Mega Events - CENTRAL BANK GOVERNORS OF MALAYSIA AND BAHRAIN CONFIRMED AS KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

HE Rasheed M. Al Maraj, the Governor of the Central Bank of Bahrain, Hon. Burhanuddin Abdullah, the Governor of the Bank of Indonesia, and Professor Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim, Secretary General for the Islamic Financial Services Board accept been accepted as the keynote speakers of the 14th World Islamic Banking Conference (WIBC) from 8 to 10 December 2007 at the Gulf International Convention Centre. The appointment which accepting captivated beneath the advocacy of HH Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain will focus on the banking and authoritative architectonics to accredit industry advance and absolute risks.

The affair of WIBC 2007 looks at new all-embracing advance markets and with 1,000 assembly from added than 35 countries acquisition at the conference, this year it is absolutely about the World Comes to WIBC. The barrage of the new Country Focus affair will analyze the accretion absorption and opportunities for Islamic accounts in non-Islamic geographies; and for the aboriginal time WIBC will affection the UK Pavilion led by UK Trade & Investment. Featuring a activating appointment of decision-makers apery above banks and institutions in the UK, this will be a activating befalling to accommodated with the players who are abstraction the approaching of London as a key European centre for Islamic finance.

The absurd advance adventure of Islamic cyberbanking is set to abide through 2008 in an added activating bazaar characterised by battleground deals and adventurous strategies. Significant new players accept entered the market, while some able-bodied accustomed institutions accept broadcast their geographic brand and the above all-embracing accepted players accept added acicular their Islamic accounts capabilities. This has set the date for discussions over the next two canicule as WIBC 2007 has accumulated an aberrant agency of added than 60 outstanding speakers from the Middle East, Europe, North America and Asia to allotment new insights into the advance abeyant of Islamic cyberbanking & finance.

Providing new analysis insights into industry trends and performance, The WIBC McKinsey Competitiveness Report 2007/08, now in its 4th year, has rapidly accustomed itself as an basal advertence ability for decision-makers as they map out their strategies for aggressive arete and achievement improvement. This year’s Competitiveness Report, to be launched on the 9th of December 2007 at WIBC, focuses on how institutions can abduction the abundance dollar befalling - as the Islamic cyberbanking industry active to new advance records.

WIBC 2007 assembly will appoint in aesthetic debates on these cogent issues with a acclaimed adroitness of sixty 5 speakers and panelists, including leaders of all-embracing and bounded institutions, through a mix of awful alternate absolute sessions, break-outs and clandestine closed-door meetings.

In accession to ability transfer, WIBC is aswell about high-level networking and this year there are abounding appearance on the Sidelines of the appointment that will facilitate breezy discussions. From the Executive Business Lounge hosted by BFSD; to the all-embracing exhibition; the VIP Networking Room hosted by Bank Muscat International; and culminating in the Gala Dinner & Awards celebration hosted by JP Morgan, with Ernst & Young as the Award Auditor; there are abounding opportunities to appoint in above interactions with the bazaar leaders accumulated at WIBC.

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