peer learning, augmented reality and one-on-one coaching applications to help learners in their moment of need.

Speakers

Carrie Addington

Certified Coach and Trainer, ATD Master Trainer, Talent and Leadership Development Leader, Association for Talent Development (ATD), Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach

Carrie Addington is a down-to-earth educator and people development coach with a passion for delivering effective communication solutions with a spirited energy. As a business consultant and educator for the past 10 years, Carrie has worked with a wide variety of business segments... Read More →

Sunday April 14, 2019 11:45am - 12:15pm GMT+04
Room 2

Science of Learning and Development

11:45am GMT+04

Invitation to Meet: Tolerance in the Workplace

As tolerance is becoming an increasingly important necessity for thriving in a globally diverse workplaces, this session goes into a deeper understanding of tolerance and its impact on organizational dynamics in the face of economic adversity and technological advancement. More importantly, this session will present the “Invitation to MEET” model, a new simple tool to create more tolerance on the individual and organizational level. As an outcome of this session, participants will walk away with a simple multi-faceted method of transformation that can be readily applied to achieve more organizational harmony and vitality.

Speakers

Zaher Ibrahim

Executive & Leadership Coach, Zaher Ibrahim Coaching & Consulting

Zaher is a certified Executive Coach and HR Consultant with over 15 years of industry experience in Organization Development, Human Resources and Management. Zaher has worked on various training and consulting engagements in the areas of Leadership, Relationships and Communication... Read More →

Sunday April 14, 2019 11:45am - 12:15pm GMT+04
Room 1

Talent Management and Engagement

12:15pm GMT+04

Expo Visit and Refreshment Break

Featuring a speed networking session allowing you to meet and exchange business cards with 500+ HR, talent and corporate learning colleagues. Don't forget to get your business cards with you!

Sunday April 14, 2019 12:15pm - 12:45pm GMT+04

12:45pm GMT+04

The Self-Deception Trap in a Technology World: Saving New Age Leaders from Themselves

Drawing from the international bestseller, Leadership and Self-Deception, this interactive session will present a proven approach for helping leaders to become open to the possibility that they might be creating problems for others. This is particularly crucial in today’s technological world where building a workforce dynamic enough to anticipate and respond to ever-changing market challenges, generation gaps, and industry disruption requires more than the conventional leadership approaches and promoted leadership behaviours.

Speakers

Joelle El Helou

Managing Director- Arbinger Institute Lebanon & Dubai, Arbinger Institute

Joelle is the Managing Director at Arbinger Institute Lebanon & Dubai. She is a sought-after transformational expert, authoritative speaker on mindset shift, and master trainer. Rising from sales manager to country manager and then international product manager, she has managed global... Read More →

Sunday April 14, 2019 12:45pm - 1:15pm GMT+04
Room 2

Leadership Development and Business Strategy

12:45pm GMT+04

Digitisation of Training and Development in the GCC

Digitization of training and development in the GCC has seen a lot of changes over the past few years, what is the depth of digitization needed for an organization, what the best practices currently available, and how significant is localization for digitized training and development?

Speakers

Khaled Alturki

Managing Director, Marefa Digital DMCC

Khaled is the founder and Managing Director of Marefa Digital DMCC, a specialized Human Capital consultancy firm and the CEO of KNCT Consulting. Prior to this he was a Principal with Mercer Consulting, a Director for a regional Leadership consulting firm and an advisor for a governmental... Read More →

Sunday April 14, 2019 12:45pm - 1:15pm GMT+04
Room 1

Learning Technologies & Digital Learning

1:30pm GMT+04

Get Future Ready: Learning 4.0

Accelerating technology change is affecting all industries and how we adapt to this change is fundamental to a successful future. This session discusses the disruptive changes taking place at the intersections of learning, technology and human behaviour emerging over the next decade. The session is designed to inspire insights that help attendees identify action steps to prepare themselves and their organization for the future, including understanding the Neuroscience behind some new learning solutions. With the help of real-world examples, participants will understand how to leverage innovative technologies to enhance learning and development initiatives for greater organisational impact.

Speakers

Seema Nagrath Menon

MD & Founder, CALM Worldwide

Seema is an international speaker, ATD expert facilitator, Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coach, and senior learning and development specialist. As a Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP) and a qualified Certificates of Occupational Test Use - British... Read More →

Sunday April 14, 2019 1:30pm - 2:00pm GMT+04
Room 1

Science of Learning and Development

1:30pm GMT+04

The Impact of Leadership on Engagement – The Votes Are In!

