Agenda

DAY 1

8:00am – 9:00am

Registration/ Networking Break

9:00am –10:50am

Master of Ceremony – Mr. Muhammad Raza, Customer Support & General Services, Meezan Bank Limited

Recitation from Holy Quran by Hafiz Muhammad Akram Zaheer (5 mins)

Opening Remarks (5 mins)

Mr. Ahmed Ali Siddiqui, Director, IBA CEIF

Welcome Note (5 mins)

Dr. S. Akbar Zaidi, Executive Director, IBA

Setting the Stage (5 mins)

Dr. Ishrat Husain, Chairman, IBA – CEIF

Keynote Address (10 mins)

Ms. Sima Kamil, Deputy Governor, State Bank of Pakistan

Keynote Address (10 mins)

Mr. Irfan Siddiqui, President & CEO, Meezan Bank

Keynote Address (10 mins)

Mr. Aamir Khan, Chairman, Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan

Keynote Address (15 min)

Dr. Miftah Ismail, Federal Finance Minister, Government of Pakistan 1

Platinum Sponsor's Address (10 mins each)

Banking Industry – Mr. Atif Bajwa, CEO, Bank Alfalah Limited

Takaful Industry – Mr. Rizwan Hussain, CEO & MD, Salaam Takaful Limited

Diamond Sponsor’s Address (10 mins)

Banking Industry- Mr. Yousaf Hussain, President & CEO, Faysal Bank Limited

Chief Guest (15 mins)

Shaikh Muhammad Taqi Usmani, Shariah Board Chairman, Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI); Chairman Shariah Board, Meezan Bank; Deputy President, Dar ul Uloom, Karachi, Pakistan

10:50am – 11:10am

Networking Coffee Break

11:00am

12:20pm

Implementing Industry Vision

-          Progress and Gaps from WIFF 2018

-          "Will" to Shift to an Islamic Economic System

-          3rd Islamic Banking Strategic Plan 2021-2025

-          Challenges Ahead

Mr. Irfan Siddiqui, President & CEO, Meezan Bank

Mr. Junaid Ahmed, CEO, Dubai Islamic Bank Pakistan

Mr. Yousaf Hussain, President & CEO, Faysal Bank Limited

Syed Amir Ali, President & CEO, BankIslami Pakistan

Mr. Muhammad Afaq Khan, President, MCB Islamic Bank

Mr. Khurram Hilal, CEO, Islamic Banking, Standard Chartered Bank, UAE

Mr. Rafe Haneef, CEO GTB, CIMB Bank Berhad, Malaysia

Dr. Yahia Abdul Rahman, CEO, Lariba Banking Group, USA; CEO, Bank of Whittier, NA

Dr. Muhammad Imran, Group Head Islamic Banking, Bank Alfalah


Session Chair

Syed Samar Hasnain, Executive Director, State Bank of Pakistan

Moderator

Mr. Ahmed Ali Siddiqui, Director, IBA – CEIF

12:20pm-

1:30pm

Trajectory of the Fintech Ecosystem

-          Growth of Fintech in ambit of Islamic Finance

-          Challenges faced

-          Role of the Regulator

Datuk Badlisyah Abdul Ghani, President, Chartered Institute of Islamic Finance Professionals, Malaysia

Mr. Mohammad Farrukh Raza, Chairman AAOIFI Governance & Ethics Board, Group CEO, Islamic Finance Advisory & Assurance Services (IFAAS)

Dr. Humayon Dar, Chairman, Cambridge – Edbiz Group of Companies

Mr. Rafe Haneef, CEO GTB, CIMB Bank Berhad, Malaysia

Dr. Zeeshan Ahmed, Dean, Al Qadir University

Dr. Rizwan Malik – Head - Standards Implementation & Strategic Developments AAOIFI, Bahrain
 

Session Chair

Mr. Ghulam Muhammad Abbasi, Director Islamic Banking, State Bank of Pakistan

Moderator

Mr. Ashar Nazim, CEO, Aion Digital

1:30pm-

2:30pm

Lunch & Prayer Break

2:30pm – 2:40pm

Special Address

Prof. Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman, Chairman – Shariah Board, MCB Islamic Bank Limited

