HRH Premier to patronise 45th IFTDO Conference/Exhibition

Manama, Feb. 28 (BNA): Under the patronage of HRH the Prime Minister, Prince Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, fifteen senior executives and general managers of renowned companies and international speakers from Bahrain and abroad will be speaking in the 45th Conference and Exhibition for the International Federation of Training and Development Organizations (IFTDO) which Bahrain will be hosting on March 21-23. The three-day Conference, which will be convening at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Bahrain, will host international speakers to talk on various essential leadership topics including return on investment, women leadership in the Middle East, how to manage multigenerational workforce in the GCC, innovative leadership in the new Internet era, investing in people and tackling the barriers to develop successful leaders. The event is organized by the Bahrain Society for Training and Development (BSTD), with Tamkeen as the Strategic Partner for the event. Tamkeen enables Bahrainis to be competitive in the workplace, and productive employees who can help the private sector play a bigger role in the economy of Bahrain. Four important workshops will be held prior to the official opening of the conference on Monday, 21st March, which is expected to draw around 1,000 participants from around the world. Speaking at the Conference too will be the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism Affairs. Zayed bin Rashid Al Zayani, Minister of Energy Dr. Abdulhussain bin Ali Mirza, as well as other influential speakers and experts. Other important topics the conference will discuss are leveraging of Social Media for talent acquisition and development, the challenge of leadership in a changing world, and trustworthy leadership. The current President of IFTDO, Engineer Mohammed Mahmoud Al Shaikh, expressed the great gratitude of the BSTD to HRH the Prime Minister for patronizing the Conference and the Exhibition, the second Bahrain is hosting since 2002 – which was then patronized by His Royal Highness the Prime Minister. Mohammed Mahmoud Al Shaikh commented: "Developing the human resources is the most important investment any private or public company can make, because it has a great impact on the returns. This is why we were keen on attracting speakers from the USA, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and other Asian and ME countries to guarantee more in-depth discussions and enrich the exchange of expertise between them." Mohammed Ali Bucheeri, Adviser of Tamkeen’s Chief Executive, said: "We are proud that Bahrain hosts international conferences that focus on developing our human resources in enterprises and students at schools and universities. Tamkeen’s strategy is to enhance the role of such events to make Bahrainis the preferred choice for companies, especially the private sector which need skilled workforce to overcome its challenges." Ahmed Al Banna, Chief Executive of Origin Group – the organizer of the event – commented: "The importance of the Conference lies in the opportunities it will be providing for its participants to exchange their knowledge and expertise in the training and development sector. It will showcase how the successful companies around the world overpassed obstacles and challenges and achieved record results in production, quality, and creativity by developing their human capitals and developing them as talents." IFTDO was established in 1972 in Geneva. It gathers more than 500,000 members from around the World, and holds its annual conferences in different countries in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the United States.