Under the Patronage of H.E Dr. Adib Mayaleh

 Governor of Central Bank of Syria

under the slogan “Islamic Banking .. Investment Opportunities and Competition Challenges"

was held at DEDEMAN Hotel -Damascus on  1 - 2 / 6 / 2009

Under the Patronage of H.E Dr. Adib Mayaleh, Governor of Central Bank of Syria, the openning session of the '4th Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions Conference was opened on 1st, June 2009 at Dedeman Hotel - Damascus.

     
20 Arab and foreign countries were participating in the conference(Britain, Pakistan, Turkey, Switzerland, France, Cyprus, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Yemen, Sudan, Libya, Djibouti, Egypt, Kuwait, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, in addition to Syria)

    
More than 700 participants were attended the conference, among them were chairmen, executive managers of Islamic banks and financial institutions, and people from legislative, governmental, academic, political, diplomatic bodies. As well as businessmen, investors, industrials, merchants, experts in financial and economic sector and also members from the Governing Council and Chamber of commerce & industry & tourism.

Speakers’ list:

- Dr. Adib Mayaleh, Governor of Central bank of Syria
- Mr. Maher Abdul Hak, GM of Al-Salam for conferences (Organizer)
- Dr. Nidal Al-Sha’ar, Secretary General, Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions
- Mr. Ahmed Abdul Rahman Al-Samawim Governor, Central bank of Yemen
- Dr. Sheikh Ahmad Badereldin Hassoun, Grand Mufti of Syria
- Chairman: Dr. Muhammad Halaiqa, former deputy prime minister- senator ( Jordan)
- Mr. Abdul Qader Dweik - General Manager of Syria International Islamic Bank
- Mr. Musa Shihadeh- Vice Chairman & General Manager of Jordan Islamic Bank
- Dr. Tayseer R. Al-Smadi Chairman , Islamic International Arab Bank (Jordan)
- Dr. Ala’ Al-deen Za’tari, Al- Fatwa Secretary– Ministry of Endowments.
- Dr. Abdul Sattar Aboghedeh, member of Shari'a Commission – Central Bank of Syria
- Dr. Mohammed Saeed Ramadan Al Bouti- Member of the Board of Trustees of the Accounting & Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (Syria)
- Chairman: Mr. Andrew Critchlow, Managing Editor, Middle East .Dow Jones Newswires                                     
- Mr. Muhammad Zubair, CEO  – Al-Huda Centre of Islamic Banking and Economics (Pakistan)
- Dr. Abdul Kawee Radman, International Investment Manager – Tadhamon International Islamic Bank (Yemen)
- Chairman: Dr. Marwan Zabibi – ICT Expert consulting ( Syria )
- Mr. Haitham Abdou, Group director Marketing , ITS (Kuwait)
- Mrs. Entisar Al Suwaidi – Vice Chairman & Managing Director of UPS (Kuwait)
- Dr.Abdulbari Mashal, Managing Director of RAQABA for Islamic Financial  consultation (UK)
- Chairman: Eng. Iyad Zahra – General Manager, Insurance Supervision Panel (Syria)
- Mr. Firas El Azem, General Manager, Al-Aqeelah Takaful Insurance.
- Mr. Ahmad Sabagh - General Manager, The Islamic Insurance Co. ( Jordan)
- Chairman: Dr. Tayseer R. Al-Smadi Chairman , Islamic International Arab Bank (Jordan)
- Dr. Hassan A. Hazzouri - Head of Finance and Banking sciences Department - Faculty of Economics -  University of Aleppo (Syria)
- Dr. Fouad Muheisen, General Manager of AlIsra'a for Investment and Islamic Finance (Jordan)
- Dr. Fehmy Saddy, President, FS International Partners SA (Swiss)