2:40pm –

4:00pm

Game Changers for Islamic Capital Markets and Takaful

Muhammad Shoaib CFA, CEO, Al Meezan Investment Management Limited

Mr. Azeem Pirani, CEO, Pak-Qatar Family Takaful

Mufti Irshad Ahmad Aijaz, Chairman & Shari'ah Scholar Member, Shari'ah Advisory Committee, State Bank of Pakistan; Chairman Shari'ah Board, Salaam Takaful; Chairman Shari'ah Board, BankIslami Pakistan Limited

Dr. Mohamad Akram Laldin, Executive Director, International Shariah  Research Academy (ISRA), Malaysia

Syed Nayyar Hussain, Executive Director, Salaam Takaful Limited
 

Moderator

Mr. Muhammad Farhan ul Haq Usmani, Head of Shariah Audit & Advisory, Meezan Bank

Session Chair

Mr. Farrukh Khan, CEO & MD, Pakistan Stock Exchange

4:00pm -

4:15pm

Networking Coffee Break

4:15pm –

5:30pm

Presentation of Research Papers/Case Studies

1.       Presenting Islamic Finance to the whole humanity

By Usama Ehsan, Dr. Muhammad Imran

 

2.       Revisiting the Conceptual and the Operational Frameworks for Sharīʿah Governance of the Islamic Banks

By Muhammad Ayub, Irum Saba, Sohail Kamran

 

3.       "Après nous, le déluge" towards a shock theory of Islamic green finance

By Salim Refas, Ezzedine Ghlamallah

 

4.       Islamic Social Finance Ecosystem and the Role of Crowdfunding

By Abidullah Khan, Raditya Sukmana, Wasim Jan

 

5.       The Nexus of Sustainability Practices and Financial Performance: A Perspective of Asian Islamic Banks

By Dr. Rehana Kouser, Irum Saba, Muhammad Zainul Abdeen, Zeeshan Mahmood

 

6.       The development of the Islamic Banking in Kyrgyzstan

By Dr Kamchybek Omurzakov

Session Chair

Dr. Aishath Muneeza, Associate Professor, INCEIF, Malaysia

5:30pm-5:40pm

Wrap-up Session -Summarizing Key Takeaway Points and Highlights of Day 1 – WIFF 2022

Dr. Irum Saba, Associate Professor & Program Director, IBA – Centre for Excellence in Islamic Finance

DAY 2

9:00am -

10:00am

Master of Ceremony – Dr. Rizwan Malik – Head, Standards Implementation & Strategic Developments AAOIFI, Bahrain

Recitation from Holy Quran by Hafiz Muhammad Akram Zaheer (5 mins)

Opening Remarks (5 min)

Dr. Irum Saba, Associate Professor & Program Director, IBA – Centre for Excellence in Islamic Finance

Keynote Address (10 min)

Mr. Omar Mustafa Ansari, Secretary General, Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI), Bahrain

Keynote Address (10 min)

Ms. Sadia Khan, Commissioner, SECP

Keynote Address (10 min)

Mr. Mohammad Farrukh Raza, Chairman AAOIFI Governance & Ethics Board, Group CEO, Islamic Finance Advisory & Assurance Services (IFAAS)

Keynote Address (10 min)

Dr. Ahmet F. Aysan, Professor & Program Coordinator of Islamic Finance and Economy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Islamic Studies, Qatar Foundation

Special Address (10 min)

Syed Amir Ali, President & CEO, BankIslami Pakistan

10:00am

11:00am

Future of Islamic Finance

-          Strengthening Islamic Economy and Financial System in the Post Pandemic era

-          Sustainability in Islamic Finance

Mr. Ariful Islam, Deputy CEO, Meezan Bank Limited

Dr. Imran Ashraf Usmani, Vice Chairman – Shari’ah Board, Meezan Bank Limited

Dr. Hatim El Tahir, Director Islamic Finance Group, Islamic Finance Knowledge Center Leader, Deloitte & Touche, Bahrain

