Speakers
Welcome remarks
- Mr. Afif Ben Yedder, Group Publisher, IC Publications
- Dr. Ayoub Kazim, Executive Director, Dubai Knowledge Village
Outlook on the labour market in the Arab world and the UAE perspective
- Dr. Jean Fares, Policy Advisor, UAE Ministry of Labour Education in the Arab World and the Qatari perspective
- H.E. Sheikha Aisha Bint Faleh Bin Nasser Al Thani, Member of the Qatar Supreme Education Council
Panel 1: Skills to meet public and private sectors requirements
Moderator:
- Paul Dyer, Research Associate, Dubai School of Government
Speakers:
- Dr. Jeffrey Belnap, Associate Provost & Campus Director Abu Dhabi, Zayed University
- Dr. Louay Constant, Associate Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation and Co-Author of its Arab Human Capital report
- Dr. Ghaith Fariz, UNDP representative and Director of the Arab Knowledge Report
- Mr. Nabih Maroun, Partner, Public sector, Booz & Co
- Dr. Amal Nasralla, Monitoring and Evaluation Director, Egyptian Education Initiative
- Mr. George Saab, Chief Human Capital Officer, TECOM
- Mrs. Clare Woodcraft, Regional Communications Director MENA, Shell
Briefing on the role of Technology for education
- Mr. Malek Al Malek, Executive Director, Dubai Internet City
- Mr. Charbel Fakhoury, General Manager Gulf Region, Microsoft
Panel 2: Skills for entrepreneurship and leadership
Moderator:
- Mrs. Pat Lancaster, Editor, The Middle East
Speakers:
- Dr. Ghaleb Darabya, Director of Executive Education, Dubai School of Government
- Dr Tony Feghali, Director Corporate Relations, AUB Centre for Entrepreneurship
- Mr. Habib Haddad, Co-Founder Yamli.com and nominee of Young Global leaders 2009
- Dr Ibrahim Jamel, Director, Dubai Knowledge Village
- Mr. Mohamad Khawaja, Deputy Director, Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship
- Mr. Husni Khuffash, Country Manager UAE, Google
- Mrs. Jayne Morrison, Founder and Managing Director, Dynamic Learning and Regional Director, Six Seconds Middle East
Energy panel session
Moderator:
- Dr Ayoub Kazim, Executive Director, Dubai Knowledge Village
Speakers:
- Mr. Munir Ajam, CEO, Sukad
- Mr. Basil Bu-Ali, Strategy and Change Manager, Shell MENA region
- Mr. Ali Bin Towaih – Executive Director, ENPARK
ICT panel session
Moderator:
- Dr Dale Murphy, Senior Research Fellow, Dubai School of Government
Speakers:
- Dr. Badr Al Badr, General Manager Saudi Arabia, Cisco
- Dr. Simon Jones, Director Abu Dhabi Men’s College, Higher Colleges of Technology
- Dr. Zaki Khoury, Gulf Citizenship and Education Lead, Microsoft
- Mr. Sam Al-Schamma, General Manager Gulf Region, Intel (TBC)
Banking and Finance panel session
Moderator:
- Mahira Abdel Aziz, Business News Presenter, Al Arabiya TV
Speakers:
- Dr. Samir Aguenaou, Professor of Finance & Director of the Incubator and the Al Akhawayn-Upline Financial Center, Al Akhawayn University
- Dr. Malcolm Richards, Dean of the Business School, American University of Sharjah
- Mr. Ammar Shams, Head of Human Resources, HSBC UAE
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