Programme

  • 2025

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1st Day
7 October, Tuesday
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10:00 - 11:25
Opening ceremony
09:30 - 10:00
Registration of participants
Kamran Yaradanguliyev
Master of ceremony
10:00 - 10:10
Recitation from Holy Qur`an
10:10 - 10:15
Presentation of the AZHAB Film
10:15 - 11:25
Opening remarks
Goshgar Tahmazli
Chairman of the Azerbaijan Food Safety Agency
Elnur Aliyev
First Deputy Minister of Economy of Azerbaijan
Dr. Ahmad Kawesa Sengendo
OIC Assistant Secretary General for Economic Affairs
Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk
Director General, SESRIC (Türkiye)
Samer Elesawi
Head of IsDB Center of Excellence in Kuala Lumpur
Taha Ayhan
President of Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (Türkiye)
Orkhan Mammadov
Chairman of the Management Board of the Small and Medium Business Development Agency (KOBİA), Azerbaijan
10:50 - 11:00
MOU Signing Ceremony
11:10 - 12:30
I Panel:  Facilitating SME support organizations’ cooperation within the OIC: Inaugural Session of the SME Network and Adoption of the Baku Declaration 
Moderator
Dr. Atilla Karaman
Director of Training and Technical Cooperation, SESRIC (Türkiye)
Keynote Speaker
Zehra Zümrüt Selçuk
Director General, SESRIC (Türkiye)
Orkhan Mammadov
Chairman of the Management Board of the Small and Medium Business Development Agency (KOBİA), Azerbaijan
Speakers
Anouar Alaoui Ismaili
Director General, National Agency for the Promotion of SMEs of Morocco (Maroc PME)
Ahmet Serdar İbrahimcioğlu
Chairman of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organization of Türkiye (KOSGEB)
Socrat Aman Rana
CEO, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) (Pakistan)
Almaz Kaiyrbekov
Director, State Institution Center for Development of Halal Industry, Ministry of Economy and Commerce (Kyrgyz Republic)
Dr. Elias Farakhan Moussa Diomandé
President, Confédération Patronale Unique des PME de Côte d`Ivoire
Lana Al Zoubi
Head of International Cooperation Directorate, Jordan Enterprise Development Cooperation
Mahmoud Abdulkareem Mazi
General Manager of Retail, General authority for Small and Medium Enterprises (MONSHAAT) (Saudi Arabia)
Djimadoumyan Masbe Esaie
Director of Private Sector Promotion, Ministry of Trade and Industry of the Republic of Chad
00:00
ADOPTION
  • Rules of Procedures (RoP) of the OIC SMENET
  • Designation of the Secretariat & Election of the Bureau Members
  • The Baku Declaration
00:00
Family Photo with OIC SME-NET members
Family photo with dignitaries
12:40 -13:00
Inaugurating and visiting the exhibition
13:00 - 14:30
Lunch
14:30 - 16:05
II Panel:  Enabling a competitive landscape for Islamic Finance in the emerging markets: evidences from different geographies and lessons learnt
Moderator
Anar Yusufzada
Deputy Director PPP Development Center, KOBİA (Azerbaijan)
Keynote Speaker
Anar Karimov
First Deputy Minister of Finance of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Speakers
Taha Ayhan
President of Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (Türkiye)
Nazeem Noordali
Chief Operating Officer, ITFC (Saudi Arabia)
Rustam Tahirov
Director of the Financial Sector Sustainable Development Department, Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Samir Nadir Tagiyev
Expert, Direct Finance Division at Banking Department, ICD (Saudi Arabia)
Furkan Yalçın
Attorney at Law, Participation Banks Association of Türkiye (TKBB)
Dr. Mohammad Minhaj Khokhar
Chairperson, Silicon Valley Institute of Climate Change (USA)
Muhammad Khalid Hasani
Member of Shariah Supervisory Board, AL BARAKA Bank (Pakistan)
00:00
Q&A
16:00 - 18:00
The Experts’ Corner
15:00 - 16:00
Workshop: “Think Halal: What Every Business Should Know” by ICHS
16:05 -16:25
Coffee break
16:25 -17:50
III Panel:  Halal business management: harmony of success or success of harmony
Moderator
Elnur Aliyev
Advisor to the Chairman of the Board, KOBİA (Azerbaijan)
Keynote Speaker
Nour Sani Hanga
Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Halal Standard Development Trust (Nigeria)
Speakers
İhsan Övüt
Secretary General of the SMIIC (Türkiye)
Hairol Ariffein Sahari
Chief Executive Officer of Halal Development Corporation (Malaysia)
Adam Richman
President, Muslim Insiders Chamber of Commerce (Malaysia)
Dr. Zaynab El Bernoussi
Interim Chair at Department of Humanities, The Africa Institute, Global Studies University (Morocco)
Dr. Eleftheria Egel
CEO, Navigating Transformation Female Entrepreneurship Consultancy (Germany)
Rasmina Gurbatova
Owner of the “Resm” Jewelry (Azerbaijan)
00:00
Q&A
17:50
End of day one
2nd Day
8 October, Wednesday
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09:30 - 10:00
Registration of participants
10:00 - 18:00
The Experts’ Corner
10:00 - 11:45
IV Panel: Raising SME visibility in the global green transition discourse: Joint Declaration on Baku Climate Coalition for SMEs green transition
Moderator
Elnur Aliyev
Advisor to the Chairman of the Board, KOBİA (Azerbaijan)
Keynote Speaker
Sunniya Durrani-Jamal
Country Director for Azerbaijan, Asian Development Bank (Philippines)
Speakers
Farhat Sarsekeyev
Chairman of the Management Board, “Damu” JSC Entrepreneurship Development Fund, (Kazakhstan)
Dr. Dinh Viet Hoa
Founding Chairman, Vietnam National Association of Entrepreneurship
Erkam Tüzgen
General Manager, Bilişim Vadisi (Innovation Valley) (Türkiye)
Saeeda Ahmed
Founder and President Sustainable Cities Global Ltd, (UK)
Muhammad Abubakar
Chair of the Halal Supply Chain Committee at Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority
Raafqi Ranasasmita
Corporate Secretary, the Assessment Institute for Foods, Drugs and Cosmetics of Majelis Ulama Indonesia
00:00
Q&A
11:45 - 13:15
Lunch
13:15 - 14:40
V Panel: Role of the historical heritage in developing the Halal tourism in the Caucasus and the Central Asia
 
