PROGRAMME
This programme is exclusive to The Sukuk Summit and has never been attempted anywhere in terms of its breadth; value-added-ness; contemporary relevance and future potential.
Perhaps, more importantly, it also aims to provide a platform for issuers and end-users to engage with investors, arrangers, listing and rating agencies, as well as with community organisations which may have Waqf assets available for securitisation – the first time ever that this is being facilitated at such a conference anywhere.
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| PROGRAMME Day One 20th June |
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| Summit Registration open from 7.30 am to 8.45am
INAUGURAL SESSION
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| 9.00 am – 9.05 am |
Welcoming remarks by
Mushtak Parker, Editor, Islamic Banker
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| 9.05 am – 9.10 am |
Chairman’s Opening Remarks
John Weguelin , CEO, European Islamic Investment Bank
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| 9.10 am – 9.40 am |
Keynote Address
‘The Challenge for a Global Islamic Capital Market – Strategic Developments in Malaysia’
Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Governor, Bank Negara, Malaysia
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| 9.40 am – 10.10 am |
Keynote Address – ‘Islamic Finance and Asia – Leveraging Japan’s Emerging Role’
Etsuaki Yoshida, Deputy Director, Japan Bank for International Cooperation
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| 10.10 am – 10.40 am |
Keynote Address – ‘Developing UK as a Centre for Islamic Finance’
Michael Ainley, Head of Financial Institutions, Financial Services Authority, UK
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| 10.40 am – 11.00 am |
Questions and Answers
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| 11.00 am – 11.30 am |
11.30 am – Tea & Coffee Break
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| SESSION TWO | ISLAMIC CAPITAL MARKETS - EU and UK DYNAMICS |
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CHAIRMAN Richard Thomas, Managing Director, Global Securities House (UK)
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| 11.30 am – 11.55 am |
‘Originating Sukuk in a UK Legal Environment – Progress and Challenges’
Neil Miller, Head of Islamic Finance Unit, Norton Rose
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| 11.55 am – 12.20pm |
'Future Drivers of the Sukuk Sector - Towards the Development of a Euro Sukuk Market’
John Weguelin, CEO, European Islamic Investment Bank
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| 12.20 pm – 12.45 pm |
‘Sukuk – an HM Treasury Policy and Taxation Perspective’
Phelan Hill, Corporate Taxation Department, HM Treasury
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| 12.45 pm – 1.00 pm |
Questions and Answers
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| 1.00 pm – 2.30 pm |
Lunch Sponsored by 
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| SESSION THREE | ISLAMIC CAPITAL MARKETS - GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS |
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CHAIRMAN Ahmad Jachi, First-Vice Governor, Banque Du Liban
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| 2.30 pm – 2.50 pm |
‘Sukuk as a Vehicle for Resource Mobilisation - The Case of the Islamic Development Bank'
Mohammed Tariq, Head of Treasury, Islamic Development Bank
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| 2.50 pm – 3.10 pm |
‘Sukuk Origination in the GCC – Comparative Legal Issues’
Muneer Khan, Partner & Head of Islamic Finance, Simmons & Simmons
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| 3.10 pm – 3.30 pm |
‘Increasing the Secondary Market for Sukuk’
Stella Cox, Managing Director & Head of Islamic Finance, DD Cap Ltd
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| 3.30 pm – 3.40 pm |
Questions & Answers
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| 3.40 pm – 4.00 pm |
Tea & Cofee Break
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| SESSION FOUR | GLOBAL SUKUK MARKETS – REGULATION, TAXATION, SECONDARY MARKET, COMPARATIVE LEGAL ISSUES |
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CHAIRMAN Duncan Smith, Head of Islamic Banking, ABC Group
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| 4.00 pm – 4.20 pm |
‘Trustee & Trust Administration for Sukuk Structures and Issuance’
Dominic Selwood, Trust & Securities Services, Deutsche Bank AG
