Date: 17^th April 2018

Venue: Novotel Casa City Center, Casablanca

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

Advisory Board
- Abderrahmane Lahlou – Founding Partner, ABWAB Consultants
  
  Dr Ahmed Tahiri Jouti – COO, Al Maali Consulting Group
  
  Alain Verbeken – Director, Tax-Financial Services, Mazars Financial Advisory Services
  
  Anass Patel – CEO, ConexCap
  
  Anouar Hassoune – Managing Director, Euris Group
  
  Kacem Debar – Senior Consultant and Project Coordinator, MEC International Limited
  
  Mohammad Farrukh Raza – Managing Director, IFAAS
  
  Dr. Muhammad Ashfaq – CEO, Amanah Institute of Islamic Finance and Economics – Amanah IIFE
  
  Rachid Ouaich – Co-Founder, ConexCap
Agenda
Speakers
Sponsors & Partners
Floor Plan
Post Event Report

Agenda

09:10 – 09:15

Welcome Remarks

09:15 – 09:30

Welcome Address
Said Amaghdir – Chairman, Moroccan Association for Participative Finance Professionals – Shari'ah Compliant (AMFP) and Director of Takaful projects at SAHAM Assurance

09:30 – 10:30

Islamic Finance, Investment and Banking in Morocco
Through a respected panel, we take a look at developments in regulation, banking, capital markets, funds, investment management and Takaful in Morocco. We assess the introduction of the 2017 Islamic banking regulations, the Shariah Committee for Participative Finance and the development of the Islamic banking ecosystem in the Kingdom.

Moderator:

Mohammad Farrukh Raza – Managing Director, IFAAS

Panelists:

Alain Verbeken – Director, Tax-Financial Services, Mazars Financial Advisory Services
Amal Souaifi – Head of Insurance Studies and Standardization, Moroccan Supervisory Authority of Insurance and Social Welfare
Ikhlas Mettioui – Head of Asset Management, Moroccan Capital Markets Authority
Mohamed Maarouf – General Manager, BTI Bank
Said Amaghdir – Chairman, Moroccan Association for Participative Finance Professionals – Shariah Compliant (AMFP) and Director of Takaful projects at SAHAM Assurance
Youssef Baghdadi – CEO, Bank Assafa

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee & Networking

11:00 – 11:45

Capital Markets, Investment Banking and Asset Management in Morocco
How can the issuing of Islamic capital market instruments in Morocco be simplified and what needs to be done to promote Sukuk tradability and an efficient secondary market? How can the REITS market be developed and grown in Morocco? What is the view of asset managers of Islamic capital market products?

Moderator :	Dr Sami As-Soulaimani – General Manager, IFAAS Casablanca
Panelists :	Houda Chafil – CEO, Maghreb Titrisation Monem Salam – President and Fund Manager, Saturna Noreddine Tahiri – CEO, AjarInvest Rachid El Achhab – Chief Investment Officer, Wafa Gestion

11:45 – 12:30

Islamic Retail Banking and Takaful Roundtable
We ask a panel to discuss the environment for Islamic retail banking, wealth management and Takaful activity in Morocco. We examine Islamic product offerings and structures, as well as regulations and the roles of the Central Guarantee Fund and the Insurance Supervisory Authority. What sort of retail and Takaful products can we expect to see in Morocco?

Moderator:	Said Amaghdir – Chairman, Moroccan Association for Participative Finance Professionals – Shariah Compliant (AMFP) and Director of Takaful projects at SAHAM Assurance
Panelists:	Anass Patel – CEO, ConexCap Fouad Harraze – Director-General, Al Akhdar Bank Hounaida Boukhari – Managing Director, Dar Al Amane Koudama Zeroual – General Manager, Takaful, Wafa Assurance Dr Muhammad Ashfaq – CEO, Amanah Institute of Islamic Finance and Economics – Amanah IIFE

12:30 – 12:40

Presentation: Financial Technology and Islamic Finance in North Africa

Presenter:

Rachid Ouaich – Co-Founder, ConexCap

12:40 – 12:50

Presentation: Lines of Finance Products and Structures

Presenter

Hamza Boukili – Senior Associate, Line of Finance Division – FIDD, The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector

12:50 – 13:30

Innovation in Islamic Finance in Morocco and Africa
We take a closer look at innovation in finance in Morocco and the region, and focus on important initiatives such as Islamic microfinance, sustainable/responsible finance, green Sukuk and education. What opportunities does the new legal framework governing collaborative financing activities (crowdfunding) offer?

Moderator:

Dr Mohamed Wail Aaminou – General Manager, Al Maali Consulting Group

Panelists:

Abderrahmane Lahlou – Expert in Participative Finance, ABWAB Consultants
Hissam Kamal Hassan – Research Fellow, International Shari'ah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA)
Khalil Labniouri – Commercial Director and Member of the Board, Bank Assafa
Mohammed Amine Sabibi – Financial Consultant and Coordinator of the Executive Master Principles and Practices of Islamic Finance, Casablanca – University Paris-Dauphine

13:30

Closing Remarks & End of Forum

13:35

Luncheon

14.30 – 17.00

The IFN Morocco Dialogue
Now in its third year, the highly acclaimed IFN Dialogue will once again bring together a select group of Morocco’s leading Islamic finance industry practitioners and regulators to openly discuss the benefits and concerns facing the Shariah compliant financing and investment market today.

This thought-provoking exclusive closed-door session brings together the industry’s elite with extensive knowledge of that particular market and industry regulators. The Morocco Dialogue will consist of local regulators and industry practitioners and international key players with a solid understanding of the local market but with an outsider’s point of view.