International experts to address infrastructure finance audience

HE Abdullah Bin Saoud Al Thani, Governor, Qatar Central Bank will deliver the Keynote speech and will be joining HE Yousef Hussain Kamal, Minister of Finance of the State of Qatar & Chairman of the Qatar Financial Centre Authority, who will be delivering the Inaugural Address at the Opening Ceremony on the 5th of November. The focus of this session will be on mapping the exciting developments in Qatar which are rapidly positioning the country as one of the world's most dynamic markets for infrastructure investment and project finance.

In addition, speakers and panelists from QNB Al Islami, Qatar National Bank, Qatar Islamic Bank, Kuwait Finance House, Ernst & Young, Fitch Ratings, Standard & Poor's, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Standard Chartered Bank - Qatar, Liquidity Management Centre, Sharjah Islamic Bank, SAMBA Financial Group, Hill International, Inc., Dubai Islamic Bank, Unicorn Investment Bank (UIB), Metito Group, Barclays Capital, Instrata Capital and Taylor - Dejongh will address delegates during the conference.

The conference features interactive sessions covering the following key areas; Assessing the Economic & Market Outlook for Large-Scale Infrastructure Projects, Meeting the Capital Requirements of Large-Scale Projects: Capitalising on the Emerging Role of Islamic Finance, Assessing New Opportunities & Challenges in the Key Infrastructure Sectors, Shari'ah & Business Open Forum on Islamic Infrastructure Finance, Islamic & Conventional Financial Institutions Collaborating to Deliver Large-Scale Projects: Case Studies, Tapping the Islamic Capital Markets to Finance Large-Scale Projects: Emerging Opportunities for Sukuk, New Approaches to Risk Management & Insurance of Large-Scale Infrastructure Projects, Tapping into the Growing Market for Shari'ah Compliant Investment Funds as a Source of Finance, & The WIIFC 2006 PowerTable: Assessing Opportunities for Islamic Financing of Infrastructure Projects.

The theme of the conference is 'Capturing The Next Wave of International Investment and Project Finance: Conventional & Islamic Institutions Working Together to Deliver Large-Scale Infrastructure Projects and will tackle how conventional and Islamic institutions can better collaborate in order to meet the huge demands for project finance.

The Conference has attracted media support from across the globe. The Official Media Partner is Banker Middle East; the Online Media Partner is IFIS; and the Media Associates are Qatar Today, FTSE Global Markets, Islamic Business & Finance, Islamic Finance News, Construction World, Infrastructure Today, Pipeline, The Middle East in Europe, ProperT.ae, Global Water Intelligence, Noozz.com, Project Finance International, Business Life and Capital.