Conference Day One: Sunday 22nd February 2009

08:50 Chairman’s Opening Remarks

Setting The Scene – An Economic Overview

09:00 Keynote Address: Assessing The Future Of The Sukuk Industry In Light Of The Credit-Crisis

• The sukuk market is set to reach US$ 200 billion by 2010 – is this a realistic projection?
• How can confidence in the market be restored?
• What risk strategies can be implemented to prevent this happening again in the future?
• Seeing the turbulent economic climate as a positive way of advancing the sukuk industry

Khaled Al Kamda
Group Managing Director
Dubai Islamic Bank, UAE

09:40 How Can Issuers And Advisors Revive The Sukuk Market?

• Expanding the current product portfolio into a broad range of innovative instruments
• Ensuring your products are competitive in terms of structure and pricing
• Identifying solutions to meet the individual demands of your clients

Khalid Yousaf
Vice President, Investment and Capital Markets
Siraj Capital, UAE

10:20 Rating sukuks

Presentation by Standard & Poor's

Emmanuel Volland Standard & Poor's

Mohammed Damak Standard & Poor's

11:30 Improving Confidence In The Sukukmarket To Maximise Investment

• Ensuring there is a sound Shari’ah compliant base to all products
• Employing transparent methods to improve client confidence in your products
• Complying with the legal and regulatory frameworks

Umer Majid
Director
Halal Investments, UK

Strengthening Sukuks

12:10 Strengthening Current Sukuk Structures In Light Of The Credit Crisis

• Defining asset-backed securities
• Identifying the risks and returns of the different structures
• Recent developments in the sukuk market
• Understanding how to structure sukuks to meet your client’s demands

Dr. Adnan Aziz
Head of Shari’ah Advisory and Structuring
BMB Islamic UK

14:00 Panel Discussion: Aligning Sukuks With Shari’ah Principles To Improve Investor Confidence

• Should banks continue to have their own board, or should there be one governing body for the sukuk industry?
• Understanding the concepts of Shari’ah finance

Dr. Mohammed Burhan Arbouna Head of Shari’ah Compliant Department UIB, Bahrain	Dr. Adnan Aziz Head of Shari’ah Advisory and Structuring BMB Islamic, UK
Jamil El Jaroudi CEO Elaf Bank, Bahrain	Safdar Alam Executive Director, Head of Islamic Structuring JP Morgan Chase, Bahrain

14:40 Sukuk And Innovation

Identifying improvements in sukuk instruments and the ability of sukuk products to compete effectively in the financial markets

Mohammed Al Neaimi
CEO
Mawarid Finance UAE

15:50 Maximising The Importance Of Securitisation In The Sukuk Market

• Securitisation as an appreciable industry
• A focus on the structuring techniques
• How have the structures evolved as a result of the AAOIFI report?

Mohammed Asaria Managing Director Rasameel Structured Finance, UAE

Christopher Chadie Principle Investments Rasameel Structured Finance, UAE

16:30 Evaluating The Importance Of Sukuks On The Takaful Industry

• The importance of sukuks in filling vital gaps in asset liability management
• The growth of long term savings in Islamic finance and takaful is hampered due to lack of appropriate sukuks – how can this be remedied?
• Will we ever see thriving secondary market in Sukuks?

Ajmal Bhatty
CEO
Tokio Marine Middle East, UAE

17:10 Chairman’s Closing Remarks And End Of Day One

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