Dubai International Business and Social Sciences Research Conference (DIBSRC 2016)

You are cordially invited to submit a paper for the world's first inter-faith finance and economics event in Dubai, UAE on Jan. 23, 2016. The DIBSRC Conference provides a forum where professionals, academics, and students from all races, religions, faiths, and philosophies can come together to discuss business, finance, law, and the global financial crisis. In this unique and exciting inter-faith finance and banking event, paper submissions are welcome on the topics of conventional and faith-based finance, banking, accounting, business, e-commerce, start-up funding, private equity, and venture capital. In addition, the financial system shall be explored including framework, ethics, continuity, and crisis. 1st Annual Dubai International Business and Social Sciences Research Conference (DIBSRC) 23 Jan. 2016 Dubai, United Arab Emirates FAAIF (registered in Dubai) organizes a dedicated one day conference in the area of Business and Social Sciences Research in the ever-awakening and progressive city of Dubai, UAE on Jan. 23, 2016. An industry - academia linkage is expected through this conference thereby providing a platform for industry experts, academics, and students to observe, discuss, and analyze the intersection and interplay between conventional and faith-based business models, strategies, and methods. Issues as well as solutions relating to the business world in the realm of the modern global village are to be tackled in this truly international gathering. Full-length papers, research-in-progress papers, and/or case studies, relating to all business areas/specialties including Accounting, Banking, Business Law, Finance, Islamic Finance, Holy Book Finance, Christian Finance, Jewish Finance, Faith-based Finance, Ethical Finance, the Halal Industry, the Kosher Industry, Christian Culinary Principles and Industry, Economics, Investment, Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing, E-Commerce, Business Ethics, Business Education, Econometrics, Entrepreneurship, Crowd-Funding, Project Management, Operations Management, and the Global Financial Crisis are invited for the 1st Dubai International Business and Social Sciences Research Conference (DIBSRC). Full length papers should be submitted to hanifacma@gmail.com with a CC to camille@faaif.com by Jan. 1, 2016 Conference Date - Jan. 23, 2016 Venue - World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE. Conference Hotels: Ibis and Novotel World Trade Centre Hotels. Conference Chair: Dr. Muhammad Hanif, Associate Professor of Finance at FAST School of Management, Islamabad, Pakistan. Enquiries: camille@faaif.com Web address: http://dubai-international-business-and-social-conference.faaif.com/ Sponsored by: FAAIF, the Franco-American Alliance for Islamic Finance Web address: http://www.faaif.com FAAIF will provide certification of attendance at the end of the event. The forum also serves as a prime networking space and may allow you to forge relationships with the other delegates and speakers, which may turn into fruitful and long-term business relationships in the future. You may also enjoy sharing your research and knowledge with others in a social, academic, and professional event and may possibly find it a highly enjoyable experience as do many of the FAAIF event participants. It is also an honor and an opportunity to participate in a conference with Dr. Muhammad Hanif serving as the Conference Chair. Dr. Muhammad Hanif holds the position of Associate Professor at FAST School of Management, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences in Islamabad, Pakistan, during which time he has been awarded the prestigious Best University Teacher Award [BUTA] by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan. He has over 15 years of University teaching experience and has also held the position of finance manager. Dr. Hanif received MS (Gold Medal) and PhD in finance from the International Islamic University (IIU) in Islamabad. Dr. Hanif also earned a BA and MA (Gold Medal) in Commerce from University of Punjab, Lahore. In addition, Dr. Hanif is a Fellow Member of Institute of Cost and Management Accountants (ICMA) - Pakistan. Dr. Hanif is the author of several Islamic finance books including Islamic Banking: Theory and Practice; Islamic Finance: Theory and Practice; Profit and Loss Sharing (Islamic Finance); Ijarah (Lease) Financing, and Islamic Financing: Shift from Debt to Equity: An Analysis of the Business Framework, all of which are available on amazon.com. He has previously been a Senior Research Fellow at University of Kent (UK) and attended the course on Reading & Writing Strategies at Harvard University. Dr. Hanif is a regular speaker in Islamic finance events and conferences around the world and is regularly published in Islamic finance and banking journals, magazines, and publications. Keynote Speakers include Dr. Palitha Kohona, former Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the UN, Dr. Kabir Hassan, Hibernia Professor of Economics and Finance at University of New Orleans, LA, USA, Dr. Yahia Rahman, CEO of Bank of Whittier/LARIBA, CA, USA, Zubair Mughal, CEO of Al Huda CIBE, and Dr. Noureddine Krichene, Financial Analyst and Islamic Finance Expert, Maryland, USA. We wish you success as a researcher and hope to welcome you to DIBSRC 2015 in Jan. 23, 2016 in Dubai, UAE. Sincerely, Camille Paldi