Islamic Conference Group Webcasts

Summit Registration open from 7.30 am to 8.45am

INAUGURAL SESSION

	9.00 am – 9.05 am	Welcoming remarks by Mushtak Parker, Editor, Islamic Banker
	9.05 am – 9.10 am	Chairman’s Opening Remarks John Weguelin , CEO, European Islamic Investment Bank
	9.10 am – 9.40 am	The Challenge for a Global Islamic Capital Market – Strategic Developments in Malaysia Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Governor, Bank Negara, Malaysia
	9.40 am – 10.10 am	Islamic Finance and Asia – Leveraging Japan’s Emerging Role Etsuaki Yoshida, Deputy Director, Japan Bank for International Cooperation
	10.10 am – 10.40 am	Developing UK as a Centre for Islamic Finance Michael Ainley, Head of Financial Institutions, Financial Services Authority, UK
	10.40 am – 11.00 am	Questions & Answers
	11.00 am – 11.30 am	Tea & Coffee Break

SESSION TWO | ISLAMIC CAPITAL MARKETS - EU and UK DYNAMICS

	11.30 am – 11.55 am	Originating Sukuk in a UK Legal Environment – Progress and Challenges Neil Miller, Head of Islamic Finance Unit, Norton Rose
	11.55 am – 12.20 pm	Future Drivers of the Sukuk Sector - Towards the Development of a Euro Sukuk Market John Weguelin, CEO, European Islamic Investment Bank
	12.20 pm – 12.45 pm	Sukuk – an HM Treasury Policy and Taxation Perspective Phelan Hill, Corporate Taxation Department, HM Treasury
	12.45 pm – 1.00 pm	Questions & Answers
	1.00 pm – 2.30 pm	Lunch

SESSION THREE | ISLAMIC CAPITAL MARKETS - GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS

	2.30 pm – 2.50 pm	Sukuk as a Vehicle for Resource Mobilisation - The Case of the Islamic Development Bank Muneer Khan, Partner & Head of Islamic Finance, Simmons & Simmons
	3.10 pm – 3.30 pm	Increasing the Secondary Market for Sukuk Stella Cox, Managing Director & Head of Islamic Finance, DD Cap Ltd
	3.30 pm – 3.40 pm	Questions & Answers
	3.40 pm – 4.00 pm	Tea & Coffee Break

SESSION FOUR | GLOBAL SUKUK MARKETS – REGULATION, TAXATION, SECONDARY MARKET, COMPARATIVE LEGAL ISSUES

	4.00 pm – 4.20 pm	Trustee & Trust Administration for Sukuk Structures and Issuance Dominic Selwood, Trust & Securities Services, Deutsche Bank AG
	4.20 pm – 4.40 pm	Taxation Issues Relating to Sukuk Issuance and Trading in the UK Mohammed Amin, Partner Tax, PricewaterhouseCoopers
	4.40 pm – 5.00 pm	Sukuk Opportunities and Challenges for UK issue Darshan Bijur Director of Islamic Finance Advisory at KPMG
	5.00 pm – 5.20 pm	Sukuk Origination for the Social Sector – Mobilising Waqf Assets’ Fazlur Rahman Kamasani, Head of Islamic Finance, Chesterton International
	5.20 pm – 5.40 pm	Questions & Answers

SESSION FIVE |GROWTH DYNAMICS OF SUKUK

	9.00 am – 9.20 am	Survey of Current Sukuk Structures – Scope for Future Development of Hybrid, Exchangeable & Derivative Sukuk Badlisyah Abdul Ghani, CEO, CIMB Islamic Bank, Malaysia
	9.20 am – 9.40 am	Securitization in the GCC – Opportunities and Challenges’ Issam Al-Tiwari, CEO, Rasameel Structured Finance, Kuwait
	9.40 am – 10.00 am	Cross-Border Sukuk – The New Frontiers of Innovation David Testa, Executive Director, WestLB Capital Markets (Head of Islamic Finance) UK
	10.00 am – 10.15 am	Questions and Answers

SESSION SIX | SHARIAH ISSUES IN SUKUK STRUCTURES

	10.15 am – 11.30 am	Use of Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV’s); Role of Agents & Trustees; Identifying Rental Income Streams; Issues relating to Sukuk Al-Musharaka’s Sheikh Nizam Yaquby (Bahrain); Dr. Daud Bakar (Malaysia); Mufti Abdul Kadir Barkatullah (UK) and Mufti Muhammad Nurullah Shikder (UK)
	11.40 am – 11.45 pm	Tea and Coffee Break

SESSION SEVEN | INVESTOR AND RATING PERSPECTIVES

	11.45 am – 12.05 am	Sukuk – An End-User’s Perspective for the Housing Sector Ayman Sejiny, Dar Al-Arkan, Saudi Arabia
	12.05 pm – 12.25 pm	Risk Management Issues in Sukuk Issuances and Ratings’ Khalid Howladar, Vice President, Moody’s
	12.25 pm – 12.45 pm	'Towards a Global Sukuk Index – The Importance of Benchmarking and Ratings Raymond Hill, Fitch Ratings
	12.45 pm – 1.00 pm	Quesions and Answers

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