How to develop the educated, trained and accredited talent and expertise  in the “east” and “west” to meet demand and realise opportunities in Islamic finance. A conference for Islamic Finance professional leads, talent managers, training directors of companies, banks, insurers, consultancies, accountants, lawyers, business schools and research leaders in education and the provision of advice on the growing discipline of Islamic finance in the UK and across the world. The Islamic finance industry is forecast to hit $2 trillion in the next few years worldwide with the sector growing at 15% per annum The UK is leading western countries in Islamic finance with US $19 billion of reported assets The UK’s largest accountants, consultants and professional service firms all have Islamic finance departments Human Resource investment is not keeping pace Standards setting and professional accreditation is under developed. A streamed event, this programme will be viewed worldwide and is designed for an international business and academic audience tackling the development of capability and talent capacity for Islamic finance.