Code DXB
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

The day starts with one headline speaker on stage for fifteen minutes. No slides, no script, just the big question every leader in the room is facing, and the challenge to answer it together across the day.

10:40 AM - 11:40 AM
Natalia Sycheva

THE HIRE

Natalia Sycheva

Chief Data & AI Strategist, Regional Group

Watch a real job interview happen live on stage. A real candidate faces senior leaders while AI screening tools assess them in real time. You vote through the app: hire or no hire. Then the AI reveals its own verdict, and we see whether the room and the machine agree.

11:40 AM - 11:55 AM

COFFEE BREAK

Coffee break on the exhibition floor

11:55 AM - 12:55 PM

FACE-OFF

TBC

One leader who has implemented competing AI platforms gives the room an honest comparison. What each one actually delivered, where each fell short, and what they would recommend. Twenty minutes on the verdict, then forty minutes answering the questions you voted to the top. No vendor in sight, and no question they saw coming.

12:55 PM - 1:55 PM

LUNCH

Lunch on the exhibition floor

1:55 PM - 2:55 PM

THE CONFESSIONAL

TBC

Got a workplace dilemma you'd never raise with your name attached? Submit it anonymously through the app. The audience votes the best ones to the top, and experienced CHROs solve them live on stage. Honest problems, honest answers, no presentations.

2:55 PM - 3:10 PM

COFFEE BREAK

Coffee break on the exhibition floor

3:10 PM - 3:25 PM

THE DROP

TBC

One moment each day is never announced in advance, presided over by an expert nobody knows is coming. A launch, a reveal, a name you did not expect. You will know it when it happens.

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

THE PULSE

TBC

Throughout the day, everyone in the room answers quick live polls through the app. Together, your answers build something no report can offer: a real-time picture of how AI is actually being used across workplaces in the Gulf, displayed on screen as it grows. After the event, the findings are published as the CODE DXB Pulse Report, and you helped write it.

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

Thank you to our sponsors & partners.

Technology Partner

Mutant

Venue Partner

The Agenda

Media Partner

Tech-Z Magazine

Member of

UFI

Organised by

ATEX International