About this Workshop

Workshop Description

The huge growth in the oil and gas Industry in the Middle East, North Africa and Asia regions and the number of new opportunities that are created daily to meet the increasing demand for energy (5-10% annually) coincides with an unprecedented requirement for regional professionals. Professionals such as scientists, geo-scientists and various engineering disciplines, health, safety and environment, finance, legal, etc. are central to the region’s future and play an important role in the nations’ economic and social growth.

Unleashing the potential regional talent, increasing the capacity of the professionals; male and female, harnessing their skills and capabilities and understanding the need to embrace fully the notion of inclusiveness and diverse work force will be essential in building high performing teams and in helping our economy and society to flourish.

This workshop will discuss how to:

• Develop self leaders while bridging both the generation and gender gaps
• Make current access routes easier, fairer and ensure that people who succeed in gaining a top job do so on the basis of talent and merit alone
• Recruit ambassadors who would work with schools to raise awareness of career opportunities in our energy sector
• Change mindset and attitudes through inspirational role models to encourage more females to aspire to a professional career
• Provide a progressive workplace, development and outreach programs and adequate communication technologies and tools to expand and strengthen the professional networks 

The workshop objectives and desired outcome will be to gain practical insights into the professional development and to develop a set of recommendations that are required by all parts of society; governments, organisations, private sector and academia to enhance the image of our energy sector and to translate the recommendations into time lined decisions working hand in hand to deliver fast the 2020 vision.  

Sessions

Breakout Sessions will focus on different topics. (please see topics below) Please come prepared to sign up for your preferred break out group. We will try to accommodate your first option, but cannot offer a guarantee.

Topic 1 – Leadership
Topic 2 – Women at Work
Topic 3 – Generation Gap

Who Should Attend

Focus on 50% male and 50% female from all disciplines in the Energy Sector.