The 7th Islamic Finance Conference 2021

Under the patronage of HRH Princess Lolowah Al Faisal Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees and General Supervisor of Effat University

The 7 th Islamic Finance Conference

Islamic Finance and Business Intelligence

Program List

10:00 AM to 16:30 PM

ZOOM

9 th of Dec, 2021

For more information please contact: Dr. Imen Nouira

Dr. Tahar Tayachi

inouira@effatuniversity.edu.sa

ttayachi@effatuniversity.edu.sa

www.effatuniversity.edu.sa

The 7 th Islamic Finance Conference

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE Conference Program December 9th 2021 From 10:00 KSA Time to 16:30 KSA Time 10:00 - 10:15

National Anthem of KSA and Recitation of the Holy Qur’an

10:15 - 10:25

Dr Mervat Chuman, Provost, Effat University

10:25 - 10:55

Presentation on “AI and Islamic Finance: A Catalyst for Financial Inclusion” – Dr Dawood Ashraf - IsDB-IRTI

11:00 - 12:40

Session 1: Business Intelligence trends Chair: Prof. Dr. Aishath Muneeza - Former Deputy Minister – Ministry of Finance and Treasury, Republic of Maldives

11:00 - 11:20

Paper 1: . Study of the use of Artificial Neural Networks in Islamic finance - Kaoutar ABBAHADDOU & Mohammed Salah CHIADMI - Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco

11:20 - 11:40

Paper 2: Research landscape on DEA in Islamic banking literature - Karim IDDOUCH, Khalid EL BADRAOUI, Jamal OUENNICHE - University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

11:40 - 12:00

Paper 3: Palestine Small and Medium Enterprises Digital Technology Adoption Intention Hamed M. H. Mujahed, Elsadig Musa Ahmed & Siti Aida Samikon - Multimedia University, Malaysia

12:00 - 12:20

Paper 4: Islamic Finance in the MENA region: Evidence from AAOIFI standards’ adopters Yosra MNIF SELLAMI & Marwa TAHARI - University of Sfax, Tunisia

12:20 - 12:40

Paper 5: The Role of Islamic Banks in Combat of Climate Risk in Southeast Asia, with a Case Analysis in Malaysia - Kazim Parker & Ilinka Antova - Maryland, USA

12:40 - 13:00

Q&A DISCUSSION

13:00 - 13:10

Conference Welcome Address by Dr. Haifa Jamal Al-Lail, the President of Effat University

The 7 th Islamic Finance Conference

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

13:10 - 13:30

Keynote Speech 1 (Arabic): Sheikh Dr. Abdulbari Mishal, Chairman of Raqaba Group - USA

‫أﺧﻼﻗﻴﺎت اﻟﺘﺤﻠﻴﻞ اﻟﺬﻲﻛ ﻟﻸﻋﺎﻤل ﻣﻦ ﻣﻨﻈﻮر اﻟﻔﻘﻪ اﻹﺳﻼﻣﻲ‬ 13:30 - 14:00

Keynote Speech 2 (English): Pr. Dr. Kabir Hassan, University of New Orleans- USA AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED ISLAMIC FINTECH MODEL ON QARDH-AL-HASAN FOR COVID 19 AFFECTED SMEs

14:00 - 14:20 14:20 - 14:40

Q&A DISCUSSION Presentation on “Artificial Intelligence and Islamic Finance: Practical Applications for Financial Risk Management” Prof. Dr. Adel Sarea, Ahlia, Ahmed Elsayed & Saeed Bin-Nashwan Durham University, UK

14:40 - 16:00

Session-2: Big Data Analytics in Islamic Banking and Insurance Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Ahmed Imran Hunjra – Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan - Pakistan

14:40 - 15:00

Paper 6: The Ruling on Imposing Fees in Exchange for the Provision of Public Services in Islam – Steve Mustapha – Makkah - KSA

15:00 - 15:20

Paper 7: Food entrepreneurs: the financial challenges of Covid-19 - Chokri Kooli, Nabil Messabia and Paul Rodrigue Fomi - Lusail University, Qatar

15:20 - 15:40

Paper 8: Regime specific spillover between Dow Jones Islamic Market World Index, Islamic Gold-backed crypto currencies and the Blockchain halal index - Yousra Trichilli & Mouna Boujelbène Abbes University of Sfax, Tunisia

15:40 - 16:00

Paper 9: Zakat and un sdg’s 2030: the case of hayatabad medical complex Pakistan - Suhail Ahmad, S. Ghiasul Haq & Tahar Tayachi - Sarhad University of Science & Information Technology, Pakistan

16:00 - 16:20

Q&A DISCUSSION

16:20 - 16:30

Dr. Tahar Tayachi, Chair of the IFC 2021 Conference - Effat University