THE MEETING OF MINDS

Dubai is an evolving city and each day unfolds a new era in some industry or setting. The need to interact and exchange ideas at small or big forums is a primary reason why high profile conventions take place in the city. One of the most awaited events of this year — Leaders In Dubai, is scheduled for tomorrow and day after at the Dubai Convention centre. An impressive lineup of speakers, panelists and delegates will participate in the event which is expected to provide a lot of intellectual stimulation to both the participants, and the audience at hand. More than 2,200 delegates are registered for the event and important corporations and media giants are supporting the event.

Tom Peters, Alvin Toffler, Rudolf Guiliani, Lester Thurow, Frank Maguire, Micheal Porter and Jack Welch via video are some of the big names that would be debating and presenting their talks. The sessions would be moderated by different people like Mohammed Al Abbar, Abdullah Al Zamil, Bharat Jashanmal, Shaikh Faisal bin Khalid Al Quassemi, Shaikh Khalid Al Gahtani, Fadi Ghadour and many prominent leaders in their own right. Jack Welch would be live on video cast interviewed by Charles Hodson of CNN.

The leadership issues could take a very unpleasant turn if not addressed amicably and it could also reflect on a company's performance. Abdulla Al Zamil has expressed in a discussion that even family-owned businesses depend on high quality professionals to run the company in a very methodical way. This underlines the need to instill the spirit of leadership from a young age and a corporate leader has to take in to account many factors to lead a company to great heights.