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Under the patronage of His Excellency the Minister of State and Chairman of NOGA, Dr. Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza, the 4th International,Training, Management & Human Resources Development Conference was held from 4th to 6th December 2006 at Crowne Plaza Hotel under the theme of “Maximizing Human Performance & Effectiveness through Empowerment”. The conference was organized by CTM Event Management in co-operation with NOGA.

The main topics of the conference focused on methodologies of preparing qualified cadres in human resources development to take responsibilities within their companies and organizations for training on leadership and management; assessment of human capital from a management perspective; assessment of organizational success through human capital; global challenges/competition and its impact on organizational success and HR progress; assessment of performance, training and education, development of occupations; successful plans and experiments.

The keynote speakers at the first session were Mr. Abdul Qader Obaid Ali, Chairman of the Board of Dubai Quality Group, Dr. Elissar Sarrouh, Deputy Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme, Arab Republic of Egypt, Dr. Mukesh Aghi, Chief Executive Officer of Universitas 21 Global of Singapore. There were also keynote speakers from Bahrain, Britain, Ireland, India, Malaysia, Lebanon and Tunisia. Another keynote speaker was Dr. Talal Abu Ghazaleh, founder and Chairman of Talal Abu Ghazaleh International Group, who gave a lecture on “Challenges, Growing Competition and its Impact on the Arab World Human Development”.

More than 235 participants attended the conference from GCC states and other Arab, Asian and European countries. Over a period of three days, 18 research papers were discussed. Side forums also took place and covered several topics including: “Maximizing Human Performance & Effectiveness through Empowerment; Preparing the Next in Line for Better Future: Leadership, Apprenticeship, Coaching and Succession Plan”. An in-tandem exhibition was also organized in which companies specialized in training and human resources participated by displaying relevant state-of-the-art technologies and programmes.

This is the fourth in a series of successive events. The first conference was held in Bahrain in October 2003. The second and third were held in December 2004 and December 2005 respectively. The conference is taking the shape of an annual event in view of the successes achieved at each conference and of the increasing numbers of participants.