Dr. Yahia Abdul Rahman, CEO, Lariba Banking Group, USA and CEO, Bank of Whittier, NA, USA

Mufti Abdullah Najeeb Siddiqui, Resident Shari’ah Board Member, AlBarakah Bank Pakistan Limited

Mr. Adnan Fasih, Group Head Islamic Banking, Habib Bank AG Zurich

Mr. Muhammad Nassir Saleem, Acting Head Islamic Banking, Habib Bank Limited

Session Chair & Moderator

Mr. Omar Mustafa Ansari, Secretary General, Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI), Bahrain

11:00am

11:15am

Networking Coffee Break

11:15am -

12:30pm

Islamic Finance Education Past- Present- Future

 

Industry – Academia Linkages

 

 

Dr. Shafiullah Jan, Assistant Professor, Institute of Management Sciences

Dr. Syed Aun R. Rizvi, Associate Dean, Suleman Dawood School of Business, LUMS

Dr. Imam Uddin, Associate Professor, Department of Accounting and Finance, IoBM

Dr. Mohamed Eskandar Shah Mohd. Rasid, Associate Professor, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU)

Prof. Dr. Rusni Hassan, Professor, Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance, IIUM

Dr. Aishath Muneeza, Associate Professor, INCEIF

Dr. Ahmet F. Aysan, Professor & Program Coordinator of Islamic Finance and Economy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Islamic Studies, Qatar Foundation
 

Session Chair

Prof. Dr. Necdet Sensoy, Director, Research Centre for Islamic Economics & Economic Systems, Istanbul Commerce University

Moderator

Dr. Irum Saba, Associate Professor, IBA – Centre for Excellence in Islamic Finance
 

11:15am- 12:45pm

Closed Door Session on "Leveraging the modern technology to enhance and promote Islamic Finance"

Explore how the technology can help to modernize and create new avenues for Islamic Finance.

Mr. Majid Dawood – CEO, Yasaar Research UK

Dr. Aznan Hasan – Non-Executive Director, Maybank Islamic, President of ASAS,

Mr. Rushdi Siddiqui – Co Founder/CEO, EMStartups.

Mr. AI Umer Suleman – GM UK & Head of Global Risk & Audit, Wahed Funds

Mr. Muhammad Asad – CIO, Al-Meezan Investment Management Limited

Mr. Hasnain S. Jaffery – Co-Founder, The Zeal

 

Moderator

Mr. Muhammad Farhan ul Haq Usmani, Head – Shariah Audit Department, Meezan Bank Limited

12:30pm-12:40pm

Presentation by PMRC

Mudassir H. Khan, Managing Director & CEO, Pakistan Mortgage Refinance Company Limited (PMRC)

Hasan Junaid Nasir, Head Islamic Business, PMRC

12:40pm-12:50pm

Answering the Global Burning Questions of Millennials on Islamic Finance through stories

Dr. Muhammad Imran, Group Head, Islamic Banking, Bank Alfalah Limited

1:00pm -

2:00pm

Lunch & Prayer Break

2:00pm –

   3:15pm

Expanding the Islamic Finance Horizon

Report Presentation (10 mins)

Mr. Omar Shaikh, Advisory Board Member & Director, UK Islamic Finance Council

-          Global Islamic Financial Inclusion

-          Shared prosperity

Muhammad Faisal Shaikh, Head Islamic Banking, Faysal Bank Limited

Mr. Rafe Haneef, CEO CIMB, Malaysia

Dr. Aishath Muneeza, Associate Professor, INCEIF, Malaysia

Dr. Mohamed Eskandar Shah Mohd. Rasid, Associate Professor, Hammad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU)

Mr. Tanveer Farhan Mahmood, Head – Islamic Banking, UBL

Session Chair & Moderator

Mr. Mohammad Farrukh Raza, Chairman AAOIFI Governance & Ethics Board, Group CEO, Islamic Finance Advisory & Assurance Services (IFAAS)