Looking for solid evidence and credible resources that support the notion that employee engagement and commitment is strongly associated with ‘the way a leader behaves’ and not ‘who a leader is’? Participants will explore (and even become part of) supporting research, as they draw upon the 35 years of cutting-edge leadership research by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner. Attendees will define what people look for in a leader who they would willingly follow and debate whether engagement is connected to ‘who a leader is’ or ‘how a leader behaves’. This session will view the impact of engagement while exploring a solution that leaders are more and more relying on, and in turn increasing probability of higher employee engagement rates.

Speakers

Debbie Nicol

Managing Director, business en motion

Debbie, an Australian professional and managing director of ‘business en motion’, ‘moves businesses and leaders ahead’ through change. With over 20 years’ experience in the Middle East and 12 years operating her own company based in Dubai’s Knowledge Park, Debbie’s... Read More →

Sunday April 14, 2019 1:30pm - 2:00pm GMT+04
Room 2

Talent Management and Engagement

2:00pm GMT+04

Expo Visit and Refreshment Break

Featuring a speed networking session allowing you to meet and exchange business cards with 500+ HR, talent and corporate learning colleagues.

Don't forget to get your business cards with you!

Sunday April 14, 2019 2:00pm - 2:30pm GMT+04

2:30pm GMT+04

“HQ” Happiness Quotient; The Future of the Personal Performance Optimization & Progression

Happy Employees are more productive, more loyal and more innovative; “HQ” Happiness Quotient is the future element for individual and organizational performance optimization and success. People’s happiness at work is not fixed or static, it involves dynamic and interconnected four key areas; experience of work, functioning at work, personal resources and organizational system. The objective of this session is to discuss the science of happiness and provide a new conceptual framework for self-determination and management of happiness in the workplace; it involves the “HQ” three main pillars, four levels, researched-based strategies, clinically validated tactics and well-defined key performance indicators “KPIs”.

Speakers

Dr. Moustafa Hassan

Psychophysiology & Emotional Therapist, Subject Matter Expert, EMClinic

Inspiring minds, brightening souls, warming hearts and energizing bodies - are Moustafa’s passion, to build up the mind-heart-body integration to enhance people, happiness and health. Moustafa is a scientist; Canadian integrative medicine and natural health practitioner. He specialized... Read More →

Sunday April 14, 2019 2:30pm - 3:15pm GMT+04
Room 1

Science of Learning and Development

2:30pm GMT+04

Action Learning: Re-Invent and Enhance the Quality of Your Training

This session will overview of Action Learning using the 5 W’s and the H; 1) Who is Action Learning for? 2) What is Action Learning? 3) When are Action Learning Set meetings conducted? 4) Where does Action learning take place? Why is Action Learning used? 5) How does Action learning work? Niamh during this will share a comprehensive understanding and benefits of Action Learning. A clear understanding of how Action Learning works, and facilitator’s skill set needed. What are the 5 key steps involved in Action Learning – framework and the role of Action Learning Set (ALS) Facilitator? These will be answered during this interactive seminar.

Speakers

Niamh Jordan

Executive Coach & Leadership Consultant

Niamh is a highly experienced Executive Coach and Leadership Consultant with an international career spanning 22 years in Executive Coaching & Mentoring, Leadership Consultancy, Corporate Training and Learning & Development. Niamh is a hands-on leader capable of strategic and critical... Read More →

Sunday April 14, 2019 2:30pm - 3:15pm GMT+04
Room 2

Talent Management and Engagement

3:30pm GMT+04

Challenges in Creating E-Learning Programs in the Region

Workforce in the region, especially in UAE, is evolving rapidly with most diversified talents in both public and private sectors. Attendees learn how to understand and tackle the prominent challenges that e-Learning developers face when creating content; for the most diversified group of learners. This session addresses the top 3 challenges and what you need to know; innovative ways to overcome challenges, In-line with the UAE Vision 2021 National Agenda, for the UAE's transition to a knowledge-based economy, to a Competitive Economy Driven by Knowledgeable and Innovative Emiratis.

