Empowering employees

Following last year's success, Khaleej Times is set to host the second edition of the summit on March 15, 2021

In 2020, remote work went from being an intermittent option to everyday reality. Businesses across the globe evaluated various platforms and tools to meet their remote working requirements. Organisations that allowed remote work saw a significant decline in employee turnover rates, paid leave expenses, and remuneration budgets.

This year, with remote work becoming increasingly rampant, businesses have pivoted their focus towards advancing their cloud capabilities, implementing advanced collaborative platforms, ensuring overall data security, and much more.

Remote Workforce Summit 2021 will be the largest and most important event of its kind in the Middle East dedicated to all aspects of distributed workforce. Regions foremost industry leaders, tech experts, and key decision-makers will congregate and deliver exceptional content through panel discussions, interviews, case studies, and informal chats.

Some of the speaker who have confirmed their participation are Hanna Nordell, Chief People Officer at Talabat; Neetan Chopra, Chief Technology Officer at Dubai Holding; Melda Yasar Cebe, Managing Director/General Manager MEA at The Kraft Heinz Company; Piyush Chowhan, Group Chief Information Officer at LuLu Group; and Tiago Costa, Chief Operating Officer at DUSCLO. Check out the speaker lineup at www.remoteworkforcesummit.com.

Last year's sponsor, Nutanix has partnered once again as the strategic sponsor. Nutanix is an enterprise cloud platform that enables businesses to become more agile by utilizing a single platform for all workloads across private, public, and hybrid cloud deployments.

With over 80 per cent of the organisations in the region looking at remote working as a solution in the current scenario and as a long-term strategy, the need for the right infrastructure enabled by technology is more relevant than ever. Some of the renowned tech solution providers will also be a part of this event. They will be showcasing how they help businesses in successfully implementing remote work. 

This year's event is going to take place in a brand new hybrid format. Attendees can join the event in-person or virtually. It will also offer in-person attendees all the benefits of a digital event, such as complete recordings of the sessions, live chat with the speakers and other attendees, and participation in the event polls.

The 2020 edition was the first-of-its-kind virtual conference in the region, which surpassed all expectations. It provided extensive strategies and actionable insights to empower and expand remote teams. The event saw a congregation of over 25 expert speakers, 100 companies, and 750 attendees.

To find out more about the 2021 event, visit www.remoteworkforcesummit.com

• Business and Technology Review