About WIFF

World Islamic Finance Forum (WIFF) Conference 2024 is one of the most auspicious events around the globe. CEIF-IBA, in the spirit of providing an opportunity to bring together best of the researchers, renowned academicians, leading Islamic bankers, Shariah scholars and prominent personalities from global Islamic financial institutions, is holding its 4th WIFF conference, under the theme of "Islamic Finance: Innovation, Climate Finance & Sustainable Growth".

The Islamic finance industry is projected to grow to US$6.67 trillion by 2027 according to Islamic Finance Development Report 2023 by London Stock Exchange Group. Over 1871 institutions from 120 countries offer Shariah-compliant solutions contributing to an asset base of USD 4.5 trillion as per Islamic Finance Development Report 2023. Strongly aligned with Sustainable development goals, Islamic finance encourage green financing by channeling funds into sustainable projects like renewable energy and low-carbon technologies, using instruments like green Sukuk. Fintech innovations like blockchain based Sukuk, smart contracts and Shariah-complaint crowdfunding platforms can help SMEs and eco-friendly ventures, supporting sustainable development.

One of the key objectives of WIFF 2024 is knowledge enhancement through intellectual input from academia and industry practitioners. Thrust of CEIF is on bringing the gap between academia and industry through facilitating focused research that can be to put in practice. Furthermore, CEIF aims at promoting development of case studies to impart Islamic finance knowledge through real life examples. In this pursuit, CEIF invites research papers and case studies on the following themes:

Other related tracks and topics will also be considered.