09:00 Chair’s welcome and opening remarks

Outlining a comprehensive Nationalisation strategy

09:10 Nationalisation: Have we managed to achieve our goals?

• Evaluating nationalisation goals and setting targets
• Maintaining a symbiotic relationship between education and industry
• Bridging the gaps between the public and private sector

Tamer Amer
Human Resources Head of Manpower Planning & Recruitment
Hassad Food

09:50 Taking the right approach to generation “Y”

• Addressing the challenges of recruitment of nationals in service and technical industries
• Maximising the available demographics through effective selection techniques
• Utilising the right assessment tools to set career growth plans

Nawaf Dhubaib
Area HR Manager
Honeywell

10:30 Executive exchange: Exclusive one-to-one networking opportunity

Meet, network and exchange business cards with fellow delegates and speakers who are facing similar nationalisation challenges. In this revolutionary, quick-fire format, you can meet over half the delegates and build your network.

11:30 Tools & strategies for recruitment and retention

• Attracting the right candidates; setting expectations from the outset
• Understanding how selection decisions are made; can these be better informed?
• Putting a supported development plan in place; upskilling your mentors
• Creating an awareness of potential career growth; communicating appropriate expectations

Nanette Fairley
CEO
Innovative HR Solutions

12:10 Tailoring career development programmes - getting them right to meet future needs

• Incorporating traditional career development best practice into a tailored development programme
• Utilising assessment to identify the skills gap
• Benefits and advantages of implementing an integrated approach to career development
• Designing a structured framework to guide and direct all stakeholders

Nasser Mohammed Fahed Al-Hajri
Human Resource & Learning Manager
QAPCO

Nationalisation for sustainable development

13:50 INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION: Interactive round table discussions

• Recruitment: Setting employee value propositions
• Retention: Strategy to build a sustainable economy
• Succession planning: Establishing a pool of potential leaders and successors to avoid employment gaps
• Training: On site shadowing, mentoring and coaching strategies.

14:50 Setting nationalisation as a key priority for your organisational development strategy

• Encouraging nationalisation for sustainability over statistics
• Aligning the core competencies and long-term business strategy for a sustainable model
• Utilising metrics to establish the success of your nationalisation programme

Kanchan Ghoshal
Director & Advisory
KPMG Bahrain & Qatar

16:00 CASE STUDY: Successful use of experiential learning to build Qatari leaders for the finance sector

• Aspirations for success - an intensive leadership course for leaders
• The crucial role of coaching and mentoring
• Building trust to inspire confidence

Adam Lomas
Former Director Learning and Research
QFBA

16:40 CASE STUDY: Utilising scholarship and internship programmes to train young graduates

• Understanding the benefits of career development programmes for graduates
• Supporting and motivating nationals to plan for the future
• Identifying the gaps in the education programme to meet market requirements
• Incorporating vocational training and graduate trainee programmes to enable nationals to make the right career choices

Robin Ullrich
Training and Development Superintendent
Qatar Chemical Company Ltd

17:20 Final comments from chair

17:30 End of conference day one