The World Islamic Banking Conference


1,200 market leaders. 50 countries. 1 Gathering: WIBC 2010
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 17th Annual WIBC will be held on the 22, 23 & 24th November 2010 at the Gulf Hotel in Bahrain.

 Unique features of WIBC

  • 17 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 McKinsey & Company.
  • The ‘World Comes to WIBC' initiative – Strategic partnerships with the Central Bank of Bahrain, UK Trade & Investment, and the Monetary Authority of Singapore 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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The World Takaful Conference

Islamic Insurance: Managing Risk. Driving Growth

The World Takaful Conference is the world’s largest gathering of Islamic insurance leaders, attracting more than 300 decision-makers each year to map the growth path for the Takaful industry. The 5th Annual World Takaful Conference (WTC 2010) will be held at the Dusit Hotel in Dubai on the 12 & 13th April 2010 in strategic partnership with the Dubai International Financial Centre. WTC 2010 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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The World Islamic Funds & Capital Markets Conference



Revitalising the global Islamic investments market

With more than 400 decision-makers participating in the World Islamic Funds & Capital Markets Conference (WIFCMC) each year, WIFCMC has firmly established itself over the past 6 years as the meeting place of choice for international and regional investors, fund managers and leading players in the Islamic capital markets. The 6th Annual World Islamic Funds & Capital Markets Conference, to be held on the24th & 25th of May 2010 at the Gulf Hotel in Bahrain, will be the most crucial meeting in its 6 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 global economic crisis, which continues to take its toll across all markets and asset classes.

The Islamic Funds & Investments Report, researched by Ernst & Young’s acclaimed Islamic Financial Services Group, is exclusively launched each year at WIFCMC 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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The World Islamic Banking Conference - Asian Summit



Capturing the emerging Asian Islamic finance opportunity

Building on 16 successful years of the World Islamic Banking Conference held each year in Bahrain, the inaugural World Islamic Banking Conference: Asia Summit (WIBC Asia) brings 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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Middle East Insurance Forum



Shaping the future of the regional insurance industry

Now in its 6th year the Middle East Insurance Forum (MEIF 2010) 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 and with the support of the Bahrain Insurance Association, MEIF 2010 will take place on the 7th and 8th of February 2010 at the Gulf Hotel, Kingdom of Bahrain, under the patronage of H.E. The Governor of the Central Bank of Bahrain.

The hugely successful 6th Annual Middle East Insurance Forum (MEIF 2010) wrapped-up on the 9th of February 2009 with a resounding commendation from the attendees who took full advantage of the opportunity to engage the key issues shaping the future of the regional insurance industry. Industry leaders participated in high-level networking and deliberated insights from their peers and internationally renowned industry specialists on the challenges to regional growth prospects in light of the global financial crisis

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