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Connecting Youth to Business

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| Message from the President | 4 | AIESEC | 5 | Youth to Business Forum | 7 | Biographies | 8 | Agenda & Workshop Topics | 13 | Key Note Speeches | 14 | The Sessions | 15 | The Workshops | 17

Yana Makaveeva CEO AIESEC in the United Arab Emirates

Why AIESEC?
It was a pleasure and honor to welcome our distinguished guests and young leaders to the first ever edition of UAE Youth to Business Forum. Heading a youth organization in a country like UAE, I stand at a unique position of being in one of the most central and important economic hubs in the world, a world capital as you might call it. What makes a city, a world center? What is that cities like New York, Paris, Rome, Tokyo and London have in common? Its vibrancy. I see that vibrancy everywhere. From the hardworking constructions laborers, the taxi drivers, the store assistants, the waiters to the executives of large corporations who come from so many different countries and so many walks of life, all, chasing the UAE dream. It is a generous country with compassionate people who have left their doors open for the world. UAE gives millions the chance to hope for a better future if you are willing to give it all. And as the youth what is our responsibility? It is up to our generation to sustain or build global cities like Dubai. There is an entire generation, be it locals or expatriates who are born of the UAE, moved here in recent years and all of them call it home because theyve built their lives and relationships with the people here. As a young person, living in UAE, you are already global citizens. And as global citizens, sustainability of world cities of such a monumental proportion becomes your responsibility. Relationships between different nations are not formed on the basis of governments and leaders but are actually formed by people. And as the youth and future leaders, we have a shared destiny and a certain obligation towards the coming generations. This is really what an organization like AIESEC gets its principles from and this is what we aim to do. The entrepreneurial spirit of the country has given so many the opportunity to hope that no matter where you are from, and what you are doing, you can still make it big if you are willing to work hard. Lets show the world that we are not really about our BBMs and fancy cars but are actually responsible and young global citizens who are more than capable of running value driven businesses and organization. Lets show the world that we are passionate to build a future that is worth investing in. Carpe Postremo, seize the future!

Yana Makaveeva CEO, AIESEC in UAE

The Power of Youth

Present in over 110 countries and territories and with over 60,000 members, AIESEC is the worlds largest organization for youth empowerment and development. Focused on providing a platform for youth leadership development, AIESEC offers young people the opportunity to be global citizens, to change the world, and to get experience and skills that matter today. What makes AIESEC unique is the youth driven impactful experience that it offers to its members. AIESEC is run by young people for young people, enabling a strong experience to all its stakeholders. AIESEC in UAE was established in 2001 as the First AIESEC initiative in the Gulf, being the first GCC country to join the Global AIESEC Network. Since 2005, AIESEC in the UAE has been strongly supported by Dubai Knowledge Village and Dubai International Academic City as a Founder Partner of the National Office.

113 Countries and Territories 780 Local Offices 2,400 Universities 86,000 Members 24,000 Leadership Experiences 5,000 International Traineeships 8,000 Partners/Sponsors 500 Conferences Annually 1,000,000 Alumni 64 Years of Experience
In UAE, our student network reaches across many institutions and campuses of higher education: American University of Dubai American University of Sharjah American University of Ras Al Khaimah Dubai Academic City Dubai International Academic City Dubai Knowledge Village Zayed University Dubai

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Youth to Business Forum

Connecting Youth and Businesses around the world
The UAE Youth to Business Forum is a unique one-day event powered by AIESEC. The event gives the youth and business leaders a platform to discuss topics and ideas that are shaping the future of business world. The Forum, this year, focused on Vision 2021: The Youth of the UAE, through a panel discussion and goal setting and skill building workshops, together aiming to empower youth and connect their personal growth to the countrys wider vision. It was held on December 1st, 2012 in Manipal University, Dubai International Academic City. The Forum saw 190 participants, including students, recent graduates and professionals, taking active participation in the sessions and activities. Students from various universities were present, some of which included: American University of Ras Al Khaimah American University of Sharjah BITS Pilani, Dubai Higher Colleges of Technology (Dubai / Sharjah) Heriot Watt University Institute of Management Technology Manipal University Zayed University (Dubai / Abu Dhabi)

Biographies
Corporate Guests that participated in the Forum

Scott Ragsdale
Chairman

Naseba

Prior to co-founding Naseba in 2002, Scott worked as a General Manager for a global business information company in seven different international cities: Tokyo, Sydney, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Monaco, Barcelona and London. Scott has more than 15 years of international management and sales experience he has developed, managed and trained employees from more than 50 nationalities. Scott is a two time ironman finisher, has run more than 20 marathons, climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, and successfully completed Marathon des Sables a 7-day race across the Sahara desert in Morocco, considered to be the most difficult foot race in the world.

Marita was appointed Senior Vice President Strategic Investments of SAP AG, in April 2012. In this capacity and also as the Managing Director of the SAP Training & Development Institute FZCO she leads SAPs Growth Plan for the Middle East North Africa. During her 6 year tenure with SAP, she has held several other leadership positions. Before being appointed as the Lead for the Middle East North Africa Growth Plan, Marita supported SAPs China Growth plan and was the HR Businees Partner Lead for SAPs CoCEOs, Bill McDermott and Jim Hagemann Snabe.

