1,200 market leaders. 50 countries. 1 Gathering: WIBC 2012
The World’s Largest Gathering of Islamic Finance Leaders An Iconic Brand

Launched in 1994, The World Islamic Banking Conference (WIBC) has become an iconic brand internationally recognised as the largest and most significant gathering of Islamic banking and finance leaders anywhere in the world. The 19th Annual WIBC will be held on the 9th, 10th & 11th of December 2012 at the Gulf Hotel in Bahrain.

 Unique features of WIBC

19 years of extraordinary success and growth as a result of meeting the business needs of the market leaders The world’s largest gathering of Islamic finance leaders: More than 1,200 industry leaders from over 50 countries attend WIBC each year More than 60 partners, sponsors and exhibitors representing almost every market leader in the global Islamic finance industry The WIBC Competitiveness Report – a critical reference resource for industry decision-makers, providing unique strategic insights from Ernst & Young. The ‘World Comes to WIBC' initiative – Strategic partnerships with the Central Bank of Bahrain, Economic Development Board of Bahrain, UK Trade & Investment, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Business Bermuda, Luxembourg for Finance and Labuan IBFC to bring the decision-makers together from the most significant markets in the world A format that is so much more than just speeches – The WIBC Sidelines is where international groups hold their AGMs, CEOs interact in Closed-Door sessions, and the premium Business Lounge provides a genuinely unique environment for optimising high-level onsite networking.

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Improving Competitive Performance: Shifting to Sound Underwriting Profitability

The World Takaful Conference is the world’s largest gathering of Islamic insurance leaders, attracting more than 400 decision-makers each year to map the growth path for the Takaful industry. The 7th Annual World Takaful Conference (WTC 2012) will be held at the Dusit Hotel in Dubai on the 16th & 17th of April. WTC 2012 will assess key trends in the international Takaful and re-Takaful markets as well as point the way towards an industry with strong fundamental factors that could propel Takaful to become an $11 billion industry by 2015. The World Takaful Report, researched by Ernst & Young’s acclaimed Islamic Financial Services Group, is exclusively launched each year at WTC and has rapidly established itself as a powerful source of strategic insight for senior decision-makers in the global insurance industry. 

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Revitalising the Global Islamic Funds and Financial Markets

With more than 400 decision-makers participating in the World Islamic Funds & Financial Markets Conference (WIFFMC) each year, WIFFMC has firmly established itself over the past 8 years as the meeting place of choice for international and regional investors, fund managers and leading players in the Islamic financial markets. The 8th Annual World Islamic Funds & Financial Markets Conference, to be held on the 21st & 22nd of May 2012 at the Gulf Hotel in Bahrain, will be the most crucial meeting in its 8 year history as the leaders in the global Shari'ah-compliant investments industry gather to plot a new growth path in the context of the new realities in the global economy.

The Islamic Funds & Investments Report, researched by Ernst & Young’s acclaimed Islamic Financial Services Group, is exclusively launched each year at WIFFMC and has rapidly established itself as a vital source of strategic insight for senior decision-makers in the global Islamic investments industry.

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Capturing the emerging Asian Islamic finance opportunity

Since its launch in 2010, WIBC Asia, over the last 2 years have firmly established itself as key platform enabling the further development of Islamic finance by bringing together industry leaders to explore and capitalize on exciting new opportunities in Asia and to foster new business partnerships with other key centres for Islamic finance.

WIBC Asia 2012, now in its 3rd annual edition, will be again held in Singapore on the 5th and 6th of June 2012 with the official support of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. WIBC Asia will bring to Singapore a regionally focused platform with a world-class speaker line-up and more groundbreaking debate for industry leaders looking to seize the emerging opportunities for Islamic finance in the Asian markets.

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Transforming Regional Insurance Markets: Building Scale. Boosting Competitiveness. Seizing Growth Opportunities

Now in its 8th year the Middle East Insurance Forum (MEIF 2012) is the region’s largest and most significant annual platform for the international and regional insurance industry to assess the potential and seize new growth opportunities in the dynamic Middle East insurance market. Hosted in strategic partnership with the Central Bank of Bahrain, MEIF 2012 will take place on the 7th and 8th of February 2012 at the Gulf Hotel, Kingdom of Bahrain.

MEIF 2012 will focus on rethinking growth strategies in the context of a challenging economic environment, identifying new trends in the global insurance industry, and renewing the push to capture the huge growth opportunities that exist in the Middle East insurance markets.

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Charting New Growth Opportunities for the Middle East Islamic Finance & Investment Markets

After its hugely successful launch last year, the Middle East Islamic Finance & Investment Conference(MEIFIC) is again set to held in Dubai on the 18th of April 2012. MEIFIC 2012, now in its 2nd annual edition will set the stage for critical discussions that will enable key players in the region to successfully adapt to new market realities and embrace the next growth curve for the Islamic finance and investment industry in the Middle East.

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Building Dynamic Partnership Between Agents and Operators

Tackling core issues relevant to both Takaful Operators and Takaful Agents through a unique conference format, the World Takaful Conference: Family Takaful Summit - Malaysia (WTC FTS), held in strategic partnership with Etiqa Takaful Berhad seeks to tap into the tremendous growth potential that the Takaful industry and, in particular, the Family Takaful segment has to offer in Malaysia. The 3rd Annual WTC FTS 2012 will be held on the 11th & 12th of June 2012 in Kuala Lumpur and will provide an innovative platform for taking Family Takaful to the next level of development and growth.

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