LFTB

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Faten

8:40 – 9:20

Mostafa

9:20 – 10:00

Fahad

10:00 – 10:40

Phil

11:00 – 11:40

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Dr. Mohab

11:40 – 12:40

Ali

13:20 – 14:00

Prof. Tariq

14:00 – 14:40

Dr. Saad

15:00 – 16:00

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Weclome and Official Opening. 8:30 – 8:40

Faten Al-Naqeeb 8:40 – 9:20
Principal Managing Partner, Al-Naqeeb & Partners Kuwait
Board Member, ACICO Industries Co. Kuwait
Board Member, AL Masaken United Real Estate Co. Kuwait

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Biography

Founder and Head of Al Naqeeb & Partners Law Bureau, Attorney Al-Naqeeb has over 27 years’ of experience in all aspects of Kuwaiti law, GCC & middle east laws, including extensive experience in mega infrastructure projects, project finance, and all aspects of the oil and gas industry.

With a bachelor’s degree in law from Kuwait University and a masters in international law from Cambridge College, UK, she has as a regular expert before the courts of the US, and other countries on the laws of Arab countries including Kuwaiti; Iraqi and the laws of the UAE.

Ms. Al-Naqeeb Worked with Kuwaiti parliament members and upon their request drafted a bill of law for the protection of women and children against domestic abuse, particularly in view of the international treaties.

She has received several awards for her work and expertise and was recognized as one of the most powerful and most influential women in the world in Forbes magazine list for the year 2014.
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Topic

The Tool to Sustainable Success

Ms. AlNaqeeb shares her story of how she made it into the international business world as a local Kuwaiti attorney, and the challenges she faced as a woman striving to leadership in a male-dominant world.

She emphasizes that we are all absurdly anxious about success, and we always ask ourselves- Why do other people succeed? Is it because they’re smart? Or are they just lucky?

She suggests that many of our modern values, like our sense of limitless possibility and upward growth can actually lead us to stress harder about how well we’re doing.

She uses the story of her business’ rise and fall to illustrate the secret to sustainable success.
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Mostafa Ramzy 9:20 – 10:00
Senior Enterprise Risk Management Professional
Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) UAE

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Biography

Mostafa is a Senior Enterprise Risk Management professional with over 14 years of experience in various sectors including energy, engineering, construction and project controls.

Having joined the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) in January 2009, he spent the past 6 years in developing and implementing the Enterprise Risk Management framework within the organization where he has considerable expertise in internal and external training.

Mostafa delivered many presentations as a keynote speaker and facilitated master classes at many international conferences and forums on Project Management and Enterprise Risk Management.

He is currently the only Certified Trainer in Abu Dhabi for the ISO Risk Management Standard (ISO 31000).

Prior experience includes working for Mace International and AECOM as a Planning Manager in mega projects including the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center and the Hyatt Capital Gate.
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Topic

Successful Implementation of an Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Framework

• Brief on the ERM Framework

• Leveraging on risk maturity to build opportunities and competitive advantage for future business endeavors

• Realizing how risk management maturity leads to business success and adds to value creation

• Risk perception contribution in the ERM Framework implementation

• Overcoming challenges for achieving a mature risk management program to further business objectives

• Utilizing tools and techniques to assess ERM effectiveness
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Fahad Al-Baqer 10:00 – 10:40
Business Leadership Consultant – Entrepreneurship Certified Trainer

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Biography

Fahad Al-Baqer is a business management consultant, and a specialized trainer in trade and organizational behavior.

As a certified coach in the International Academy of Entrepreneurship holding the position of a certified instructor, he is a member of the Arab Board Consulting and Training.

He also co-established a group of small, medium and large companies and trained more than a hundred people in the International Entrepreneurship License Program, in addition to a large number of participants in other various programs.

Fahad Al-Baqer conducted a series of lectures on entrepreneurship programs and the skills of establishing a free trade projects in Kuwait and the Arabian Gulf.

He also provided similar lectures on organizational behavior to government agencies, a science related to workers’ conduct inside their institutions, and methods to apply and deal with these behaviors in an efficient and constructive manner.
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Topic

The Inner Treasure

Every human being must experience stages in their life, moments that will define their future career. Many people do not know that they need to plan for these stages, so they can step ahead with confidence in their performance and behavior.

