Kazakhstan Islamic Finance Conference 2014

Program Draft as at 01.07.2014

KAZAKHSTAN ISLAMIC FINANCE CONFERENCE 2014

3 September 2014 (Wednesday), Almaty city

Local Time

09.00 – 09.30
/ - / Registration
Venue: Holiday Inn Almaty
09.30 – 11.00
PLENARY SESSION / - / СONCEPT OF A REGIONAL ISLAMIC FINANCE HUB IN LIGHT OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTERS
MODERATOR: Br. Ahmed Gebali, A Director, Islamic Finance Services Department, IDB
SPEAKERS: Mr. Kairat Kelimbetov, Governor, National Bank of Kazakhstan; Mrs. Alderman Fiona Woolf, Lord Mayor of London City; Mr. Abdelilah Belatik, Secretary General, CIBAFI; Prof. Datuk Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim, CEO, ILMC; Lord David Wooton, Co-Chairman, Kazakhstan-Britain Business Council, Partner, Allen & Over; Deputy General Director, IRTI, IDB Group
11.00 – 11.15 / - / Group photo, Coffee-break
11.10 – 11.30 / PRESS-CONFERENCE (Participants: Mrs. Fiona Woolf , Mr. Kairat Kelimbetov, Mr. Abdelilah Belatik, Lord David Wooton)
11.30 – 13.00
1st PANEL SESSION / - / ISLAMIC CAPITAL MARKETS
Holiday Inn Almaty, hall
MODERATOR: Mr. Maksat Kabashev, Chairman, Kazakhstan Stock Exchange;
SPEAKERS: Mr. Hasan Demirhan, Director, Treasury Department, IDB; Mrs. Stella Cox, Managing Director, DDCAP ; representative of Development Bank of Kazakhstan; Mr. Aziz Ba, Executive Director, ILMC; Mr. Andrew Kinal, Managing director, Shari’ah Advisory Group, Switzerland; Mr. Abu Chowdhury, Managing director, ASMA Capital Partners BSC, Bahrain
13.00 –14.20 / - / Break for lunch
14.20 – 15.40
2nd PANEL SESSION / - / ISLAMIC FINANCE LEGISLATION: MODELS, EXPERIENCE, PERSPECTIVES
Holiday Inn Almaty, hall
MODERATOR: Mr. Yerlan Baidaulet, IDB Board Member, Chairman, ADIF
SPEAKERS: Mr. Yernar Nurgaliev, director, IF and RFCA department, National Bank; Mr. Farmida Bi, Norton Rose Fulbright;Mr. Neil Miller, Linklaters LLP; Mr. Narmukhan Sarybaev, CEO, JSC FFSA; Mr. Diar Smagulov, Deputy CEO, Zaman Bank; Dr.Ahmed Gebali, director, IFSD, IDB;
15.40 - 16.00 / Coffee-breaks
16.00 – 17.20
3rd PANEL SESSION / - / ISLAMIC FINANCE TRAINING AND EDUCATION ASPECTS
MODERATOR: Ms. Alfiya Salikhova, Ph.D, Pavlodar State University, CIFE, The best teacher 2013 in Kazakhstan,
Presentation of the first Studybook for Universities on Ethical (Islamic) finance basics in Russian and Kazakh
SPEAKERS: Mr. Yerlan Baidaulet, ADIF, Deputy Director General, IRTI, IDB; Mr. George Littlejohn, The Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI);Ms. Madina Kalimullina, director, IF department, Russian Council of Muftis; Dr. Alshanov, President, Turan University; Prof. Dr. U. Baimuratov, KazEU: representative of KazEU, RUMS; representative of ICD, IDB Group.
17.25 – 17.50 / Closing remarks.