Monday 28th April, 2008
Habtoor Grand Hotel Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Keynote Address by  Mr Abdurahim Al Awadi, Assistant Executive Director Anti-Money Laundering and Suspicious Cases Unit, UAE Central Bank
International co-operation on anti-money laundering
Steps taken by Central Bank on aml and registration of hawaldars

Moderator : Mohit Davar, CEO Coinstar Money Transfer Ltd

Neil Ruiz on behalf of World Bank Dilip Ratha, Senior Economist – authority
On migration and remittances       
Sudhir Kumar Shetty, COO-Global Operations, UAE Exchange
Mohammed Al Ansari, Chairman Al Ansari Exchange
Nixon Baby O, Manager Alukkas Exchange
Andrew Henderson, Partner, Clifford Chance              

Retail banks enter the money transfer market.
Is it worth it? What is their added value to customers?

Moderator: Matt O’Donnell, Director Earthport

Bhairav Trevidi, Global Head of Remittances, Citi Global Transaction Services
Arup Mukhopadhay, Head of Retail Banking, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
Nader Haghighat Regional Head of Direct Banking, HSBC
Neil Chan Some,  Head of Retail Operations, National Bank of Dubai
Azeem Azmi, Head of Transaction Banking, ABN AMRO UAE & Middle East

Services to unbanked migrant worker. Will bank accounts be an international norm? How will the two be reconciled?

Robert Hodgins, CEO Virtual Money
Pishu Ganglani, Emirates NDB Head of Business Re-engineering & Excellence
Ricky Husaini, Senior Vice President Business Development InfoSpan Gulf
Glen Jennison, Managing Director Middle East, Africa, Russia, Mi-Pay
Henrik Rasmussen, Sales Director  Eurogiro

New Technology – is the market ready?  Is it responding to market needs?
Can mobile phone payments be profitable?
Where are the prep-paid card payments moving?

Samee Zafar, Director  Edgar Dunn & Co         
Fuad Lari, General Manager Lari Exchange
Ahmed Al Naqbi, Senior Manager Channels & Electronic Services  Abu Dhabi National Bank
Aletha Ling, Executive Director and Head of Business Development Fundamo
Dr Thaer Sabri , CEO Electronic Money Association

New market opportunities in the Gulf and South Asia
‘it is the quality of service’ that counts
Innovative alliance to save on costs and heighten efficiencies
Providing value added niche services
Building the brand to reach the mass market
Thinking big – Taking a bold step forward

Soren Hariyan, CEO Unistream
Jayram Ketcar, Group Operations Director, Wall Street Exchange
Olivier Denis, Payments Market Manager, SWIFT
Amar Das, Director Omnex Group

Bernard Sperling, Senior Manager, Dubai Financial Services Authority
Patric Marshall, CEO, World-Check
Osama Al Rahma, General Manager, Al Fardan Group 
Gavin Watson, Partner,  Dewey & LeBoeuf

Hawala – the reality and the opportunity
The informal transfer of money worldwide is double that of the recorded sector. What steps should be taken to embrace this market?   Has UAE Registration helped?
Initiatives to take on lowering costs and promoting access to financial services

Cliff Knuckey, Managing Director RISC Management Ltd
Ashok Gupta, General Manager, Bank of Baroda
Al-Harith Sinclair Partner, Head of Regulation, DLA Piper

IAMTN Benchmarking excellence to the customer
Establishing a Code of Conduct and minimum set of standards

Leon Isaacs, CEO Developing Markets Associates
Ahmed Al Ansari Redha Al-Ansari Exchange

Why the remittance services are so vital. Their impact in recipient countries

Abdirashid Duale, General Manager, Dahabshill Africa
Malik Seck, Gen. Manager, Money Express Senegal