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Session III: How to Create an Enabling Environment for Long Term Islamic Financing

Subjects for the session; How to create incentives to motivate more Sukuk Structures with long-term maturities Recent regulatory attempts by International bodies to foster Long Term Islamic Finance The impact of Basel III on Long-Term Islamic Finance Tax concerns on Long-Term Islamic Finance Moderator: Sohail Jaffer - Deputy CEO, FWU Speakers: Aysegul Ekşit – Executive Vice Chair, Capital Markets Board of Turkey Emad Yousef Al Monayea – Board Director & CEO, KFH Investment Dr. Hatim El-Tahir – Director, Islamic Finance Group, Deloitte Bahrain

Session II: The Supply side (Investors’) Dynamics in Long Term Islamic Financing

Subjects for the session; Major investors of Islamic Long-term finance products Institutional Investor behavior in Islamic Finance (Mutual funds, investment banks, pension funds, etc.) The analysis of investment horizon and risk appetite of Islamic Finance investors The issuance and trading of Islamic financial markets in organized exchanges as compared to OTC markets Incentives that might be used to attract long-term institutional investors Moderator: Michael Bennett - Head of Derivatives and Structured Finance, World Bank Speakers: Ayman Sejiny - CEO, Bank Alkhair Mohd Radzuan Tajuddin - General Manager & Head of Development (Islamic Capital Markets), Securities Commission Malaysia Ana Fiorella Carvajal - Lead Securities Market Specialist, World Bank

Session I: Dynamics of Demand for Islamic Finance to fund Long-Term Investments

Subjects for the session: Major sectors where Islamic finance may be used for funding Islamic banking and capital market instruments for long-term funding Sukuk structures that promotes long-term investments Major drivers of Sukuk issuances Factors affecting the maturities of Sukuk and other Islamic Finance issuances Development of new product structures that will reinforce long-term Islamic finance Moderator: Dr. Hatim El-Tahir – Director, Islamic Finance Group, Deloitte Bahrain Speakers: Sohail Jaffer - Deputy CEO, FWU Group Dr. Mohamad Hammour - Chairman, Guidance Financial Group Khalid Howladar - Global Head, Islamic Finance, Moody’s Rating Agency

Opening Panel: The G20 Vision for Long Term Investment Financing and Possible Role of Islamic Finance

Subjects for discussion; Linking long-term finance with economic development G20 vision on long term finance and sustainable economic development The funding gap in emerging markets to finance their long-term sustainable development and the role of Islamic capital market products Moderator: Zamir Iqbal – Head, World Bank Global Islamic Finance Development Center Discussants: Mohamed Rafe bin Mohamed Haneef – CEO, HSBC Amanah, Malaysia Waleed Abdul Wahab – Director, Infrastructure Department, Islamic Development Bank Michael Bennett - Head of Derivatives and Structured Finance, World Bank Neil D. Miller - Global Head of Islamic Finance, Linklaters LLP

Keynote Speeches

Invited Speakers Hakan Tokaç – Director General for Foreign Economic Relations, Undersecretariat of Treasury Zamir Iqbal – Head, World Bank Global Islamic Finance Development Center

Welcoming Remarks

Alper Ahmet Oğuz – World Bank Ankara Office Tuncay Dinç – CEO, Borsa İstanbul Dr. Vahdettin Ertaş – Chairman, Capital Markets Board of Turkey