Senior Vice President Strategic Investments

Marita Mitschein SAP AG

Biographies
Corporate Guests that participated in the Forum
Robin has over six years of sales and management experience, and has been Nasebas number one salesman for the last five years. He launched the London office and currently oversees sales in theDubaioffice.
Iyad Mourtada
General Manager

Open Thinking

Iyad is a professional trainer and consultant with a diverse background in business and psychology. He has taught many unique business courses to more than 5,000 business executives in the last 7 years. His innovative and creative teaching approach proved to be effective in adding value to the learning process. Iyad is the General Manager of OpenThinking, a leading business training company in Dubai.

He is responsible for building the core team, commercially driving and aligning team Naseba with the core values of the company, he is dedicated to making it the biggest revenue-generating office in the group. Counted among Robins achievements are closing the biggest deals and securing the highest amount of rebookings for the group.

Global Sales Director

Robin Titus Naseba

Johann has been responsible in various key roles in education business build in driving shareholders expectations working with various global organizations including business development, service delivery, marketing, as well as project and program management.
Johann Pretorius
Director of Training

SAP AG

Biographies
Corporate Guests that participated in the Forum

Nasif Kayed
General Manager

SMCCU Nasif is a semi retired business man, who in the early eighties travelled to USA, where he established himself as a business entrepreneur and by 2007 had ventures in the U.S. and Canada, having established more than 40 companies in that time. After 9/11 Nasif invited community leaders, schools and universities, religious institutions and law enforcement to the Islamic Association of Raleigh, in North Carolina, to clarify misconceptions about Muslims living in the community and to promote cultural understanding amongst the many nationalities living in Raleigh. Nasif has made it his lifes mission to act as a bridge between people of all cultures and faiths, spearheading the activities at the Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding (SMCCU) for over four years.

Monaem is a co-founder and head of Entreprise Sustainability consultancy services at Sustainable Square Consultancy and Think Tank, a regional United Arab Emirates based consultancy providing niche-localized CSR and Sustainability practices while improving organizations business operations, optimizing their internal processes and enhancing the well being of our communities. Monaem is an expert in providing highly relevant and customized content. His programs have helped many people and companies to achieve a sudden shift in perspective that has radically changed their lives and operations for the better. HE has delivered capacity building workshops in more than 15 countries and for various organizations and global events.

Monaem Ben Lellahom

Co-Founder

Sustainable Square

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Biographies
Corporate Guests that participated in the Forum

Founder

Tarifa Ajaif Zaabi

GoGlocal

Tarifa Ajaif Zaabi has 12 years experience in skills development for youth in higher education organizations in United Arab Emirates (Zayed University and Higher Colleges of Technology). She occupies the position of acting Dean of Student Success and Community Outreach at Sharjah Higher Colleges of Technology. She has started the initiative Go-Glocal, Inspiring people in 2010 as an effort to promote for creative learning and building skills in Education, Business world and the community. Shes the founder of Bricks Academy in UAE which aims to revive the concept of learning through play using LEGO bricks. Tarifa is the first Emirati certified LEGO Serious Play facilitator from Denmark in the Middle East. She is a PhD Candidate at the British University of Dubai focusing on Social Responsibility Education in Higher Education, having completed her Executive Master of Business Administration from University of Sharjah and her Bachelor of Business Administration from Higher Colleges of Technology Dubai.

CSR Al Ahli programmes aim to develop Emirati youth; building their skills and widening their horizons and exposure. The CSR activities primarily focus on developing the regions next generation of entrepreneurs and business leaders in an aim to solve the 2020 unemployment crisis. Geoffrey is responsible for arranging new partnerships for the CSR division of Al Ahli Group as they extend their programming. Before Al Ahli, he worked as Regional Director of the National Consortium of University Entrepreneurs (NACUE) in the UK. His role was to engage University staff with NACUE creating new enterprise societies and to work with existing enterprise societies to spread best practice throughout the region. Geoffrey has graduated from the Manchester Business School of University of Manchester, wherein he was President of the Manchester Entrepreneurs, and the University of Manchester Students Business Union. His term saw the launch of innovative new programmes, competitions, and so on.

Geoffrey Roe
CSR Development

CSR Al Ahli Group

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Agenda & Workshop Topics

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Key Note Speeches

Marita Mitschein Senior Vice President Strategic Investments SAP AG
Marita talked about the youth being the future driver in a world of constant change. She mentioned that by understanding the value and efficiency that could be achieved through technology and innovation, the youth of the UAE have the best opportunity to become the enabler of the 2021 Vision, as well as that SAP has the vision to help the world run better and improve peoples lives, thus collaboration with universities in the region, SAP provides transition to work programs for young professionals joining the UAE workforce of the future, stating that It perfectly aligns with the vision. The goal of the speech was to provide the youth of the region insight into the SAP vision and strategy for the region to grow sustainable workplaces by providing business skills programs to the young talent in support of the UAE Vision 2021.

