Blockchain and the Islamic Perspective Durban Conference 2018

21 APRIL 2018 IN DURBAN

The Association of Muslim Accountants and Lawyers (AMAL) is proud to announce that Africa's first Blockchain & the Islamic Perspective Conference will be held on the 21st of April 2018 in Durban, South Africa.

The conference 2018 will bring together a diverse range of local and international speakers to discuss blockchain and cryptocurrency use cases, the regulatory environment, technology hurdles and opportunities in innovation & disruption that can be leveraged using the technology and the Islamic  finance perspective

Saturday 21 April 2018

• 8:30am - 9:00am

           Registration & Tea

• 9:00am - 9:15am

           Conference Welcome

• 9:20am - 9:40am

           Introduction to Blockchain  

           (Sonya Kuhnel, Founder of Blockchain Academy)

• 9:40am - 10:00am

         Blockchain Disruption to Business - Away from Bitcoin

           (Nicholas Allen, CEO of Avantcore)

• 10:00am - 10:15am 

            Regulating the Blockchain -The Reserve Bank's Perspective

            (Ariff Ismail, Head of Fintech at SARB)

• 10:15am - 10:30am

            TEA

• 10:30am - 10:45am 

            Blockchain's Business Model use in the Global Property Market

            (Justin Clarke, Chairman of Wealth Migrate & Founder of Private Property)

• 10:45am - 11:00am 

            Bitcoin & the Epistemological Foundations of Islamic Law

            (Shaykh Joe Bradford, USA)

• 11:00am - 11:15am

            The Islamic Perspective on Cryptocurrency

            (Mufti Umair Patel, Jamiatul Ulama SA)

• 11:15am - 11:30am

           Research Paper on Cryptocurrency

            (Shaykh Mahomed Shoaib Omar)

• 11:30am - 11:45am

         Bitcoin, Sharia Compliant?

             (Mufti Faraz Adam, CEO of Amanah Finance, UK)

• 11:45am - 12:30pm

            Panel Discussion

 (Justin Clarke, Sonya Kuhnel, Nicholas Allen, Nevellan Moodley Mufti Umair Patel)