No doubt, we tend to show a lot of interest and care in the initial stages of our career, as we strongly believe that these steps have a great significance on our future.

Building an individual’s personality depends on imbibing a set of principles, ideas and sound convictions that are used as a tool by the individual to correct his ideas and deeds.

The Inner Treasure focuses on how an individual presents himself or his work, by identifying himself professionally, his biography and debating his future ambitions.

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Coffee break & networking (Prayer Break). 10:40 – 11:00

Phil Bedford 11:00 – 11:40
Managing Director & Master Franchisee, The Referral Institute

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Biography

Phil Bedford is the Middle East franchise owner of The Referral Institute, an international referral training and consulting company with branches across the world. Phil helps professionals live more and earn more through relationship-based referral marketing. With his business acumen and extensive experience in the market since 1998, he is currently expanding the franchise across the Middle East region.

In recognition of his phenomenal business success and remarkable skills as a trainer, Phil was awarded the coveted President’s Award in 2009 and 2012 by The Referral Institute. An engaging and inspiring speaker, he regularly delivers key-note addresses both in the UAE and internationally.

His magnetic stage presence and unique delivery style allows Phil to instantly connect with individuals and captivates audiences around the globe.

In 2012, Phil became a member of the International Executive Circle, an exclusive group of hand-picked experts chosen for their creativity and knowledge to drive the organization forward. In the same year, he also had his first book published as co-author of the Middle East’s Edition of “The World’s Best Known Marketing Secret”.
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Topic

The Untapped Power of your Network

Business owners understand the power of strategic relationships for business.

Yet few know how to leverage this for efficient high quality sustainable sales and business growth.

Phil Bedford works with passionate motivated business owners to develop a personal unified network that ensures amazing business and a spectacular life.

In this presentation he will begin to open the door to their secrets.

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Dr. Mohab Anis 11:40 – 12:40
Principal at IXL-Center and Managing Director, INNOVETY
Engineering Professor, American University in Cairo

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Biography

Mohab loves helping companies build new business concepts, and has consulted widely in the areas of innovation strategy, capacity and discipline.

This includes auditing businesses’ innovation capabilities, idea generation and management, and technology forecasting. Mohab has also worked with governments on strategy and policy that fosters national innovation and entrepreneurship. He is a certified consultant of A.T. Kearney’s House of Innovation and has delivered numerous keynotes and workshops in the area of innovation management.

Earlier, Mohab spent years as a tenured professor of Computer Engineering at University of Waterloo, Canada and consulted in the US and Canada to a variety of Fortune 500 companies.

He was also involved with Waterloo’s technology transfer office where he worked on identifying technologies that have the highest potential for commercialization.

As an academic, he authored 150 international papers and 4 books. Mohab was awarded three of Canada’s highest awards for excellence in innovation as well as both of AUC’s top Teaching and Research & Creative Endeavors Awards.
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Topic

Demystifying Innovation

No matter what kind your business is, the only way to continue to grow is through innovation.

This talk will open your eyes to the methods and tools to innovate. We’ll give you the recipe and ingredients to generate ideas, and show you how to connect these ideas into an actionable new business concept.

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Lunch Break. 12:40 – 13:20

Ali Dersavi 13:20 – 14:00
Senior Management Consultant, public speaker
Author of the recently published book “It Doesn’t Work Here”

Biography

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Ali Derisavi is an accomplished, Management Consultant, Speaker, Trainer, Author and Change Agent with more than fifteen years of experience working with local, regional and multinational organizations. During this time, Ali has designed and delivered hundreds of training courses to thousands of employees from diverse industries and backgrounds.

Ali has been actively conducting Executive MBA Courses specializing in the fields of Management, Leadership, Strategy, Sales, Marketing, Public Relations, Organizational Behavior, Interpersonal and Organizational Communications.

Ali writes short business and motivational essays and has recently published “It Doesn’t Work Here”, a book that attempts to explore why most western-developed business concepts are not applicable in the developing markets.