Scott Ragsdale Chairman Naseba

Scott talked about the difficult climb to success. In order to reach it, you must believe in your goals, but before that, you must first believe in yourself. He mentioned that the beginning of the climb to success starts out great, but there is a point in which you have to face difficult situations and setbacks, and this is why not everyones goal is met, because the enthusiasm of starting a goal starts to disappear and many people stop the climb and start going down, in other words, they quit and start another goal. Scotts speech ended as he stated that in order to be great at something, you must be able to show focused commitment at what you do.

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The Sessions
The Leadership Experience
by Iyad Mourtada, General Manager, Open Thinking Iyad mentioned that leadership is a journey. It starts with modeling the way when leaders align their actions with their words and then byinspiringa shared vision. Then it is based on challenging the process and enabling others to act and it followed by encouraging the heart and recognizing the people who made it happen. These are the five practices of exemplary leadership, based on the 25 years of research by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posnercalled The Leadership Challenge. Iyad demonstratedthese fivepracticesby making them do manyexercisesthat allowed them to apply each one of thesepracticesin creative way and learn how they can lead us to the future.

Panel Discussion: The Role of Youth, UAE Vision 2021

moderated by Eleanor Almeida, AIESEC UAE The goal of the Panel was to get the students to feel more involved and personally work towards the vision and future of the country, no matter where they came from. The Panel featured Mr. Johann Pretorius, from SAP, representing the Corporate perspective, Mr. Nasif Kayed from SMCCU, representing the NGO perspective, Mohammed Al Hashemi, representing the student perspective, and Aisha Mubarak, representing AIESEC. It was moderated by Eleanor Almeida, from AIESEC UAE. The audience listened attentively as each panelist described what their understanding of the UAE Vision 2021 was. Mr. Nasif Kayed spoke about the nature of activities SMCCU and said that the Vision to him depended on the youth. It is the youth of the country, the future generations, that had the responsibility to make it happen. Mr. Johann Pretorius agreed and added that the Corporate world could only flourish so long as there was a flow of talent and fresh ideas in the form of the youth engaging and developing the process. Mohammed Al Hashemi described his activities at the local organisation, Young Eager Steps (YES) as they strove to help and promote the culture of charity within the youth. He said this was one way he felt he was giving back to his country, while at the same time, enriching his own self. Aisha Mubarak spoke about her experience in AIESEC, and how she felt more in tune with the global trends because of her affliation to it. She said she was inspired and motivated by her experiences with people from different parts of the world, to rise up and actively involve herself in her community.
The discussion concluded with the understanding that the Vision could only be realized if the youth directly held themselves accountable to it, and took active interest and part in the community.

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The Sessions
Goal- Setting: My Path to UAE Vision 2021
by Dario Karl, AIESEC Alumni The main objective of the activity was for the audience to know the importance and benefits of personal goal-setting, explaining to them that by applying goal-setting techniques in their personal context, they have gained a first impression about their personal goals and the tools to carry-on the process themselves. By the end of the activity, they had to think about possible connections between their personal goals and the UAE vision 2021.

LEGO Serious Play Session

by Tarifa Ajaif Zaabi, Founder, Go Glocal The main objective of the LEGO Serious Play method was to bring out the Entrepreneur and its skills from each student. The session involved the teams to discuss at all times. It got students speaking their feelings and ideas instead of not speaking at all. Students also had to use time effectively and bring new ways of thinking to solve problems.

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The Workshops
Cultural Diversity presented by Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding (SMCCU)
The main objective of the workshop was to focus on the role of the individual in society towards one another, factors that affect us all and our environment, commonality amongst us, obligations to one another, and responsibility of the individual in society at large towards all that existsaround us.

Innovation presented by SAP AG

The main objective of the workshop was to provide the audience the opportunity to focus on the topic of innovation and how it influences the world we live in. During the workshop, it was mentioned that innovation is at the core of sustainability and that innovation does not mean creating something new and could be another look on something that already exists.

Leadership presented by Naseba

The main objective of the workshop was to set a goal, stay focus and committed, as well as how to seize the opportunity and be the best. It emphasized on certain values and traits a leader must have and covered the three levels of leadership model.

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The Workshops
Sustainability presented by Sustainable Square
The main objective of the workshop was to take the audience on a journey tacking the topic of sustainability. The first half of the workshop presented serious facts and figures about the worlds current environmental and economic issues and challenges. In the second part of the workshop, Sustainable Square gave the audience the opportunity to come up with their own sustainability definition by applying it to contexts related to their families, community, businesses and government. By the end of the workshop there were good practices shared on how to conduct a sustainable life as well as sustainable business practices. The session was conducted by Monaem, as well as as well his colleagues Isra Abu Zayed and Mariem Megdish.

Entrepreneurship presented by CSR Al Ahli Corporation

The main objective of the workshop was to explain the concept of entrepreneurship and how it could make a viable career option for students after University. This was done by sharing success stories of people who have started their own enterprises and made them successful. The start-up process from looking for a team to what the first steps should be ideally, to financing and growth were discussed as well. It concluded with a brief look on the ecosystem in the UAE and how new companies could take advantage of the SME-favoured policies here.

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