Exhibitors:
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) • University of Business and Technology • LEEA lifts the standard • Knowledge Train • Morgan International • RICS • Oakwood • The KPI Institute • Middle East Logistics Institute • IRU • The Association of Accounts and Financial Professionals in Business (IMA) • The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP)® • The Bradfield Group • Laimoon • Roshcomm • Resource Inspection Canada Incorporated (RICI) • Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII) • BAE Systems Saudi Development & Training (SDT) • CompTIA • CIFA Arabia • The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) • Innovation Institute • Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF) • ISACA • International School of Management (ISM) • EPI • Saudi Council of Engineers • ACFE • ncfe • Cisco • Moody’s Analytics • Westford •

Sponsors

Platinum Sponsor

BAE Systems Saudi Development & Training (SDT)

BAE Systems Saudi Development & Training (SDT) was first established back in 1994 as part of the Saudi Economic Offset Program. The company is committed to supporting the unique potential of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through our world class training, development and capability solutions.

To help unlock the opportunities that exist in your organisation and your people, we want to work with you.

Delivering a range of internationally-recognized accredited qualifications, we are rapidly expanding our portfolio of training and development packages to deliver unique solutions that offer long-term benefits to the Kingdom's industries and people.

Our mission is to support the Kingdom's vision for success. We'll make that vision a reality by working with Saudi people and organisations like yours to ensure they are trained, capable and ready to take on the challenges of the future and succeed.

Strategic Partner

Riyadh Chamber of Commerce

Gold Sponsors

Oakwood

 A highly ethical and well established Management and HR Consultancy based in the UK with extensive International experience. The business was formed over 16 years ago and has been involved in delivering a wide range of highly successful consultancy advice, training and development contracts in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Oman, The UAE and other GCC Countries. We adopt a sympathetic understanding of The Middle East/Arabic culture, current Nationalisation programmes, and the development needs and career opportunities of people in this Region.

 
Oakwood specialises in the delivery of prestigious business qualifications:
  • The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) at Foundation (Level 3), Intermediate (Level 5) – and now Advanced Post Graduate (Level 7) Programmes in Human Resources and Learning & Development. 
  • The Chartered Institute of Marketing at Certificate (Level 4), Diploma (Level 6) and Post Graduate Diploma (Level 7). 
  • The Institute of Leadership and Management at Levels 3, 5 and 7 as well as at Level 5 in Coaching & Mentoring.
 

DRI International

Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII www.drii.org / www.dri-gcc.org ) is the leading not-for-profit that helps organizations around the world prepare for and recover from disasters by providing education, accreditation, and thought leadership in business continuity and related fields. Founded in 1988, DRI International has 14,000+ certified professionals and conducts native-language training in more than 50 countries, offering in-depth courses ranging from introductory to masters level, as well as specialty certifications. The organization’s annual DRI Conference brings together leading business continuity professionals from both the public and private sector to share best practices and participate in continuing education and volunteerism. Through its Collegiate Conferences, DRI is helping to create the business continuity professionals of tomorrow, partnering with universities to introduce students and faculty to this rapidly-growing field through day-long networking and educational programs. As a recognized expert resource, DRI acts in an advisory capacity to international organizations and government institutions worldwide, helping to create industry standards and promote greater resilience through public-private partnerships. DRI is an ANSI-accredited Standards Development Organization and a member of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction ARISE Initiative.

or +603 21165759 / +60122810928

The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP)®

The Association for Financial Professionals is the professional society committed to advancing the success of its members and their organizations. AFP established and administers the Certified Treasury Professional and Certified Corporate FP&A Professional credentials, which set standards of excellence in finance. Each year, AFP hosts the largest networking conference worldwide for over 6,500 corporate finance professionals.

International School of Management (ISM)

ISACA

Networking Sponsor

Moody’s Analytics

Moody’s Analytics, a unit of Moody’s Corporation, helps capital markets and credit risk management professionals worldwide respond to an evolving marketplace with confidence. The company offers unique tools and best practices for measuring and managing risk through expertise and experience in credit analysis, economic research and financial risk management.

