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DUBAI GLOBAL CONVENTION 2019 29th World Congress on LEADERSHIP FOR BUSINESS EXCELLENCE & INNOVATION & Presentation of Golden Peacock Awards 05 - 07 March 2019, Hotel Habtoor Palace, Al Habtoor City, (UAE)

Theme:

"Reshaping Board's Strategy for Business Excellence through Creativity & Innovation"

TH PROGRAMME**(AS UPDATED ON 27 FEBRUARY 2019)

TUESDAY, 05TH MARCH, 2019 Hotel Habtoor Palace (earlier known as St. Regis), Al Habtoor City, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai

Registration & Morning Refreshments 0745 – 0830 hrs

A Report on the last year 2018 Dubai Global Convention – VIDEO 0830 –0855 hrs

Plenary Session – I Opening Session 0855 – 1015 hrs

Welcome Address Lt. Gen. J. S. Ahluwalia, PVSM (Retd.), President, Institute Of Directors,

Chairman Address Dr. Tayeb Kamali, Chairman, IOD India, UAE Chapter, Director General, Education and Training Development, Ministry of Interior, UAE

Theme Address Osman Sultan, CEO, du Telecom, UAE

Special Address Vijay Karia, Chairman & MD, Ravin Group of Companies, India

Special Address H.E. Patrizio Fondi, Ambassador, Head of Delegation of the European Union in

Keynote Address H.E. Ahmed Sultan Bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman & CEO, DMCC

Guest of Honour Address H.E. Dr. Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, Group Chairman, Al Habtoor Group

Inaugural Address H.E. Navdeep Singh Suri, Ambassador of India to UAE

Inaugural Address H.E. Abdulla Al Saleh, Undersecretary–Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economy, UAE Release of Convention Souvenir - 2019

Plenary Session- II Inaugural Session 1030 - 1130 hrs

Welcome Address Lt. Gen. J. S. Ahluwalia, PVSM (Retd.), President, Institute Of Directors, India

Patron & His Highness Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan Chief Guest Hon'ble Cabinet Member and Minister of Tolerance, Govt. of UAE Keynote Address

Golden Peacock Global H.E. Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori Award for Leadership in Hon'ble Minister of Economy, Govt. of UAE Economic Transformation

Golden Peacock Global H.E. Dr. Shaikha Ali Salem Al Maskari Award for Lifetime Chairperson, Al Maskari Holding, UAE Achievement in Business and Social Leadership

IOD Distinguished H.E. Dr. Ahmed Al Banna Fellowship Ambassador of UAE to India

Mohamed Yahya Kazi Meeran, Director and Group CEO, Galadari Brothers Co. LLC, Dubai

Felicitation of Presentation of Golden Peacock Awards for Institutional Awards Innovative Product / Service & Business Excellence - 2019

1130 - 1200 hrs TEA / COFFEE

Plenary Session – III Special Presentation on 1200 - 1215 hrs (A) KIZAD, Abu Dhabi Ports: The Emirate's first Industrial Free Zone ,

Edwin Lammers, VP - Commercial, Khalifa Industrial Zone (KIZAD), Abu Dhabi Ports, UAE

Plenary Session – III India & Dubai EXPO 2020: Potential & Opportunities 1215 - 1315 hrs

(B)

President’s Address Lt. Gen. J. S. Ahluwalia, PVSM (Retd.), President, Institute Of Directors, India

Special Address H.E. Navdeep Singh Suri, Ambassador of India to UAE

Special Address H.E. Dr. Ahmed Al Banna, Ambassador of UAE to India

Special Address H.E. Fahad Al Gergawi Chief Executive Officer, Dubai FDI

Special Address Sujoy Bose MD & CEO, NIIF-The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund, India

Special Address (Ms.) Mandeep Kaur IAS, Joint Development Commissioner (MSME), Ministry of MSME, Government of India

Chief Guest Keynote Her Excellency Reem Ebrahim Al-Hashimi, Cabinet Member and Hon'ble Address Minister of State for International Cooperation UAE and Director General, EXPO 2020 Dubai*

LUNCH 1315 – 1415 hrs

Plenary Session – IV Future Proofing Enterprise & Creating High Performance 1415 – 1530 hrs Boards

 Leadership for Promoting Business Excellence and Innovation by the board  Boardroom strategy for business excellence through synergy across the supply chain  Leadership and Vision for fostering innovation and growth in family owned business  Embedding ethical ethos for realizing moral compass of the boardroom  Performance rating of boards and individual directors– Emerging trends

Chair Prof. Colin Coulson-Thomas, President, Institute of Management Services, UK