Ali is a certified trainer and among many other professional and academic certifications, he holds a bachelor degree in Management Information Systems from the State University of New York and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Wales.
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Topic

Leading from the Middle

Why do we need leadership? Why isn’t the “command and control” style of management considered appropriate anymore? Why should we start to consider emotions in the modern business environment? Why do we have to stop ordering and start asking? What changed the business environment? In absence of authority, could middle management bring positive change?

The gradual transformation of land ownership and governance in medieval European feudal societies, the rise of the bourgeoisie, and the emergence of modern (and contemporary) capitalist societies were all part of a millennial cultural evolution that had its roots in the dawn of the European Renaissance and its flowering in the Enlightenment of the 18th century and the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century.

This cultural evolution introduced many new concepts, chief among them the concept of human rights. The birth of the concept of the rightful treatment of all men marked a new era in human history and mandated a new set of rules with which to govern his (and more recently, also her) economic, political, and social affairs.

The work environment was not an exception; it had to adapt and cater to the needs of the modern worker. From then on, business theorists realized that the long-standing command and control style of business management was dying away and that new theories of governance would have to be developed to deal with the modern rights-oriented employee.

Thus, the old master–slave relationship gradually transformed into the contemporary leader–follower form.
But, do these new theories work for us?
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Prof. Tariq Al-Dowaisan 14:00 – 14:40
Professor of Industrial & Management Systems Engineering, KU
CMQ/OE, CQE, CQA, CSP
GLC Founder & Senior Consultant

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Biography

Prof. Tariq A. Al-Dowaisan earned his Ph.D. in industrial and management systems engineering from Arizona State University.

He is currently a professor of industrial and management systems engineering and vice dean for planning and career development at the College of Engineering & Petroleum at Kuwait University, and a founding partner and senior consultant at Gulf Lead Consultants.

He has over twenty five years academic, consulting, and training experience in quality and organizational excellence, strategic planning and performance management, and occupational safety. His clients from the oil sector include KOC, KNPC, KUFPEC, KPC, PIC, and KEC; from Government MGRP, PIFSS, AWQAF, PAI, IAD in Qatar, KPA; and from Education KU and ACK.

He has written numerous professional articles in Arabic and English in the subjects of quality and professional development, some of which have appeared in international refereed journals.
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Topic

25 Years of Quality Leadership

After 25 years of speaking, writing, and practicing quality, it’s with great pleasure to reflect on the highlights of my career in the world of quality; underlining the key lessons and success factors.

• Getting to speak the language of quality
• Rubbing shoulders with quality gurus
• The road to building credentials
• Establishing credibility in the market

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Coffee break & networking. 14:40 – 15:00

Dr. Saad Hamad Al-Barrak 15:00 – 16:00
PhD Executive Chairman, ILA Group

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Biography

Dr. Saad Al Barrak is a distinguished engineer and businessman of international repute. He holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering, an MSc in Systems Engineering, both from Ohio University, and a PhD in Information Systems & Technology Management from the University of London. He is also an alumnus of Harvard University.

Since his appointment in 2002 and under his tutelage, Zain’s (formerly MTC) customer base has increased from 600,000 in Kuwait to a conglomerate of 22 operations with over 63.54 million active customers across the Middle East and Africa.

He is the recipient of several noteworthy awards like the Middle East’s ‘CEO of the Year’ award in the Information Communication Technology sector, the ‘e-Businessman of the Year’ award in the region and the Lifetime Achievement Award from leading industry magazine COMMSMEA.

He is at present the Executive Chairman of ILA Group, and has launched his 272 page biography “A Passion for Adventure-Turning Zain into a Telecom Giant” published by the global publishing group, Bloomsbury, followed by an Arabic version.
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Topic

Leading Change

Change is the very essence of the business leader’s job. It is a very complex process of Learning and Restructuring. Transforming the Emotional, the Intellectual and the Behavioral state of the Group. Uncertainty is the very engine of transformation in a business, a continuous source of new opportunities.

The session will discuss the transformation of MTC from one operation in a small country to Zain Group with 23 operations in the MEA countries, making it the 4th largest in the world and re-branding it with new values at the same time.

The Presentation will also include Strategic Initiatives and John P. Kotter’s change model besides quotes from the works of famous business authors, such as Jack Welch & Stephen Covey.
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Closing & Sponsors Honoring. 16:00 – 16:30

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