Moderator
Vusala Jafarova
Head of the Turkic World Research Center (Azerbaijan)
Keynote Speaker
Merey Mukazhan
Deputy Secretary General of the Organization of Turkic States
13:25 - 13:30
Book presentation
(Book on “Azerbaijan and the Armenian issue in the Caucasus” by Rizvan Huseynov, Historian, Director of the Centre for history of the Caucasus)
Speakers
Dr. Barbara Ruiz-Bejarano
Director, Las Fuentes Foundation (Spain)
Soumaya T. Hamdi
Founder, Halal Travel Guide (UK)
Rizvan Huseynov
Director of the Centre for history of the Caucasus (Azerbaijan)
Tatyana Krupa
Head, UMAI International Laboratory, Pavlodar Pedagogical University (Kazakhstan)
Sheikh Tejan Nyang
Head of School at Institute of Travel and Tourism of the Gambia
00:00
Q&A
14:40 - 15:00
Coffee break   
15:00 - 16:50
VI Panel: The role of women in promoting halal industry
Moderator
Dr. Barbara Ruiz-Bejarano
Director, Las Fuentes Foundation (Spain)
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Michael Alexander Barry
Islamic studies, Distinguished University Professor (USA)
Presentation:
"Women of Power, Ladies Belovéd and Female Voices of God in the Poetry of Nizâmi Ganjavi"
Speakers
Jean-Michel Brun
Editor-in-Chief of “Musulmans en France”
Natavan Mammadova
Secretary General, Maida Nazir Organization for Women’s Economic Empowerment (Azerbaijan)
Afet Ahmadova
Founder of the ZIRA Natural & Gourmet brand (Azerbaijan)
Sakina Babayeva
Chairperson of the Board of the Azerbaijan Women`s Entrepreneurship Development Association (AQSIA)
Leyla Baghirzade
Founder & President, Global Oracle Association for Leaders (Switzerland)
Saeeda Ahmed
Founder and President Sustainable Cities Global Ltd (UK)
00:00
Q&A
16:50 - 17:00
Closing Remarks   
17:00- 17:20
Awarding ceremony of the AZHAB Volunteers 
17:20
End of Forum

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