DOORS OPEN
Registration and coffee on the floor.
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.
Registration and coffee on the floor.
Host introduction

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.

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.
Coffee break on the exhibition floor
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.
Lunch on the exhibition floor
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.
Coffee break on the exhibition floor
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.
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.
CHRO, Chief People Officer, VP of HR at enterprises and large regional groups
Recruitment director, head of TA, talent acquisition manager
Head of people analytics, HR data lead, workforce insights manager
CIO, CTO, Head of AI, HR systems and transformation leads
Head of employee experience, engagement, retention or internal comms
Independent consultant, agency partner, advisory or Big Four HR practice
Workforce Live. 1 April 2027. The Agenda, Dubai Media City.
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