| 09:45 – 10:00 | Connecting to the e-platform |
| 10:00 – 10:05 | Welcoming remarks |
| 10:05 – 10:10 | Recitation of the Holy Quran |
| 10:10 -10:20 | Welcome address • H.E. Shaikh Ebrahim Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, Chairman, AAOIFI Board of Trustees, Bahrain |
| 10:20 – 10:45 | Special address: • H.E. Dr. Bandar Hajjar, President, Islamic Development Bank Group • H.E. Mr. Rasheed Mohammed Al Maraj, Governor, Central Bank of Bahrain • H.E. Dr. Ishrat Hussain, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Institutional Reforms and Austerity, Pakistan |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | Launch of AAOIFI Footprint Report and presentation • Mr. Omar Mustafa Ansari, Secretary General, AAOIFI |
| 11:15 – 12:15 | Panel discussion: The role of Islamic finance standard-setting bodies and the importance of adoption of their standards The session will aim to bring about the important role of Islamic finance industry in today’s economic environment, the need for robust standards to guide the industry to renew its identity and re-assert its potency to the global financial industry. The responsibility, expectations of regulatory bodies, Islamic banks, Takaful and capital markets solutions as well as the role of governance and standards-setting bodies in this age of new normal will be discussed. Session moderator: Mr. Farrukh Raza, Chairman, AAOIFI Governance and Ethics Board Panelists: • His Eminence Mufti Taqi Usmani, Chairman, AAOIFI Shari’ah Board • Dr. Bello Lawal Danbatta, Secretary General, IFSB • Mr. Syed Najmul Hussain, Deputy Chairman, AAOIFI Accounting Board • Mr. Firas Hamdan, Executive Director, Banque Du Liban, Lebanon • Mr. Faizal Bhana, Director, Middle East and Africa, Jersey Finance |
| 12.15 – 12:20 | Concluding remarks |
Bahrain time zone will be followed (GMT +3)