The Islamic Real Estate Finance Middle East (IREF ME) will be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Dubai from 17th to 19th December, 2005. The Conference will extensively discuss Real State sector in GCC, emerging markets, UK, US, and Europe.

IREF ME 2005 will feature presentations from over 40 distinguished speakers from all over the world focusing on the topics in their areas of expertise. The programme comprises of a pre-conference workshop followed by a two- day conference and exhibition.

Conference director Mohaned Abdullah said: "As such the IREF - ME workshop this year explores in depth various forms of conventional and Islamic financing structures for real estate including; REITs, Securtisations and Sukuks. The workshop will also feature case studies from some of the biggest and most innovative projects financed using Shariah principles." "Following on from the workshop, the conference is set to analyse and discuss the salient issues from the global real estate industry," he added.

He concluded: "Real estate sectors in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain will be discussed at length at IREF ME as well as a special focus on the new emerging markets such as Qatar, which last year experienced a growth rate of a staggering 20.5% and Oman which has received inflows of over $2 billion in the construction sector last year."

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