The GCC is facing challenges in finding the best response to the recent global economic slowdown, to stabilize the markets, position the economy to be competitive when the international recovery comes, and finally to achieve long-term, sustainable growth. Financial institutions need to be more creative and flexible than ever to find new sources of capital and support their clients’ financial needs, policymakers and regulators need to implement the right measures in order to bring back confidence and stimulate recovery in a volatile environment and investors need to re-assess their risk/return appetite.

Due to this conference is focused mainly on the effect of global financial crisis on infrastructure investing, future of Islamic infrastructure finance in MENA region, exploring the most appropriate models for financing infrastructure projects in the present liquidity constraint and risk adverse market, risk mitigation for different infrastructure assets, future of PPP in MENA, analyzing of investment and financing opportunities and other related topics.

Experienced and accomplished heads of leading financial and governmental institutions together with leading experts from infrastructure and development companies will share their experiences, pointing crucial issues and open discussions in order to find the best solutions to take advantage of the current global situation.

This conference will bring together the most important decision makers and leading industry experts to talk about their experiences and share their knowledge. This event offers great opportunities for networking and to grab present-day challenges.