GetEnergy to Host MENA Partnership Building Event

Thursday, November 7, 2013

GETENERGY VTEC MENA 2013

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We are now less than a month away from the Middle East and North Africa’s only meeting to build partnerships between oil and gas companies and vocational education and technical training providers. Hosted at the Abu Dhabi Polytechnic in Abu Dhabi, on November 25 – 27, the event will be attended by 200 prestigious leaders from government, industry and education.

Getenergy’s VTEC MENA brings together governments, colleges, polytechnics, private training providers, oil and gas companies and service companies all with invested interests in the MENA region. The ambition is to sustainably develop in-country vocational and technical education capacity that collaborates closely with industry, to ensure a safe and competent workforce.

The event will be attended by the patron H.H. Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister for Culture, Youth and Community Development, UAE. Shell Abu Dhabi are supporting the participation of three colleges from the oil-rich Western Region of the UAE to exhibit at the event, demonstrating the essential partnership between oil companies and colleges.

Partnerships like this will be created through ample networking with 39 exhibiting companies and education providers in the “Learning Arena Exhibition”, in addition to the ‘no PowerPoint’ speaker programme.

Programme highlights include:

Ali Al Jarwan, CEO, ADMA OPCO – NOC perspective for education and training
Saad A. Al-Shahrani, NITI Project Manager, National Industrial Training Institute (NITI) (Saudi Aramco & TVTC JV) – Filling the gap of required competent & skilled national technicians
Rafi Baghdjian, Chief Operating Officer, Shell Abu Dhabi – Building sustainable partnerships between IOCs, NOCs and Colleges
Haji Al Balushi, Director General for Vocational Training, Ministry of Manpower-Oman – Opportunities within Oman’s VET system
Wan Azhar Lotfi Wan Yusof, CEO, PETRONAS (INSTEP) – A regional technical learning centre for the oil and gas industry
Osama Al Hamad, Superintendent Technical & Soft-Skills Training, BAPCO – Development and implementation of BAPCO’s competency framework project
Hamed Hadhrami, Learning and Development Manager, Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) – ‘In-Country Value’ through technical operator programmes
Smail Djirar, Senior Learning & Education Advisor, ZADCO & Richard Gibb, Executive Dean of Engineering, Higher Colleges of Technology – Industry college partnerships
Paul Kelly, Head of Training, Dolphin Energy – Ensuring staff and contractors successfully complete core HSE training
Ali Al Maskari, Head of Academic Studies, & Peter Hardcastle, Senior Academic Advisor, ADNOC Technical Institute (ATI) – Changing teaching and learning cultures

“There is a real buzz building around the VTEC MENA event, with 45 exceptional speakers, 39 diverse exhibitors and 200 attendees. This really is an event not to be missed if you are involved in education, learning and development in the MENA region’s oil and gas industry” said Jack Pegram, Director of VTEC MENA.

To access the agenda, see the full list of attendees and register for VTEC MENA 2013, please visit www.getenergyevent.com or email [email protected] or call +44 (0)20 7096 5600.

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