Workshop Sponsor

Pearson VUE

Each year millions of people around the world take an exam with Pearson VUE. We serve test owners and test takers in nearly every industry including academia and admissions, finance, healthcare, information technology, military and more.

Our customers’ credentials help people advance in technology, government and professional careers, as well as attain educational growth. 

From online practice tests to high-stakes invigilated exams that require highly-secure testing environments, we help develop, manage, deliver and grow certification and licensure exam programs for over 450 programme owners.
 
The Pearson VUE business is built on state-of-the-art technology that enables us to reliably deliver exams via our network of over 5,000 test centres worldwide. By consistently providing high levels of service to our clients and their candidates around the world we have continued to be world leaders.
 
Visit PearsonVUE.com to find out how our testing experts can help your exam programme.
 

CFA Saudi Arabia

Pytriot Solutions LLP

Pytriot imparts knowledge, skills and provide consultancy to various organizations and enables them to be IoT-ready. We enable organizations to embrace IoT and improve their productivity.

Our modular structure helps in approaching the complex IoT ecosystem step by step, and our hands-on approach gives our user the confidence to take the leap of faith. 

IoT Communication covers the various protocols used by IoT devices. Packet level discussion on MQTT, CoAP, XMPP, 6LoWPAN, 802.11, 802.15, etc. aids the decision-makers to adopt the right communication channel for their environment.
 
IoT Security covers the various aspects of security breaches at all levels of the ecosystem. The course prepares you to combat your IoT ecosystem with different attacks, confirm its robustness with penetration testing and educate you with various methods to mitigate security breaches.
 
IoT Languages and Automation covers the frequently used programming languages like R and Python.
 

Digitisation Partner

Cisco

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Supporting Partners

Saudi Authority for Accredited Valuers (Taqeem)

Saudi Council of Engineers

Association Partners

Saudi British Marketing and Management Association

For many past generations, the Saudis and British have worked and studied together in each other’s countries, forming a strong bond of friendship.

Such a positive relationship has encouraged businessmen and academics from both countries to create the first Saudi and British Marketing and Management Association (SBMMA) . We believe that the United Kingdom is an ideal place to establish the Association as it embraces many leading universities and organizations.

The Saudi and British Marketing and Management Association aims to develop new partnerships between the peoples of Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom.

The Saudi and British Marketing and Management Association is the leading professional association for businesses and scholars in Saudi Arabia and the UK, dedicated to the creation of potential business and academic partnerships and bridges between two countries.

SBMMA was established in London in 2012 as a non-profit and a non-political organization, exclusively for business networking, scientific, charitable and educational purposes.

International Personnel Certification Association

IPC was established in 1995, under the name International Auditor and Training Certification Association (IATCA). To adapt to the market need for certification of professionals in a variety of categories, the role and name was changed in Chicago 2003 to International Personnel Certification Association, IPC. IPC’s main activity is to develop certification schemes for professionals. Although the focus of IPC is personnel certification, recognition of training providers and training courses are also part of our activities.

IPC’s objective is to promote the interests of certification bodies and serve the needs of the society for competence of professionals. IPC is also a "Scheme owner", which means that IPC develops and owns Certification Schemes (Normative Documents). These schemes are specifying rules and frame requirements for competence, on which the certification body may elaborate.

IPC is not a certification body. All activities associated with examination and certification is executed by members of the IPC Multilateral Agreement (MLA).

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the world’s largest HR professional society, representing 285,000 members in more than 165 countries. For nearly seven decades, the Society has been the leading provider of resources serving the needs of HR professionals and advancing the practice of human resource management. SHRM has more than 575 affiliated chapters within the United States and subsidiary offices in China, India and United Arab Emirates.

SHRM MENA provides support to our members and partners throughout the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Middle East North Africa region via certification and professional development programs, conferences and in-house courses to both private and public sector clients. Our regional staff and local partners offer a wide variety of products, services and networking opportunities to our members and potential members through SHRM Forums.

The KPI Institute

The KPI Institute is a research institute specialized in business performance. It operates research programs in 12 practice domains, ranging from strategy and KPIs to employee performance and from customer service to innovation performance. Insights are disseminated through a variety of publications, subscriptions services and through a knowledge platform available to registered members. Support in deploying these insights in practice is offered globally through training and advisory services.