2:00pm –

   4:00pm

 

Closed Door Session on "Challenges faced by IFIs in Ensuring Shari'ah Compliance"

Mufti Muhammad Najeeb Khan, Chairman Shari'ah Board, Summit Bank

Mufti Hassan Kaleem, Chairman Shari'ah Board, Pak-Qatar Takaful, Member Shari'ah Board, Dubai Islamic Bank

Prof. Dr. Noor Ahmed Shahtaz, Shari'ah Scholar

Mufti Syed Sabir Hussain, Resident Shari'ah board Member/ Head Shari'ah Compliance, MCB Islamic Bank

Dr. Imran Ashraf Usmani, Vice Chairman – Shari'ah Board, Meezan Bank Limited

Mufti Irshad Ahmad Aijaz, Chairman & Shari'ah Scholar Member, Shari'ah Advisory Committee, State Bank of Pakistan; Chairman Shari'ah Board, Salaam Takaful; Chairman Shari'ah Board, BankIslami Pakistan Limited

Ayatullah Sheikh Shabbir Hasan Lakhani Maisami, Shari'ah Board MemberSalaam Takaful, Shari'ah Scholar Member – Shari'ah Advisory Committee, State Bank of Pakistan1

 Special Address

Dr. Mohamad Akram Laldin, Executive Director, International Shariah    Research Academy (ISRA)

Moderator

Ms. Nighat Tanveer, Additional Director, Islamic Banking Department, State Bank of Pakistan

3:15pm

4:30pm

Presentation of Papers

1.       Sustainability Assessment of Malaysian Islamic Banking Industry and its Impact on Achievement of Maqāsid-Al-Shari'ah

By Quanita Shamoon, Akhtiar Ali

 

2.       Impact of Alpha adjusted capital adequacy ratio (CAR) on the financial performance of Islamic banks in Pakistan

By Rahmat Ullah, Awais Ali

 

3.       Islamic banking: Past, Present and Future

By Ashraf Khan, M. Kabir Hassan, Andrea Paltrinieri, Muneer M. Alshater

 

4.       The role of human resource in development and quality enhancement of Islamic banking industry in Pakistan

By Sanaullah Ansari

 

5.       Equity Crowdfunding: A systematic Literature Review on Unfolding the Returns Mechanism Confronts

By Mohamed Hisham Bin Hanifa, Anna Azriati Binti Che Azmi, Iftikhar Ahmed

 

6.       Cryptocurrencies; Regulatory, Shariah and Social Issues: A Systematic Review

By Rahman Ullah Khan, Karim Ullah Dr

Session Chair

Dr. Mohamed Eskandar Shah Mohd. Rasid, Associate Professor, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU)

4:30pm –

4:45pm

Coffee Break

4:45pm

5:30pm

Concluding Power Session     with Islamic Finance Visionaries

Prof. Dr. Ishrat Husain, Chairman, CEIF-IBA

Mr. Irfan Siddiqui, President & CEO, Meezan Bank

Mr. Yousaf Hussain, President & CEO, Faysal Bank Limited

Mr. Junaid Ahmed, Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Islamic Bank Pakistan

Dr. Muhammad Imran, Group Head, Islamic Banking, Bank Alfalah Limited

Dr. Yahia Abdul Rahman, CEO, Lariba Banking Group, USA; CEO, Bank of Whittier

Mr. Omar Mustafa Ansari, Secretary General, Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI)

Prof. Dr. Rusni Hassan, Professor, Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance, IIUM

Moderator

Mr. Ahmed Ali Siddiqui, Director, Centre for Excellence in Islamic Finance, Institute of Business Administration (IBA – CEIF)

5:30pm-5:45pm

Closing Address of WIFF 2022

Dr. Murtaza Syed, Acting Governor, State Bank of Pakistan

5:45pm –

5:50pm

Wrap-up Session - Summarizing Key Takeaway Points of WIFF 2022

Dr. S. Akbar Zaidi, Executive Director, IBA

5:50pm-6:00pm

Awards Distribution Ceremony