EXPO EDUCATION PROGRAMME

FUTURE OF EDUCATION AND WORK SERIES

Building the Ideal Skill Set for the 21st Century: How students can prepare for the Modern Workplace 10 DECEMBER 2020

Thursday, December 10th, 2020

Synopsis

Introducing the SAP University Alliances Programme

Panel Discussion

Introducing the Expo Education Programme

Closing Remarks

Moderated Q&A

6:05pm

6:10pm

6:50pm

6:00pm

7:05pm

Please note that all timings are GMT +4

The Expo Education Programme and Expo 2020’s Premier Partner SAP will hold a panel discussion on how the global COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the workplace and the future of work, and the impact this has on the recruitment of future employees. Many graduates will soon enter the workplace in unprecedented times. As today’s university students are grappling with this changing environment, we address the important questions: How should students prepare to enter the job market? How do they build the ideal skill set for the 21st century workplace?

Dr. Fida Afiouni is an HR & Gender expert in the Middle East She currently holds the position of Associate Professor in HRM and the Chairperson of the Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship track at the Olayan School of Business at the American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon. She is also a founding partner of the Center for Inclusive Business and Leadership (CIBL) at AUB. She obtained her PhD in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University with the highest distinction and was the recipient of the Sharjah Prize for the best doctoral thesis in administrative sciences in the Arab world for the year 2005.

In addition to her academic activities, Fida is also a professional HRM consultant and trainer. She engages in professional consulting and training, namely in small and medium enterprises seeking to create an HR infrastructure and to align their HR practices with their business imperatives. She also engages in executive training in larger firms that seek to raise awareness among their staff about how HR can contribute to business performance, with a specific focus on gender biases and women’s economic empowerment.

Fida serves as an ad- hoc consultant with the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the Office of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Her expertise in HRM, gender and career development is recognized in the Middle East region, and she is often invited as an expert speaker or facilitator in regional and international workshops and webinars in English, French and Arabic on topics pertaining to Human Resource Management, Talent Management, Gender balance, and women’s economic empowerment.

Haifa Fahoum Al Kaylani is a Development Economist recognised in Arab and international government, private sector and NGO circles as a high-impact change agent focussed on women’s leadership and youth empowerment, working for progress, peace and prosperity in the Arab region and internationally. Haifa’s work for the last two decades has centred on economic empowerment for women and youth, having founded AIWF in 2001 as a development organisation supporting women’s leadership in social and economic growth in the MENA region and globally. She is a Fellow of the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative 2017, and a Commissioner of the ILO Global Commission on the Future of Work. She is a Board Member of the Arab British Chamber of Commerce in London, a Director of the East-West Institute in New York, and a Member of the Women’s Leadership Board at Harvard. She has received numerous regional and global awards for her exceptional efforts to enable and advance women and youth through education and economic engagement in the MENA region and beyond.

Dr. Fida Afiouni

Haifa Al Kaylani

Associate ProfessorManagement, Marketing & Entrepreneurship, American University of Beirut

Founder & Chair, Arab International Women’s Forum

Speakers

Wadia Ait Hamza is Head of the Global Shapers Community at the World Economic Forum. He holds a Master Degree in Euro- Mediterranean Affairs, and a Bachelor degree in International Studies, with a minor in Women & Development from Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco.

Wadia is 2012 United Nations Alliances of Civilizations fellow, 2012 Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leader, 2013 cohort of the Global Leadership Fellow of the World Economic Forum, and 2019 TIZI Hope. Wadia was also selected among the 15 below 40 who make “The International Geneva” by the Swiss magazine Le Temps. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Al Akhawayn Alumni Association.

Wadia Ait HamzaHead of the Global Shapers Community, World Economic Forum

Kailash Nagdev is currently the Vice President of Sales & Analytics at Expo 2020 Dubai. In his current position, Kailash is responsible for international and domestic ticket sales, visitor analytics and special projects at Expo 2020 including the Expo Education Programme.