The KPI Institute is considered today the global authority on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) research and education. It developed the first KPI Management Framework and operates www.smartKPIs.com, the result of the research program dedicated to documenting and cataloguing how KPIs are used in practice, an online portal containing the largest collection of documented KPI examples.

Middle East Logistics Institute

Middle East Logistics Institute (MELI), established in Saudi Arabia in 2010, envisions being the leading-edge academic institute in the region. MELI seeks to build globally competitive Logistics capacities to the business community in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through developing and improving both the awareness and Logistics skills of young professionals, practitioners, managers and executives, providing them with specialized training in Logistics and Supply Chain Management and obtaining levels of professional certifications in the field of Logistics and Transportation.

See more at: www.www.meli.edu.sa

ILX

ILX delivers Portfolio, Programme & Project Management learning solutions via a blend of multimedia e-Learning, mobile learning, classroom training and practical workshops. A market leader in PRINCE2® and PMP training, ILX has provided Best Practice learning to more than 250,000 people across 5,000 organisations in over 100 countries; and has trained and certified more in project management than any other organisation in the GCC. We are also an accredited provider with APM, IPMA and the PMI, and deliver certifications such as the APMPMQ and PMP.

Our courses are developed in-house with a dedicated team of experts to produce quality, engaging content that is flexible according to a client’s needs. Furthermore, ILX offers assessment models like P3M3, which help organisations assess and improve their capability and competency over a period of time.

 

The company and its multi-lingual trainers can support customers worldwide, including the Middle East, based in our Dubai offices.

RICS

RICS promotes and enforces the highest professional qualifications and standards in the development and management of land, real estate, construction and infrastructure. Our name promises the consistent delivery of standards – bringing confidence to the markets we serve. We accredit 125,000 professionals and any individual or firm registered with RICS is subject to our quality assurance.

With offices covering the major political and financial centres of the world, our market presence means we are ideally placed to influence policy and embed professional standards. We work at a cross-governmental level, delivering, international standards that will support a safe and vibrant marketplace in land, real estate, construction and infrastructure, for the benefit of all.

We are proud of our reputation and we guard it fiercely, so clients who work with an RICS professional can have confidence in the quality and ethics of the services they receive.

http://www.rics.org

Middle East Association

The Middle East Association is a multi-sector trade association that works to encourage bilateral trade with the Middle East and North Africa. Drawing on over 50 years of experience, we introduce British companies to the variety of opportunities in the MENA region, assist with market entries, and develop business networks for established companies, both in the UK and in the region.

With our network of government and private sector contacts, long-standing experience, and in-depth market knowledge, we can provide companies with the intelligence, access, and guidance they need to develop their business successfully in the MENA region.

See more at: www.the-mea.co.uk.com

CompTIA

CompTIA is the global, non-profit IT trade association head quartered in Chicago ,and are creators of the well-known vendor neutral IT certifications A+, Network + , Security+ and many more.

For over 20 years CompTIA has worked with the IT industry to develop standards which benchmark technical competencies and develop IT talent within technology teams. Our certifications focus in on areas such as IT infrastructure, networking, network security, cyber security, cloud infrastructure.
As a result, our certifications are built for the IT Industry, by the IT Industry and are based on job roles, not just technology.
We invite you to visit our stand at CERTX and speak to a CompTIA representative about what we can do for your organisation. Our extensive range of certifications mean that we can work with you on a certification pathway designed around the specific requirements of your team.
 
 

 

International Institute of Marketing Professionals (IIMP)

The International Institute of Marketing Professionals (IIMP®) is a non-profit professional organization, which develops and advocates Internationally Accepted Marketing Standards™ based upon Generally Accepted Marketing Principles™ and Practices in the field of marketing. 

 
The IIMP's accreditation CMMP® (Certified Marketing Management Professional) designation is the result of work conducted by marketing professionals and academics from over 200 countries. It is a globally-recognized and well respected measure of professional and academic excellence in the practice of marketing. This program recognizes the perseverance, dedication and competence of successful marketing professionals all around the world.
http://www.theiimp.org 
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