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Islamic Financial Sector Development (IFSD)
Forum 2008
Human Capital Development for Islamic Financial Industry: Challenges
and Initiatives
Sunday, 27 Jumad Awwal 1429H (June 1, 2008)
Jeddah Hilton Hotel – Al Qasr Hall (B), AM 8:00 - PM 18:00
About the IFSD
Forums
The demand for
Islamic financial services is growing in several jurisdictions
worldwide and the industry has already become significant
systemically. The IFSD Forums initiated by General Council of
Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions (CIBAFI) and IRTI in 2006
aim at providing a platform for strategic policy dialogue for
sharing country and institutional experiences with regard to
developing the various segments of the Islamic financial services
industry (IFSI); identifying key challenges of the industry's
different segments in an integrated manner and promoting
cooperation, knowledge sharing and partnership in alleviating the
challenges thus facilitating the industry’s orderly development,
competitiveness and stability.
Human Capital Development for
IFSI: Challenges & Initiatives
The IFSD Forum 2008
will highlight the role that various stakeholders at macro, meso and
micro levels need to play in developing the required human capital
for the IFSI. At the macro level, the most pertinent policy option
for dialogue is the introduction of Islamic finance courses at
various levels of the educational system. At the meso level, there
are key institutions engaged in capacity building such as
specialized training institutions, consultancy organizations and
professional bodies that need to be engaged in the dialogue process.
At the micro level the actual suppliers of the educational services
such as schools, colleges, universities and madaris are the
stakeholders and need to be included in the dialogue process. In
addition to the above 3 groups of stakeholders the other important
players are a) the Islamic financial services industry as the
ultimate users of the educational services and human resources and
b) the international and regional donors that play an important role
in capacity building.
The challenges and
initiatives will be addressed by the leaders of the industry and the
academia and other stakeholders in the following sequence:
TENTATIVE
PROGRAM
8:00-8:20 OPENING SPEECHES
- Dr. Ahmad Mohamed Ali, President, Islamic Development Bank Group
- Sheikh Saleh Kamel, Chairman, General Council of Islamic Banks and
Financial Institutions, Bahrain
8:20-8:30 KEYNOTE SPEECH
- Prof. Dr. Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim, Secretary General, Islamic
Financial
Services Board, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
8:30-9:30 Session – 1: An Overview of Human Capital Needs for the Islamic Financial Services Industry for the next 10 Years
- Dr. Mabid Al-Jarhi, Emirates Islamic Bank, UAE
- Yousry Yusoff, Islamic Financial Services Board
9:30-10:00 Tea Break
10:00-11:30 Session – 2: Challenges and Initiatives of Human Capital
development through Islamic Finance Education at Intermediate and
Undergraduate Levels
- Prof. Dr. Volker Nienhaus, Rector, Marburg University, Germany
- Dr. Abdullah Turkistani, CRIE, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah
11:30-12:30 Session – 3: Challenges and Initiatives of Human Capital
Development through Courses in Religious Educational Institutions
- Justice (retired) Sheikh Taqi Usmani, Dar Al Uloom Karachi,
Pakistan
- Prof. Dr. Mohamed Ali Elgari, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah
12:30 – 14:00 Zuhr Prayer and Lunch Break
14:00-15:00 Session – 4: Challenges and Initiatives of Human Capital
Development through Islamic Finance Education at Graduate Level
- Prof. Dr. Rodney Wilson, Durham University, UK
- Prof. Dr. Hatem Al Qaranshawi, Qatar Foundation, Doha Qatar
15:00 - 16:00 Session – 5: Challenges and Initiatives of Human
Capital Development through Training and Islamic Finance
Professional
Certifications
16:00 -16:30 Asr Prayer & Tea Break
- Prof. Dr. Abdulhamid Al-Junaid, INCEIF, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Dr. Mohammad Biltaji Banking Institute, SAMA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
16:30 - 17:30 Session – 6: Human Capital Development for the Islamic
Financial Services Industry: Role of Stakeholders
- Dr. Abdulaziz Mustafa, Director, Human Capital Development
Department,
Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah
- Mr. Hasseeb Siddiqui, Central Bank Bahrain
17:30-18:00 Concluding Session
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