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| 4.20 pm – 4.40 pm |
Taxation Issues Relating to Sukuk Issuance and Trading in the UK
Mohammed Amin, Partner Tax, PricewaterhouseCoopers
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| 4.40 pm – 5.00 pm |
Sukuk Opportunities and Challenges for UK issuer Darshan Bijur Director of Islamic Finance Advisory at KPMG
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| 5.00 pm – 5.20 pm |
‘Sukuk Origination for the Social Sector – Mobilising Waqf Assets’
Fazlur Rahman Kamasani, Head of Islamic Finance, Chesterton International
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| 5.20 pm – 5.40 pm |
Questions & Answers
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| 7.30 pm – 10.00 pm |
GALA DINNER Sponsored by

Keynote Dinner speech by:
Per E. Larsson, CEO,
Dubai International Financial Exchange
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| PROGRAMME Day Two 21st June |
| SESSION FIVE |GROWTH DYNAMICS OF SUKUK |
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CHAIRMAN Stella Cox, MD, DD CAP Ltd
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| 9.00 am – 9.20 am |
‘Survey of Current Sukuk Structures – Scope for Future Development of Hybrid,
Exchangeable & Derivative Sukuk’
Badlisyah Abdul Ghani, CEO, CIMB Islamic Bank, Malaysia
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| 9.20 am – 9.40 am |
‘Securitization in the GCC – Opportunities and Challenges’
Issam Al-Tiwari, CEO, Rasameel Structured Finance, Kuwait ’
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| 9.40 am – 10.00 am |
'Cross-Border Sukuk – The New Frontiers of Innovation’
David Testa, Executive Director, WestLB Capital Markets (Head of Islamic Finance) UK
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| 10.00 am – 10.15 am |
Questions & Answers
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| SESSION SIX |SHARIAH ISSUES IN SUKUK STRUCTURES |
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| 10.15 am – 11.30 am |
Moderator – Mushtak Parker, Editor, Islamic Banker in conjunction with Industry Panel -
Richard Thomas, Global Securities House (UK) ;
Abradat Kamalpour, Dechert LLP, London;
Mathew Sapte, Senior Partner Denton Wilde Sapte;
Andrew Coats, Partner, Clifford Chance (confirmed);
Mohammed Paracha, Executive Vice-President & General
Counsel, Al-Salam Bank;
Muneer Khan, Partner, Simmons & Simmons
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‘Use of Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV’s); Role of Agents & Trustees; Identifying Rental Income Streams; Issues relating to Sukuk Al-Musharaka’
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Sheikh Nizam Yaquby (Bahrain);
Dr. Daud Bakar (Malaysia);
Mufti Abdul Kadir Barkatullah (UK) and Mufti Muhammad Nurullah Shikder (UK)
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| 11.30 am – 11.45 am |
Tea and Coffee Break
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| SESSION SEVEN |INVESTOR AND RATING PERSPECTIVES |
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CHAIRMAN Mushtak Parker, Editor, Islamic Banker
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| 11.45 am – 12.05 pm |
‘Sukuk – An End-User’s Perspective for the Housing Sector’
Ayman Sejiny, Dar Al-Arkan, Saudi Arabia
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| 12.05 pm – 12.25 pm |
‘Risk Management Issues in Sukuk Issuances and Ratings’
Khalid Howladar, Vice President, Moody’s
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| 12.25 pm – 12.45 pm |
'Towards a Global Sukuk Index – The Importance of Benchmarking and Ratings’
Raymond Hill, Fitch Ratings
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| 12.45 pm – 1.00 pm |
Questions and Answers
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| 1.00 pm – 2.30 pm |
Lunch & End of Conference
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| 2.30 pm – 4.30 pm |
UKTI Special Reception
Hosted by UKTrade & Investment (UKTI) at Lancaster House, St James Place
The Reception is to be hosted and addressed by the Right Hon Ian McCartney, Minister of State for Trade and Foreign Affairs, who will be introduced by Richard Thomas, Managing Director Global Securities House and Chairman of the Islamic Financial Services Sub committee of UKTI. In the chair will be Roy Leighton, Chairman of the UKTI Financial Services Sector Advisory Board and Member of the Chancellor's High Level Group.

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