Previously Kailash was the Managing Director at YouGov Middle East responsible for managing new commerical interest of the firm in the GCC, North Africa and India and led several tourism research initiatives with both public and private sector clients.

Prior to YouGov, Kailash was Director of Group Strategy at Dubai-based Falcon and Associates, a strategic planning and advisory company working on behalf of the Dubai leadership. At Falcon, he was responsible for projects such as feasibility study for Olympics and World Expo in 2020, destination brand development and initiatives to promote Dubai as an investment and higher education destination.

Kailash was also part of the executive bid committee responsible for the UAE’s successful bid for the World Expo 2020. He holds an MBA with distinction from Manchester Business School.

As the Global Head of University Alliances, Dr. Katharina Schäfer leads the SAP Next-Gen program and is responsible for activating academic and research collaborations with high-schools, universities, and research organizations. Her passion is to bridge the gap between academia & industry and provide high quality education to all students worldwide. The SAP Next-Gen program aims to inspire young people about digital technologies, provides a great learning experience about SAP technologies, fosters entrepreneurial & inclusive leadership skills, and builds the next-generation talents for the digital enterprise.

Prior to her current role, Katharina worked at the Institute of Aerospace Systems at RWTH Aachen University, Germany, where she also earned her Ph.D. in Aeronautics. After her career journey as a scientist at RWTH, she joined the German Aerospace Center (DLR) as an Assistant to the Member of the Executive Board for Aeronautics. In 2017, she assumed the role of Aerospace & Defense Solution Manager at SAP where she led strategic customer engagement opportunities and drove various co-innovation projects.

Kailash Nagdev

Dr. Katharina Schäfer

Vice President, Sales & Analytics, Expo 2020, Dubai

SAP SE – University Alliances Global Head of University Alliances

Wissam Kadi is a UN SDG advocate with a proven track record of activating global ecosystems through high-impact initiatives involving academia, industry, government, and international organizations. He is known for his powerful drive for accelerating impact through collaboration and co-creation with purpose-driven partners.

Wissam leads several youth and diversity & inclusion initiatives involving the SAP Next-Gen community that includes educational institutions in 117 countries as well as youth orgnaizations, tech community partners, NGOs, and several United Nations agencies and EXPO 2020 Dubai. Prior to joining SAP, he worked for HEC Paris and Texas A&M University in the capacity of Business Development. Wissam has recently completed an Exexcutive Master joint degree program in Marketing from SDA Bocconi School of Management in Italy and ESADE Business School in Spain. He largely supports UN Goal 17- Partnerships for the Goals by 2030 and he has been invited to participate and speak at several high-level events across the globe.

Wissam Kadi Global Initiatives Director at SAP Next-Gen & University Alliances, SAP

Fatima Alloghani is the Head of Expo Academy and Emiratisation at Expo 2020 Dubai, responsible for overseeing the integration of UAE national talent before, during and after the next World Expo.

She leads a portfolio of UAE nationals acquisition programmes, including internship, government mobilisation, inclusion of people of determination, the Expo Generation Programme (formerly known as ‘Expo Academy’) and a youth-focused project that will launch in the lead-up to Expo 2020. The Expo Generation Programme aims to leverage the unique opportunity that Expo 2020 provides by training UAE national graduates to become high-calibre professionals capable of leading, operating and delivering mega-events.

Fatima has more than 18 years of experience across a wide range of industries locally and internationally. Before joining Expo 2020, she worked for a number of leading companies, including Schlumberger, Dubai World, Etihad Airways, Total ABK Academy, IKEA and Abu Dhabi Terminals.

She has completed Wharton Executive Education’s Dubai Leadership Programme and received a Master’s degree in global HR management from the University of Liverpool in 2015.

Fatima AlloghaniHead of Expo Academy and Emiratisation – Human Resources, Workforce and Volunteers, Expo 2020 Dubai

Moderators