HR Forum Kuwait 2026

HR Forum Kuwait, subtitled 'Building the Next-Gen HR Function', is a conference for senior HR leaders in Kuwait run by Great Minds Event Management (GM Events). It responds to a tight labour market and rules on foreign workers that are pushing Kuwaiti employers to rethink hiring and retention, and it puts technology at the centre of how HR teams can respond. The forum is part of GM Events' two-day CFO and HR event series in Kuwait.

Key topics

The programme is built around practical challenges for HR departments in Kuwait:

• Talent acquisition in a competitive market
• Mental health and wellbeing in the workplace
• Balancing nationalization targets with skill shortages
• Optimizing the employee journey
• Using technology for strategic HR
• Talent attraction and retention strategies

Objectives

Sessions aim to help attendees attract and keep talent despite limits on foreign workers, identify skill gaps and build training to close them, keep up with HR regulation in Kuwait, and apply HR technology to recruitment, onboarding, performance management and engagement.

Who attends

Senior decision makers from government, telecoms, healthcare, education, banking and financial services, oil and gas, manufacturing, energy and utilities, and retail.

• Chief Executive Officers
• Chief and Group Human Resources Officers
• HR, recruitment and talent acquisition directors
• HR business partners
• Training, learning and development directors
• Employee engagement, HRIS and diversity and inclusion leads

Exhibition and sponsorship

HR solution providers can exhibit or sponsor to meet Kuwaiti organisations planning HR transformation; the site includes a floorplan and sponsorship packages.

Tickets & passes

• End-user delegate (government, oil & gas, BFSI, telecom, healthcare, academia, retail, manufacturing) — USD 149: USD 99 early bird until 15 October; plus 5% tax
• Vendors and solution providers — USD 1,499: USD 1,299 early bird until 15 October; plus 5% tax