Venue: INSEAD Middle East Campus, Abu Dhabi
"The Women As Pillars of Sustainable Growth in the UAE" convocation is held annually by the University Leadership Council as part of its strategic dialogue series, which addresses the leading role women have come to occupy in the UAE and the unique support to gender balance that the United Arab Emirates leadership has offered.
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Venue: Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi
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Venue: Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi
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Today's generation of youth is the largest the world has ever known. Whether it will result in the largest development dividend or the largest development challenge in history will depend on how well we empower this youth cohort with the skills needed for the jobs of tomorrow. The challenge is particularly acute in the Arab region, which will need to create up to 100 million new jobs over the next 10-year period.  Throughout the region, education reform initiatives, new universities, research institutes, and increasingly sophisticated ICT infrastructures are aiming to address this challenge. Read More...

The UAE has made steady but quick strides along the path to development and has firmly established itself as the region’s leading destination for services. The forum, "Healthcare and Education: Two Crucial Pillars of Continued Sustainable Future Growth in the UAE," discusses the challenges and opportunities facing the nation in these fields. Held on March 1, 2015 at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Academic Medical Center in Dubai, this forum aims to build upon the knowledge of government officials, leading industry experts, and academics in order to discuss ways in which the UAE could leverage its expertise to further build upon its existing success in the fields of healthcare and education. Read More...

Family businesses have played an instrumental role in the rise of Gulf economies, and include some of the region’s largest and most prominent corporate ventures. Yet, not enough attention has been paid to their distinctive concerns, such as ensuring family control when companies are publicly listed and managing smooth transitions to successive generations of leaders. The Family Business Forum aims to address a wide variety of issues of interest to family businesses and discuss how they can continue to thrive in an increasingly competitive business environment. This forum provides a platform for the owners of family businesses to discuss their concerns and find solutions for their respective organizations. Read More...

Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Nayhan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, and initiated as a joint endeavor of the University Leadership Council, this inaugural iteration of the Arab Knowledge Forum themed on "Philanthropy in Higher Education" established itself as the critical forum for policy-makers, decision-makers, business leaders, and philanthropic foundations to present and exchange ideas about developing and channeling socially responsible philanthropy in the UAE. The University Leadership Council (ULC), initially comprising of Masdar Institute, Zayed University, UAE University, Khalifa University, and the American University of Sharjah, co-organized this high-profile conference along with Abu Dhabi University as a uniquely comprehensive springboard to enhance philanthropic events related to higher education. Read More...

The MENA Economic Forum convenes to explore modus operandi and solutions in the post-recession aftermath of laggard growth. High on the list is stimulating economic development in MENA and Southern Europe to integrate youthful workers. Sustainable growth in an era of contracting resources requires the fine-meshing of solutions with the strong traditional cultures focused on family and community. Strategic decision -makers from both regions considered ways to enhance human infrastructure through financing start-ups, family business, innovation in education, and high-tech ways to disseminate new business models throughout all levels of society and well into to the grass roots level. Inspired by Marseilles’s building bridges throughout the Mediterranean basin, the MENA Economic Forum was launched in 2011 to forge partnerships between Europe and Arab countries. Read More...

This expertise will combine the skills required to build a culture of corporate social responsibility tailored to the UAE and the Gulf. Corporate philanthropy will help generate educational programs, chairs, professorships, and joint research projects to help sustain growth in the country. Executives from industry will share various applications of corporate social responsibly, as senior corporate personnel seek ways to address the social, economic, and environmental effects of doing business in the UAE. In today’s fast-paced and ever-changing world driven by the global market, universities must be initiators of change with conduits directly into industry and business. Alumni will be trained to establish support for their alma maters throughout industry as well as in alumni organizations. Read More...

The leaders of today must be able to function and be effective any place in the world. This requires developmental focus on what we know really matters — the communication with others. Executives will complete the GlobeSmart Assessment Profile online to discover their preferred style of communication and how they compare with the average profile of other countries, understand the key dimensions of communication style and how to better communicate with their employees and executives from other cultures. This workshop will focus on understanding the sources of Cross-Cultural miscommunication, contrasting styles of communication across cultures, and how to communication more effectively to achieve intended results. Read More...

The conference “US Government Today: What Would the Founders Say?” is scheduled on April 17, 2014. Participating in this event, are some dozen internationally recognized scholars and commentators from different parts of the world, as well as several of our own faculty experts, who will share their perspectives on the ever changing, ever fascinating American system of government. In our interconnected world, each of us is of course directly and indirectly affected in myriad ways by political, legislative, judicial, and regulatory developments in the United States. Read More...

The “Women in Leadership and Entrepreneurship in the UAE: A Success Story to Tell,” was held jointly by the American University of Sharjah, the Emirates Foundation, Sorbonne University in Abu Dhabi, and the University of Sharjah, along with other leading universities in the UAE, on May 25, 2014, in Dubai to focus on the ever-growing leadership roles women were assuming in all walks of life in the UAE due in most significant part to the unwavering support the UAE leadership is offereningi. Breakthroughs in the Gulf mean that women hold a significant and growing number of leading positions in the private sector, academia, and government. This landmark forum celebrated their achievements and looked ahead to the future role of women in the UAE and the region. Participants included corporate executives, officials from government and international agencies, scholars, and experts from across the Arab world. Read More...