The 6 th Islamic Finance Conference
A STRATEGIC OPTION FOR GLOBAL ECONOMIES Conference Program December 17th 2020 From 10:00 KSA Time to 16:30 KSA Time GMT+3 10:00 - 10:15
National Anthem of KSA and Recitation of the Holy Qur’an
10:15 - 10:25
Dr Malak Al-Nory, Provost, Effat University
10:25 - 10:45
G20: IRTI Report Presentation on Islamic Finance in Saudi Arabia: Dr. Sami Al-Suwailem (Director General, IRTI) and Dr Hylmun Izhar, (Senior Economist, IRTI)
10:45 - 11:45
Session 1: Economics of COVID 19: The Islamic Finance Perspective Chair: Prof. Dr. Adel Sarea, Ahlia University, Bahrain
10:45 - 10:55
Paper 1: Drivers and impacts of macroeconomic entrepreneurship success and failure in post-COVID context for developing countries, Rami Abdelkafi and Salim Refas, IRTI
10:55 - 11:05
Paper 2: Islamic Social Finance and Social Protection to Recovering Poverty Alleviation During Pandemi Covid 19, Emira Arefa Aji, Asep Maulana, Zahro Ubaydilla and Imam Wahyudi Indrawan, Indonesia
11:05 - 11:15
Paper 3: Leveraging Islamic Banking and finance for SMEs: Exploring the COVID 19 Havoc on SMEs in Asia Pacific, Anil Kumar Pandey, United States of America
11:15 - 11:25
Paper 4: Socio-economic Impact of COVID-19 and a Sustainable Divine Solution, Suhail Ahmad, S. Ghiasul Haq and Tahar Tayachi, Pakistan
11:25 - 11:35
Paper 5: Post COVID-19 Era: Global Economic Reset and Islamic Finance, Yusuf Abdul-Jobbar, United Kingdom
11:35 - 11:45
Paper 6: Islamic banking in Malaysia: the journey so far, Abubakar Balarabe, Md. Faruk Abdullah and Uzairu Muhammad Gwadabe, Malaysia
11:45 - 12:00
Q&A DISCUSSION
12:00 - 12:10
Conference Welcome Address by Dr. Haifa Jamal Al-Lail, the President of Effat University