| 09:00 – 10:00 |
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Registration & Refreshment |
| 10:00 – 10:05 |
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Welcome
David Arnold - President, The American University in Cairo |
10:05 – 10:15
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Opening Address |
10:15 – 10:30
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Introduction |
| 10:30 – 11:15 |
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Session One: Islamic Finance Regulatory and Infrastructure Developments in Egypt |
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Discussing key industry and regulatory developments in Egypt and cashing in on opportunities
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Where does Islamic finance stand in Egypt now? |
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Discussing local and regional developments in Islamic markets, including taxation, regulatory, and ratings issues |
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Playing catch-up with Islamic finance leaders |
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Role of governmental bodies, regulators and private bodies in encouraging Islamic finance in Egypt |
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Moderator:
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Dr Walid Hegazy - Managing Partner, Hegazy & Associates |
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Panelist: |
Dr Amr Abou-Zeid - Lecturer of Islamic Finance Strategies in association with Crowell & Moring
Dr Reinhard Klarmann - Partner, Sarwat A. Shahid Law Firm
Ashraf Mohamed Talaat - Manager - Islamic Banking Unit – Treasury, National Bank of Egypt
Sohail Jaffer - Partner, FWU Group
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| 11:15 – 12:00 |
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Session Two: Examining market trends, challenges and further opportunities for Islamic finance markets in Egypt |
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Recognizing Islamic finance trends in Egypt, and capitalizing from opportunities
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Characteristics peculiar to the Egypt market |
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Encouraging cross-boundary collaborations for growth and standardization |
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Exploring opportunities under the Sukuk business |
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Developing Sukuk for the corporate market |
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Tapping on growing Islamic finance potential |
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Dr. Yasser Hassan - Managing Director, Al Watany Bank of Egypt |
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Panelist: |
Mohamed Emad - Corporate Credit Manager, Arab African International Bank
Amro M. Adel - Chief Risk Officer, Industrial Development & Workers Bank of Egypt
Motaz El Tabaa - Executive Director, Alexandria Business Association
Yasser Dahlawi - Chief Executive Officer, Shariah Review Bureau
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| 12:00 – 12:45 |
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Session Three: Islamic Products: what can and can’t be done? |
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Assessing the development of Islamic financial products in Egypt and the regional markets, including;
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Shariah compliant versus Shariah based |
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Developments and updates in existing products including; |
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Takaful, re-Takaful & Bancatakaful |
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Private equity |
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Structured products |
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Fund & wealth management |
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REITs |
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The potential for further innovation |
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Re-engineering retail products for local Islamic financial markets |
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Standardization of products to increase cross-border acceptability |
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Moderator:
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Sohail Jaffer - Partner, FWU Group |
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Panelist: |
Adel Fatoury - General Manager, Reinsurance & Research, Egyptian Saudi Insurance House
Akif M Shaikh - Vice President and Head of Product Development, Al Hilal Bank
Dr Shehab Marzban - Director, Product Development, IdealRatings
Khaled Bucheeri - Chairman and Managing Director, Itqan Financial Services
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| 12:45 – 14:00 |
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Lunch |
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14:00 – 14:15
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Keynote Luncheon Presentation
Osama Saleh - Chairman, Egyptian General Authority for Investment |
| 14:15 – 15:00 |
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Session Four: Issuing & Investing in the Islamic financial markets |
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The development of Islamic issuance and investments in Egypt and the Middle East, and its potential in a new business environment
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Challenges of private issuers |
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Identifying growth areas, market opportunities, potential investors and issuers |
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Discovering and adapting to changes in the issuing and investing market place |
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Increasing foreign participation in Egypt’s Islamic financial market |
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Legal aspects of Sukuk issuance in Egypt |
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Moderator:
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Hamed Hassouna - Chief Regional Director, Union De Banques Arabes Et Francaises U.B.A.F |
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Panelist: |
Motaz El Tabaa - Executive Director, Alexandria Business Association
Karim Sarhan - Partner, Sharkawy and Sarhan Law Firm
Dr Shehab Marzban - Director, Product Development, IdealRatings
Mohamed Hashem Rashwan - Assistant Professor, British University in Egypt
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| 15:00 – 15:45 |
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Session Five: Increasing Islamic Finance Growth Pace in Egypt |
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Identifying challenges prohibiting Islamic finance growth in Egypt, and how to overcome these
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Macro issues concerning Islamic finance in Egypt |
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Discussing the local prudential and capital markets regulatory environment |
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Financing policies and procedures in Egypt’s Islamic finance and how they are evolving |
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Addressing imbalances between rapid growth and bank capability – are Egypt’s financial institutions prepared for further growth of Islamic finance? |
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Capitalizing from the financial crisis to increase Islamic finance growth rate in Egypt |
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Moderator:
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Dr Amr Abou-Zeid - Lecturer of Islamic Finance Strategies |
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Panelist: |
Walid Hassouna - Head Project & Structured Finance, Banque Misr
Ashraf Mohamed Talaat - Manager - Islamic Banking Unit –Treasury, National Bank of Egypt
Karim Sarhan - Partner, Sharkawy and Sarhan Law Firm
Khaled Al-Gazawi - Chief Executive Officer, Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance |
| 15:45 – 16:00 |
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Closing Remarks
Dr Sherif Kamel - Dean of the School of Business, The American University in Cairo |
| 16:00 – 17:00 |
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Refreshments and Networking |
Osman Akyüz, who obtained his degree from the faculty of political sciences at Ankara University, began his career as a certified public accountant at the finance ministry in 1978. He worked with the Sezai Türkes - Fevzi Akkaya Group from 1983 till 1985, after which he was appointed the manager of financial and administrative affairs at Albaraka Türk.
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