10 – 12 November 2026
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Dubai World Trade Centre Sheikh Saeed Halls 1, 2 & 3
Clare Mather Allkins
Operations Manager - The Animal Agency
30 years’ experience across business, education, and fundraising. For the past 15 years, has focused on children’s education and wellbeing. Most recently as Operations Manager for Reading Dogs UAE, an animal-assisted learning initiative helping students build literacy, confidence, and emotional resilience.
As a lifelong dog lover – understands from personal and professional experience the powerful bond between hound and human.
Speaker Sessions
Sustainability & Wellbeing
1610
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Paws for Thought: How Dogs Are Transforming Learning in the UAE
Session Summary:
Discover how Animal-Assisted Education is changing the way children learn, engage, and thrive. Through Reading Dogs UAE, trained dogs work alongside educators to help children build confidence, empathy, and a love of reading in a calm, non-judgmental environment. This talk explores the fascinating development of the human-canine bond, evidence from global and local case studies, and how programmes like Reading Dogs are supporting emotional well-being and academic outcomes across UAE’s schools.