Speakers

Jaya Bhatia

CEO, HR Advisor, & Coach, JOBHUNTGULF.COM

Jaya is the founder, H.R. Advisor at JOBHUNT HR and Management Consultancy (www.JobhuntGulf.com). A senior H.R. professional with over 20 years of experience in advising clients from various industries in the UAE, Middle East, and India, on the most important aspects of Human Resources... Read More →

Sunday April 14, 2019 3:30pm - 4:00pm GMT+04
Room 2

Learning Technologies & Digital Learning

3:30pm GMT+04

7 Habits of Emotionally Intelligent and Mindful Leaders in the Digital Era

The modern world of fast development and change of technology, artificial intelligence, digital distraction lead to stress, anxiety and mental health issues. 87% of Employees are disengaged resulting in absenteeism, staff turnover, accidents, lack of innovation. Millennials -the future workforce, look for meaning at work and social impact. Companies need to find ways to engage employees by connecting to Higher purpose, building resilience and agility in a face of change.
Happy and Engaged employees are the top competitive advantage.

Speakers

Zhuldyz Koshpanova

Chief Happiness and Mindfulness Officer, Happy Minds Life

Zhuldyz Koshpanova is a Certified Mindfulness instructor, Happiness coach by Berkeley Method of Well Being, California and yoga teacher. She is a teacher of Search Inside Yourself Leadership Program developed and tested at Google, backed by Neuroscience and Emotional Intelligence... Read More →

Sunday April 14, 2019 3:30pm - 4:00pm GMT+04
Room 1

Talent Management and Engagement

4:15pm GMT+04

Transforming from Conventional to Practical: 7 Traits Organisations Need to Adopt Within Their Journey for Better Performance

Nowadays, employees look for a place where they feel attached to and spend their third of their lives building their companies as well as themselves. In essence, what they want is a greater degree of flexibility. In this session, Yasser is proposing a roadmap with 7 traits once embraced by any organizations, performance will be unlike before. In this context, the labor force prefers to work in organizations that advocate a more flexible model designed to suit individual work styles and encourage maximum productivity through a culture that is decisive, dynamic, personalized, communicative, collaborative, proactive, and Focused.

Speakers

Yasser Bahaa Eldin

Organisational Excellence Expert & Trainer, Sheikh Saqr Program for Government Excellence

Yasser has over 20 years of experience in Banking, Consultancy, Higher Education, Corporate Excellence, and contributing as an author in many different magazines and newspapers in the fields of business management and self-development. Organisational Excellence is the current primary... Read More →

Sunday April 14, 2019 4:15pm - 4:45pm GMT+04
Room 2

Leadership Development and Business Strategy

4:15pm GMT+04

Your Online Reputation Matters: How to Build and Manage an Epic Online Reputation

This session is designed to shine a light on the topic of online reputation and the enormous part it will play in building and developing teams now and in the future. Participants will learn the value of an online reputation and the blurry line between personal and profession reputation in the digital economy. Attendees will gain an understanding of the impact of online actions for both ‘brand you’ and ‘the brand you work for’. In this session, Barry explores how to create, and maintain, an epic online reputation and how this online reputation will become a factor in recruitment and ongoing employment.

Speakers

Barry Lee Cummings

Online Reputation Evangelist, Maximum Net Gain

Barry Lee Cummings is a digital marketing strategist who has a passion for sharing knowledge. After 10 years in the IT industry, working for Microsoft and EMC, he learned how to use the internet very differently. Training his in-house clients and attendees at public and private... Read More →

Sunday April 14, 2019 4:15pm - 4:45pm GMT+04
Room 1

Leadership Development and Business Strategy

10:00am GMT+04

Developing Local Talents in the Digital Era

Technology is forcing organizations to re think traditional business models and adopt an agile approach to their talent strategies. CEO's and HR practitioners need to be proactive in transforming the workforce plans to respond to the raise of the digital world. In this session, attendees discuss the process of Talent management strategy and how to identify internal talent from the workforce, specifically focused on Locals (Emiratization). Participants will learn about the three types of Talent Pools, linking to assessment & development, as well as the link to succession planning.