Speakers Mishal Hamed Kanoo, Chairman, The Kanoo Group, UAE

Farhad Azizi, Chief Executive Officer, Azizi Developments, UAE

Surender Singh Kandhari, Chairman, Al Dobowi Group, UAE

Eugene Mayne, Founder and CEO, Tristar Holdings Ltd., UAE

Interaction with audience

Plenary Session –V Boardroom Leadership for an Agile and Innovative Corporate 1530 – 1645 hrs Strategy

 Boundary spanning leadership – Building resilient business for uncertain times  Transformational strategies for handling digital disruption, and green growth solutions

 Transformational Leadership for Meeting business challenges with social projects  Winning Global Innovation Game or being left behind  Systems approach, culture and strategy- Business transformation enablers

Chair Anil Pant, Managing Director & CEO, Aptech Limited, India

Speakers Atul Temurnikar, Co-Founder and Chairman, GIIS, Singapore

Mohammed Al Hashemi, Chairman, U.A.E. Financial Markets; and Director- Global Market & Treasury, NBD, UAE

Yogesh J.P. Sharma, Executive Director, NBCC (India) Limited

Hisham Farouk, Chief Executive Officer & Board Member, Grant Thornton International, UAE

Interaction with audience

TEA / COFFEE 1645 – 1715 hrs

Plenary Session –VI Disruptive Technologies & Roadmap ahead: 1715 – 1830 hrs Artificial Intelligence (AI) , Blockchain, IoT and Robotics

 Implications of Robotics: Regulation for Process Automation in the areas of

Digitization  Cyber Security Challenges- Technological and Operational dimensions  The future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT)  Applications of Blockchain- Cloud Chain, A Revolutionary Technological Advance

 Analytics and Scaling up of Data Governance Strategies  Global Risk-averse measures in the age of Disruptive Technologies-

Privacy & Security measures

Chair Mohammed Abdullah Shael Al Saadi, CEO- Corporate Strategic Affairs Sector DED, Government of Dubai

Speakers Marwan Bin Haider, Executive Vice President, Innovation and the Future, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)

Ron Chandiramani, Founder & Group President, Al MIDAS International Group, UAE

(Ms.) Hanan Darwish, CEO - Gulf, Schneider Electric, UAE

Iqbal AliKhan, Program Director- Blockchains & Innovation – MEA, IBM Corporation, UAE

Lee Wan Lik, Managing Director, Azeus Convene, Hong Kong

Interaction with audience

Plenary Session - VII Global Business Meet: 1830 – 2000 hrs A spectrum of opportunities: Pitching for greater trade and investment ties

President Address Lt. Gen. J. S. Ahluwalia, PVSM (Retd.), President, Institute Of Directors, India

Special Address Vijay Karia, Chairman & Managing Director, Ravin Group of Companies, India

Special Address Vicky Kapur, Editor-in-Chief, Khaleej Times, UAE

Special Address Suresh B.S, Chairman, Karnataka State Small Industries Development Corporation Ltd., (KSSIDC), Govt. of Karnataka, India

Special Address Sanjay Dalmia, Chairman, Dalmia Group of Companies and former Member of Parliament, India

Special Address Sujoy Bose MD & CEO, NIIF-The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund, India

Guest of Honour H.E. Mr. Vipul IFS, Consul General of India in Dubai

Address

Vote of Thanks Nimish Makvana, Honorary Director-UAE Chapter, IOD, India & and Senior

Partner, Crowe MAK - UAE, Past Chairman ICAI – Dubai

Grand Gala Evening by (Ms) Shibani Kashyap, Indian Singer, Bollywood Film Industry

2000 - 2030 hrs DINNER 2030 hrs

WEDNESDAY, 06TH MARCH, 2019

Morning Refreshments 0800 - 0845 hrs

Plenary Session – VIII Deriving Competitive Advantage through Business Excellence 0900 –1015 hrs

 Navigating Governance and Sustainability Challenges to Drive Business Excellence  Journey of excellence: Evolving strategy for good governance

 Embracing the New Drivers of Competitive Advantage: AI, Analytics and

Blockchain  Driving business excellence- Strategy for creating a world class organization  Strategic challenges for driving sustained business excellence, through stakeholder engagement

Speakers CA Mahmood Bangara, Chairman, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Dubai Chapter NPIO

(Ms.) Samira Shaloh, Co- Founder, Brain Quest, UAE

CS Ranjeet Pandey, President, The Institute of Company Secretaries of India

Abdul ‘Dewale Mohammed, Board Chairman, Founder & Group Executive President, AASGON, UK

(Ms.) Rasna Bedi, Founder & CEO, A-1 Bearing Imports, Inc., USA

(Q & A) Interaction with audience

Plenary Session – IX Fostering Creativity and Innovation for Business Excellence 1015 – 1130 hrs

 Board’s strategy and breakthrough innovations for leveraging excellence across the value chain  Board governance, diversity and social sensitivity to drive social innovation  Strategic disruptive innovation: Drivers of cultural and economic growth  Building competitive leverage through an excellence- conscious innovative strategy  Which business models and organisational structures best foster innovation?

