MANAMA, 4 October 2006 — The 13th annual World Islamic Banking Conference (WIBC) will be held with the support of Bahrain Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa ibn Salman Al Khalifa at the Gulf International Convention Center from Dec. 9-11. Saudi Arabia’s National Commercial Bank, Bahrain’s Kuwait Finance House, Unicorn Investment Bank, and Kuwait’s Adeem Investment Company are platinum partners of the prestigious industry event, which this year is being held under the theme of “Driving growth and delivering on market expectations through product innovation and service quality.”
Now in its 13th year, WIBC has firmly established itself as the largest and the most significant gathering of Islamic banking and finance industry leaders anywhere in the world. For more than a decade the WIBC has tracked the developments & shaped the trends in the global industry, providing the highest profile platform for senior executives to engage the key issues & to action strategies that capitalize on emerging opportunities.
This year’s conference is supported by the Central Bank of Bahrain and features a host of exciting and value-added highlights that set it apart from all other conferences. These include the “Leaders and winning strategies” session featuring international strategy guru Tom Peters, regional leaders and CEOs to address cross-industry perspectives; the original research insights of WIBC Competitiveness Report conducted in collaboration with McKinsey & Company, the Shariah Open Forum with a panel of Shariah experts, and the “Breakout summits” focusing on the retail, and the corporate and investment banking segments.