Speakers

Kifaya Abu Thallam

Subject Matter Expert

Kifaya is a seasoned HR Executive with over 20 years of experience in HR. She holds several key positions in Human Resources including, but not limited to Group HR Advisor, Regional Head of HR, Chief HR Officer and Group HR Director, in local and multinational companies in the Middle... Read More →

Monday April 15, 2019 10:00am - 10:45am GMT+04
Room 2

Leadership Development and Business Strategy

10:00am GMT+04

Developing Your Stars, Before Someone Else Does

We all have stars in our organization, often referred to as "High Potentials", and developing as well as retaining them ought to be top of mind for everyone. Through a keen understanding of what motivates these high potentials, and how to constantly offer them stimulating, career advancing challenges, organizations can create excellence from within. Our top performers have the ability to motivate and mentor others, thus moving the entire business forward. This Learning Lab offers a deeper dive into the what makes these people who they are, and how we can harness their positivity, achievement and success to benefit everyone.

Speakers

Omar Hayat

Director, CCM Consultancy

Monday April 15, 2019 10:00am - 10:45am GMT+04
Room 1

Talent Management and Engagement

11:00am GMT+04

It’s Not You… Well, Actually It Is You: The Art of Helping People Change

Is allegiance to the status quo paralyzing your organization? Are you tired of settling for compliance and crave committed change? This session will illuminate the hidden human drivers of resistance and how to neutralize them in order to mobilize people. Equip yourself with proven and practical tools to influence change in individuals and across organizations.

Speakers

Thamer Al Munajem

Managing Director- Arbinger Institute Saudi Arabia, The Arbinger Institute

Thamer is the Managing Director at Arbinger Institute Saudi Arabia. With multiple years of Business Development expertise, he is a sought-after transformational expert with a specialization in the Food & Beverages and Petroleum Industry. He combines this vast business knowledge with... Read More →

Monday April 15, 2019 11:00am - 11:30am GMT+04
Room 1

Leadership Development and Business Strategy

11:00am GMT+04

Learning Transfer: 3 Key Roles of Accountability in Learning

A learning culture is expressed in the assumptions, values, environment, and behaviors of the organization. Some of the biggest barriers to learning are the beliefs and attitudes of managers and leaders. Data indicates that less than 20% of participants apply learning from formal training programs. This learning lab will talk about the roles of the manager, trainer and learner and where they are most critical for successful learning transfer back on the job.

Speakers

Nelson R. Santiago

Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach; DDI Certified Facilitator, ATD Master Trainer, Talent and Leadership Development Leader, Association for Talent Development (ATD)

Nelson is a talent and leadership development leader with over 20 years’ experience working with all organizational levels creating, promoting, and delivering training solutions. Nelson is passionate about creating an interactive and authentic learning environment, supporting development... Read More →

Monday April 15, 2019 11:00am - 11:30am GMT+04
Room 2

Leadership Development and Business Strategy

11:45am GMT+04

Leveraging Immersive Technologies to Drive Behavioural Change

Effecting behavior change has been a time consuming and herculean task, one that requires constant and consistent efforts. Behavioral change has a direct impact on an organization’s profitability and sustainability. In these times when information is freely, deeply and widely available how do we leverage technology to build a team that functions effectively and delivers result. Are organizations really leveraging immersive technology adequately to effect behavior change? Let us discuss some solutions!

Speakers

Ashish Kulkarni

Founder and Managing Partner, Bell Immersive Technologies

Ashish is a new age entrepreneur who founded Bell Immersive in the year 2010. The vision behind the company was to leverage immersive technologies such as VR, AR, Animation to shape a sustainable future. The company’s focus has been in driving behavioral change through innovative... Read More →

Monday April 15, 2019 11:45am - 12:15pm GMT+04
Room 1

Learning Technologies & Digital Learning

11:45am GMT+04

More for Less: 5 Trends to Adopt That Will Maximize Learning Value While Staying Time-Efficient and Cost-Effective

As talent development professionals, we are constantly being told “budgets are being slashed” or “we cannot release the budget for training” or “my employees don’t have the time for training!” But we have to look at this challenge with a different lens and that we need to be doing the right things to engage our learners that provide the most effective solution to the business need. During this engaging session, learn about five trends that are backed by ATD research, that you can implement now, that will engage the modern learner without breaking your budget.

Speakers

Elizabeth Hannah

Associate Director, Learning Delivery, Association for Talent Development (ATD)

Elizabeth Hannah is Director of Program Quality, Partnerships, & Facilitators at the Association for Talent Development (ATD). Elizabeth plays an integral role within ATD’s Education Department, where she oversees; facilitator recruitment, training, management, content translation... Read More →

Monday April 15, 2019 11:45am - 12:15pm GMT+04
Room 2

Talent Management and Engagement

12:15pm GMT+04

Expo Visit and Refreshment Break

Featuring a speed networking session allowing you to meet and exchange business cards with 500+ HR, talent and corporate learning colleagues.
Don't forget to get your business cards with you!

