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Date: 14^th September 2016 Venue: Borsa Istanbul

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- Dr Ahmet Suayb Gundogdu — Country Representative, Turkey, Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC)
  
  Ayhan Keser — Executive Vice-President, Albaraka Turk
  
  Ayse Akkin — Managing Director, Debt Finance and Advisory, UNLU & Co
  
  Hakan Uzun — Treasury Executive President, Turkiye Finans
  
  Avsar R Sungurlu — General Manager , BPY Asset Management
  
  Hulusi Horozoglu — Assistant General Manager, Managing Director, Head of Wholesale Banking, HSBC Turkey
  
  Khalid F Howladar — Global Head, Islamic Finance, Moody´s Investors Service, the UAE
  
  Nihat Kirmizi — CEO, Doga Sigorta
  
  Dr Nusret Cetin — Partner, LBF Partners
  
  Rizwan Kanji — Partner, King & Spalding, the UAE
  
  Safak Herdem — Managing Partner, Herdem Attorneys at Law
  
  Saleh Jelassi — Resident Representative, IDB Group, Country Gateway Office, Turkey
  
  Selim Elhadef — Partner & Financial Services Sector Leader, EY Turkey
  
  Sera Somay — Partner, Paksoy
  
  Tanweer Bukhari — Former Head of Investment Banking Advisory, CIMB Middle East
  
  Tayfun Ozkan — CEO, KT Asset Management
  
  Dr Zamir Iqbal — Head, World Bank Global Islamic Finance Development Center, Istanbul
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Turkey is another upcoming market for Islamic finance and one which many players have long had their eyes on. With a strong commitment from the Turkish authorities, the industry continues to flourish and IFN Turkey remains one of our strongest and longest-running events.

As the country steps up its Shariah compliant activities, new players, new regulations and new issuances make for a vibrant market driven by growing investor interest both domestic and international.

With exceptional support from the Turkish regulators making this a truly progressive event, IFN Turkey returns to the excellent facilities of Borsa Istanbul for its 2016 incarnation.

Agenda

08:00 - 09:00

Registration

09:00 - 09:15

Welcome Remarks and Introduction of Motion:
Can Participation Finance Play a Meaningful Role in Achieving Vision 2023?

09:15 - 09:30

Keynote Address
Himmet Karadag — Chairman, Borsa Istanbul

09:30 - 10:15

Innovation as the Key to Turkey’s Participation Finance Growth
As the global financial system adopts technological and product innovation to overcome disruptions set by fintech companies, how is participation finance adjusting to embrace this trend? We ask banking, fund management and debt capital markets luminaries to discuss innovation in each of these sectors.

Moderator:	*Sera Somay* — Partner, Paksoy
Panelists:	*Ali Tuglu* — Assistant General Manager, Albaraka Turk Emre Besli — Partner and Risk Advisory Leader, EY Turkey *Luis Maldonado* — Professor, IE Business School, Spain *Tayfun Ozkan* — CEO, KT Asset Management

10:15 - 10:50

In Conversation with Turkish Regulators

Moderator:	*Lauren McAughtry* — Group Managing Editor, REDmoney Group
Panelists:	Ahmet Bicer — Executive Director, Head of Banking and Financial Institutions Department, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey *Aysegul Eksit* — Executive Vice-Chair, Capital Markets Board of Turkey Raci Kaya — Deputy Undersecretary, Undersecretariat of Turkish Treasury

10:50 - 11:20

Coffee Break

11:20 - 11:50

Capital-Raising Roundtable: Bottlenecks, Strategies and Opportunities

Moderator:	*Hulusi Horozoglu* — Assistant General Manager, Managing Director, Head of Wholesale Banking, HSBC Turkey
Panelists:	Ahmed Al Qassim — CEO, Emirates NBD Capital, the UAE Rizwan Kanji — Partner, King & Spalding, the UAE Sait Eryilmaz — Senior Associate, Yegin Ciftci Attorney Partnership Tanweer Bukhari — Former Head of Investment Banking Advisory, CIMB Middle East

11:50 - 12:10

An Audience with HSBC

Interviewer:	*Lauren McAughtry* — Group Managing Editor, REDmoney Group
Interviewee:	Mohammed Dawood — Managing Director, Global Sukuk Financing, HSBC

12:10 - 12:40

Getting Entrepreneurial Startups on Investors’ Radar

Moderator:	*Rachid Ouaich* — Founder and Managing Director, Eethiq Advisors, Luxembourg
Panelists:	Adem Yakisirer — Private Market Specialist, Borsa Istanbul Cankut Durgun — Founding Partner, Aslanoba Capital Kerim Ture — Founder, Modanisa

12:40 - 12:50

DDCap ETHOS Launch
Henry Desch — Senior Manager, Business Development, DDCAP, the UK

12:50 - 13:50

Can Participation Finance Play a Meaningful Role in Achieving Vision 2023?
It’s 2023, we ask participation finance luminaries where they see their respective businesses – what products are they offering? What has become obsolete?
What strategies were employed to get here and most importantly has the participation finance industry collectively contributed to Turkey’s development goals? Or was too much faith placed on the industry as a key enabler to Vision 2023?

Moderator:	*Jawad Ali* — Managing Partner, Middle East Offices, King & Spalding, the UAE
Panelists:	Dr Ahmet Suayb Gundogdu — Country Representative, Turkey, Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) Avsar R Sungurlu — General Manager, BPY Asset Management Fehmi Tutulmaz — Head of Financial Institutions and Investment Banking, Ziraat Participation Bank *Metin Tekeci* — Head/General Manager, Turkiye Finans, Bahrain Dr Serdar Sumer — CEO and Board Member, Aktif Bank

13:50 - 15:00

Luncheon

15:00

End of Forum

15:00 - 17:30

The Turkey Dialogue
A high-level closed-door, invite-only, roundtable discussion comprising senior regulators and market leaders representing the participation finance industry in Turkey. A select group of international representatives will also be invited. This closed-door meeting will concentrate exclusively on Turkey’s bid to become a world-class financial center, with a focus on participation finance issues.

Moderator:

Lauren McAughtry — Group Managing Editor, REDmoney Group

Panelists:

Ahmet Bicer — Executive Director, Head of Banking and Financial Institutions Department, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey
Avsar R Sungurlu — General Manager , BPY Asset Management
Ayse Akkin — Managing Director, Debt Finance and Advisory, UNLU & Co
Eda Tanyel — Group Manager of Structured Finance, HSBC Turkey
Eser Sagar — Deputy Head of Corporate Finance Department, Capital Markets Board of Turkey
Hakan Audogan — EVP-Financial Cooordination and HR, Ziraat Participation Bank
Hakan Uzun — Executive Vice-President, Treasury, Turkiye Finans
Raci Kaya — Deputy Undersecretary, Turkish Treasury
Rizwan Kanji — Partner, King & Spalding, the UAE
Saleh Jelassi — Resident Representative, IDB Group, Country Gateway Office, Turkey
Selim Elhadef — Partner and Country Advisory Leader, EY Turkey
Sera Somay — Partner, Paksoy
Dr Serdar Sumer — CEO and Board Member, Aktif Bank
Tayfun Ozkan — CEO, KT Asset Management
Tanweer Bukhari — Former Head of the Investment Banking Advisory, CIMB Middle East