Programme - Day 2

Wednesday, February 20

9:00am	Opening remarks David Rutledge, Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Multi Commodities Centre, Director, Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange
9:05am	Panel session eight: Collective investment schemes How have collective investments developed in the GCC region? What is the authorisation process? What are the regulatory obligations? How can funds be marketed to investors? What are the compliance risks? Have hedge funds made any advance? What are the control and operation issues? Moderated by: Eric Milne, Senior Middle East Counsel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Speakers: Michael Webb, Managing Director, Financial Sector Development and Policy, Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority Eric Milne, Senior Middle East Counsel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
10:05am	Panel session nine: Real estate investments and regulations What are the legal and compliance issues? Risk management and exposure. Who bears the risk? Banks or investors? Are banks overexposed? What are central banks and regulators doing to limit the exposure? What controls and risk diversification vehicles are in place? Moderated by: Babul Parikh, Special Counsel, Global Projects Directorate, Law Office of Mohanned bin Saud Al-Rasheed, in Association with Baker Botts L.L.P Speakers: Abdul Rahman Abdulla Al Sayed, Director, Islamic Financial Institutions Directorate, Central Bank of Bahrain
10:50am	Sponsored by Morning coffee
11:15am	Panel session ten: Regulatory compliance and enforcement - how can GCC regulators police their markets effectively? What kinds of tools are available to regulators to ensure the compliance of licensees? What are the trends and track records? What is role of the courts in punishing market abuse and insider dealing? What lessons have been learnt from enforcement cases? Moderated by: Al-Harith Sinclair, Partner, Head of Regulatory and Government Affairs for the Middle East, DLA Piper Middle East Speakers: Khalid Hamad, Executive Director, Banking Supervision, Central Bank of Bahrain, Chairman of the International Islamic Financial market (IIFM) Jamie Orchard, Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, Legal and Regulatory Compliance, Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority Paul Andrews, Vice President and Managing Director, FINRA International
12:15am	Panel session eleven: Regulation of insurance and reinsurance companies What is happening in the GCC insurance market? What are the challenges? What are the conduct of business and licensing issues? Is there enough reinsurance capacity? Moderated by: Lubna Qassim, Executive Director of Legal & Regulatory Affairs, Dubai Economic Council Speakers: Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al Al-Baker, Executive Director, Financial Institutions Supervision, Central Bank of Bahrain Al-Harith Sinclair, Partner, Head of Regulatory and Government Affairs for the Middle East, DLA Piper Middle East Sameer Al-Wazzan, Chief Executive Officer, Solidarity Insurance
1:00pm	Sponsored by Lunch
2:15pm	Panel session twelve: Human resources planning in central banks and regulatory authorities HR challenges: attracting, retaining and motivating talent Managing cultural change How to best approach performance, appraisal and reward Moderated by: David Symes, Director, Compliance Recruitment Solutions Speakers: Kit Stevenson, Head of Human Resources, Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority David Symes, Director, Compliance Recruitment Solutions
3:00pm	Closing panel session: Questions from the audience Jane Diplock, Chairman, Executive Committee, International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Chairman, New Zealand Securities Commission Khalid Hamad, Executive Director, Banking Supervision, Central Bank of Bahrain, Chairman of the International Islamic Financial market (IIFM) Phillip Thorpe, Chairman and Chief Executive, Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority (QFCRA) Paul Andrews, Vice President and Managing Director, FINRA International Alderman David Lewis, Lord Mayor, City of London
3.30pm	Concluding remarks Introduction to GCC2009
	Conference closes