08:00 – 08:50
Registration and Networking
8:50 – 09:00
Welcome and Setting the Scene
Conference Chair
09.00 - 09:15
Host Partner Address
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09:15 – 09:35
Keynote Address
09:35 – 9:55
The Case for Human Sustainability in the Middle East
How can employers live by the mantra: when people thrive, businesses thrive?How can organizations create true sustainability?Ensuring human sustainability is central to better outcomes for organizations and humanity
09:55 – 10:30
Leadership Panel: Wellbeing at the Heart of Workplace Transformation
How can compassionate leaders ensure wellbeing is a long-term, strategic and outcome-driven priority and not a compliance or process driven role?What can employers do to ensure all aspects of an organization are human-centric?How do leaders model behaviors in managers that promote wellbeing and high performance?What can employers do to empower work-life alignment?How can employers support people to make choices on where they work and how. And what is the role of the office today and tomorrow?
Moderated by
10:30 – 11:00
Connection Time Networking Break
11:00 – 11:35
Leadership Panel: Understanding the Value of Mental Health Wellbeing Interventions at Work
What are the most effective resources organizations can utilize to help employees?What strategies can employers implement to determine what really works?What are the workplace factors that can undermine resilience?What help is available to front line managers who have team members experiencing mental ill-health?
Moderated by
11:35 – 12:00
Empowering Emotional Well-Being in the Workplace.
A Path to a Healthier and Happier Organization
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12:00 – 13:00
Leadership Workshop Discussions
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch, Meetings and Connections
14:00 – 14:10
Post-Lunch Audience Energiser
14:10 – 14:50
Panel: Wellbeing for All – Ensuring Culture is at the Heart of the People Strategy
Where does wellbeing intersect with culture? How do organisations achieve wellbeing for all employees?What are some examples that show why wellbeing needs to be addressed from an equity standpoint?How do organisations transcend belonging from the leadership to all employees?
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Moderated By
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14:50 – 15:15
Fireside Chat: The Role of the CEO in Driving Compassionate Workplaces
How do leaders demonstrate the value of wellbeing on company culture that ultimately drives employee inspiration and team performance?
Moderated by
15:15 – 15:40
Networking Break
15:40 – 16:05
What Works for Workplace Wellbeing in the Middle East Context?
UAE’s National program for Happiness & Wellbeing aims to “cultivate wellbeing as a way of life and enrich the greater happiness of the nation”. Despite this, there remains a lack of research and investigation into workplace wellbeing and the effectiveness of programs. Drawing on research from across multi-cultural and diverse audiences, this presentation will focus on what we know currently about ‘what works’ in the Middle East and what we still need to learn in these unique and multi-cultural settings
16:05 – 16:30
Uniting Inclusion and Wellbeing Through the Power of AI
How can employers use AI to ensure wellbeing at work equates to high performance and improved productivity?What more can be done to increase positive outcomes that ensure reduced burnout numbers, high performing teams and increased inclusion through AI?How does AI identify where groups are being left out and create wellbeing programs where all can thrive?
16:30 - 16:45
Conference Chair Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks
16:45 – 17:30