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Day 1: 1 April 2027

WORKFORCE LIVE

How AI is changing the way we work.

Workforce Live

Built for the leaders reshaping the workforce.

Day one puts AI in HR on trial. A real hire happens on stage while you vote against the algorithm. Competing platforms take the same live brief and the room votes on what would actually work. The dilemmas nobody says out loud get answered honestly. And every poll you answer builds the Gulf's first live picture of how AI is really being used across hiring, retention and employee management.

Agenda

What happens on stage.

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

DOORS OPEN

Registration and coffee on the floor.

10:00 AM - 10:05 AM

WELCOME TO WORKFORCE LIVE

Host introduction

10:05 AM - 10:35 AM
James Taylor

THE OPENER

James Taylor

Creativity, Innovation and AI Speaker

Before the doors open, every delegate tells us the one question about AI at work that keeps them up at night. The most-voted question opens the day. A headline speaker answers it live, with no slides and no script. You walk in with a question and leave the first session already holding a point of view, with the day’s sessions building on it.

10:40 AM - 11:40 AM
Natalia Sycheva

THE HIRE

Natalia Sycheva

Chief Data & AI Strategist, Regional Group

An HR expert puts a leading AI hiring platform to work, live on stage. You watch it screen, score and decide in real time, with nothing hidden and nothing rehearsed. Then you vote on whether it got it right. The room’s verdict lands before the hour is up, and you leave knowing how far AI hiring can be trusted, from people who have seen it work.

11:40 AM - 11:55 AM

COFFEE BREAK

Coffee break on the exhibition floor

11:55 AM - 12:55 PM

FACE-OFF

TBC

Two AI platforms get the same HR challenge and have to perform on stage, side by side. No pitch decks, no polished demos, only the products doing the work. You see exactly where each one shines and where it struggles. By the end you’ll know which one deserves a place in your organisation, and you’ll have watched it earn it.

12:55 PM - 1:55 PM

LUNCH

Lunch on the exhibition floor

1:55 PM - 2:55 PM

THE CONFESSIONAL

TBC

Every leader has a workplace problem they would never raise with their name attached. Submit yours anonymously through the app. The audience votes the best ones to the top, and a panel of four experienced HR leaders takes five of them on stage with no script and no filter. You may hear your own dilemma asked, and the honest answer to it.

2:55 PM - 3:10 PM

COFFEE BREAK

Coffee break on the exhibition floor

3:10 PM - 3:25 PM

THE DROP

TBC

Every day has one moment we never announce. A major organisation or government body takes the stage to launch something new, in front of the people most likely to act on it. We can’t tell you what it is. Everyone who was in the room will know first.

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

THE PULSE

TBC

All day, delegates answer quick questions in the app and chase the top of the live leaderboard. Then the host uses AI to turn those answers into interactive visuals and stats on the big screen, showing how AI is really being used across GCC workplaces. You see where you stand against your peers, and the highest scorer takes home a prize.

Audience

Who should attend

The Chief People Officer

CHRO, Chief People Officer, VP of HR at enterprises and large regional groups

The Head of Talent Acquisition

Recruitment director, head of TA, talent acquisition manager

The People Analytics Lead

Head of people analytics, HR data lead, workforce insights manager

The HR Technology Decider

CIO, CTO, Head of AI, HR systems and transformation leads

The Employee Experience Lead

Head of employee experience, engagement, retention or internal comms

The HR Consultant or Advisor

Independent consultant, agency partner, advisory or Big Four HR practice

AI is changing the way we work.Be in the room.

Workforce Live. 1 April 2027. The Agenda, Dubai Media City.

Sponsors & Partners

Technology Partner

Mutant

Venue Partner

The Agenda

Member of

UFI

Organised by

ATEX International

Media Partner

Tech-Z Magazine