Monday April 15, 2019 12:15pm - 12:45pm GMT+04

12:45pm GMT+04

Leadership Development: 10 NLP Leadership Tips

10 NLP Leadership tips from a business and HR strategist and an NLP executive coach, with real business examples and case studies of successful leaders in businesses around the globe. During this session, you will have a better understanding of NLP Leadership and its benefits. How it can help you unleash your potential, develop better self-awareness, with a focus on your key areas of development whether its including but not limited to improved strategic thinking, emotional intelligence, or engaging and communicating. Start practicing today with these 10 NLP leadership takeaway tips!

Speakers

Farzana Kazemi

Former CHRO, KEF Holdings

Farzana is a multiple award-winning HR catalyst and executive coach, with over 21 years’ experience developing and implementing people strategy in line with business, providing innovative solutions for people and business issues in public and private sectors globally. This includes... Read More →

Monday April 15, 2019 12:45pm - 1:30pm GMT+04
Room 1

Leadership Development and Business Strategy

12:45pm GMT+04

Blockchain and Digital Technologies Will Transform Talent Management

Managing talent within an organization is a challenge. Managing talent for resources moving between organizations is even more challenging. With Blockchain technology, it has become possible to build a secure accessible and immutable universal record for every human resource. This will make talent management easy to develop for existing employees and for new employees. Applying analytics and AI to those records will facilitate setting up career paths, identifying gaps, suggesting new training and development and hiring new talents based on the current projects and the organization business strategy.

Speakers

Professor Samir El-Masri

Founder and CEO, Digitalization

Samir received his PhD in speech production before working at Hokkaido University, NTT and DoCoMo (Japan) building a talking robot. Later he became Assistant/Associate Professor at University of Western Sydney (Australia), worked at leading IT consulting companies and then Professor... Read More →

Monday April 15, 2019 12:45pm - 1:30pm GMT+04
Room 2

Talent Management and Engagement

1:45pm GMT+04

Exploring Organisational Wellbeing Through Lego Serious Play

Explore how you can offer novel solutions for issues related to engagement, resilience, wellbeing and other factors that contribute to the development of good places to work.

Learn how to engage your imagination and underlying beliefs more effectively, and to approach areas of interest with increased commitment and insight.

LEGO ® SERIOUS PLAY ® is a visual and interactive method, with an emphasis on team work, positive relationships and collaborative problem solving, that allows groups to gain a deeper and more meaningful understanding of in relation to the topic being explored.

Speakers

Marita Harrold

Founder, Tree Yellow Wellness Training and Consultancy

Marita has held various management, business leadership and training positions in the Middle East since 1996. Throughout her contribution to the corporate world she nurtured her enthusiasm for fitness, health, and wellbeing and is passionate about assisting organisations develop... Read More →

Monday April 15, 2019 1:45pm - 2:15pm GMT+04
Room 2

Science of Learning and Development

1:45pm GMT+04

Sustaining a Shared Development Workplace

"Shared Development" engagement model starts by coaching employees at every level to realize their strengths and weaknesses in form of “talent”. The system connects the strengths & weaknesses of every employee to another, where each employee will become both; a mentor and a learner based on their talent needs and interests. Hence, the session is rated & linked to performance management.

This cross-learning between departments and grades will encourage diversity and establish a new form of communication and trust between employees all over the organization, where a learning environment is created, increasing employees’ confidence levels and saving training expenses.

Speakers

Mahmoud Mansi

Founder/Chairperson, HR Revolution Middle East Magazine

Mahmoud Mansi is a dedicated HR innovation laborer and passionate CSR activist. Mahmoud has 360° of experience in HR, working as a consultant, trainer, MBA lecturer, HR blogger, practitioner, business journalist and HR auditor. In addition to pursuing his passion as an award-winning... Read More →

Monday April 15, 2019 1:45pm - 2:15pm GMT+04
Room 1

Talent Management and Engagement

2:15pm GMT+04

Expo Visit and Refreshment Break

Featuring a speed networking session allowing you to meet and exchange business cards with 500+ HR, talent and corporate learning colleagues. Don't forget to get your business cards with you!