Chair Saqr Ahmed Al Maazmi, Director - UAE Government Leaders Programme, Prime Minister's Office, Government of UAE

Speakers Marwan Mahmood Hadi, Board Director, HSBC Middle East Finance Company (MEFCO), Head- Retail Banking & Wealth Management, HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, and Chairman, HSBC Sports Club, UAE

Rajiv Gupta, Director- Projects, Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL), Ministry of Communication, Govt. of India

Dr. Ahmed El Tigani, Chief Executive Officer, Al Rawabi Dairy Company,

UAE

(Q & A) Interaction with audience

TEA / COFFEE 1130 – 1200 hrs

Plenary Session – X Learning Motivational mantras, Management nuggets, 1200 - 1215 hrs Words of Wisdom (WoW)

Paresh Rughani, Director, Master Motivator, UK

Plenary Session – XI Golden Peacock Awards Presentation Ceremony 1215 – 1300 hrs

Opening Remarks Lt. Gen. J. S. Ahluwalia, PVSM (Retd.), President, Institute Of Directors, India

Guest of Honour H.E. Mr. Vipul, IFS, Consul General of India in Dubai Address

Chief Guest H.E. Mr. Mohammed Sharaf, Hon'ble Assis Address - Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation

Presentation of Golden Peacock Awards for ‘Quality’ and ‘Training’ - 2019

LUNCH 1300 - 1400 hrs Concurrent Session - Innovation: a Catalyst for Business Growth 1400 - 1600 hrs XII( A) Success Stories on 'Innovative Product/ Service'

Parallel Session Case Studies of Excellence - PART 1

Chair Saleh Janeeh, Advisor Creativity and Innovation, Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA), Dubai

Presenters  Ashok Leyland Limited  Akzo Nobel India Limited

 Apollo Tyres Limited

 My Home Industries Private Limited

 Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited  Easol Private Limited  Carborundum Universal Limited

 Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited

 Acko General Insurance Limited

Concurrent Session- XII Training : A Key to Organizational Excellence 1400 - 1600 hrs (B) Success Stories on 'Training’ Parallel Session Case Studies of Excellence

Presenters  Maruti Suzuki India Limited  National Academy of Construction  Aptech Limited  Union Bank of India Staff College  RBS Services India Private Limited  National Academy of Indian Railways  ITC Hospitality Management Institute, ITC Limited, Hotel Division  ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited  Life Insurance Corporation of India  Persistent Systems Limited  MSD Pharmaceuticals Private Limited  Steel Authority of India Limited  Delhi International Airport Limited

1600 - 1615 hrs TEA / COFFEE

a Catalyst for Business Growth 1615 - 1730 hrs Concurrent Session – Innovation:

XIII (A) Success Stories on 'Innovative Product/ Service'

Parallel Session Case Studies of Excellence - PART II

Presenters  Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited  Wembley Paints & Chemicals  Reliance Industries Limited

 TATA SIA Airlines Limited

 L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited  Smartchem Technologies Limited

Concurrent Session – Establishing a Competitive Advantage through XIII (B) Business Excellence and a Culture of Continuous Improvement Parallel Session Success Stories on 'Quality' & ‘Business Excellence’ Case Studies of Excellence

Chair Krishnan Ramachandran, CEO, Barjeel Geojit Securities LLC, UAE

Presenters  Bosch Limited  HIL Limited  Larsen & Toubro Limited  Capgemini Technology Services India Limited  Nestle India Limited  Tata Global Beverages Limited  Cummins India Limited  JSW Energy Limited

Plenary Session – XIV Valedictory Session 1730 – 1800 hrs

Presentation on Summary Prof. Colin Coulson-Thomas, President, Institute of Management Services, of Recommendations UK

Keynote Address How to best Navigate a Dynamic Future By Dominic Barton, Global Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company

Special Address Sanjay Anand, Chairman & CEO, Sarbanes Oxley & GRC Group, USA

Closing Remarks Lt. Gen. J. S. Ahluwalia, PVSM (Retd.), President, Institute Of Directors, India

End of the programme on 06th March 2019

THURSDAY, 07TH MARCH, 2019 BUSINESS STUDY TOUR

Special Session Visit to ‘KIZAD- Khalifa Industrial Zone’ ‘DUBAI SOUTH’ 0900 hrs onwards

*****The End***** ** :Programme subject to Change & modifications * Confirmation Awaited