DAY – I (Tuesday 5th April, 2011)

9:00 am to 9:30 am                                 Registration &  Welcome

• Recitation of Holy Quran
• Welcome address from Al Barakah Multi-purpose Cooperative - Mauritius
• Honourable  Shakeel  Mohamed – Minister of Labor and Industrial Relations
• Excellency Major General Muhammad Siddique - High Commissioner of Pakistan in Mauritius
• Mr. Said LALLOO Chairman, Financial Services Commission Mauritius
• Mr. Iqbal Belath, 2nd Deputy Governor,  Bank of Mauritius
• Mr. Cassam Uteem, Ex- President – Mauritius
• Mr Sunil Benimadhu CE, Stock Exchange of Mauritius
• Mr. Zubair Mughal – Chief Executive Officer, AlHuda CIBE – Pakistan

10:30 am to 11:00 am                                                                                         Networking and Tea Break

Technical  Session - II :  Introduction to Islamic Banking and Finance

• Dr. Muniruddeen Lallmahamood
  Director - GMB  Ltd -Mauritius.
  Topic: “Fundamentals of Islamic Finance; what is its rationale?”
  
  
• Mr. Abdul Ghafar Ismail
  Professor of Banking and Financial Economics
  Research Center for Islamic Economics and Finance,
  School of Economics,
  Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia,
  Malaysia.
  Topic: Regulation on the Parameterization of Islamic Financial Products
  
  
• Q & A Session
  
  
• Concluding Remarks from Session Chairman
  Mr. Nissar Ahmad Ramtoola,
  President 
  Jummah Mosque –  Port Louis - Mauritius

Session III- Role of Accounting & I.T in Islamic Banking and Finance

• Mr. Sugato Banerjee
  Senior Manager - Southern Africa Sales,
  Oracle Financial Software Services,
  Topic: Technology  for Islamic Finance – Is it time to invest?
  
  
• Q & A Session

Technical  Session -III:  Panel Discussion investment opportunities in Mauritius

• Moderator:
  Dr. Muniruddeen Lallmahamood
  Director - GMBC Ltd, Mauritius.
  Panelist:
  • Mr. Nik Joharris Nik Ahmed
    CEO-  Century Banking Corporation – Mauritius
  • Mohd Khalil Alkhusairi
    CEO – ABC Banking Corporation Ltd – Mauritius
  • Mr. M. Sajid Bodhy
    CEO – Habib Bank Limited – Mauritius
  • Mr. Sunil Benimadhu
    CE – The Stock Exchange of Mauritius Ltd - Mauritius
  • Mr. Abdool Rajack Jugoo
    Chairman – Al Barakah Multi Purpose Cooperative - Mauritius
    
    
• Q & A Session

Technical Session - V: Islamic Banking Models

3:00 pm – 3:25 pm

3:25 pm – 3:35pm

• Dr. Maheran Mohd Jaffar
  Associate Professor,
  Universiti Teknologi  MARA,
  Selangor, Malaysia
  Topic: The Application of New Musharakah Model in Islamic Banking Products
  
  
• Dr. Al Siddiq Talha Mohmed Rahma
  The National Rebat University,
  Khartoum, Sudan.
  Topic: The Sudanese Islamic Banking Experience
  
  
• Q & A Session
  Concluding Remarks from Session Chairman
  
  
• Mr. Nik Joharris Nik Ahmed CEO-  Century Banking Corporation – Mauritius

Tea & Session End. 03:45 pm – 4:00 pm

9:30 am

Islamic Microfinance & Waqf.

• Muhammad Zubair Mughal
  Chief Executive Officer,
  AlHuda Centre of Islamic Banking and Economics - Pakistan
  Topic: Takaful ( Islamic Insurance )
  
  
• Ms. Stephanie Hayek
  Corporate Communications Manager,
  Path Solution, Dubai. 
  Topic: Islamic Financial Operations from an IT Perspective
  
  
• Q & A Session
  
  
• Concluding Remarks from Session Chairman
  Mr. Zeinoul Abedien Cajee
  Co-Founder,
  National Awqaf Foundation of South Africa,South Africa.

Session – II : Takaful and I.T in Islamic Finance

• Mr. Mamode Raffick Nabee Mohomed 
  Secretary,
  Al Barakah Multi-purpose Co-operative Society Limited -Mauritius  
  Topic: Islamic Financial Cooperatives - Case study of Al Barakah Multi-purpose Cooperative Society Limited, Mauritius
  
  
• Mr. Zeinoul Abedien Cajee
  Co-Founder,
  National Awqaf Foundation of South Africa - South Africa.
  Topic:  Waqf – Revival of a Lost Legacy
  
  
• Q & A Session
  
  
• Concluding Remarks from Session Chairman
  Dr. Muniruddeen Lallmahamood
  Director - GMB Ltd -Mauritius.

12:30 am to 1:30 pm                                                                                                  Lunch and Prayer Break

Session – IV: Halal Business

• Mr. Shameel Sajjad
  Chief Executive Officer,
  Al Jamia Al Islamiya,
  India.  
  Topic: "Development of Halal Business: The 360 Degree Approach"
  
  
• Mr. …………..
  From  Jummah  Masjid
  Topic: "What is Halal ? Development of Halal Industry in Mauritius”
  
  
• Q & A Session
  
  
• Concluding Remarks from Session Chairman

• Chief Guest : Deputy Prime Minister of Mauritius
  Honorable Dr Rashid Beebeejaun GCSK FRCP
• Concluding Ceremony and Distribution of Certificate to the Participants.

Day - II Ends