Monday April 15, 2019 2:15pm - 2:45pm GMT+04

2:30pm GMT+04

ATD Conference Stream: Sales Enablement Talent Development

Monday April 15, 2019 2:30pm - 3:45pm GMT+04
Room 2

2:45pm GMT+04

Digital Transformation in HR: More Engaged and Loyal Employees, Less Stress, More Productivity

Disengagement, stress and absenteeism are some of the biggest factors that heavily influence negatively the productivity and affect the retention of talents. As the technology footprint of organizations grows and your workforce changes, there is an expectation that fewer people will do more work. We expect teams to leverage technology to a high degree of excellence. Consequently, most traditional HR or management models don’t have a solution for this challenge. During this session, attendees will address how to engage employees in the Industrial Revolution and how Digital can help to improve employee’s motivation and on-boarding in this new environment? Participants will discuss how to elevate employee’s Digital IQ, so they can work, sell and manage better.

Speakers

Christian Farioli

CEO, Digital Marketing Lecturer & Digital Transformation Advisor, ESD / Workbond

Christian is a digital marketing pioneer, formally working at both Oracle and with Al Habtoor. He now owns several businesses and specialises in digital marketing consulting, business development and training. Christian’s areas of expertise include: digital marketing strategy, SEM/PPC... Read More →

Monday April 15, 2019 2:45pm - 3:15pm GMT+04
Room 1

Talent Management and Engagement

3:30pm GMT+04

Innovative Learning Technologies

Employers are demanding innovation so they can rapidly deploy new skills in their workforce to meet the competitive marketplace. But what are the right innovative tools for developing talent that will provide meaningful results? This interactive session will introduce you to several practical innovative learning solutions that you can immediately put to use in your organization. Participants explore some of the latest trends in learning solutions from real world examples curated by ATD including microlearning, storytelling, videos and gamification, and other solutions.

Speakers

Nader Bechini

Director MENA, The ROI Institute, Facilitator, ATD Master Trainer

Nader Bechini, CRP, is a passionate learning and development facilitator, coach and consultant with more than 15 years of professional multi-sector experience in; developing leaders, building capabilities, honing talents, and designing and managing talent development projects. Nader... Read More →

Monday April 15, 2019 3:30pm - 4:00pm GMT+04
Room 1

Learning Technologies & Digital Learning

4:15pm GMT+04

Employer Branding: How to Create a Great Employer Brand to Attract Top Talent

Having a strong employer brand will reduce your time to hire, increase your success rate and reduce the cost of recruitment. In addition, innovations such as Glassdoor will ensure that if your employer brand is poor, the rest of the world will know it. In this session, Scott will look at the key elements of building a strong employer brand in order that you can attract, recruit and retain the right talent. Participants will take away world class secrets of a successful talent formula and learn how to build your employee value proposition.

Speakers

Scott Hutchinson

Management Consultant

Scott Hutchinson began his recruitment career over 20 years ago. In addition to working for some of the leading recruitment businesses, he also built his own businesses, with clients including Coca Cola, and 74 out of the top 100 UK Food Companies. Currently he is an independent consultant... Read More →

Monday April 15, 2019 4:15pm - 4:45pm GMT+04
Room 1

Science of Learning and Development

4:15pm GMT+04

Harnessing Behavioural Economics in Learning Design

We like to think of ourselves as rational human beings, yet much evidence points to the fact that we make decisions based on emotional reactions. How can you harness this emotional decision-making in learning design, which brings about sustained behavioural change in the organisation?

In this session, Ted Wainman will demonstrate some of the concepts of ‘behavioural economics’ and will provide attendees with the key questions to ask of learning designers – whether face-to-face or distant eLearning interventions.

Attendees will leave with a clear set of criteria to challenge learning providers and to help select the right training intervention to suit the specific learning needs of their organisation.

Speakers

Ted Wainman

Director, Cadogan Consulting LTD

Ted trained and qualified as an Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) with Ernst & Young before moving towards the Investment Management side at J.P. Morgan, where he undertook a company sponsored MBA in International Management of Financial Services. Ted designs, develops and delivers... Read More →

Monday April 15, 2019 4:15pm - 4:45pm GMT+04
Room 2

Talent Management and Engagement