Mediterranean Islamic Finance Conference – New Openings
Malta Agenda October 27th & 28th
Co-Chairmen: Reuben Buttigieg & Oliver Agha
MIM will once again hold the Mediterranean Islamic Finance Conference 2011- New Openings. The conference will bring to the fold key speakers including highly renowned international scholars to discuss practical issues and opportunities. The conference will shed further light on the opportunities Malta is already benefiting from and the opportunities that exist which may lead Malta as being the Islamic centre in the Mediterranean amongst which the area of re-insurance. MIM will once again also hold the Mediterranean Awards for Global Excellence in Islamic Finance to be held under the distinguished patronage of the president of Malta.
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DAY 1
8.30 AM Welcome Coffee & Registration
8.45 AM (Recital of Al-Fatihah (pre-recorded to be played prior to commencing conference))
8.50 AM Introduction: Mr. Reuben Buttigieg, Co-Chair Conference
9:00 AM Opening Speech: His Excellency Dr. George Abela, President of Malta
9:15 AM Signing of WIFI Statute
9:30 AM Keynote Address: “The Future of Islamic Finance in North Africa”
Al-Baraka Banking Group Representative
9:55 AM Coffee Break
10:10 AM “Islamic Finance: Legal Considerations – Are the Contracts/Instruments Enforceable in the Relevant Jurisdictions? from a Legal Perspective”
Oliver Agha, Managing Partner, Agha & Co (Shariah Compliant Firm, Dubai, UAE)
11:00 AM Leading Figures in Islamic Finance: “Leaders in Islamic Finance in the GCC: Top Islamic Institutions Share their Vision & Views.”
Moderator: Oliver Agha
Panelists: Al Baraka Islamic Bank, Tariq Kazim, Samer Farhoud, Deutsche Gulf Finance, Eyad Othman, Bank Al Inma, [others to be added], Mohammed Said, KFH, [others to be added], NCB Representative, ADIB, QIB Dr. Hussein Hamid Hassan, Azeemuddin Subhani, Dr. Mabid;
12.30 Lunch & Prayer
2 PM “Developments of Islamic Finance in Mediterranean – The Malta Hub”
Mr. Reuben Buttigieg, Chariman of the Management School of MIM; MD of Eremme Business Advisors; Thomas Gierath Dechart Germany and Nigel Denson BLME UK, Alberto Brugnoni ASSAIF Italy, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Renald Theuma - Fimbank
2:45 PM – Islamic Fund session – Alberto Brugnoni Italy, Antonella Mercieca Malta, Germaine Birgen – Luxembourg, Deutsche Bank Representative, Customs House, (we need a couple of Fund Managers here)
3:30 – Coffee Break
3.45 PM Islamic Microfinance – Myth or Reality?
Chairman: Reuben Buttigieg
Panelists Dr. Hussein Hamid Hassan , Sheikh Esam Ishaq, Alberto Brugnoni , Dr. Habib Durham University
Launch of Microfinance Fund – Guests from World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists
4.45 PM Shari’ah Scholars: Question & Answer Session
Chairman: Oliver Agha
5.45 Closing Remarks: Co-Chairs Reuben Buttigieg & Oliver Agha
Evening – Mediterranean Awards for Global Excellence in Islamic Finance under the Distinguished Patronage of His Excellency Dr. George Abela , President of Malta
Presentation of statute of WIFI to president.
Presentation of Awards
Event at the Verdala Presidential palace
Presentation of Awards
Event at the Verdala Presidential palace
DAY 2
9.15 AM “Islamic Finance in Russia and Eastern Europe”
Moderator: Oliver Agha
Panelists: TBA,
9.45 AM “Shari’ah Compliant Mortgage Financing – Future from the Market Leader”
Speaker: Paul Melotto, Chief Financial Officer, Deutsche Gulf Finance, Saudi Arabia
10.25 AM "Shariah Governance Framework: Social Networks and Impact on Corporate Governance in the Islamic Finance Industry" – An Update Murat Unal, Founder and Executive Board Member, Funds @Work
11.00 AM Coffee Break
11.15 AM Islamic Dispute Resolution: How to Protect Yourself when Entering into Contracts with Shari’ah as the governing Law or where assets to be enforced are in an Islamic jurisdiction
Presentation: Siraj Ahmed, Agha & Co
12.00 PM AM Islamic Trusts & Wealth Planning
Speaker: Dr Habib, Alberto Brugnoni, EY Bahrain, Reuben Buttigieg, Walid Chiniara
12:35 PM Panel Session: “Next Steps forward for Malta and Islamic Finance?”
Kenneth Farrugia – Finance Malta
12:50pm – Concluding Remarks
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