Islamic Banking and Finance Symposium - program timetable

8.00-8.45

Registration and refreshments

Pre-function area

9.00

Introduction and welcome
Professor Gary Magee (Head School of Economics and Finance, La Trobe University)
Professor Raymond Harbridge, Dean, Faculty of Law and Management, La Trobe University

Rialto 2 and 3

9.05

Opening speech
Professor Paul Johnson, the Vice Chancellor and President of La Trobe University

Rialto 2 and 3

9.15

Opening of the symposium
Senator Hon Nick Sherry, Assistant Treasurer

Rialto 2 and 3

9.25

Vice Chancellor to Inaugurate Master of Islamic Banking and Finance Program

Rialto 2 and 3

9.30

Welcome from Sponsors
NAB - Steve Lambert, Global Head of Distribution, Global Markets Division
MCCA -  Professor Akhtar Kalam, Chairman of the Board

Rialto 2 and 3

9.45

Keynote speaker
John Hewson, Chairman, Global DC Pty Ltd and Former Leader of the Opposition

Rialto 2 and 3

10.00

Main Session
Topic: Would Islamic Finance Have Prevented the Global Financial Crisis?
Mohammed Amin, Tax Partner, Head of Islamic Finance, PwC, UK

Rialto 2 and 3

10.20

Topic: Asset Allocation in Islamic Finance
Saadat Muzaffar, Head of International Wealth Management, Dubai Islamic Bank, UAE

Rialto 2 and 3

10.40

Questions and discussion

Rialto 2 and 3

11.00

Refreshments

Pre-function area

11.30

Morning Parallel Sessions

13.00

Buffet lunch

Pre-function area

14.00

Afternoon Parallel Sessions 'A'

15.30

Refreshments

Pre-function area

16.00

Afternoon Parallel Sessions 'B'

17.10

Concluding Session
Prize distribution and Discussion on Shariah compliant Qard-e-Hasna in Australia

Timothy O’Leary, NAB and Prof Akhtar Kalam, MCCA

17.30

Complimentary Tapas
(For those who have registered for this)

Pre-function area

Parallel Session 1 (Academic)
Stock Room

The Existing Model of Islamic Banking

Professor Sayyid Tahir, IIIE, Int’l Islamic University, Islamabad

The Future of Islamic Finance in Australia

Chaaban Omran, MD, CEO of Muslim Community Cooperative of Australia (MCCA), Sydney

Human resources crisis in Islamic Finance Industry

Dr Ishaq Bhatti, Director, MIBF, La Trobe University

Parallel Session 2
(Industry) Trade Room

Issues in IBF in Australia
Chair: Michael Hayes, Lawyer and In House Counsel, Law Institute of Victoria

Islamic financing in the Australian debt markets: challenges and opportunities

Tessa Hoser and Elecia Churchill, Freehills

Islamic Finance: the tax inefficiencies and lessons learnt from policy responses in other jurisdictions

Richard Buchanan, Director, Greenwoods & Freehills

Taxation of Islamic Financial Arrangements in Australia - form vs economic substance

Shahriar Mofakhami, Partner Tax & Revenue, Maddocks

Parallel Session 3
(Academic) Wheat Room

Econometric Analysis of IBF
Chair: Prof (Paul) Jae Kim, School of Economics and Finance, La Trobe University

The Co-movement and Dependence Structure of Islamic Investment Funds

Dr Robin Luo, School of Economics and Finance, La Trobe University

Islamic Bank Financing and its determinants: Case study of Indonesia

Raditya Sukmana, International Islamic University, Malaysia

Performance of Islamic Mutual Fund: Malaysian Example

Fadillah Mansoor, School of Economics and Finance, La Trobe University

Parallel Session 4
(Industry) Wool Room

Developments in IBF
Chair: Dr Abulkhair Jalaluddin, Taxation Adviser, ATO and Director, MCCA

Recent Developments in Islamic Banking and Finance in Indonesia

Professor Sofyan S. Harahap, Trisakti Univ., Jakarta, Indonesia

Islamic verses Conventional Banking Performance – A Comparison

Professor Mohamed Ariff, Professor of Finance, Bond University

Financial Innovation: Islamic Perspectives

Rosita Chong and Alex Anderson, School of International Business and Finance, Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Parallel Session 1 (Academic)
Stock Room

Islamic Microfinance
Chair: Richard Peters, Head of Community Finance and Development, NAB

Islamic Microfinance

Professor Michael Skully, Department of Accounting and Finance, Monash University

Recognising Opportunities in Islamic Microinvestment.

Reem Sweid, PhD Candidate at NCEIS, University of Melbourne

NAB’s Microfinance activities in Australia.

Imran Lum, Community Finance and Development Adviser, NAB

Parallel Session 2 (Industry)
Trade Room

Media, Society and IBF
Chair: Hyder Gulam, Logie-Smith Lanyon Lawyers, ExCO Islamic Council of Victoria

Islamic Banking and Finance in the Australian Broadcast media.

Dr Nasya Bahfen, Lecturer in Journalism, RMIT University

Islamic Community Banking in Australia - Why Not?

Manny Spiteri, Victorian Multicultural Business Advisory Council and Director Mentor, Australian Institute of Company Directors

Libyan Business Firm Attitudes towards Islamic Methods of Finance.

Alsadek H. Gait and Andrew C. Worthington, Griffith Business School, Griffith University

Parallel Session 3 (Industry)
Wheat Room

IBF and Law
Chair: Moustafa Fahour, General Manager, Family Office, NAB

Australia and the Global Islamic Finance Market - A Practitioner’s Perspective.

Asad Ansari, Director, Kuwait Finance House, Australia

Islamic Finance Taxation Issues

David Wood, Tax Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jacques

Policy Developments in Australia and key overseas Financial Centres on Islamic Finance

John Masters, Partner, Global Financial Services Tax and Legal Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Parallel Session 1 (Academic)
Stock Room

IBF and the Global Financial Crises
Chair: Waleed Aly, Author, Journalist and Lecturer, Monash University

The global financial crisis and what Islamic finance can offer?

Dr Salman S Ali, Islamic Development Bank and IRTI, Saudi Arabia

Equity-based, asset-backed and asset-based transactional structures in Shari'a-compliant financing: reflections on the current financial crisis.

Anne-Sophie Gintzburger, NAB Sheikh Fehmi El-Imam Scholar, Australian National University, Canberra

Parallel Session 2 (Industry)
Trade Room

Issues in IBF
Chair: Chaaban Omran, MD, CEO of Muslim Community Cooperative of Australia (MCCA), Sydney

The Selection of Shari’ah Advisors in Islamic Financial Institutions in Pakistan.

Dr Hussain G. Rammal, International Graduate School of Business, University of South Australia

Islamic Superannuation Funds in Australia: Legal, Commercial and Islamic Law Issues.

Dr Abulkhair Jalaluddin, Taxation Adviser, Australian Taxation Office (ATO); Director, MCCA

Parallel Session 3 (Academic)
Wheat Room

Personal Debt and Investment Funds
Chair: Mohammed Amin (Tax Partner, Head of Islamic Finance, PwC, UK)

On Shariah perspective of Personal Debt.

Dr Mahmoud Nathie, Griffith Islamic Research Unit, Griffith University

Globalising Islamic Investment Funds.

Professor Mervyn Lewis, Professor of Banking and Finance, School of Commerce, University of South Australia